Vol 16, No 1 (2010)

Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial PDF
Christina Lundgren 4

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Neonatal anaesthesia PDF
C J Coté 6-11
Epidermolysis bullosa in children: pathophysiology, anaesthesia and analgesia PDF
Jenny Thomas 12-15
Anaesthesia and the paediatric patient with neuromuscular disease PDF
Elsa Dekker 18-21

Cardiac Anaesthesia

Neuromonitoring during cardiac surgery PDF
B Jungwirth 23-24
Cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children: what’s new? PDF
A Y Schure 25-27
Issues in cardiopulmonary bypass PDF
S Robertson 28-29
Anaesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in severe aortic stenosis PDF
J Bence 30-31

The Diseased Kidney

Anaesthesia for kidney transplantation PDF
B Jungwirth 33-34
Contrast nephropathy: can we see the whole picture PDF
M Raff 35-41

Anaesthesia for Vascular Surgery

Peri-operative myocardial infarction PDF
B M Biccard 44-46
Endothelial dysfunction in the peri-operative setting PDF
B Riedel 47-48
How does vascular disease associated with retroviral infection differ from atherosclerosis? PDF
R Barry 51-53

Fluids and Bleeding

Peri-operative diagnosis and treatment of platelet disorders PDF
S A Kozek-Langenecker 55-56
Autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma PDF
V Louw, M J Webb 57
Haemodynamic stability requires accurate assessment of fluid status PDF
G A Richards 58-59

The Brain and Neuroanaesthesia

Subarachnoid haemorrhage disease and the anaesthetist PDF
C Daniel 60-68
Long term effects of anaesthesia: neurotoxicity at the extremes of age PDF
L Zuccherelli 70-74

Obstetric Anaesthesia

The changing profile of patients presenting for Caesarean section in South Africa PDF
M G Senekal 76-78
Anaesthesia for the HIV-positive parturient PDF
P R Penfold 79-80
Drugs for Caesarean section: what makes them dangerous? PDF
Z Farina 81

Regional Anaesthesia

Local anaesthetic agent toxicity PDF
H Van Rooyen 83-88

Sedation

Paediatric sedation guidelines: where we came from, where we are now, and current drug controversies PDF
C J Coté 92-95
Sedation in the ICU PDF
A M Travers 96-100
Dexmedetomedine in sedation PDF
Pieter Kruger 101-103
The travelling sedationist PDF
J A Roelofse 105-106

Pain

The transition from acute to chronic pain PDF
G Lamacraft 108-110
Are NSAIDs inferior to other analgesics? PDF
C L Odendaal 111-114

Techniques

Intravenous anaesthesia for thoracic procedures PDF
R V Purugganan 116-120
Target controlled infusion anaesthesia in children PDF
G Wilson 124-126

Resuscitation Update

Update on neonatal resuscitation PDF
A Y Schure 127-129
The rational use of recombinant factor VIIa in the treatment of major intractable bleeding in the trauma patient PDF
J Strydom 130-133
Resuscitation and transport by emergency care workers PDF
C B Campbell, R G Campbell 135-137

National Health Insurance Debate

National Health Insurance debate: SASA 2010 PDF
D H Van Zijl 138



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