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January 2018, Vol. 108, No. 1
FROM THE EDITOR
3 Alcohol harms – the next challenge B Farham
IZINDABA
4 30 days in medicine B Farham OBITUARIES 5 Johan Benjamin Janeke
M van Dyk
6 Christopher John Bretherton Hundleby S Sellars
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
GUEST EDITORIAL 8 Bleeding disorders (part 1)
N Alli ARTICLE
9 Inherited bleeding disorders
N Alli, J Vaughan, S Louw, E Schapkaitz, J Mahlangu
IN PRACTICE
COCHRANE CORNER
16 Nutritional supplements for people being treated for active tuberculosis: A technical summary L Grobler, S Durao, S M van der Merwe, J Wessels, C E Naude
MEDICINE AND THE LAW
19 ‘Covering doctors’ standing in for unavailable colleagues: What is the legal position?
D J McQuoid-Mason CLINICAL UPDATE
22 A cool ECG
S Lahri
RESEARCH
23 South African clinical practice guidelines: A landscape analysis
M Wilkinson, T Wilkinson, T Kredo, K MacQuilkan, C Mudara, A Winch, Y Pillay, K J Hofman 28 Opportunities to optimise colistin stewardship in hospitalised patients in South Africa: Results of
a multisite utilisation audit
A P Messina, A J Brink, G A Richards, S van Vuuren
33 Self-reported alcohol use and binge drinking in South Africa: Evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study, 2014 - 2015
N G Vellios, C P van Walbeek
40 Prevalence of tobacco use in selected Johannesburg suburbs J A Teare, N Naicker, P Albers, A Mathee
45 Predictors of treatment success in smoking cessation with varenicline combined with nicotine replacement therapy v. varenicline alone
F Noor, C F N Koegelenberg, T M Esterhuizen, E M Irusen
50 Good correlation between the Afinion AS 100 analyser and the ABX Pentra 400 analyser for the measurement of glycosylated haemoglobin and lipid levels in older adults in Durban, South Africa N S Abbai, M Nyirenda, T Reddy, G Ramjee
EDITOR
Bridget Farham, BSc (Hons), PhD, MB ChB EDITORS EMERITUS
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January 2018, Vol. 108, No. 1 56 Anaemia, renal dysfunction and in-hospital outcomes in patients with heart failure in Botswana
J C Mwita, M G M D Magafu, B Omech, M J Dewhurst, Y Mashalla
61 Keeping our heads above water: A systematic review of fatal drowning in South Africa C J Saunders, D Sewduth, N Naidoo
CPD QUESTIONS
Background photo: A newborn baby at Caia District Hospital in central Mozambique |
Shaun Swingler
Box photos: Factor IX, one of the serine proteases of the coagulation system | Shutterstock;
Empty wine bottles | emily kate; Toddlers can drown in a bucket of water | emily kate
JANUARY 2018 VOL. 108 NO. 1
RESEARCH South African clinical practice guidelines:
A landscape analysis Opportunities to optimise colistin stewardship Alcohol use and abuse in South Africa Prevalence of tobacco use in Johannesburg Drowning surveillance in South Africa CME Bleeding disorders (part 1) IN PRACTICE Nutrition for TB patients A cool ECG
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