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Can medical students calculate drug doses?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CS Harries --- Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Health Sciences, JH Botha --- Division of Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Health Sciences,Objectives: A doctor's ability to calculate drug doses is a skill that is generally assumed. We assessed medical students' performance when given four types of dosing calculations typical of those required in an emergency setting. -
Effect of Moringa oleifera on the histology, haematology and growth of Oreochromis mossambicus in aquadams® fertilised with chicken manure in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: MM Rapatsa --- Aquaculture Research Unit, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, South Africa NAG Moyo --- Aquaculture Research Unit, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaThe effect of Moringa oleifera seed powder on water quality and the histology, haematology and growth of Oreochromis mossambicus was investigated. Five dosage levels, 0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 mg l–1, of M. oleifera seed powder were applied to... -
Concentrating on the right measures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Richard von Rahden --- Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Zane Farina --- Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, South Africa Michael James --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaThe continued use of “percent” in the labelling and description of many drugs used in the field of anaesthesia is an ongoing source of errors. As part of the modern drive towards safety in medicine it is proposed that the... -
The role of dexamethasone in peripheral and neuraxial nerve blocks for the management of acute pain
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: KG Gordon --- Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa S Choi --- Department of Anesthesia, Canada RN Rodseth --- Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, South AfricaDexamethasone has an emerging role as an additive in regional anaesthesia for the management of acute pain. However, outcomes in terms of improvement and prolongation of analgesia, as well as the methods of administration and potential adverse effects, have yet... -
Induction of anaesthesia with propofol according to the adjusted ideal body mass in obese and non-obese patients: an observational study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FJ Smith --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South Africa FX Jurgens --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South Africa JF Coetzee --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa PJ Becker --- Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Obesity changes body composition including fat free mass (FFM), regarded as the “pharmacologically active mass”. Scaling drug doses to obese patients by total body mass (TBM) results in overdose. We aimed to determine the success rate of inducing anaesthesia...