2013
Vol 31, No 11 (2013): Best of 2013
• Allergic crisis
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Corneal ulcers
• Upper GI bleeding
• Paediatric nuclear medicine
Vol 31, No 10 (2013): Medicine for the elderly
• Frailty
• Managing delirium
• Medico-legal aspects of dementia
• Driving and dementia
• Treating osteoporosis
Vol 31, No 9 (2013): Pulmonology
• Pleural effusion
• Sarcoidosis
• COPD and asthma
• Pulmonary thrombo-embolic disease
• Community-acquired pneumonia
• IPF and NSIP
• Drug-resistant TB
Vol 31, No 8 (2013): Nuclear Medicine
• Nuclear medicine in oncology
• Radionuclide therapy
• Infection imaging
• Integrated imaging
• Nuclear cardiology
• Brain imaging
• Nuclear medicine in childhood
Vol 31, No 7 (2013): Dermatology
• Lymphatic filariasis
• Dermatological services in Cambodia
• Dermatological services in South Asia
• Dermatology nursing: The Mitchell’s Plain experience
• Dermatology nursing: The Overberg experience
• Community dermatology in Mexico
• Community dermatology in Argentina
• Dermatology training in Moshi, Tanzania
• Podoconiosis and endemic non-filarial tropical
elephantiasis
Vol 31, No 6 (2013): General Surgery
• Colorectal liver metastases
• Lower extremity ischaemia
• History of cardiac trauma surgery
• Colorectal cancer
• Upper GI bleeding
• Symptoms of anal disease
• Organ donation and transplantation
Vol 31, No 5 (2013): Renal and Urology
• Common paediatric renal conditions
• Acquired kidney diseases in children
• Physiology of erectile dysfunction
• Urinary retention in women
• Renal disease in the elderly
• Catheters and collection devices
• Sperm retrieval
Vol 31, No 4 (2013): Ophthalmology
• Topical ocular corticosteroids
• The paediatric ophthalmic examination
• Common conjunctival lesions
• Chemotherapy in eye cancer
• HIV and the eye
• Cranial nerve palsies
• Corneal ulcers
Vol 31, No 3 (2013): Neurosurgery
• Neurological v. non-organic conditions
• Raised intracranial pressure
• Minor head trauma
• The painful upper limb
• Intracranial haemorrhage
• Congenital anomalies
• Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
• Neurosurgical complications
• Cerebral palsy
Vol 31, No 2 (2013): Best of 2012
• Alcohol dependence
• Depression
• Trauma and PTSD
• Barrett’s oesophagus
• Pre-diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
• Vitamin D
• IgE-mediated food allergy
• Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
Vol 31, No 1 (2013): Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Allergic crisis
• Metabolic encephalopathy
• Fluid therapy
• Heart and lungs
2012
Vol 30, No 11 (2012): Emergency Medicine
• Patient safety
• Drug abuse in SA
• Triage in mass casualty situations
• Point-of-care ultrasound applications
• Poisonous plants
• Point-of-care ultrasound training, credentialing, accreditation
• Oral medicine
Vol 30, No 10 (2012): Snake bites, spider bites and scorpion stings
• Snake bite
• Spider bite
Vol 30, No 9 (2012): ENT
• Child hearing loss
• Vertigo
• HIV manifestations in the head and neck
• Hearing aids
• Chronic suppurative otitis media
• Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
Vol 30, No 8 (2012): Immunology
• Primary immunodeficiency disease
• Elite controllers: Understanding natural suppressive control of HIV-1 infection
• Biomarkers and genes predictive of disease predisposition and prognosis in RA
• Allergies in the workplace
• SA Bone Marrow Registry
Vol 30, No 7 (2012): Chemical Pathology
* GFP and eGFR in adults
* Pre-diabetes and the metabolic syndrome
* Troponins and myocardial infarcation
* PSA and prostate cancer
* Vitamin D
* Lab tests in cystic fibrosis
* Thyroid function tests
* Influence of biological variation, interferences and standardisation on interpretation of lab results
* Immediate-onset IgE-mediated food allergy
* Cost-effective use of lab investigations
Vol 30, No 6 (2012): Anaesthetics
• Acute incidents during anaesthesia
• ‘Simple’ general dental anaesthesia
• Spinal anaesthesia
• Tonsillectomy in HIV-infected children
• Systemic toxicity
• The new Consumer Act and the GP anaesthetist
Vol 30, No 5 (2012): Urology
• Urinary retention in women
• Semen analysis
• Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction
• Dysfunctional voiding in children
• Erectile dysfunction
• Catheters and collection devices
• Sperm retrieval techniques and cryopreservation
Vol 30, No 4 (2012): PSYCHIATRY
• Depression in children and adolescents
• Trauma and PTSD
• Alcohol dependence
• Wills and curators and impaired capacity
• Depression in primary care
• Insomnia
Vol 30, No 3 (2012): Climate change and health
• Health systems
• Global economy
• SA burden of disease
• Communities and district health systems
• Climate change advocacy
• Carbon cycle
• Teaching health science students
Vol 30, No 2 (2012): Anatomical Pathology
• Common paediatric renal conditions
• Autopsies in SA
• Lymph node biopsy
• Fine-needle aspiration of lymph nodes
• Gastritis and gastropathy
• Common acquired kidney diseases in children
• Barrett’s oesophagus
• Renal disease in the elderly
Vol 30, No 1 (2012): Best of 2011
• New developments in medical imaging to detect breast cancer
• Managing first-time seizure and epilepsy in children
• Neurological complications of HIV/AIDS in childhood
• Cervical cancer screening – A new viral paradigm
• Approach to headache in children
• HPV vaccines
• Egg allergy and immunisation in children
2011
Vol 29, No 11/12 (2011): Paediatric Cardiology
Pattern recognition in ECGs
Congenital heart disease
Rheumatic heart disease
Anaesthesia for congenital heart disease
Congenital heart surgery
Drugs for the paediatric heart
Neonatal cardiac emergencies
Defibrillation and cardioversion
Epigenetics CHD
Vol 29, No 10 (2011): HIV/TB
TB diagnosis
TB-IRIS
TB case finding among HIV-infected patients
Drug-resistant TB and HIV
TB epidemiology in HIV settings
Interaction between ARVs and rifampicin-based TB treatment
Vol 29, No 9 (2011): Orthopaedic Surgery
Elbow problems
Shoulder instability
The cervical spine
Radiological pitfalls
Hand immobilisation and rehabilitation
Wrist pain
Hand conditions
Rotator cuff management
Elbow instability