Improving patient transfer from ICU to ward: vital factors identified
A new study has identified important factors that can
improve the transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a
general hospital ward, a...
SASA to hold roadshows to explain new fee model
The Private Practice Business Unit of SASA will be holding
roadshows to introduce and explain the SASA Event Based Contract as well as the
Societal Peer...
Paediatric intensive care ambulance now operational in SA
A new Netcare 911 paediatric intensive care
ambulance has been specially designed and equipped to safely transport critically
ill children who need to be transferred between...
Seminar to unpack recently approved Medical Schemes Amendment Bill
The Medical Schemes Amendment Bill, the subject of
considerable debate mainly in terms of its proposed alignment to National
Health Insurance (NHI) and the associated role,...
60-day mortality not significantly lower with ECMO in ARDS
For patients with very severe acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS), 60-day mortality is not significantly lower with venovenous
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) than with continued conventional
treatment,...
Paediatric and law experts define abusive head trauma
Abusive head trauma (AHT), a medical diagnosis of infants
and young children who suffer from inflicted intracranial and associated spinal
injuries, is often misrepresented in legal...
Majority of premature infants still exposed to early antibiotics
Most premature infants, who are at risk for sepsis but
who may not have a culture confirmation of infection, continue to receive early
antibiotics in the first...
Nurse-led ICU intervention improves family communication
A nurse-led intervention designed to reduce anxiety and
depression among the surrogates of patients in intensive care units (ICUs)
failed to show an effect on these...
CCSSA Congress 23-26 Augustus 2018 – Call for abstracts
The organising Committee of the Critical Care Society of South Africa (CCSSA) invites you to participate in the programme by submitting an abstract for...
International anaesthesia standards updated in global effort to improve surgical care
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
(WFSA) has launched an update of the International Standards For a Safe
Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health...
International anaesthesia standards updated in global effort to improve surgical care
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
(WFSA) has launched an update of the International Standards For a Safe
Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health...
Blood type determines severity of E.coli diarrhoea
A new study shows that a kind of E. coli most associated with "travellers' diarrhoea" as well as children in underdeveloped areas of the world, causes...
SA Heart Congress deadline for abstract submissions extended
In a final call for abstract submissions, the organising committee of this year’s SA Heart Congress at Sun City from 4 to 7 October...
Why “sorry” is the hardest word for doctors to say
When things go wrong, appropriate communication by medical
practitioners with a patient and their relatives is a skill perfected over time.
When, how and in what...
New sepsis treatment guidelines focus on critical first hour
For patients with sepsis, a serious infection causing
widespread inflammation, immediate treatment is essential to improve the
chances of survival. An updated "Hour-1 Bundle" of the
international, evidence-based...
Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in brain scans
New software, created by scientists at Imperial College
London and the University of Edinburgh, has been able to identify and measure
the severity of small vessel...
The clinical benefits of hope
“All people with serious medical problems have one thing in
common – they are searching for hope.” This is the experience of Drs Jerome
Groopman and...