Table of Contents
Contents
Contents | |
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Correspondence
Sharp increase in influenza A infections in Limpopo: A call for increased influenza vaccinations | |
C N Umunnakwe, Z N Makatini, R Maphoto, H A Tempelman | 3-4 |
Obituaries
Peter Maytom | |
A Hold, A Gorven | 5 |
Editorial
Not so rare: It’s time to raise awareness of rare diseases in South Africa | |
B F Jacobson | 6 |
Continuing Medical Education
Cochlear implantation in South Africa | |
A Bhamjee | 7 |
Cochlear implantation in South Africa (part 1) | |
A Bhamjee, F Mahomed-Asmail, J Perold, J W Loock, T le Roux | 8-10 |
In Practice
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaxxers – supporting healthcare workers to navigate the unvaccinated: Reflections from clinical practice | |
J Hoare, M Mendelson, L Frenkel | 11-13 |
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on mortality in South Africa in 2020 | |
R E Dorrington, R Laubscher, N Nannan, D Bradshaw | 14-16 |
Gaucher disease: A cause of massive splenomegaly in a 15-year-old black African male | |
T Ramdin, E Schapkaitz, S Varughese, H Sevitz, F Laher, B F Jacobson | 17-20 |
Research
Baseline characteristics of 32 patients with Gaucher disease who were treated with imiglucerase: South African data from the International Collaborative Gaucher Group (ICGG) Gaucher Registry | |
H Sevitz, F Laher, S T Varughese, M Nel, A McMaster, B F Jacobson | 21-26 |
Rationalising empirical antibiotics for bloodstream infections: A retrospective study at a South African district-level hospital | |
A Engelbrecht, C van der Westerhuizen, J J Taljaard | 27-33 |
Outcomes of patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring invasive mechanical ventilation admitted to an intensive care unit in South Africa | |
C Arnold-Day, R N van Zyl-Smit, I A Joubert, D A Thomson, D L Fredericks, M G A Miller, W L Michell, P L Semple, J L Piercy | 34-39 |
A cross-sectional observational study of endotracheal intubation and extubation practices among doctors treating adult COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19 patients in South Africa | |
K Naidoo, S Spijkerman, J Wyngaard, H de Menezes-Williams, C Janse van Rensburg | 40-48 |
Impact of a multidisciplinary approach to ultrasound-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective audit | |
W Conradie, A du Plessis, J Edge, K Baatjes, A Ruiters, R Razack | 49-52 |
Underdiagnosis of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in South Africa | |
P Kamerman | 53-60 |
CPD
CPD Questions | |