An analysis of referrals to a level 3 intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting in South Africa

Autor: U Jaganath, K de Vasconcellos, D L Skinner, P D Gopalan

Publikováno v: Southern African Journal of Critical Care, Pp 41-48 (2023)

Background. With a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and rising healthcare costs in resource-limited settings, clinicians need to appropriately triage admissions into ICU to avoid wasteful expenditure and unnecessary bed utilisation. Objec

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Outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit for complications of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at a South African tertiary hospital – a 4-year retrospective review

Autor: K de Vasconcellos, M Sebitloane, S Gama

Publikováno v: Southern African Journal of Critical Care; Vol. 35 No. 2 (2019); 62-69
Southern African Journal of Critical Care (Online), Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 62-69, Published: NOV 2019

Background. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a major cause of maternal mortality and adverse outcomes. A previous study in the intensive care unit (ICU) at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa, in 2000 found 10.5% mortality am

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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajcc/article/view/246464

Critical care research in the resource-limited setting: Leveraging the power of the database

Autor: K, de Vasconcellos

Publikováno v: The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society. 37(3)

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35517848

Early catecholamine dose as a predictor of outcome among patients in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit

Autor: M Agael, D.L. Skinner, K de Vasconcellos

Publikováno v: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 111(7)

Background. Vasoactive and/or inotropic agents are used in the management of patients with circulatory shock. It is a clinical perception that mortality in critically ill patients increases with increasing doses of inotropes and/or vasopressors; howe

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34382552

The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa guidelines on the allocation of scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 public health emergency in South Africa

Autor: P D, Gopalan, I A, Joubert, F, Paruk, D, Baker, I, Coetzee, K, De Vasconcellos, L M, Dolo, B L, Levy, B M, Morrow, J M, Nel, S, Omar, J L, Piercy, R S, Siebert, L, Veldsman, J A, Singh, K, Moodley

Publikováno v: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde. 110(8)

Letter by Gopalan et al. on article by Singh and Moodley (Singh JA, Moodley K. Critical care triaging in the shadow of COVID-19: Ethics considerations. S Afr Med J 2020;110(5):355-359. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14778); and response by

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32657716