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Entropy of the electroencephalogram as applied in the M-Entropy S/5™ Module (GE Healthcare) during increases in nitrous oxide and constant sevoflurane concentrations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FJ Smith --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa S Spijkerman --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South Africa PJ Becker --- Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, and Unit for Clinical Epidemiology, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaBackground: 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 to investigate the effect on... -
Haemodynamic and anaesthetic advantages of dexmedetomidine
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: SH Rao --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India B Sudhakar --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India PK Subramanyam --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, IndiaObjectives: The aim of this study was to describe the effect of dexmedetomidine on haemodynamic stability in the intraoperative period, as well as on the pressor response to intubation and extubation and the requirement of inhalation anaesthetics and recovery. -
Description of surgical and anaesthetic services provided at two district hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal in relation to the surgical norms and standards outlined in the Service Package for District Hospitals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MI Siddique --- Department of Family Medicine, AJ Ross --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: Provision of surgical services at district hospitals (DHS) is cost effective and important. The District Hospital Service Package for South Africa (package of services) specifies the services that a district hospital should provide. The aim of this study was... -
The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South Africa Carola Lentz --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South AfricaThe contributions to the special section in this issue study recent independence celebrations and other national days in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They explore the role of national days in state-making and nation-building,... -
The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Heike Becker --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South Africa Carola Lentz --- Department of Anthropology and African Studies, GermanyThe contributions to the special section in this issue study recent independence celebrations and other national days in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They explore the role of national days in state-making and nation-building,... -
The effect of sevoflurane induction on the myocardial performance index in healthy individuals
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Aidan C Kingwill --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Johannes van der Westhuizen --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South Africa Edwin W Turton --- Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The myocardial performance (Tei) index is a simple, reproducible and easily performed measure of cardiac performance. Its ease of use and proven clinical application make this an attractive measure perioperatively. For appropriate use of this index under sevoflurane anaesthesia,... -
Novel technique for reversing phrenic nerve paresis secondary to interscalene brachial plexus block
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Ian O Fleming --- Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Australia Krishna Boddu --- Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, AustraliaInterscalene brachial plexus block is the reference analgesic technique for shoulder surgery. Phrenic nerve palsy with hemidiaphragmatic paresis is an established complication that results in symptomatic dyspnoea in a small number of subjects, and is poorly tolerated. Established management is... -
Imaginings of Khoja, Maasai and Swahili Aesthetics in Artist Ethnographer Sultan Somjee's narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mala Pandurang --- Department of English, IndiaThis paper investigates the hitherto unexplored interaction between Asian settlers and the indigenous women with whom they came into direct contact in East Africa from the early 20th century onwards. The impact of their interaction was on the production of... -
“Sing and make music to the Lord”: cultural difference in South Africa’s urban religious soundscapes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Douglas Bafford --- , United StatesScholars of contemporary Christianity have long noted the importance of sacred music in constructing faith communities and distinguishing religious actors from one another. Drawing on historical and ethnographic evidence gathered over 16 months in Johannesburg, South Africa, I examine the... -
“Feeling their way through their cultural roots”: theorising the Khoisan revivalist critique of authenticity from below
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rafael Verbuyst --- University of Gent, BelgiumAuthenticity is a longstanding concern in Khoisan Studies. Most scholarship has examined how stereotypical, essentialist and static notions of “authentic” Khoisan identity and culture are habitually reproduced and demanded of the Khoisan for economic or political gain. Recent work instead...