Table of Contents
Contents
Contents | |
552-553 |
From the Editor
Failure at the top | |
B Farham | 554 |
Statement of Support
Statement of support for Professor Glenda Gray and the principle of academic freedom of speech | |
F Venter | 555-560 |
Correspondence
How should health resource allocation be applied during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa? | |
A Taylor, B Taylor, J Parkes, J J Fagan | 561 |
COVID-19: Convalescent plasma as a potential therapy | |
K van den Berg, M Vermeulen, T N Glatt, S Wasserman, C L Barrett, J Peter, D Brittain, V J Louw | 562-563 |
Is there value in a two-step diagnostic algorithm to confirm SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa? | |
W Dowling, C J Opperman | 564-565 |
Updated guidelines on telemedicine – a step in the right direction | |
A Barit | 566 |
South African healthcare workers and COVID-19: A shared responsibility to protect a precious and limited resource | |
A Dramowski, M Zunza, K Dube, M Parker, A Slogrove | 567-568 |
Digital eye syndrome: COVID-19 lockdown side-effect? | |
A J Munsamy, V Chetty | 569 |
Editorial
Compelled testing for the novel coronavirus | |
P Kruger | 570-571 |
Collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic: Exacerbation of antimicrobial resistance and disruptions to antimicrobial stewardship programmes? | |
V Chibabhai, A G Duse, O Perovic, G A Richards | 572-573 |
What are we doing to the children of South Africa under the guise of COVID-19 lockdown? | |
L van Bruwaene, F Mustafa, J Cloete, A Goga, R J Green | 574-575 |
The utility of 2009 H1N1 pandemic data in understanding the transmission potential and estimating the burden of COVID-19 in South Africa to guide mitigation strategies | |
N Phaswana-Mafuya, O Shisana, G Gray, N Zungu, L-G Bekker, L Kuonza, K Zuma, S Baral | 576-577 |
Freedom of speech and public interest, not allegiance, should underpin science advisement to government | |
J A Singh, A Habib, J Jansen | 578-580 |
Continuing Medical Education
Childhood pneumonia in the context of COVID-19: Updated South African guidelines | |
H J Zar, R J Green, S A Madhi | 581-582 |
Epidemiology and aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 1) | |
D P Moore, R J Green, C Cohen, G Itzikowitz, S Andronikou, A C Argent, T Avenant, P Jeena, R Masekela, M P Nicol, A Pillay, G Reubenson, S A Madhi, H J Zar | 583-587 |
Diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines (part 2) | |
H J Zar, D P Moore, G Itzikowitz, R J Green, A C Argent, T Avenant, C Cohen, P Jeena, R Masekela, A Pillay, G Reubenson, S A Madhi, S Andronikou, M P Nicol | 588-593 |
In Practice
Chronic rhinitis in South Africa – more than just allergy! | |
R J Green, M Hockman, R Friedman, A van Niekerk, C Feldman, E Vardas, C Quitter, C Els, L van Bruwaene, A Nanan, J Peter, R Y Seedat, M Levin, C Bateman; on behalf of the South African Allergic Rhinitis Working Group (SAARWG) | 594-598 |
Healthcare workers’ adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: A rapid qualitative evidence synthesis | |
B-M Schmidt, S Cooper, A B Wiyeh, C S Wiysonge | 599-600 |
Reintroduction of elective paediatric otolaryngology procedures in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
J K McGuire, J J Fagan, S Peer | 601-604 |
Affordable digital innovation to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers | |
S Ntshalintshali, C Mnqwazi | 605-606 |
Limitations and potential bias in vital registration data and tuberculosis mortality reporting in South Africa | |
M Osman, A Welte, P Naidoo, M Loveday, A C Hesseling | 607-609 |
COVID-19: The role of artificial intelligence in empowering the healthcare sector and enhancing social distancing measures during a pandemic | |
S Mahomed | 610-612 |
A policy and decision-making framework for South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
K Jones-Bonofiglio, N Nortjé | 613-616 |
South Africa’s COVID-19 Tracing Database: Risks and rewards of which doctors should be aware | |
J Klaaren, K Breckenridge, F Cachalia, S Fonn, M Veller | 617-620 |
Comorbidity in context: Part 1. Medical considerations around HIV and tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | |
T M Rossouw, M T Boswell, A G Nienaber, K Moodley | 621-624 |
Comorbidity in context: Part 2. Ethicolegal considerations around HIV and tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | PDF PDF |
T M Rossouw, A G Nienaber, M T Boswell, K Moodley | 625-628 |
Consent for critical care research after death from COVID-19: Arguments for a waiver | |
K Moodley, B W Allwood, T M Rossouw | 629-634 |
Research on COVID-19 in South Africa: Guiding principles for informed consent | |
J de Vries, T Burgess, M Blockman, N A B Ntusi | 635-639 |
How to publish your work in a peer-reviewed journal: A short guide | |
R P Abratt | 640-641 |
Syphilitic pancreatitis: A rare mimicker of our time | |
B W Mekonnen, K Jansen, R Razack, A Doruyter, R Pitcher | 642-645 |
Review
Human brucellosis in South Africa: A review for medical practitioners | |
K Govindasamy | 646-651 |
Research
Foreign body ingestion in children presenting to a tertiary paediatric centre in South Africa: A retrospective analysis focusing on battery ingestion | |
J A Chabilall, J Thomas, R Hofmeyr | 652-656 |
Comparison of praziquantel efficacy at 40 mg/kg and 60 mg/kg in treating Schistosoma haematobium infection among schoolchildren in the Ingwavuma area, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
M Kabuyaya, M J Chimbari, S Mukaratirwa | 657-660 |
Factors associated with repeat genital symptoms among sexually transmitted infection service attendees in South Africa, 2015 - 2016 | |
R C Mathebula, L R Kuonza, A Musekiwa, R Kularatne, V Maseko, T Kufa | 661-666 |
Trauma in pregnancy at a major trauma centre in South Africa | |
S E Moffatt, B Goldberg, V Y Kong, J-P Da Costa, M T D Smith, J L Bruce, G L Laing, D L Clarke | 667-670 |
Uptake of antenatal care in high HIV-prevalence settings: Results from three population-based surveys in South Africa | |
D F Nsibande, A Goga, R Laubscher, C Lombard, M Cheyip, D Jackson, A Larsen, M Mogashoa, T-H Dinh, N K Ngandu | 671-677 |
Primary nephrotic syndrome in the new millennium in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
O Abumregha, E Naicker, C Connolly, R Bhimma | 678-685 |
Allergic sensitisation in South Africa: Exploring regional variation in sensitisation | |
C van Rooyen, S van den Berg, P J Becker, R J Green | 686-690 |
Investigating the threshold for early renal allograft biopsy: A South African single-centre perspective | |
D Nel, S Poerstamper, S Verhage, F C J Botha, Z Barday, E Muller, T du Toit | 691-694 |
CPD
CPD Questions | |