EDITORIALS 

The Life Esidimeni tragedy: South Africa’s shame

CME 

Bleeding disorders (part 2)

IN PRACTICE 

Sport supplement regulation: Overdue and much needed

RESEARCH 

Firearm and non-firearm homicide in Cape Town, 1994 - 2013 

Ingested and aspirated foreign bodies in children 

Heparin and blood gas analysis at point of care

GUEST EDITORIAL 

Early exposure to tobacco smoke and environmental pollution

IN PRACTICE 

Lack of assisted deliveries impacting neonatal and maternal health 

Pre-exposure prophylaxis: Roll-out among South African university students

REVIEW 

Hospital-based palliative care services in the Western Cape

RESEARCH 

Neonatal and paediatric bloodstream infections: Pathogens, antimicrobial resistance and prescribing practice 

Heroin detoxification during pregnancy 

Colorectal cancer in South Africa: Presentation, treatment and 5-year survival

CME

Bleeding disorders (part 1)

IN PRACTICE

Nutrition for TB patients

A cool ECG

RESEARCH

South African clinical practice guidelines:

A landscape analysis

Opportunities to optimise colistin

stewardship

Alcohol use and abuse in South Africa

Prevalence of tobacco use in Johannesburg

Drowning surveillance in South Africa

GUEST EDITORIAL
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the world’s first human heart transplant

IN PRACTICE
Using GIS to support UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets
Berg adder bite: An unusual case of acute poisoning

RESEARCH

Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF rollout on TB management
When is surgical intervention needed after a snakebite?

Mortality trends in Cape Town (2001 - 2013): Reducing inequities

Comparison of private and public sector ICU infrastructure

CME 

Contraceptive implants (part 2)

IN PRACTICE 

Kaposi’s sarcoma: Long-term outcome in the HAART era 

Protecting personal information: Implications of the POPI act

REVIEW 

Nystagmus in patients with traumatic brain injury

RESEARCH 

Sensory integration intervention and the development of the premature infant 

Extraspinal osteoarticular multidrug-resistant TB in children 

Use of healthcare services at truck stops by sex workers 

The PAWPER XL-MAC system for estimating body weight in critically ill children

CME 

Contraceptive implants

IN PRACTICE 

‘Best buys’ for surgery 

Barriers to implementing NHI

CASE REPORT 

Cytomegalovirus retinitis and HIV: Case reviews

RESEARCH 

Survival of Kaposi’s sarcoma patients on ART 

Hepatitis B distribution in Namibia 

Outcomes in very-low-birth-weight neonates

CME 

Chronic kidney disease

CORRESPONDENCE 

South African student protests, 2015 - 2016: The aftermath

IN PRACTICE 

Ngoma herbal tonic interferes with rapid urine drug screening test 

Responding to essential medicine stock-outs in the Eastern Cape

CASE REPORT 

Orbital apex syndrome in a 6-year-old

RESEARCH 

Osteosarcoma outcomes 

Central-line-associated infection in neonatal intensive care 

Differences in risk perception of non-communicable diseases in Diepsloot adults

CME
Wilderness medicine (part 2)

IN PRACTICE
Adolescents and HIV research: Ethical considerations
Superficial scalp arteries as source of migraine pain

CASE REPORT
Ocular metastases in breast cancer

RESEARCH
Corneal donations in South Africa
Effect of HIV status on clinical outcomes of surgical sepsis

GUEST EDITORIAL

End-of-life care and organ donation:

Policy leads needed

CME

Wilderness medicine (part 1)

IN PRACTICE

Nurses’ role in end-of-life care and

organ donation

CASE REPORT

Blistering rash in a young male child

RESEARCH

Inefficient procurement undermining

medicines access

Interprofessional communication in organ

transplantation

Burden of gunshot injuries on orthopaedic

resources

EDITORIAL

SA statistics not suitable for monitoring

injury and violence SDGs

IN PRACTICE

Lessons from history – the vulnerable in

research

TB among medical undergraduates in

Cape Town

Perils of the femoral haemodialysis catheter

REVIEW

Timing and safety of sentinel lymph node

biopsy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy

RESEARCH

Improving ICD coding through training and

support

Clinical management of cytomegalovirus

retinitis

Gunshot-acquired spinal cord injury in SA

GUEST EDITORIAL

Undergraduate antibiotic stewardship

training

CME

Tuberous sclerosis complex

IN PRACTICE

The future of the voluntary active euthanasia

debate in South Africa

Using social media: ethical and legal aspects

CASE REPORT

Lead poisoning in shooting-range workers

RESEARCH

Critical care admission of South African

surgical patients

Influence of HIV on tuberculosis

GUEST EDITORIAL

Evidence-based decision-making for

primary care

CORRESPONDENCE

Death by maladministration

CME

Prevention of childhood injuries (part 2)

IN PRACTICE

Presenting features of tuberous sclerosis

complex

CASE REPORT

Lead poisoning in shooting-range workers

RESEARCH

Contraception coverage in South African

women

Wound infection secondary to snakebite

Hip and knee arthroplasty waiting lists

GUEST EDITORIAL 

Understanding antibiotic resistance at the population level

CME 

Prevention of childhood injuries (part 1)

IN PRACTICE 

Preventing iatrogenic infections in neonates and children

RESEARCH 

Efficacy of intravitreal anti-VEGF for retinopathy of prematurity 

Trends in admissions, morbidity and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital 

Accuracy of nurse triage in an academic emergency department in Gauteng

 CME 

Anaemia (part 2)

IN PRACTICE 

Skin scarring after IM diclofenac injections

CASE REPORT 

Metabolic acidosis in metformin overdose

RESEARCH 

Antibiotic stewardship: 4-year outcomes from GSH 

HIV infection and age dependence of squamous cell skin carcinoma 

Gastric cancer in KwaZulu-Natal 

Adult sickle cell disease in Cape Town

GUEST EDITORIAL

A novel TB blood test

CME

Anaemia (part 1)

CASE REPORT

Behçet disease uveitis: CD4/CD8

RESEARCH

COP 21 and public hospitals – an opportunity for change
Healthcare-associated infection in hospitalised children – what works best?

GUEST EDITORIAL

Women, gender-based violence and HIV

CME

Child Abuse

IN PRACTICE

Male circumcision - policy and law

CASE REPORT

Psychosis in neurosyphilis

RESEARCH

Gender-based violence risk among men in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Sefeguarding child and maternal health in South Africa

CME

Sexual violence

IN PRACTICE

Isoniazid preventive therapy – obstacles to success

CASE REPORT

Migraine treatment and epilepsy

RESEARCH

Barriers to obstetric care among maternal near-misses

Medical waste disposal – are we getting it right?

GUEST EDITORIAL

Antibiotic stewardship – partnering with nurses and

pharmacists

CME

Intimate partner violence

IN PRACTICE

Causes of childhood deaths – too many unknowns

Oesophageal button batteries – a surgical emergency

CASE REPORT

Angio-oedema associated with colistin

RESEARCH

Cardiovascular disease risk in teachers – a substantial

future burden

Inappropriate medicine prescribing among the elderly

GUEST EDITORIAL

Mitigating high-altitude illness

DEBATE

Cannabis – where are we now?

Functional neurosurgery (part 2)

IN PRACTICE

Human brucellosis in South Africa

CASE REPORT

Neonatal tetanus associated with a common skin

infection

RESEARCH

The South African child death review pilot

Effects of diabetes on health-related quality of life at

a tertiary hospital

GUEST EDITORIAL 

2016 National Rheumatic Fever Week 

CME 

Functional neurosurgery (part 1)

IN PRACTICE 

Rheumatic heart disease: Chronic conditions and the school health service

Lifestyle interventions in type 2 diabetes

CASE REPORT 

Acute functional mitral incompetence

RESEARCH 

Tertiary hypertension screening and management

The HIV healthcare transition: Adolescence to adulthood

GUEST EDITORIAL

Childhood pneumonia – the Drakenstein Child

Health Study

CME

Adolescent health (part 2)

IN PRACTICE

The role of ward-based outreach in ending child deaths

The Expanded Programme on Immunisation in SA

CASE REPORT

Rigid cervical collar resolves rheumatoid pannus mass

RESEARCH

Risk factors and outcomes in contrast-induced

nephropathy

Malaria success story in Comoros

EDITORIAL

Response to the Central Drug Authority’s position

statement on cannabis

CME

Adolescent health (part 1)

IN PRACTICE

Antibiotic stewardship and respiratory infections

Heavy alcohol use in patients on HAART

Central Drug Authority: Position statement on cannabis

CASE REPORT

Right ventricular outflow tract aneurysms and

endomyocardial fibrosis

RESEARCH

Where have all the gun deaths gone?

Screening for retinopathy of prematurity

Changing Kaposi’s sarcoma presentation with

HAART