Vol. 17 No. 1 (2011)

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Published: 2011-02-26

Editorial

Editorial

Prof Christina Lundgren, David Wilkinson

3-4
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SASA Refresher Text

Rather anaesthetise a patient with CABG than a stent

Stephanie S F Fischer

9-12
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Perioperative myocardial infarction

M Alison

13-15
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Management strategies in patients with high bleeding and clotting risk

Nadia Rosencher

17-18
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Postoperative delirium in the elderly

Brent Tipping

19
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Anaesthesia for the athlete: volatile or TIVA?

S Robertson

20-21
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Anaesthesia and analgesia drugs contraindicated in competitive athletes

Ernest Welch

22-24
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Reducing postoperative pulmonary complication in non-cardiothoracic surgery patients

Analee Milner

27-30
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Echocardiography for the anaesthetist

Alistair Royse

32-33
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Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE): South Africa, 2011

Edwin Turton

34-35
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Transoesophageal echocardiography from the cardiac surgeon’s perspective

Alistair Royse

35-37
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Transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of the aortic valve

Nicholas J Harvey, Justiaan L C Swanevelder

38-41
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Intraoperative echocardiography assessment of left and right ventricular function

Nicholas J Harvey

42-48
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Practical workshop: HEARTscan

Alistair Royse

49-51
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Arenavirus outbreak with nosocomial transmission: infection control and the lessons learned

Nivesh Sewlall

54-55
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Infection control in theatre

A Hold

56-63
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Incretion therapy 2011: hype or reality?

Jeffrey Wing

64
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Anaesthesia and unexpected phaeochromocytoma

M F M James

66-68
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Glucose for the brain: fuel or poison?

M Morford

70-72
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Anaesthesia for ventriculoperitoneal shunts

J Nienaber

73-75
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Mechanical ventilation and the injured brain

T Ngubane

76-80
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Shoulder surgery: what a surgeon needs

Charles Breckon

81-82
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In vivo optical spectroscopy (INVOS) and arterial lines: a must in shoulder surgery?

Nicola Bax

83-85
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Novel additives to neuraxial blockade

Peter Stuart

86-89
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Nitrous oxide

Kim de Vasconcellos

91-92
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Repeat anaesthesia: what are the effects?

Clover-Ann Lee

93-95
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The agitated child in recovery

Jacinta Shung

96-98
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Top tips in caring for children with caudal anaesthesia

Jenny Thomas

100-101
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Which airway devices should be on difficult intubation trolleys in resource-constrained settings?

R E Hodgson

102-106
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Intubation for short procedures

Ernest Welch

107-108
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Cricoid pressure revisited

R K Mirakhur

109
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Update on general anaesthesia for Caesarean section

R A Dyer

110-112
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A journal article that changed my practice: Predictive value of the stomach wall pH for complications after cardiac operations: comparison with other monitoring

Monty G Mythen

113
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Is there an optimum level of intraoperative glucose control?

A Rantloane

114
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What is new in pain?

E Frohlich

115-116
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Biomarkers of cardiac disease

Dr Bruce Biccard

117
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Biomarkers of renal disease

S Naicker

118-119
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The patient with cirrhosis who presents for non-hepatic surgery

Mark A Eagar

120-123
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Quoted ERCP: sedation or general anaesthesia?

Anthony Beeton

124-125
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Balanced colloids in cardiac surgery

M F M James

127-130
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Damage-control resuscitation

Jacques Goosen

131
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Initiation of antiretrovirals in critically ill patients

Jacqui Venturas

132-135
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Risk assessment of the patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm

Martin Veller

136-137
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Dexmedetomidine for acute postoperative pain

Sean Chetty

139-140
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Anaesthesia for endovascular surgery

S Robertson

141-142
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CPR: What’s changed? Are you doing it right?

R N Rodseth

143-145
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Therapeutic hypothermia: the coolest part of the bundle of post-cardiac arrest care

Martin Botha

146-147
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Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery

H Kluyts

148-152
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Plastic surgery post-bariatric surgery

Des Lines

153-157
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Goal-directed haemodynamic therapy in cardiac surgery

Matthias Heringlake

158-160
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