EDITOR
Bridget Farham, BSc Hons, PhD, MB ChB EDITORS EMERITUS
Daniel J Ncayiyana, MD (Groningen), FACOG, MD (Hon), FCM (Hon) JP de V van Niekerk, MD, FRCR Janet Seggie, BSc (Hons), MD (Birm), FRCP (Lond), FCP (SA)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Q Abdool Karim, A Dhai, R C Pattinson, A Rothberg, A A Stulting, J Surka, B Taylor, M Blockman, J M Pettifor, W Edridge, R P Abratt, D L Clarke
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CORRESPONDENCE
135 Medical students’ perspectives on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and their views on legalising these practices in South Africa
M Bac, E Meyer
136 Reflections on undergraduate teaching J Edge
IZINDABA
OBITUARIES 137 Geoffrey Falkson
L M Dreosti 138 Maurice Silbert
S Benatar
CME
GUEST EDITORIAL
139 Health and rehabilitation sciences in a clinical context N A B Ntusi
ARTICLES
142 Physiotherapy in rehabilitation and prohabilitation across the lifespan N Naidoo, R Barnes, N Mlenzana, K Mostert, S L Amosun
145 Prevention of treatment-induced ototoxicity: An update for clinicians L Ramma, N Schellack, B Heinze
IN PRACTICE
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
150 The apps are coming! But will they be legal in South Africa?
A Barit CASE REPORT
152 Alternating hemiplegia of childhood: First South African case report and verapamil as a possible treatment option
L S van Hillegondsberg, I A Michaelis
CLINICAL TRIAL
154 Perioperative comparison of the agreement between a portable fingertip pulse oximeter v.
a conventional bedside pulse oximeter in adult patients (COMFORT trial) R N Smith, R Hofmeyr
RESEARCH
159 Delay to diagnosis and breast cancer stage in an urban South African breast clinic S Rayne, K Schnippel, D Kruger, C-A Benn, C Firnhaber
164 Evaluation of factors and patterns influencing the 30-day readmission rate at a tertiary-level hospital in a resource-constrained setting in Cape Town, South Africa
R Dreyer, A J Viljoen
169 Chronic lung disease and a history of tuberculosis (post-tuberculosis lung disease): Clinical features and in-hospital outcomes in a resource-limited setting with a high HIV burden
P Mkoko, S Naidoo, L C Mbanga, F Nomvete, R Muloiwa, S Dlamini
174 How accurately do routinely reported HIV viral load suppression proportions reflect progress towards the 90-90-90 target in the population on antiretroviral treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa?
J Euvrard, T Schulz, K Hilderbrand, M Bosland, M Osler, A Boulle, M-A Davies
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March 2019, Vol. 109, No. 3 178 Venous thromboembolism risk and prophylaxis prescription in surgical patients at a tertiary
hospital in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa W D Rocher, T Page, M Rocher, D Nel
182 Trauma electives in South Africa provide valuable training for international surgeons H Uchino, V Y Kong, F Plani, W Bekker,V Manchev, J L Bruce, G L Laing, D L Clarke 186 Assessment and management of venous thromboembolism risk during pregnancy and the
puerperium (SAVE): The South African cohort*
P Naidoo, R Mothilal, L C Snyman ERRATA
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Mental illness in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: A review of the burden of disease and healthcare interventions
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Fulminant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in an infant following mother-to-child transmission of an e-minus HBV mutant: Time to relook at HBV prophylaxis in South African infants CPD QUESTIONS
Background photo: Small baby receiving care | Shaun Swingler
Box photos: Human ear | Wiki Commons; Pharmacy Dispensing Unit | ePharmacy;
Deep-vein thrombosis | Shutterstock, selected by Poobalan Naidoo
MARCH 2019 VOL. 109 NO. 3
CME Health and rehabilitation sciences in a clinical context Prevention of treatment-induced ototoxicity: An update
RESEARCH Delay to diagnosis of breast cancer Chronic lung disease and tuberculosis Venous thromboembolism: Surgical prophylaxis and risk in pregnancy Trauma electives in SA IN PRACTICE Apps in healthcare: Will they be legal in SA?
Alternating hemiplegia in childhood
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