Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study

Autor: Laurryn Ah Yui, Luan Taljaard, Sian Geraty, Roshen Maharaj

Publikováno v: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 19-25 (2024)

Introduction: Emergency Medicine is a relatively new specialty in South Africa. Limited data is available regarding junior doctors’ competence in managing emergencies, however previous surveys have identified limited teaching and supervision of jun

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Profile of referrals to an intensive care unit from a regional hospital emergency centre in KwaZulu-Natal

Autor: Mika Singh, Roshen Maharaj, Nikki Allorto, Robert Wise

Publikováno v: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 471-476 (2021)

Introduction: The objective was to describe the clinical characteristics, disease profile and outcome of patients referred from a regional hospital Emergency Centre (EC) to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods: A retrospective review was performed

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Targeting the HIV Epidemic in South Africa: The Need for Testing and Linkage to Care in Emergency Departments

Autor: Bhakti Hansoti, George Mwinnyaa, Elizabeth Hahn, Aditi Rao, John Black, Victoria Chen, Kathryn Clark, William Clarke, Anna L. Eisenberg, Reinaldo Fernandez, Joshua Iruedo, Oliver Laeyendecker, Roshen Maharaj, Pamela Mda, Jernelle Miller, Nomzamo Mvandaba, Yandisa Nyanisa, Steven J. Reynolds, Andrew D. Redd, Sofia Ryan, David F. Stead, Lee A. Wallis, Thomas C. Quinn

Publikováno v: EClinicalMedicine, Vol 15, Iss , Pp 14-22 (2019)

Background: The Eastern Cape province of South Africa has one of the highest burdens of HIV in the world. Emergency Departments (EDs) can serve as optimal clinical sites for the identification of new HIV infections and entry into care. We sought to d

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Additional file 1 of The impact of HIV knowledge and attitudes on HIV testing acceptance among patients in an emergency department in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Autor: Ryan, Sofia, Hahn, Elizabeth, Rao, Aditi, Mwinnyaa, George, Black, John, Roshen Maharaj, Nomzamo Mvandaba, Yandisa Nyanisa, Quinn, Thomas C., Bhakti Hansoti

Additional file 1. Full HIV Knowledge and Attitudes Survey. Description of data: The file contains all questions used in the HKAS during data collection. The file includes question and answers options as well as display and skip logic for relevant qu

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Prehospital cooling of severe burns: Experience of the Emergency Department at Edendale Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Autor: Daniel Fiandeiro, Janeshree Govindsamy, Roshen Maharaj

Publikováno v: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, Volume: 105, Issue: 6, Pages: 457-460, Published: JUN 2015
South African Medical Journal; Vol 105, No 6 (2015); 457-460

Background. Early cooling with 10 - 20 minutes of cool running water up to 3 hours after a burn has a direct impact on the depth of the burn and therefore on the clinical outcome of the injury. An assessment of the early cooling of burns is essential

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