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Effects of inhaled nitric oxide on oxygenation and haemodynamic performance during one-lung ventilation in pigs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: K Schwarzkopf --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Germany T Schreiber --- Institute for Experimental Animals, University of Jena, Germany H Schubert --- Institute for Experimental Animals, University of Jena, Germany N Preussler --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Germany L Hueter --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, GermanyObjective: To study the effects of 20 ppm inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) on haemodynamics and systemic oxygenation during one-lung ventilation (OLV) in vivo. Design: Prospective animal study with a cross-over design. Setting: Animal laboratory of a university hospital. Subjects: Eight... -
Anaesthetic management of a patient with thoracopagus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Kiran --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India KP Kaur --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India KNR Rattan --- Department of Paediatric Surgery, India SK Rattan --- Department of Paediatric Surgery, IndiaWe report the case of a 10-day-old male child weighing 3.5 kg, with mass over the sternal region, a set of four limbs and an omphalocoele that had undergone surgical separation. An exoparasitic twin had fully developed hind limbs, well-developed... -
The efficacy of ultrasound-guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing open cholecystectomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CK Chen --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia VE Phui --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, MalaysiaBackground: Ultrasound-guided oblique subcostal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blockade has been described recently as providing a wider analgesic blockade than the posterior approach, with the possibility of being suitable for surgery both superior and inferior to the umbilicus. The objective... -
Anaesthetic management of tracheobronchial disruption during oesophagectomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: T Bindra --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India R Gupta --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, India P Geetanjali --- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, IndiaAlthough tracheobronchial injuries occur rarely during oesophagectomy, the outcome of such injuries is mostly unfavourable. We report the case of a 50-year-old female, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class 1, who suffered a tracheobronchial injury during transthoracic oesophagectomy. The defect... -
Regional infraclavicular blocks via the coracoid approach for below-elbow surgery: a comparison between ultrasound guidance with, or without, nerve stimulation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: FMT Azmin --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Malaysia YC Choy --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, MalaysiaThis randomised, observer-blinded study compared brachial plexus infraclavicular block under ultrasound guidance with, or without, nerve stimulation, for patients undergoing below-elbow surgery. -
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, -
Respiratory risk assessment prior to extrathoracic surgery
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PF Aucamp --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, M Prins --- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,Physicians are often asked to evaluate a patient prior to elective surgery for the purpose of risk identification and modification. Postoperative pulmonary complications are the most costly of the major postoperative medical complications, including cardiac, thromboembolic and infectious, and result... -
A case that underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical biopsy combined with left pneumonectomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Inoue --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Japan Y Fujimoto --- Department of Anaesthesiology, Japan H Furuya --- Department of Anaesthesiology, JapanA case that underwent bilateral video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical (VATS) biopsy combined with pneumonectomy is presented. The patient developed hypoxia during the contralateral VATS biopsy. His hypoxia was treated with positive expiratory pressure (PEEP) to the dependent lung and apneic oxygen... -
The use of ultrasonography in the perioperative management of penetrating chest trauma with indwelling blade
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: S Kudsk-Iversen --- Stanger Hospital, South Africa R Matos-Puig --- Stanger Hospital, South AfricaWe report on the anaesthetic and postoperative analgesic management of a patient presenting with a single penetrating thoracic injury, with radiological confirmation of a foreign object still present in the thorax. The patient underwent an emergency right posterolateral thoracotomy. We... -
Insights into the feeding ecology of the Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis barklyi using two monitoring approaches
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Anna Reuleaux --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Heather Richards --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Terence Payet --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Pascal Villard --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Matthias Waltert --- Conservation Biology, Workgroup on Endangered Species, Germany Nancy Bunbury --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, SeychellesFeeding ecology is an important factor for the survival of a species and knowledge of its parameters is a prerequisite for successful conservation work. In this study we describe the feeding ecology of the endemic Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis barklyi... -
Research and conservation of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar: a review of knowledge gaps and opportunities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Rowan O Martin --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa Michael R Perrin --- Research Centre for African Parrot Conservation, South Africa Rutledge S Boyes --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa Yilma D Abebe --- Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Ethiopia Nathaniel D Annorbah --- Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, UK Augustus Asamoah --- Environmental Sustainability Project, Accra Dieudonné Bizimana --- Association Burundaise pour la protection des Oiseaux, Burundi Kadiri S Bobo --- Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, Cameroon Nancy Bunbury --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Joost Brouwer --- Niger Bird Database, The Netherlands Moussa S Diop --- AfriWet Consultants, Senegal Mihret Ewnetu --- Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Ethiopia Roger C Fotso --- Wildlife Conservation Society, Cameroon Jerry Garteh --- Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia, Liberia Philip Hall --- AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Nigeria Lars H Holbech --- Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, Ghana Ireene R Madindou --- Ornithology Section, Kenya Fiona Maisels --- Global Conservation Program, USA Jérôme Mokoko --- Wildlife Conservation Society, Republic of Congo Ronald Mulwa --- Ornithology Section, Kenya Anna Reuleaux --- Seychelles Islands Foundation, Seychelles Craig Symes --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Simon Tamungang --- Wildlife Ecology and Management Group, Cameroon Stuart Taylor --- School of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, New Zealand Simon Valle --- Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, UK Matthias Waltert --- Conservation Biology/Workgroup on Endangered Species, Germany Mengistu Wondafrash --- Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, EthiopiaParrot populations in Africa and Madagascar are declining and the need for conservation actions to address threats is increasingly recognised. Effective conservation requires a robust knowledge base on which decisions over appropriate actions can be made, yet at present there... -
South African dietary total antioxidant capacity based on secondary intake data in relation to dietary recommendations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: H Louwrens --- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, South Africa F Rautenbach [AN0001] I Venter --- Faculty of Applied Sciences,Objective: In this exploratory study, the average adult South African dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC) was estimated using secondary data and was evaluated against that determined for dietary intake recommendations. -
Thoracic epidural anaesthesia for major abdominal surgeries: experience in private hospital setting in Uyo, South-South Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Otu E Etta --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria Kingsley Umeh --- Department of Surgery, Nigeria Sylvia G Akpan --- Department of Anaesthesia, NigeriaBackground: Thoracic epidural anaesthesia (TEA) has many benefits over general anaesthesia in major abdominal surgeries including avoidance of endotracheal intubation. -
Anaesthesia for left thoracoscopic sympathectomy for refractory long QT syndrome: three case reports
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Madhusudan Upadya --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Julie CR Misquith --- Department of Anaesthesia, India Rammoorthi Rao --- Department of Anaesthesia, IndiaCongenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare genetic disorder that has been associated with various genetic mutations including life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. Left thoracoscopic sympathectomy is an effective treatment for patients who are refractory to medical therapy... -
South African indigenous fruits – Underutilized resource for boosting daily antioxidant intake among local indigent populations?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Daniela Amalia Kucich --- Department of Chemistry, South Africa Merrill Margaret Wicht --- Department of Chemistry, South AfricaConsuming more than seven portions of fruit and vegetables daily substantially lowers the risk of mortality from any cause, yet many South Africans living below the poverty line have a very low or even zero intake of fruit and vegetables... -
Pentalogy of Cantrell and anaesthesia: a case report
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Alexis Oosthuizen --- Department of Anaesthesia, South AfricaPentalogy of Cantrell, a rare congenital thoracoabdominal disruption, consists of a supraumbilical abdominal wall defect, lower sternal defect, agenesis of the anterior portion of the diaphragm, an absence of the diaphragmatic part of the pericardium, and a malformation of the... -
Analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl as an adjunct to thoracic epidural in patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Neerja Bharti --- Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care, India Shweta N Pokale --- Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care, India Indu Bala --- Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care, India Vikas Gupta --- Department of Surgery, IndiaBackground: This randomised, double-blind study was designed to assess the analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine as compared with fentanyl as an adjunct to local anaesthetic in thoracic epidural for upper abdominal surgeries. -
Montane forest birds in winter: do they regularly move to lower altitudes? Observations from the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Adrian JFK Craig --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Patrick E Hulley --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaSeasonal altitudinal migration to lower altitudes including the coast has been ascribed to a number of forest birds, of which 14 species occur at Fort Fordyce Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Based on our observations and ringing at... -
Nutritional improvement of cactus fruit scraps with addition of alfalfa or Atriplex halimus, and comparison of two animal feed preservation methods (silage and solar drying)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: L El Hajji --- Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco H Azzouzi --- Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco M Achchoub --- Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco K Elfazazi --- National Agricultural Research Institute, Morocco S Salmaoui --- Sultan Moulay Slimane University, MoroccoThis work aimed to study the effect of adding alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and Atriplex halimus L. on biochemical properties, microbial flora, ferment silage and solar-dried cactus fruit scraps. Alfalfa and Atriplex were added to cactus silage to improve nutrient...