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- ConclusionCurrent urological trauma guidelines provide comprehensive guidance on the recognition, diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with bladder injury. The guidelines reviewed provide recommendations through panel consensus after reviewing the available research and thereafter assigning the appropriate LoE. Importantly, the major aspects of diagnosis and management are similar across all gu→
- ConclusionThese are the approved guidelines published by the South African Society of Psychiatrists to provide an overview on treatment and management of commonly diagnosed psychiatric illnesses. The guidelines include consensus recommendations, based on peer contribution and using the international evidence based guidelines that are suitable for the local South African health service.→
- ConclusionIn the context of the need to limit the access of some patients to ICU because of lack of intensive care resources in public hospitals, these recommendations were developed to improve patient care, and guide policy-making in SA. While several of the consensus group were chosen for their clinical expertise and experience in triage and the practice of intensive care in resource-limited environments→
- ConclusionAllergic rhinitis causes significant, often unappreciated, morbidity in the community. It is a complex disease related to an inflammatory response to environmental allergens. Therapy involves education, evaluation of allergen sensitisation, pharmacological treatment, AIT and evaluation of the success of interventions. Regular use of saline, the important role of INCS, including those combined wit→
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- Conclusion, References & Further ReadingThis guideline is endorsed by the following professional groups: Cape Pelvic Pain Society, PainSA, South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association, and South African Society of Anaesthesiologists.→
- ConclusionsProposed research agenda (adults and paediatrics) Recommendations Proposed research agenda (adults and paediatrics) Determine the actual number of patients who require palliative and supportive care due to ESKD. This should be accompanied by a needs assessment of the ESKD patient and their families so as to develop a strategic and comprehensive approach to address the unique needs of our country→
- Conclusions & DisclosureCurrent data suggests that HIF-PHIs are non-inferior to conventional ESA in maintaining haemoglobin concentration in both non-dialysis and dialysis dependent CKD. The cardiovascular safety of HIF-PHI over conventional ESA has not definitively been established, and the class may be associated with increased risk of thrombosis. Patients with active or recent malignancy, and those living with polycy→
- Conditions Causing AmenorrhoeaThis booklet is intended as a practical guide to patient care for registrars, medical officers, interns and medical students attached to the gynaecology units at the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospitals. Anyone can use it.→
- Conditions Commonly Mistaken for Sexual AbuseThe following conditions are commonly mistaken for child abuse Urethral prolapse Lichen sclerosis Vulvar ulcers Rectal prolapse Anal fissures (especially with a history of chronic constipation, or in the absence of a history of abuse) Molluscum contagiosum (not generally a sexually transmitted infection) Urinary tract infections Vaginal discharge secondary to poor hygiene, worms or allergy→
- Congenital Penile PathologyIntroduction Background Important details on history Important details on examination Making the diagnosis Buried Penis or Congenital Megaprepuce Hypospadias Epispadias Ambiguous Genitalia SETTING Primary and Secondary Healthcare Institutions in the Western Cape which refer to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) FOR STAFF Primary and Secondary Doctors and Nurses who refer patients→
- Congenital SyphilisCongenital Syphilis→
- Congenital Syphilis Click on the image to enlarge. Public Health Initiatives on Partner tracing and more . Click here for the pdf . South African National Department of Health, Guideline for VerticalTransmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2_August 2023→
- ConstipationAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- ConstipationConstipation→
- Constipation at Primary Care LevelIntroduction Background Important details on history Important details on examination Important special investigations at primary Referral guidance Management guidance at primary care Parental Counselling References SETTING Primary Healthcare Institutions in the Western Cape which refer to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) FOR STAFF Primary Care Nurses and Doctors who refe→
- Constipation at Secondary Care LevelIntroduction Background Important details on history Important details on examination Important baseline investigations Referral guidance Management guidance Parental counselling References SETTING Secondary Healthcare Institutions in the Western Cape which refer to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) FOR STAFF Primary and Secondary Doctors and Nurses who refer patients to RCWMCH→
- Contextual Critical CareMultidisciplinary team Outreach Non-ICU critical care Rehabilitation Critical care and society Communication with family/surrogate decision makers Data collection Research Audit Multidisciplinary team Critically ill patients should be cared for by a multidisciplinary team including medical practitioners, nursing staff, dieticians, microbiologists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, psychologists, soc→
- ContraceptionThis booklet is intended as a practical guide to patient care for registrars, medical officers, interns and medical students attached to the gynaecology units at the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospitals. Anyone can use it.→
- Contraindications For Initiation or Ongoing Treatment with Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin InfusionContraindications For Initiation or Ongoing Treatment with Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion→
- Contrast-Induced AKIDefine and stage AKI after administration of intravascular contrast media as per Recommendations AKI Definition . (Not Graded) In individuals who develop changes in kidney function after administration of intravascular contrast media, evaluate for CI-AKI as well as for other possible causes of AKI. (Not Graded) Assess the risk for CI-AKI and, in particular, screen for pre-existing impairment of k→
- Contributors and AcknowledgementsContributors and Acknowledgements→
- Contributors to this GuidelineContributor Speciality Email Dr. Vindana Chibabhai (Chair) Microbiology vindana.chibabhai@nhls.ac.za Dr. Trusha Nana Microbiology trusha.nana@nhls.ac.za Dr. Marianne Black Microbiology marianne.black@nhls.ac.za Prof. Guy Richards (Reviewer) Internal Medicine Guy.Richards@wits.ac.za Dr. Manoko Seabi Internal Medicine Manoko.Seabi@wits.ac.za Dr Didintle Mokgoko Internal Medicine d.mokgoko@gm→
- Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 at Ground CrossingsInterim Guidance 20 May 2020 COVID-19: Travel, Points of Entry and Mass Gatherings→
- ConvulsionsAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- Cooling Of Neonates With Suspected HIE At TCH Guidelines For TreatmentManagement guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.→
- Corneal Foreign BodyCorneal Foreign Body→
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Quick Reference for Health WorkersQuick Reference for Health Workers, Published 27 May 2020→
- Correct Techniques of Microbiological SamplingThis guideline aims to assist healthcare workers with antibiotic prescribing for common clinical syndromes in adult patients in South Africa, utilizing Local and International guidelines, key publications, and expert opinion.→
- CorrosivesCorrosives→
- CostsThis guideline provides an overview of the recommended Adult ADHD assessment steps, differentials to be considered and options for treatment according to the best available evidence based guidelines.→
- CoughAn approach to symptom management to guide decision-making in the management of patients with life-threatening illness→
- Criteria for Releasing COVID-19 Patients from IsolationScientific Brief 17 June 2020→
- Critical Care Concepts: SummaryCritical Care Concepts→
- Critical Care Management of Patient Confirmed with COVID-19Guidance documents released by SASA around COVID-19. Published 03 July 2020.→
- Critical Care ModelsIntensive care units may be managed as “open” or “closed” units. In an “open” unit, the patient’s primary medical practitioner (e.g. surgeon, physician, obstetrician) is primarily responsible for the decision to admit the patient to ICU and for the patient’s ongoing management in the ICU. In a “closed” unit, the ICU is run by an intensive care doctor (or team of doctors) who makes the decis→
- Critical Care Society of Southern Africa Consensus Guideline on ICU triage and rationing (ConICTri)Guidance documents released by SASA around COVID-19→
- Critical Care Ventilation Troubleshooting (DOPES)Critical Care Ventilation Troubleshooting→
- CroupTreatment guideline for paediatric croup→
- Crush Injury and/or Open fractures (Acute Traumatic Ischemias)Crush Injury and/or Open fractures (Acute Traumatic Ischemias)→
- Cryptococcal MeningitisInfection Cryptococcal meningitis Brief outline/clinical setting Common opportunistic pathogen causing meningitis in advanced HIV disease Aetiologies/organisms Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus gattii Optimal antimicrobial selection Induction: - Amphotericin B deoxycholate 1mg/kg IVI daily + Flucytosine 100mg/kg/day in 4 doses x 1 week - Then fluconazole 1200mg daily x 1 week Consolidation: -→
- Cutaneous AbscessInfection Cutaneous abscess Brief outline/clinical setting Deep inflammatory nodule extending into subcutaneous tissue that develops from preceding folliculitis. Simple abscesses do not extend into deeper tissues or have multiloculated extension. Aetiologies/organisms S. aureus Optimal antimicrobial selection Incision and drainage is the primary treatment, no antibiotics indicated. In complicated→
- Cyanotic Neonate (Blue baby)Cyanotic Neonate (Blue baby)→
- Cyanotic Spell (Tetralogy of Fallot)Cyanotic Spell (Tetralogy of Fallot)→
- Cyanotic/Acyanotic Cardiac LesionsManagement guidelines for students, interns and registrars on a variety of routine and emergency situations in our neonatal service at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital. Published in 2014.→