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Postoperative analgesia in children: getting it right
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CA Lee --- Department of Anaesthesiology,The management of postoperative pain in children has historically been poor, but advances have been made in the last decade. As pain is a complex phenomenon, a multimodal approach to treatment is required. This article aims to give a brief... -
Cardiovascular effects and the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Schellack --- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) include the nonselective and the cyclo-oxygenase-2-specific inhibitors. These agents are used for pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions. The nonselective anti-inflammatory drugs are still widely used, and are also freely available as over-the-counter analgesics. However, they carry... -
The creation of the SAVE consortium – Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction: a possible model for Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christopher GR Bowden --- Globally Threatened Species Recovery Unit, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UKThere have been few faster, more dramatic and wide-scale species declines than those of South Asian vulture populations since the 1990s. This article describes the background to this problem, caused mainly by the veterinary drug diclofenac, and the establishment and...