Vol. 19 No. 1 (2013)

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Published: 2013-03-03

Editorial

Editorial

Christina Lundgren

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CPD Questionnaire

SAJAA CPD Answer Form - January/February 2013

Editorial Office
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SASA Refresher Course Texts

Ensuring that patient-controlled anaesthesia is safe

Prof J F Coetzee

8-10
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Anaesthetist’s evaluation of a child with a heart murmur

Kotie Bester

14-17
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Evidence-based medicine: Do we need gelatins and starches?

Andrew G Parrish

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Anaesthesia and the paediatric muscle disorders

Rebecca M Gray

20-23
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Obstetric anaesthesia: Is there anything new under the sun?

Prof Rob Dyer

29-32
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Intraoperative management of the patient with severe lung disease

Peter D Slinger

34-37
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Ketamine: old dogs, new tricks

Graeme Scott Wilson

24-26
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Myths of anterior mediastinal masses

Maria Castillo, Peter D Slinger

38-40
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Are lung-protective ventilation strategies worth the effort?

Peter D Slinger

42-50
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The hazards of airway surgery

Ernest H Welch

52-54
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Is my patient adequately awake for recovery room discharge?

Clare S X Coles

56-58
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Original Research

Preoperative B-type natriuretic peptide risk stratification: do postoperative indices add value?

Reitze Nils Rodseth, Kim De Vasconcellos, Prebashini Naidoo, Bruce M Biccard

60-65
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Infection control in anaesthesia in regional, tertiary and central hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal. Part 1: Unsafe injection practices among anaesthetists

Raphael Anthony Samuel, Pragasan Dean Gopalan, Yacoob Coovadia, Reshmi Samuel

68-70
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Case Studies

Elective use of intra-aortic balloon pumping during Whipple’s procedure in a patient with ischaemic heart disease

Kalutla Subramanayam, Balram Babu Rajanbabu, Ravishankar Bhat, Srinivasa Reddy

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Anaesthetic management of a rare variety of cardiac myxoma for emergency decompression laminectomy

Shweta Yemul-Golhar, Surekha Shinde, Kalpana Kelkar

71-72
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Perioperative care of a child with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy during posterior spinal fusion

David P Martin, Joseph D Tobias, Shantanu Warhadpande, Allan Beebe, Jan Klamar

73-76
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Letters to the Editor

A critical incident during anaesthesia in the operation theatre

A A Abraham, Ilahi Ghazi

80-81
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Safer surgery in low-resource settings

Kristine Stave

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SASA Practice Guidelines

SASA Practice Guidelines 2012

SASA Office

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