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Audit of acute limb ischaemia in a paediatric intensive care unit

Author: Mumba, Jesse Musokota Date: 2016 Objective:Iatrogenic acute limb ischaemia in paediatric patients is a well-recognised complication of vascular access. This retrospective review of a paediatric intensive care unit identified patients who developed iatrogenic acute limb ... Read more
Clinical utility of B-type natriuretic peptide (NP) in paediatric cardiac surgery: a systematic review

Author: Afshani, Nura Date: 2014 B-type natruiretic peptide (NP) is a biomarker that has gained widespread use in several patient populations and clinical situations. It is a hormone secreted primarily by ventricular myocytes in response in myocyte stretch or ischaemia. Read more
Leaving the party - withdrawal of South African essential medicines

Author: Wilmshurst, Jo M ; Blockman, Marc ; Argent, Andrew ; Gordon-Graham, Eugenie ; Thomas, Jenny ; Whitelaw, Andrew ; McCulloch, Mignon ; Ramiah, Malitha ; Dyeshana, H ; Ireland, Joe Date: 2005 In August 2004 pharmacies and drug depots were advised that the sole supplier of parenteral phenobarbitone in South Africa, essential for the management of status epilepticus in children, was stopping production at the end of the same ... Read more
Lumbar punctures in the paediatric emergency medicine department at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: An evaluation

Author: Procter, Claire Date: 2016 Background: Lumbar punctures (LPs) are frequently performed in the paediatric medical emergency unit (MEU) department to diagnose or exclude meningitis. Unsuccessful lumbar punctures (LPs) cause diagnostic uncertainty which may prolong hospital ... Read more
The measurement of procedural burn pain and anxiety in paediatric burns : the new BOPAS method

Author: Albertyn, Rene Date: 2002 The assessment of pain and anxiety in South Africa is complicated by language barriers, cultural differences, socio-economic difficulties and delayed cognitive development. The high number of paediatric burn injuries (annually 2000) treated ... Read more
Paediatric cardiac anaesthesia in sickle cell disease : a case series

Author: Janse van Rensburg, P J Date: 2015 Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited haematological disorder, producing a mutation of the haemoglobin molecule known as haemoglobin S (HbS). The presence of HbS in the erythrocyte makes it prone to sickling - a process which ... Read more
Regional cerebral oxygenation monitoring - intraoperative management in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction

Author: Ing, Richard J ; Fischer, Stephanie ; Shipton, Steve ; Gray, Rebecca ; Thomas, Jenny ; Hewitson, John Date: 2006 Intraoperative near-infrared spectroscopy cerebral oxygenation monitoring assists intraoperative decision-making in environments without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or access to cardiac ... Read more
Regionalcerebral oxygenation monitoring - intraoperative management in a patient withsevere left ventricular dysfunction

Author: Ing, Richard J ; Fischer,Stephanie ; Shipton, Steve ; Gray, Rebecca ; Thomas, Jenny ; Hewitson, John Date: 2006 Intraoperative near-infrared spectroscopy cerebral oxygenation monitoring assists intraoperative decision-making in environments without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or access to cardiac ... Read more
Temperature changes in paediatric patients undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital experience

Author: Fullerton, Zahnne Date: 2017 Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning places paediatric patients at risk of both hypothermia and hyperthermia. The aim of this study is to determine primarily if paediatric patients gain or lose heat during MRI scanning, and ... Read more

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