Vol. 107 No. 3 (2017) | South African Medical Journal

Published: 2017-03-17

Guest Editorial: Improving our understanding of antibiotic resistance: The relevance of surveillance at the population level

Pascal O. Bessong, Richard L. Guerrant

167

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12357

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Guest Editorial: Rapidly changing mortality profiles in South Africa in its nine provinces

V Pillay-van Wyk, R.E. Dorrington, D Bradshaw

168-169

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12344

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Editorial:Carpe diem (‘Seize the day’): Building on the findings of the 2015 World Health Organization evaluation of the multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) programme to make the most of shortened MDR-TB treatment in South Africa

Marian Loveday, Helen Cox

176-177

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12203

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Editorial: Bevacizumab treatment for retinopathy of prematurity in South Africa

T Pollock

178-179

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12388

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Editorial: Childhood injuries: A commission for human responsibilities is needed

A.B. van As, A Dhai

180-181

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12251

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Guest Editorial: Prevention of childhood injuries

A.B. van As, A van Niekerk

182

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Prevention of ingestion injuries in children

M Arnold, A.B. van As, A Numanoglu

183-187

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12365

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Schoolbus driver performance can be improved with driver training, safety incentivisation, and vehicle roadworthy modifications

A van Niekerk, R Govender, R Jacobs, A.B. van As

188-191

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12363

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A framework for preventing healthcare-associated infection in neonates and children in South Africa

A Dramowski, M.F. Cotton, A Whitelaw

192-195

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12035

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Ownership and human tissue – the legal conundrum: A response to Jordaan’s critique

S Mahomed, M Nöthling-Slabbert, M.S. Pepper

196-198

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12062

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An imaginary legal conundrum: A reply to the response by Mahomed, Nöthling-Slabbert and Pepper

D.W. Jordaan

199-200

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12337

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A review of patients with glutaric aciduria type 1 at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa

R Govender, A Mitha, L Mubaiwa

201-204

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11332

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Antibiotic resistance patterns and beta-lactamase identification in Escherichia coli isolated from young children in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa: The MAL-ED cohort

A.S. DeFrancesco, N.F. Tanih, A Samie, R.L. Guerrant, P.O. Bessong

205-214

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.12111

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The efficacy of intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor as primary treatment of retinopathy of prematurity: Experience from a tertiary hospital

H Kana, I Mayet, D Soma, H Dawood Alli, S Biddulph

215-218

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11080

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Trends in admissions, morbidity and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, 2004 - 2013

Y Isaacs-Long, L Myer, H.J. Zar

219-226

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11364

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A review of blood transfusions in a trauma unit for young children

M Salverda, N Ketharanathan, M van Dijk, E Beltchev, H Buys, A Numanoglu, A.B. van As

227-231

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11307

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Single-centre experience of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplant in paediatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa

A van Eyssen, N Novitsky, P de Witt, T Schlaphoff, V Thomas, D Pillay, M Hendricks, A Davidson

232-238

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11313

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Provision of an emergency theatre in tertiary hospitals is cost-effective: Audit and cost of cancelled planned elective general surgical operations at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa

M.M.Z.U. Bhuiyan, R Mavhungu, A Machowski

239-242

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.10687

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The accuracy of nurse performance of the triage process in a tertiary hospital emergency department in Gauteng Province, South Africa

L.N. Goldstein, L.M. Morrow, T.A. Sallie, K Gathoo, K Alli, T.M.M. Mothopeng, F Samodien

243-247

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11118

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The impact of a modified World Health Organization surgical safety checklist on maternal outcomes in a South African setting: A stratified cluster-randomised controlled trial

M Naidoo, J Moodley, P Gathiram, B Sartorius

248-257

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11320

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A randomised trial comparing laparoscopy with laparotomy in the management of women with ruptured ectopic pregnancy

L.C. Snyman, T Makulana, J.D. Makin

258-263

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.11447

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Electrophoresis test prevalence, requesting patterns, yield and related bone marrow biopsy findings at a South African tertiary hospital: A 5-year retrospective audit

N Naidoo, R.T. Erasmus, R Grewal, A.E. Zemlin

270-273

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10.7196/samj.2017.v107i3.10960

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