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Potassium effects on stalk strength, premature death and lodging of maize (Zea mays L.)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Maria Melis --- Summer Grain Sub-Centre, M. P.W. Farina --- Summer Grain Sub-Centre,In a field trial with maize, applications of potassium (K) proved to have a highly significant effect on stalk strength, premature death, root lodging and stalk breakage. A week prior to harvest the percentage of lodged plants varied from 77%... -
Narratives on Death and Bereavement From Three South African Cultures: An Exploratory Study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Denise Appel --- University of South Africa, Maria Papaikonomou --- University of South Africa,The study aimed to explore how three culturally diverse South African women (n=3) constructed death and bereavement. Data were qualitatively gathered and thematically analyzed. Findings revealed grand narratives (other than western dominance) on death perceptions and bereavement within the Tswana... -
Willingness to care for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS: a study of foster and adoptive parents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Loraine Townsend Andy DawesThere is substantial evidence to indicate that South Africa is facing the prospect of a large number of children, now and in the future, who will be orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Following the incapacitation and/or death... -
Confronting AIDS-related loss and grief: an exploratory study of professional caregivers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Craig DemmerAs a result of the high mortality rate associated with AIDS, professional caregivers witness ongoing loss among clients. Besides finding ways to assist the dying and the bereaved, caregivers must cope with their own feelings surrounding loss. The purpose of... -
Youth mortality due to HIV/AIDS in South Africa, 2001–2009: An analysis of the levels of mortality using life table techniques
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nicole De Wet --- Demography and Population Studies, South Africa Somefun Oluwaseyi --- Demography and Population Studies, South Africa Clifford Odimegwu --- Demography and Population Studies, South AfricaSouth Africa has one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in the world. It is estimated that 5.38 million South Africans are living with HIV/AIDS. In addition, new infections among adults aged 15+ were reportedly 316 900 in 2011. New... -
Mortality patterns among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Ilorin, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: A Chijioke --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria AN Adamu --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria AM Makusidi --- Department of Medicine, NigeriaObjective: People living with diabetes mellitus (DM) are prone to varied forms of complications which often lead to their premature death. The vulnerability has the greatest impact in type 2 DM because of larger numerical strength, insidious onset and late... -
Anaesthesia-related maternal deaths in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CC Rout --- Discipline of Anaesthesia, Z Farina --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthesia Discipline of Anaesthesia, -
Anaesthesia-related maternal deaths in South Africa Chapter Seven of the 5th Saving Mothers Report 2008–2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CC Rout --- UKZN College of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, Z Farina --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan, Department of Anaesthesia,The number of reported deaths due to anaesthesia continues to increase. There were 121 reported this triennium. This represents 2.5% of all maternal deaths and 5.4% of deaths directly related to complications of pregnancy. One hundred and eighteen of these... -
Never trust a drug that can be pronounced in three different ways: medication errors in anaesthesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: R Raw --- University of Iowa, United States of America -
Moederlike mortaliteitskoers in Potchefstroom Hospitaal, 2000–2002: hoe kan hierdie risiko's vir moeders verlaag word?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: WM Kruger --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, GB Theron --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, TF Kruger --- Departement Obstetrie en Ginekologie, -
On Death and Dying—Forty years later, how well are we dying?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DA Cameron --- Department of Family Medicine,In the mid-1960s two doctors, one in London and the other in Chicago, set about changing the accepted medical care of dying patients. In London, Dr Cicely Saunders established St Christopher's Hospice specifically to provide compassionate care for dying patients... -
An investigation into the dramatic increase in deaths from gastroenteritis during the summer of 2007/08 at National District Hospital, Bloemfontein, Free State
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Brits --- Department of Family Medicine, G Joubert --- Department of Biostatistics,Introduction and background: Despite national guidelines and agreed upon admission and referral criteria for children in National District Hospital (NDH), Bloemfontein, the number of children admitted with gastroenteritis (GE) has increased dramatically since December 2007. From the previous year's Child... -
Emotional reactions of medical doctors and students following the loss of their patients at the Dr George Mukhari Hospital emergency unit, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: RT Masia --- Department of Psychology, WJ Basson --- Department of Psychology, GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and PHC,Background: Studies on death and dying predominantly emphasise the needs of the dying patient and the process of bereavement. Few studies have focused on the reactions of medical doctors and students when the patients they have cared for die. -
The profile of maternal deaths in a district hospital: a five-year review of maternal deaths from 2006–2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PN Makinga --- Northdale Hospital, J Moodley --- Women's Heath and HIV Research Group, MJ Titus --- Pietermaritzburg Hospitals Complex,Objectives: The objectives were to determine the clinical and demographic profile of maternal deaths, determine the most common primary causes of maternal deaths at district hospital level, compare the causes of deaths at district hospital, provincial and national level, and... -
Is there a place for voluntary active euthanasia in modern-day medicine?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, D Knapp van Bogaert --- Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,This article discusses various ethical and legal concepts regarding euthanasia and includes notions such as physician-assisted suicide, assisted suicide, voluntary active euthanasia, killing versus letting die, indirect euthanasia and terminal sedation. Is there a difference if death is foreseen, but... -
Potassium maldistribution revisited
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Justine Pietersen --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa Andrew Levin --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaObjective: This study investigated the maldistribution of concentrated 15% potassium chloride after injection into one-litre, flexible, Ringer’s lactate bags. -
“Bearing my fruit into the grave”: experiences of anticipatory grieving and bereavement among Zimbabwean HIV positive women with loss of their only child
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Julia Mutambara --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe Memory Chitambira --- Department of Psychology, Zimbabwe James January --- Department of Community Medicine, Mpikelelo Maseko --- Department of Psychology, ZimbabweThis study aimed to explore the bereavement experiences of HIV positive women who had lost their only child. Participants were 10 women living with HIV (age range = 24–35 years) and with loss of their only child. Data on experiences of anticipatory... -
Case report of sudden death in a child with Williams syndrome following administration of anaesthesia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: L du Toit-Prinsloo --- Department of Forensic Medicine, South Africa JM Dippenaar --- Department of Maxillo-Facial-Oral-Surgery, South Africa EM Honey --- Department of Genetics, South AfricaWilliams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by distinctive personality traits, facial features (so called “elfin face”) and cardiac abnormalities, of which supravalvular aortic stenosis is the most common lesion found. The cause is a deletion of a group of... -
Performing illness and health: the humanistic value of cancer narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Maheshvari Naidu --- School of Social Sciences (Anthropology), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaCancer is a potent example of a disease that grips and plays out on the body in ways that are both visceral and visual. This paper explores issues of disease and disorder, functioning and malfunctioning in bodies marked by cancer... -
Tuberculosis: a disease that is alive and kicking
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Angela Revelas --- Pathological Department,Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death from a single infectious disease, accounting for over a quarter of avoidable deaths in adults. The great majority of cases, and more than 95% of deaths, occur in the developing world. -
Causes of Death in Patients Treated at a Tertiary Hospital in the Limpopo Province: a Retrospective Study from 2008-2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: N Malangu --- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, S T Ntuli --- Department of Public Health Medicine, M Alberts --- Department of Medical Sciences,The aim of this study was to determine mortality rates and identify associated causes at a tertiary hospital situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Death notification forms from Pietersburg Mankweng Hospital Complex were retrieved and reviewed for the... -
Burnout, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among nurses in the context of maternal and perinatal deaths
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Teresa-Anne Bagakilwe Mashego --- Department of Clinical Psychology, South Africa Davhana Stanley Nesengani --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South Africa Thembelihle Ntuli --- Research Development and Administration, South Africa Gail Wyatt --- Department of Behavioral Medicine, United States of AmericaThis study investigated the prevalence and levels of burnout, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among nurses with exposure to maternal and perinatal deaths. A convenience sample of 83 nurses was selected for participation from six hospitals in Limpopo province, South... -
Death on the table: anaesthetic registrars’ experiences of perioperative death
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Sandhya Jithoo --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, TE Sommerville --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care,Background: A perioperative death can be a devastating event for which anaesthetists’ training does not necessarily prepare them. Previous authors have documented a range of reactions to this event. This study set out to explore individual personal and professional reactions... -
Community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children under five years of age in Soweto, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Nonhlanhla Ngwenya --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa David Coplan --- Department of Anthropology, South Africa Susan Nzenze --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa Nellie Myburgh --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South Africa Shabir Madhi --- Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, South AfricaThis interdisciplinary study, using qualitative and ethnographic research methods, collected data from 330 men and women in Soweto, South Africa, in order to understand the community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children who died under five years of... -
Incidence of unnatural deaths in Transkei sub-region of South Africa (1996–2015)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: BL Meel --- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, South AfricaBackground: Unnatural deaths are a serious and preventable public health problem in South Africa. Such an event is more than the death of an individual who has died in an unnatural way. It has a negative and long-lasting impact on... -
Child deaths at National District Hospital, Free State: one a month is better than one a week
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: H Brits --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: The United Nations set a two-thirds reduction in child mortality between 1990 and 2015 in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 2000. The National Department of Health (NDoH) introduced strategies to achieve these MDGs, which included new vaccines, better... -
Death and dying: elderly persons’ experiences of grief over the loss of family members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Eucebious Lekalakala-Mokgele --- School of Health Care Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Death is one of life’s few certainties and a universal experience for all individuals. When death occurs there is usually an impact on the family and friends of the deceased, the magnitude of which often depends on whether death... -
Death and the sociocultural dimensions of forced relocations: experiences from the Tugwi-Mukosi displacement in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Hardlife Stephen Basure --- , Zimbabwe Lloyd Nhodo --- , Ghana Charles Dube --- , Zimbabwe Roselyn Kanyemba --- , South AfricaThis article is an ethnographic inquiry into the cultural dimensions of forced relocations. It is based on the experiences of four resident anthropologists on the forced displacements at Tugwi-Mukosi in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Using the concept of death, we question... -
Magnitude, patterns and composition of wildlife roadkill in the Serengeti ecosystem, northern Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Richard D Lyamuya --- , Tanzania Kwaslema M Hariohay --- , Tanzania Emmanuel H Masenga --- , Tanzania John K Bukombe --- , Tanzania Grayson G Mwakalebe --- , Tanzania Maulid L Mdaki --- , Tanzania Ally K Nkwabi --- , Tanzania Robert D Fyumagwa --- , Tanzania Eivin Røskaft --- , NorwayGlobally, traffic associated with roads that pass through protected areas are the cause of many negative impacts on wildlife, such as wildlife roadkill, which has occurred within the Serengeti ecosystem. A 200 km stretch of gravel road networks that passes... -
Estimation of pesticide mixture interaction in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using survival analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: KC Kanu --- , Nigeria NH Amaeze --- , Nigeria AA Otitoloju --- , NigeriaThe acute toxicity of the pesticides atrazine, mancozeb, chlorpyrifos and lambda-cyhalothrin, acting singly and jointly, was assessed on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings. Median lethal concentration (LC50), median lethal time (LT50), and mixture interaction were estimated, whereas survival analysis was... -
Exploration of witnessing community violence and recent death on child behavioural outcomes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Doneila McIntosh --- University of Minnesota, Allan D. Tate --- University of Georgia, Jerica M. Berge --- University of Minnesota,Background: Researchers are increasingly interested in understanding potentially traumatic experiences in children’s lives, such as witnessing community violence (WCV) and the recent death of a close family member or friend. These experiences can be distressing and have adverse effects on... -
When caring and mourning threaten public health: the experience of Covid-19 preventive regulations in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: James Musonda --- University of Liège, BelgiumThis article explores how Covid-19 regulations in hospitals and regarding funerals disrupted and limited the capacity of kin to care, and transformed the meanings of life and death, for Zambians. Nonetheless, patients and kin exercised their agency through disobedience, by... -
Constructions of Home in the Unhomely: Home-making in Nnedi Okorafor’s Africanfuturist Narratives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Joseph Kwanya --- Rhodes University, South AfricaIn this essay, I examine the representation of home in African speculative fiction, focusing on three works by Nnedi Okorafor: Who Fears Death (2010), The Book of Phoenix (2015), and the short story “Mother of Invention” (2018). I argue that...