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Submucous dissection of the nasopharynx complicating nasotracheal intubation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: BO Bolaji --- Departments of Anaesthesia, Nigeria IK Kolawole --- Departments of Anaesthesia, Nigeria AAG Abdulrahman --- Departments of Surgery, NigeriaWe present the case of a 60-year old woman, who had an unusual complication of nasotracheal intubation, which was carried out to relieve post-thyroidectomy respiratory distress at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). She presented with a huge malignant... -
Safety of pain control with morphine: new (and old) aspects of morphine pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: JF Coetzee --- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care,Background: A 26-year-old, 59 kg female was administered morphine 10 mg during tonsillectomy, and 5 mg in the recovery room. She died 5 hours after the operation. Hypoxic cerebral injury, arising from morphine side-effects, was pronounced the cause of death,... -
Avoiding adverse outcomes in anaesthesia. The relevant As: allergy, asthma airway and anaphylaxis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: A Bosenberg --- Department Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Faculty Health Sciences, USAThe perioperative preparation of children presenting for surgery aims to identify medical problems that might influence the outcome and to institute management strategies to reduce those risks. Adverse respiratory events remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in modern... -
Prescribing habits for upper respiratory tract infections in children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: S Abbott --- Department of Paediatrics, -
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... -
Reliability of an adult respiratory symptom questionnaire in a community located near a mine dump in South Africa: pilot study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Vusumuzi Nkosi --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Kuku Voyi --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South AfricaBackground: Pretesting a questionnaire is an important activity before the start of the main epidemiological study. Aim: The study tested the reliability (internal consistency) of the modified ATS-DLD-78 adult respiratory diseases questionnaire developed by the British Medical Research Council. Results:... -
Epidemiology of cystic fibrosis respiratory pathogens isolated at a South African Hospital, 2006–2010
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Vindana Chibabhai --- National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, South Africa Warren Lowman --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, South AfricaBackground: The epidemiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) associated pathogens other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the South African cystic fibrosis population has not been previously described. -
The effect of different anaesthetic mask shapes on the anatomical dead space using infant, child and adult part-task trainers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: L Botes --- School of Medicine, South Africa J Jacobs --- School of Medicine, South Africa R Rademeyer --- School of Medicine, South Africa S Van der Merwe --- School of Medicine, South Africa L Van Heerden --- School of Medicine, South Africa BJS Diedericks --- Department of Anaesthesiology, South AfricaDead space is the portion of tidal volume that does not participate in alveolar gas exchange. The purpose of this study was to compare the dead space contribution of differently shaped masks, of the same size, by measuring the volume...