Vol 108, No 11 (2018)

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover PDF
 

Contents

Contents PDF
  881-882

Guest Editorial

How good are our guidelines? Four years of experience with the SAMJ’s AGREE II review of submitted clinical practice guidelines PDF
T Kredo, R Wiseman, A Gray, A Parrish, J Miot, K Cohen, K Jamaloodien, M Blockman 883-885

Correspondence

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) strikes PDF
A K L Robinson, E Variava 886
Extensively hydrolysed infant formulas: Need for aligned definition of peptide size characteristics and standardisation of analytical methods PDF
S Nutten, M Kuslys, F Maynard, M Affolter, R G Heine, M E Levin, D M Blackhurst, F Kirstein, D Kok, G F van der Watt, A D Marais 887-888
Resource allocation in paediatric burn care: Preliminary results of empowering parents with smartphone assistance PDF
R Martinez, H Rode 889-890

Izindaba

National Doctor's Day - conserving one of South Africa's greatest assets PDF
  891-892

Obituaries

Emeritus Associate Professor Roy Keeton PDF
S Benatar 893

Book reviews

Chota Motala: A Biography of Political Activism in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. By Goolam Vahed. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2018. 300 pages. ISBN 978 1 86914 382 4 PDF
C Ellis 894

Continuing Medical Education

The continuing process of learning lessons from maternal deaths: ‘Red flags’ PDF
J Moodley 895
Assessment of maternal deaths due to chronic hypertension: Lessons to learn – a ‘red flag’ for maternal and fetal complications PDF
J Moodley, N C Ngene 896-900
Cardiac disease in pregnancy: When to raise the ‘red flag’ PDF
P Soma-Pillay, J Anthony, S D Mandondo 901-906
Organophosphate poisoning in pregnancy: Is it a cry for help? PDF
S N Cebekhulu, R C Pattinson 907-909

In Practice

Systems thinking: A turning point for improving respectful obstetric care in South African health districts PDF
S Oosthuizen, A-M Bergh, R C Pattinson 910-914
Avoiding paternalism but not moral perplexity PDF
D R Hall 915-916
Lost to follow-up: Challenges to conducting orthopaedic research in South Africa PDF
D H S Badenhorst, C A van der Westhuizen, E Britz, M C Burger, N Ferreira 917-921
When the Office of Health Standards Compliance inspector knocks: What do I do? PDF
H J van As 922-925

Research

A two-step quality-improvement intervention to address Pap smear quality at public health facilities in South Africa PDF
M Mulongo, A M Oberlin, C Firnhaber, B Goeieman, S Ramotshela, P Michelow, S Jordaan, C J Chibwesha 926-928
Adult liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa (2004 - 2016): Balancing good outcomes, constrained resources and limited donors PDF
E Song, J Fabian, P E Boshoff, H Maher, P Gaylard, A Bentley, M J Hale, S P Ngwenya, H Etheredge, A Mahomed, B Bobat, B Strobele, J Loveland, R Britz, J F Botha 929-936
A retrospective review of Listeria monocytogenes infection at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, from 2006 to 2016: Is empirical ampicillin still indicated after the first month of life? PDF
K B Oppel, S L Holgate, H Finlayson 937-943
Hearing outcomes in children with meningitis at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: A silent crisis PDF
S Kuschke, N Goncalves, S Peer 944-946
Anorectal malformations and the impact of HIV on surgical outcome PDF
T D Gabler, J Loveland, A Theron, C Westgarth-Taylor 947-952
An evaluation of the quality of discharge summaries from the general paediatric wards at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa PDF
S Singh, F Solomon, S A Madhi, Z Dangor, S G Lala 953-956
Twenty-four-hour oesophageal pH studies in rural Eastern Cape Province, South Africa PDF
E J Ndebia, A M Sammon 957-959
Intimate partner violence among HIV-serodiscordant couples in Durban, South Africa PDF
S Mashaphu, G E Wyatt, E Gomo, A Tomita 960-964
Outcomes of self-induced late pregnancy termination in women presenting to a tertiary hospital in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa PDF
S D Mandondo, G J Hofmeyr, F Mbengo, N T Mshweshwe-Paleka, T R Mavundla 965-971

CPD

CPD questionnaire PDF