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Thoracotomy in a spontaneously breathing neonate undergoing tracheo-oesophageal fistula repair
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: C Hosking --- Department of Anaesthesia, P Motshabi-Chakane --- Department of Anaesthesia, -
Tinea capitis in a 21-day-old neonate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: SA Adefemi --- Department of Family Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, NigeriaLH is a two-month-old baby girl seen in the outpatient skin clinic of the Family Medicine Department of the Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Nigeria. She had a single erythematous plaque on her scalp of five weeks duration. The lesion was... -
An exploration of anaemia in low-birthweight infants exposed to perinatal zidovudine at the neonatal unit at a regional hospital in Durban
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Hanley --- Department of Family Medicine, South Africa A Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaObjective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and degree of anaemia in low-birthweight neonates exposed to intrauterine zidovudine (AZT) at a regional hospital neonatal unit in Durban. -
Caffeine versus aminophylline for the prevention of apnoea of prematurity in a teaching hospital in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Natalie Schellack --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South Africa Andries GS Gous --- Department of Pharmacy, South Africa Patience B Mawela --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaStudy objectives: To determine the safety and efficacy of the use of oral anhydrous caffeine and intravenous aminophylline in the neonatal population using therapeutic drug levels and clinical effects as markers for determination. -
A sero-survey to identify the window of vulnerability to measles in infants in north-eastern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection • Authors: Baba Usman Ahmadu --- Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre, Nigeria Garba Ashir --- Department of Paediatrics, Nigeria Modu Mustapha --- Head of Department, Paediatrics, (UMTH), Nigeria Yakubu Mava --- Head of Department, Paediatrics, Nigeria Isa Saidu --- Department of Paediatrics, Nigeria Jose Ambe --- Department of Paediatrics, NigeriaAs infants lose maternal measles antibodies (MMAs), they experience periods when their antibody levels are insuffcient to protect them against measles. A prospective study was carried out at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Sera collected from neonates at birth,... -
A pilot study on the use of amikacin in neonates: Who should be monitored for ototoxicity?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Deirdré Engler --- Department of Pharmacy, South Africa Natalie Schellack --- Department of Pharmacy, South Africa Alida Naude --- Discipline of Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology, South Africa Andries Gous --- Department of Pharmacy, South AfricaBackground: Aminoglycosides (AGs) cause irreversible hearing loss. The toxic effects of AGs are dose dependent and correlate with increasing drug serum concentrations. -
Neonatal septicaemia: prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of common pathogens at Princess Marina Hospital, Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Lydia Mudzikati --- Medical Laboratory, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana, and Division of Community Health, South Africa Angela Dramowski --- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, South AfricaBackground: Septicaemia is the third most common cause of neonatal death after prematurity and birth asphyxia. The prevalence of neonatal sepsis and the spectrum of causative microorganisms fluctuates over time, thus facility-specific surveillance of neonatal bloodstream infections is important. Increasing... -
Intraoperative fluid therapy in neonates
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AR Visram --- Barts Health NHS Trust, UKThe evidence base for the administration of intraoperative fluids in neonates is poor and extrapolated from adults and children. Differences from adults and children in physiology and anatomy of neonates inform our practice. -
The nutritional management of short bowel syndrome in a very low-birthweight neonate
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Lize Rossouw --- Chief Dietician, Elizabeth van der Merwe [cor1] -
First report of neonatal bacteraemia caused by blaNDM-1 Raoultella ornithinolytica
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Yesholata Mahabeer --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South Africa Ashika Singh-Moodley --- Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, South Africa Harshavadan Mackanjee --- Department of Paediatrics, South Africa Olga Perovic --- Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, South Africa Koleka P Mlisana --- Department of Medical Microbiology, South AfricaRaoultella ornitholytica, an environmental organism, has only recently been reported as a cause of infections in humans, and is associated mainly with bacteraemia in elderly patients. Carbapenem resistance is unusual in Raoultella spp. We describe the first paediatric case of... -
Population structure of the sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens within the Curieuse Marine National Park, Seychelles
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: RD Hodgkiss --- Global Vision International Seychelles, Seychelles A Grant --- Global Vision International Seychelles, Seychelles JHR McClelland --- Global Vision International Seychelles, Seychelles R Quatre --- Seychelles National Parks Authority, Seychelles B Rademakers --- Global Vision International Seychelles, Seychelles C Sanchez --- Nature Seychelles, Seychelles C Mason-Parker --- Global Vision International Seychelles, SeychellesThis study produced the first data on population parameters for sicklefin lemon shark Negaprion acutidens at the granitic Seychelles Islands, adding to a limited catalogue of species information. Juveniles at a site in the Curieuse Marine National Park were tagged... -
Risk factors associated with nosocomial infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial hospital between 2014 and 2015
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Sharita Rameshwarnath --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, South Africa Saloshni Naidoo --- Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, South AfricaBackground: Nosocomial infections are one of the main causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. The neonatal intensive care unit is a suitable environment for disseminating infections. The aim of this study was to identify risk... -
The triple burden of obesity, HIV, and anaemia during pregnancy and associations with delivery outcomes in urban South Africans
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Alessandra Prioreschi --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Stephanie V Wrottesley --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Linda Adair --- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Kate A Ward --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Shane A Norris --- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa