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2013

Vol 103, No 9 (2013)

• Treating major burns

• Trauma: South Africa’s other epidemic

• Critical care interventions

• Helminth infections

• Multiple sclerosis

• Heart failure management

Vol 103, No 8 (2013)

• Breast cancer in (South) Africa

• Genetics of breast cancer

• Genetic testing: The GP and the consumer

• SA and MDGs

• Who will deliver our grandchildren?

• Rheumatoid arthritis: Standard of care

Vol 103, No 7 (2013)

• The South African medico-legal landscape

• Evidence-based medicine – ‘boiling the frog’?

• ENT matters – HPV in the news again

• A tool for preventing trial co-enrolment

• Modern diabetes care

Vol 103, No 6 (2013)

• RWOPS – crisis in the offing

• Key role of antibiotic stewardship

• Latex allergy – plight, rights and fights of HCWs

• Rx of community-acquired UTIs

• Chronic rhinitis management

• Triage of children
• Karabus – WMA warns against working in UAE
• Guidance on the legality of mass circumcision
• Toxicovigilance – poisonings surveyed
• Human papillomavirus – prevalence and vaccination
• Update on the management of hepatitis B

Vol 103, No 4 (2013)

• Rape in South Africa – a call to action
• E Cape corruption set to continue
• ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders unpacked
• Africa’s lethal motorists
• Thrombosis – the biggest killer

Vol 103, No 3 (2013)

• Perspectives on NHI
• Triage tool for emergencies in children
• Updated asthma management
• TB in doctors
• STDs are typically multiple

Vol 103, No 2 (2013)

• Appropriate technology for underweight neonates
• A 5×5 agenda for NCDs in Africa
• Advice for the 2013 ’flu season
• Spinal anaesthesia is not without risk
• ‘Third epidemic’ of retinopathy of prematurity

Vol 103, No 1 (2013)

• Karabus' ordeal continues
• Gynaecologists and GPs in favour of chaperone use
• ‘19th-century’ in-hospital mortality rates reported at GSH
• Lymphoma mistaken for TB in HIV patients
• Office spirometry guideline

2012

Vol 102, No 12 (2012)

• Roadblocks ahead on gilt-edged RWOPS highway?
• 'Cognitive enhancement' – the debate begins
• 'Reflex' screening for Cryptococcal disease to be phased in
• Women and girls welcome NHI
• Hyponatraemia and cerebral oedema in female athletes
• High prevalence of antenatal depression in HIV+ women

Vol 102, No 11 (2012)

• Will our public healthcare sector fail the NHI?
• Addressing SA’s shortage of healthcare personnel
• Management of bites from man’s best friend
• NVP-based ART risky for immunocompetent pregnant women
• Up-to-date management of biliary atresia (Supplement)

Vol 102, No 10 (2012)

• Private healthcare – getting back to the patient
• Improving maternal health outcomes
• Sexual healthcare for the disabled
• NHI – a GP’s approach to costing
• Point-of-care diagnosis of TB – benefits and challenges

Vol 102, No 9 (2012)

• Taking our journals in tablet form
• E. Cape doctors facing the ghost of Biko
• Achieving weight loss and avoiding obesity
• The cardiovascular health of the nation
• Reducing the sodium content of high-salt foods
• Need for a graduated driving licence

Vol 102, No 8 (2012)

• 'Politically correct’ behaviour change – an HIV/pregnancy threat?
• Challenging infective endocarditis prevention
• Medical internship and community service slaves
• Foreign green pastures for South African doctors
• Allergic rhinitis guidelines

Vol 102, No 7 (2012)

• E Cape: rock the boat, walk the plank?
• Alcohol, advertising and SA’s youth
• Antibiotics and resistant organisms
• Neonatal rotavirus and necrotising enterocolitis
• Coronary artery disease in young South African Indians

Vol 102, No 6 (2012)

• Silicosis claim to boost primary health care?
• Aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss
• Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy
• Skin closure for caesarean section
• UCT 100th anniversary issue

Vol 102, No 5 (2012)

• A beacon of hope at last? 274
• Rational use of isotretinoin in acne 282
• Scholarship success 288
• Obesity in childhood 289, 295
• Guidelines for management of neuropathic pain 312

Vol 102, No 4 (2012)

• Handicapped in the ‘sticks’ – policy the real disability 200
• Diagnosis by nose 231
• Blood culture audits valuable at peripheral hospitals 232
• Human resources for health research in Africa 236
• A simple new vision score for prostate symptoms 245

Vol 102, No 3 (2012)

• HPCSA: security and quicker registration remain elusive 115
• Validity of sick certificates from traditional health practitioners 129
• Medical terms in African languages 132
• Cataract surgery improves care of orphans 140
• Nurses risk acquiring blood-borne virus infection 153

Vol 102, No 2 (2012)

• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV progress 81
• Nurse initiation and maintenance of ART 98
• Cell phone text messages as a learning tool 100
• Equivalent efficacy of generic ceftriaxone 102
• Acute infective diarrhoea/gastroenteritis in infants 104

Vol 102, No 1 (2012)

HIV prevention – blazing carrots, cracking whips
‘Saviour siblings’ and the law
Hypertension in goldminers
How well do nurse prescribers manage HIV?
Treating crush syndrome in the rural setting