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Browsing Research Articles (Anaesthesiology) by Type "Article"
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Herselman, Ronel; Lalloo, Vidya; Ueckermann, Veronica; Van Tonder, Daniel Johannes; De Jager, Edwin John; Spijkerman, Sandra; Van der Merwe, Wanda; Du Pisane, Marizane; Hattingh, Fanie; Stanton, David; Hofmeyr, Ross
(Elsevier, 2021-12)
INTRODUCTION : SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in increased worldwide demand for personal protective equipment (PPE).
With pressure from ongoing epidemic and endemic episodes, we assessed an adapted snorkel mask that provides
full-face ...
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Milner, A.
(Medpharm Publications, 2008)
No abstract available.
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Milner, A.
(Medpharm Publications, 2009-02)
No abstract available
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Kluyts, Hyla-Louise
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-02)
This discussion will focus on the perioperative anaesthetic considerations for patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The preoperative workup of these patients will be covered separately. However, one needs to emphasise ...
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Spijkerman, Sandra
(MedPharm Publications, 2017)
Modern equipment and surgical techniques have enabled
endoscopic procedures in smaller patients, making thoracoscopy
a possibility for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures, even in very young patients.1,2 ...
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Spijkerman, Sandra
(Medpharm publications, 2021-02-24)
One night during a polytrauma theatre case, I asked the anaesthetic nurse to run a blood gas analysis in a nearby intensive care unit. He returned with saline, glucose and insulin, announcing from the door that “we need ...
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Milner, A.
(Medpharm Publications, 2023)
No abstract available.
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Kluyts, Hyla-Louise
(MedPharm Publications, 2015)
eHealth is the use of information and communication technologies for health. mHealth is the use of mobile technology in health.
As with all information technology (IT), advances in development are rapidly taking place. ...
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Mohr, D.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-05)
Failure to recognise the signs of sudden cardiac arrest or impending cardiac arrest will lead to delayed intervention.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be initiated without delay, irrespective of the level of skill ...
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Keene, A.R.; Motshabi, P.; Mdadla, N.; Swanevelder, J.; Turton, E.; Maakamedi, Hendrick; Murfin, D.; Vorster, A.; Drummond, L.A.
(Medpharm Publications, 2021)
Pacemakers (PM) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are likely to be encountered by anaesthetists in South Africa
in everyday practice because of increasing rates of implantation of these cardiac implantable ...
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Janse van Rensburg, Henroe; Van der Merwe, Dawid J.
(Medpharm Publications, 2023-03)
BACKGROUND: Paediatric caudal anaesthesia is an established technique. Commercially, only one paediatric caudal part-tasktrainer (PTT) exists. In the South African context, access to caudal block simulation training is ...
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Naidoo, K.; Spijkerman, Sandra; Wyngaard, J.; De Menezes-Williams, H.; Janse van Rensburg, C.
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-01)
BACKGROUND. Patients with severe COVID-19 may require endotracheal intubation. Unique adjustments to endotracheal intubation and extubation practices are necessary to decrease the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to healthcare ...
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Kluyts, Hyla-Louise; Becker, Piet J.
(Medpharm Publications, 2021)
INTRODUCTION : Clinicians may find early identification of patients at risk for high cost of care during and after surgery useful, to
prepare for focused management that results in optimal clinical outcome. The aim of the ...
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Spijkerman, Sandra; Smith, Francois Jacobus; Becker, Piet J.
(Medpharm Publications, 2007)
No abstract available
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Smith, Francois Jacobus; Geyser, M.M. (Mimi); Schreuder, I.; Becker, Piet J.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-06-19)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of different levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on pulse pressure variation
(PPV).
DESIGN: An observational study.
SETTING: Operating theatres of a tertiary training ...
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Smith, Francois Jacobus; Spijkerman, Sandra; Becker, Piet J.; Coetzee, J.F.
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that spectral entropy of the electroencephalogram as applied in the
M-Entropy S/5TM Module (GE Healthcare) does not detect the effects of nitrous oxide (N2O). The aim of this
study was ...
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Kisten, P.; Kluyts, Hyla-Louise
(Taylor and Francis, 2018-02-22)
BACKGROUND : Job satisfaction is a vital contributor to occupational well-being and may be instrumental in mitigating stress and
the adverse effects thereof. This is particularly pertinent in anaesthesiology, which is an ...
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Smith, P.; Smith, Francois Jacobus; Becker, Piet J.
(Medpharm Publications, 2008-05)
INTRODUCTION: Tracheal intubation is accompanied by an increased blood pressure and heart rate. The aim of this study was to find the most important source of this haemodynamic response, namely laryngoscopy or intubation. ...
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Dippenaar, Johannes Marthinus (Tinus)
(Medpharm Publications, 2025-02-28)
As a cornerstone of modern surgical and perioperative practice, anaesthesiologists are tasked with ensuring patient comfort and procedural safety during the perioperative period. Anaesthesia, however, remains a high-risk ...
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Smith, Francois Jacobus; Jurgens, F.X.; Coetzee, J.F.; Becker, Piet J.
(Medpharm Publications, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Obesity changes body composition including fat free mass (FFM), regarded as the “pharmacologically active mass”. Scaling drug doses to obese patients by total body mass (TBM) results in overdose. We aimed to ...