Publications 2023

ANAESTHESIOLOGY & CRITICAL CARE

2023 PUBLICATIONS

A Sallie, R. Wise: Outcomes of traumatic brain injury patients in an adult intensive care unit of a South African regional hospital, without on-site neurosurgical service: A retrospective quantitative study on the neurological improvement at discharge. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 39(3), 87. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1286

A Naidoo, K. de Vasconcellos: The utility of brain natriuretic peptide as a prognosticating marker in critical care patients. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 39(3), 93. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1218

SD Maasdorp, F Paruk, K de Vasconcellos, C Grion, I Joubert, G Joynt, NA Kalafatis, S E Lapinsky, J Lipman, M L N G Malbrain, B Mrara, G A Richards, M Spruyt, E Van der Merwe, J-L Vincent, L J Van der Merwe: Core competencies in critical care for general medical practitioners in South Africa: A Delphi study. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 39(3), 68. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1261

PD Gopalan, M Pienaar, S Brokensha: Deep medicine … Navigating the intersection of technology, cognition and ethics in the digital age of medicine. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 39(3), 58. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1520

U Jaganath, K de Vasconcellos, DL Skinner, PD Gopalan. An analysis of referrals to a level 3 intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting in South Africa. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 39(2), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i2.867

TC Hardcastle, M Kajee, K Lachenicht, N van der Walt. Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans: Layperson aspects and the role of emergency medical services. (2023). South African Medical Journal, 113(5), 1190-1194.https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i5.666

TC Hardcastle, A Engelbrecht,V Lalloo, CJ Bell,M Toubkin,F Motara,M Kajee. Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans: Special patient groups and surgical aspects. (2023). South African Medical Journal, 113(7), 1250-1255. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i6.1038

TC Hardcastle, Engelbrecht, V Lalloo, C Bell, M Toubkin. Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans.The hospital phase – emergency. (2023). South African Medical Journal, 113(6), 1192-1198. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i10.196

NL Allorto,C Rencken, DG Bishop. Burn injuries in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: Quantifying the healthcare. (2023). South African Medical Journal, 113(10), 1227-1231. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i10.196

SD Maasdorp, F Paruk, K De Vasconcellos, C Grion, I Joubert, GM Joynt, NA Kalafatis, SE Lapinsky,J Lipman, MLNG Malbrain, B Mrara, GA Richards, MGL Spruyt, E van der Merwe, JL Vincent, LJ van der Merwe. Core competencies in critical care for general medical practitioners in South Africa: A Delphi study. (2023). Southern African Journal of Critical Care, (39(3), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCC.2023.v39i3.1261

RN Rodseth, D Smith, C Maslo, A Laubscher, L Thabane. A critical analysis of Discovery Health’s claims-based risk adjustment of mortality rates in South African private sector hospitals. (2023), South African Medical Journal 113(1), 13-16. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i1.16768

DP Bishop, D van Dyk, RA Dyer. Safe obstetric anaesthesia in low- and middle-income countries—a perspective from Africa, (2023). BJA Education, 23(11), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjae.2023.07.003

P Parag, TC Hardcastle. Interpretation of emergency CT angiograms in vascular trauma – vascular surgeon vs radiologist. South African Journal of Surgery, 61(2), 77-82. https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.3852

S Tayebi, RD Wise, A Zarghami, L Malbrain, Khanna, W Dabrowski, J Stiens, MLNG Malbrain. In Vitro Validation of a Novel Continuous Intra-Abdominal Pressure Measurement System (TraumaGuard). (2023). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(19), 6260. https:// doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196260

R Naidoo, TC Hardcastle. NELA, HELAS and Quality of Care. Journal of Clinical Medicine. (2023). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 47(1), 140-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-022-06809-1

RD Wise, RN Rodseth, E Párraga-Ros,R Latorre, O López Albors, L Correa-Martín, MF Sánchez-Margallo, I Eugenia Candanosa-Aranda, J Poelaert, G Castellanos, MLNG Malbrain. The pathophysiological impact of intra-abdominal hypertension in pigs. (2023). PLOS ONE, (18)8, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290451

NF Moran, DG Bishop, S Fawcus, E Morris, H Shakur-Still, AJ Devall, ID Gallos, M Widmer, OT Oladapo, A Coomarasamy, GJ Hofmeyr. Tranexamic acid at caesarean delivery: Drug-error deaths. (2023). International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 160(1), 114-117. https://doi. org/10.1111/1471-0528.17292

SB Gangen, TC Hardcastle. Visual estimation of blood loss on swabs by surgeons and anaesthetists in KwaZulu-Natal: an online survey study. (2023). South African Journal of Anaesthesia Analgesia, 29(1), 38-42. https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJAA.2850

TN Shangase, FA Ganchi, TC Hardcastle. Genital and Anorectal Trauma. (2023). In a book: Textbook of Emergency General Surgery. 1513-1525. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_101

L Allie, K Govender. A Survey of the degree of burnout in state hospitals among Durban and Pietermaritzburg anaesthetists in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. (2023). University of Toronto Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2023.v113i5.666