10 articles in this issue
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Helena van Aswegen,M Lottering
Background. Physiotherapists are integral members of the interprofessional team that provides care and rehabilitation for patients in intensivecare units (ICUs).Objectives. To describe the current practice of physiotherapists in ICUs, determine if physiot... see more
Heide Kunzmann,Konstantinos Dimitriades,Brenda May Morrow,Andrew Charles Argent
There has been a decline in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the paediatric intensive care units of developed countries. Previousstudies at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital give an incidence of VAP of >40/1 000 ventilator days, id... see more
Kondwani George Happy Katundu,Lauren T Hill,Lester M Davids,Ivan A Joubert,Malcolm G A Miller,Jenna L Piercy,William L Michelle
Background. Septic shock is associated with endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress, against which vitamin C plays a protective role, possiblyinfluencing clinical outcome. Hyperglycaemia may lower vitamin C.Objective. To study plasma vitamin C, oxida... see more
Chitra Mehta,Joby v George,Yatin Mehta,M Tariq Ali,Manish Kumar Singh
Background. In Western countries, incidence of thrombocytopenia in intensive care units (ICUs) has been found to be 13 - 44%. We chose to studythe incidence, risk factors and transfusion requirements of thrombocytopenia in tertiary care ICUs in northern I... see more
Susan Hanekom
While physiotherapy has been recommended by scientific societies asintegral to the management of critically ill patients, great variation hasbeen reported in the role of the physiotherapist in the intensive care unit(ICU), the service provided and the tec... see more
Deepa Chandramohan,Shaila S Kamat,Ravindran V
Tracheostomy, one of the oldest known surgical procedures in the history of medicine, is regularly performed in modern intensive care units.Acquired ulcerative tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of tracheos... see more
Dipna Morar,Heleen Van Aswegen
Background. Liberation of patients from mechanical ventilation (MV) is an important goal of patient care, to avoid the complications andrisks associated with prolonged MV.Objective. To determine the extent of South African physiotherapists’ involvement in... see more