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Lipid rescue: the use of lipid emulsions to treat local anaesthetic toxicity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: CJ Kruger --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa PC Marwick --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South Africa AI Levin --- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, South AfricaDespite increasing safety of regional anaesthesia, the growth in the popularity therof implies that local anaesthetic toxicity will occur occasionally. Local anaesthetic cardiotoxicity, even when using “safer” modern local anaesthetics, is notoriously resistant to standard resuscitation. The aim of this... -
The old wave
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: R Dickerson --- Department of Emergency Medicine, -
Value and impact of massive blood transfusion protocols in the management of trauma patients
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: MDC Ortega-Gonzalez --- Department of Anaesthesia, BI Monzon-Torres --- Department of Trauma Directorate, Division of Surgery,Trauma-related injuries are the second leading cause of death and disability in South Africa. The traditional approach to surgery and resuscitation of severely injured patients has undergone change over the past 10 years. New concepts like damage control surgery and... -
Pioneers in South African Anaesthesia: Dr Heyman Harold (Heymie) Samson, anaesthetic innovator
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: PC Gordon --- Nagin Parbhoo History of Anaesthesia Museum, Department of Anaesthesia, RW Nieuwveld --- Department of Anaesthesia, -
Time to face the book?: "Unfriending" IV fluids. Where are we currently with fluid administration in anaesthesia and critical care?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Z Farina --- Anaesthesia, -
An unsuccessful resuscitation: The families' and doctors' experiences of the unexpected death of a patient
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: A Isaacs --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, RJ Mash --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Background: The objective was to elicit families' experience of the death of a family member at the Elsies River Community Health Centre, their feelings towards the staff involved in the resuscitation and their opinions about how things could be improved... -
A profile of resuscitations at the Kalafong hospital emergency unit
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Engelbrecht --- Department of Family Medicine, S Smith --- Department of Family Medicine, M Geyser --- Department of Family Medicine,Background: All serious emergency cases arriving at the Kalafong Hospital emergency department are first resuscitated by doctors from the Family Medicine Department. The aim of this study was to construct a profile of the patients that the emergency unit doctors... -
Knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of clinicians at a South African tertiary hospital
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: L Botha --- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, MM Geyser --- Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, A Engelbrecht --- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences,Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess clinicians' knowledge about evaluating possible cardiac arrest patients and recognising cardiac arrest, to assess clinicians' knowledge about appropriate decisions and actions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and to determine which advanced life... -
Sedation practice among Nigerian radiology residents
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: AD Omisore --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria AT Adenekan --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria OO Ayoola --- Department of Radiology, Nigeria AM Owojuyigbe --- Department of Anaesthesia, Nigeria BI Afolabi --- Department of Radiology, NigeriaBackground: Providing safe and effective sedation to patients, especially those with multiple medical problems, can be challenging for radiology residents and fellows. This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian radiology residents concerning sedation.