Vol 103, No 10 (2013)

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover PDF
 

Contents

Contents PDF
 

From the Editor

South Africa’s hungry cities – the ‘canary down the mine’ PDF HTML
Janet Seggie 698

Editor's choice

Editor's Choice PDF HTML
Janet Seggie 699

Correspondence

Evidence-based medicine should be based on science PDF HTML
Gideon Peter Tunguy-Desmarais, D J J Muckart 700-701
Laboratory tests for malaria: A diagnostic conundrum? PDF HTML
Subhash C Arya, Nirmala Agarwal 701
Ten principles to prevent biofilm-related infections in surgical practice PDF HTML
A D Rogers, D A Hudson 701-702
The value of genetic testing for inherited retinal disease caused by mutations in the ABCA4 gene in South Africans PDF HTML
Lisa J Roberts, Stephni Hardie, Taahira Goolam Hoosen, Rajkumar Ramesar, L Jacquie Greenberg 702-703
Academy of Science of South Africa survey: Responsibility in the life sciences PDF HTML
Louise Bezuidenhout, Jill Farrant, Chandre Gould 704

Izindaba

Hope at last for crisis-ridden Gauteng academic hospitals? PDF HTML
  705-706
Health leadership training academy tackles worst first PDF HTML
  707-708
Leadership, commitment and core-values garner national award PDF HTML
  708-709
Karabus sues former UAE employers PDF HTML
  710-711

Obituaries

Kenneth Margolis PDF HTML
Hendrik Johannes Odendaal, Peter Wranz 712
Isabel Scholtz (nee Hough) PDF HTML
Philippus Johannes Snyman 712

Forum

Adrenaline and amiodarone dosages in resuscitation: Rectifying misinformation PDF HTML
Martin Botha, Mike Wells, Roger Dickerson, Lee Wallis, Melanie Stander 713-714
Isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-infected and -uninfected children (0 - 14 years) PDF HTML
Hendrik S Schaaf, Mark F Cotton, Gerald P G Boon, Prakash M Jeena 714-715

Editorial

Urban food insecurity: A neglected public health challenge PDF HTML
Jane Battersby, Milla McLachlan 716-717

Research

Overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in female primary school learners in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa PDF HTML
N Tathiah, I Moodley, V Mubaiwa, L Denny, M Taylor 718-723
Emergency centre investigation of first-onset seizures in adults in the Western Cape, South Africa PDF HTML
Anne Beth Smith, Daniël Jacobus van Hoving, Lee Allan Wallis 723-727
Management of undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver in children: A case series and management review PDF HTML
J A Geel, J A Loveland, G J Pitcher, P Beale, J Kotzen, J E Poole 728-731
The versatility of median sternotomy in general paediatric surgery PDF HTML
Milan Gopal, Seo-Hwa Chung, Chris Westgarth-Taylor, Renate Fartacek, Jerome Loveland 732-735
Rapid, minimally invasive adult voluntary male circumcision: A randomised trial PDF HTML
Peter S Millard, Hannah R Wilson, Peter J Veldkamp, Nádia Sitoe 736-742
Quantifying the disparity in outcome between urban and rural patients with acute appendicitis in South Africa PDF HTML
Victor Y Kong, Stephan van der Linde, Colleen Aldous, Jonathan J Handley, Damian L Clarke 742-745
The South African Vascular Surgical Cardiac Risk Index (SAVS-CRI): A prospective observational study PDF HTML
Yoshan Moodley, Prebashini Naidoo, Bruce M Biccard 746-750
A critical analysis of ICU/HC beds in South Africa: 2008-2009 PDF HTML
Kantharuben Naidoo, Jerome Singh, Umesh Lalloo 751-753
Intra-operative cell salvage in South Africa: Feasible, beneficial and economical PDF HTML
Leigh Solomon, Richard P von Rahden, Nikki L Allorto 754-757
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: Antiretroviral regimen, central nervous system penetration effectiveness, and cognitive outcomes PDF HTML
Helen M Cross, Marc I Combrinck, John A Joska 758-762

Guidelines

HPCSA Serious Injury Narrative Test guideline PDF HTML
H J Edeling, N B Mabuya, P Engelbrecht, K D Rosman, D A Birrell 763-766

CPD

CPD Questionnaire PDF
 

Malaria

Foreword PDF HTML
L Blumberg, D Moonasar 769
Malaria in South Africa: 110 years of learning to control the disease PDF HTML
M Coetzee, P Kruger, R H Hunt, D N Durrheim, J Urbach, C F Hansford 770-778
Epidemiology of malaria in South Africa: From control to elimination PDF HTML
R Maharaj, J Raman, N Morris, D Moonasar, D N Durrheim, I Seocharan, P Kruger, B Shandukani, I Kleinschmidt 779-783
Malaria vector control in South Africa PDF HTML
B Brooke, L Koekemoer, P Kruger, J Urbach, E Misiani, M Coetzee 784-788
Case management of malaria: Diagnosis PDF HTML
J Frean, B Poonsamy, B Shandukani, D Moonasar, J Raman 789-793
Case management of malaria: Treatment and chemoprophylaxis PDF HTML
I S Ukpe, D Moonasar, J Raman, K I Barnes, L Baker, L Blumberg 793-798
Health promotion: From malaria control to elimination PDF HTML
M A Groepe, J Urbach, H Jooste, K W Hlongwana, L Baker, E Misiani, N T Mayet 799-800
What will move malaria control to elimination in South Africa? PDF HTML
D Moonasar, N Morris, I Kleinschmidt, R Maharaj, J Raman, N T Mayet, F G Benson, D N Durrheim, L Blumberg 801-806