SAMJ South African Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Portal vein injury due to blunt abdominal trauma	39
Bridging the gap in rural and underserved areas through AI‐enabled solutions	18
One-year mortality after hospital admission as an indicator of palliative care need: A retrospective cohort study	16
Assessing South African medical interns’ experience and confidence in managing obstetric emergencies	15
Secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors	14
CPD Questions	13
Using ceftazidime-avibactam for persistent carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens infection highlights antimicrobial stewardship challenges with new beta-lactam-inhibitor combination antibiotics	13
A national retrospective review of neonatal critical care transfers in dedicated critical care transport services in the private sector	13
Teenage births and pregnancies in South Africa, 2017 - 2021 – a reflection of a troubled country: Analysis of public sector data	13
Facilitating remote access to specialist medical expertise through the scaled up adoption of a smartphone application: A South African case	12
Healthcare Delivery	12
The National Health Insurance Act: Possible private health funding reform scenarios	11
Renoprotection in hypertension and diabetes – management problems lie ahead	11
Prioritising preventive cancer services in Zimbabwe as the country struggles with unaffordable healthcare	11
Medicine and the Law	10
Discovering hypertriglyceridaemia	9
Cochlear implantation in South Africa (part 2)	9
Autoimmune encephalitis : Part 1 (Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical spectrum)	9
Prostate cancer perspective: Africa versus the world	9
Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: A rare case from the Mankweng Hospital breast oncology clinic, Limpopo Province, South Africa	9
Biliary atresia: The profile, management and outcome of patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa	9
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	8
Time to be seen and heard: Including children’s and adolescents’ voices in the South African TB response	8
Contents	8
Evaluation of the national clinical sentinel surveillance system for sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: Analysis of provincial and district-level data	7

New developments with the Health Promotion Levy in South Africa	7
Ocular manifestations of HIV infection at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa	7
Erratum	7
Prevalence of group A streptococcal carriage in school children from Cape Town: A cross- sectional study and systematic review	7
Intravenous antibiotic use in a private mining hospital in North West Province, South Africa	7
Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic	7
Response to the letter by the National Department of Health regarding ‘Achieving universal healthcare access in South Africa’	7
Pharmacist-initiated antiretroviral therapy (PIMART)	7
Another pandemic in the making	7
Ronald Ellis 'Ronnie' Kottler	7
The assessment of preventive measures in infants admitted with acute diarrhoeal disease to Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa	6
Optimising blood cultures: The interplay between diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship	6
Comment on ‘Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis’	6
Nocturnal enuresis: A call for advocacy	6
Pregnant patients with severe headaches – don’t forget brain tumours!	6
Predictors of mortality in acute hospitalised COVID-19 pneumonia patients: A retrospective cohort study at two tertiary-level hospitals in Zambia	6
Hydatid brain cyst: A delayed diagnosis in a rural setting during COVID-19	6
Trisomy 21 screening with αlpha software and the Fetal Medicine Foundation algorithm	6
Death trends for 2010 - 2022 for members of a large private medical scheme in South Africa	6
Leveraging epidemiology as a decision support tool during the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa	6
Where have we come from and where are we going? The paediatric HIV programme in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2004 to 2018: A retrospective analysis of programme trends	6
Profile of patients seen at Pietersburg and Mankweng breast cancer clinics in Limpopo	6
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	6
Prevalence of primary HIV- associated thrombocytopenia in a central South African population	5
South African Heart Association: Plea for influenza vaccination	5
Neck dissection for advanced laryngeal cancer: Role and relevance in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa	5
Underdiagnosis of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in South Africa	5
COVID-19 wave 4 in Western Cape Province, South Africa: Fewer hospitalisations, but new challenges for a depleted workforce	5
Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans.	5
Medicine and the Law	5
Population-level risk factors for vertical transmission of HIV in the national prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme in South Africa: An ecological analysis	5
The HIV cascade of care among serodiscordant couples in four high HIV prevalence settings in sub-Saharan Africa	5
Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy should not be discontinued in low- and middle-income countries	5
Predictors of unfavourable tuberculosis treatment outcome in Bilene District, Gaza Province, Mozambique: A retrospective analysis, 2016 - 2019	5
Erratum	5
Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic	5
Maternal mental health and caregiver competence of HIV-positive and negative women caring for their singleton newborns in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa	5
Heritable human genome editing in South Africa – time for a reality check	5
Case Report	4
The right to access healthcare: Progressive realisation or regressive denial?	4
Exploring a community’s understanding of HIV vaccine‑induced seropositivity in a South African research setting	4
The association between serum fructosamine and random spot urine fructose levels with the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – an analytical cross-sectional study	4
Ensuring access to palliative care for cervical cancer patients	4
Response to letter regarding ‘Cyberattack on the National Health Laboratory Service of South Africa – implications, response and recommendations’	4
Medicine and the Law	4
Retraction:	4
Recurrent venous thrombosis – an unusual first presentation of autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome type 3B	4
Early online	4
An unmet need: Pancreatic beta cell replacement	4
Advanced breast cancer in a case of Down syndrome: Presenting a rare occurrence from Mankweng Hospital breast oncology clinic, Limpopo Province, South Africa	4

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of undergraduate health sciences students on hepatitis B vaccination at a South African university highlight the need for improvement of policies, implementation and	4
Foreword: Preparedness and response to SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa	4
District Health System performance in South Africa: Are current monitoring systems optimal?	4
Impact of a multidisciplinary approach to ultrasound- guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective audit	4
The state of paediatric deceased-organ donation at a South African tertiary public- sector hospital: A 14-year analysis	4
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution (ambient PM2.5 and ambient ozone) in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	3
Michael Charles Kew	3
Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care	3
Celebrating a quarter-century of the UP School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)	3
Editor.ial board info.docx AJOL Journal Information Form-AJTCCM.docx	3
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high systolic blood pressure in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	3
Building coherence in the regulation of health research: A reply to Thaldar	3
Refusal for religious reasons of a blood transfusion for her husband by wife as legal proxy ignored by the doctors – can the wife claim damages?	3
Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis	3
Comparison of ultraviolet C light and isopropyl alcohol for the disinfection of cellular phones in a paediatric intensive care unit setting	3
South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis	3
Monkeypox in South Africa: The need for responsible messaging to avoid stigmatising the LGBTI community	3
Prevalence and outcome of acute kidney injury in burn victims at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa	3
CPD Questions	3
Right of reply	3
Guiding equitable prioritisation of COVID-19 vaccine distribution and strategic deployment in South Africa to enhance effectiveness and access to vulnerable communities and prevent waste	3
Perspectives of doctors, nurses and rehabilitation therapists in Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces’ public hospitals on remunerative work outside of the public service	3
Mandrax use, sexual risk, and opportunities for pre-exposure prophylaxis among out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Obstructive jaundice: Studies on predictors of biliary infection and microbiological analysis in an HIV setting	3
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY	3
Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A contemporary review of services after 20 years	3
Contents	3
Evaluating the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as an indicator for early referral of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia to a high-care facility	3
Patients’ experiences of termination of pregnancy at a regional hospital in Durban, South Africa	3
Evaluation of the accuracy of the Asanté assay as a point-of-care rapid test for HIV-1 recent infections using serum bank specimens from blood donors in South Africa, July 2018 - August 2021	3
A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa	3
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa	3
Community perceptions of community health worker effectiveness: Contributions to health behaviour change in an urban health district in South Africa	3
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and missed vaccine roll- out targets: The case for using general practitioners	3
Impact of COVID-19 on access to chronic kidney replacement therapy in the public sector of Western Cape Province, South Africa	3
Recovering from COVID lockdowns: Routine public sector PHC services in South Africa, 2019 - 2021	3
Signal of harm in morphine use in adults with acute pulmonary oedema: A rapid systematic review	3
A natural history of efavirenz drug-induced liver injury	3
Nephrolithiasis (parts 1 and 2)	3
Asthma in South African children: Guidelines, obstacles and solutions	3
Pregnancy after kidney and liver transplantation	3
South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis	2
The pattern of antibiotic utilisation among intensive care unit patients hospitalised in a Gauteng (South African) provincial tertiary hospital: Comparing findings before and during COVID-19	2
The unmet need for critical care at a quaternary paediatric intensive care unit in South Africa	2
South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 updated guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis	2
Ivermectin drug induced liver injury	2
Improving access to suicide prevention services through the National Suicide Prevention Framework implementation: The community level evidence-based recommendations	2
Wrong-route drug administration errors: A review of the literature	2
Microbiological analysis and predictors of gallbladder infection with antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an HIV setting	2
Identification and management of iron deficiency anaemia in hospitalised children in Durban, South Africa	2
Risk stratification of hospital admissions for COVID-19 pneumonia by chest radiographic scoring in a Johannesburg tertiary hospital	2
‘Listen to my heart’: Qualitative researchers and people living with rheumatic heart disease collaborate to direct future RHD research	2
Issues in Medicine	2
Gaucher disease: A cause of massive splenomegaly in a 15-year-old black African male	2
Phase I of the DiaVACCS screening trial: Study design, methods, population demographics and baseline results	2
Correspondence and reply	2
The role of AI in transforming healthcare in South Africa	2
The management and clinical outcome of paracetamol poisoning in South African adults: A single-centre retrospective review	2
Autoimmune encephalitis: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical spectrum (part 2)	2
Online Early	2
Operating theatre efficiency at a tertiary eye hospital in South Africa	2
A third-line antiretroviral therapy register to track patient clinical and virological outcomes	2
Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Mycoplasma genitalium isolates from the private healthcare sector in South Africa: A pilot study	2
Prevalence, associated factors, management and outcomes of hypokalaemia in hospitalised patients at a South African tertiary centre	2
Persistent maternal tachycardia: A clinical alert for healthcare professionals providing maternity care in South Africa	2
Further evidence of misclassification of the injury deaths in South Africa: When will the barriers to accurate injury death statistics be removed?	2
The introduction of competency-based medical education for postgraduate training in South Africa	2
Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study	2
Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa	2
POPIA does indeed apply to health research: A response to Bronstein and Nyachowe	2
The South African guidelines on enuresis: 2024 update	2
Kidney transplant utilising donors after circulatory death: The first report from the African continent	2
Childhood asthma: A best-practice strategy for the diagnosis and assessment of control in South Africa	2
Clinical practice	2
Differential management and associations of dyslipidaemia and hypertension by glycaemic status in urban South Africans	2
Every maternal near-miss counts: Need for a national audit in South Africa? A mixed-methods study	2
Patterns of disease on admission to children’s wards and changes during a COVID-19 outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa	2
Designing a universal electronic health record system: Creating a reliable national health database for AI and its application in healthcare in South Africa	2
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding in a young man recovering from traumatic pneumothorax	2
The impact of a decentralised orthopaedic service on tertiary referrals in Cape Town, South Africa	2

Guidance for the gastrointestinal evaluation and management of iron deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa	2
Telehealth opportunities for South Africa have been brought into focus by the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Prevalence of secondary health conditions and mental status in persons with long-term spinal cord injury in South Africa: Comparison between public and private healthcare sectors	2
Retain rural doctors: Burnout, depression and anxiety in medical doctors working in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa	2
Improving primary care antimicrobial stewardship by implementing a peer audit and feedback intervention in Cape Town community healthcare centres	2
Audit of surgical specialty patients and beds at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa in 2021	2
Developing a Pipeline of African Global Surgery Scholars	2
A critical analysis of Discovery Health’s claims-based risk adjustment of mortality rates in South African private sector hospitals	2
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) use and glycaemic control in patients living with diabetes mellitus attending public healthcare facilities in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa	2
Outcomes of patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring invasive mechanical ventilation admitted to an intensive care unit in South Africa	2
The tragedy of smoking, alcohol, and multiple substance use during pregnancy	2
Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review	2
Stroke: A retrospective review of the incidence and epidemiology in a South African academic hospital emergency department	2
Namibian spitting cobra, Naja nigricincta nigricincta (Zebra snake): Antibiotic profile of bacteria cultured from the oral pharynx, venom and snakebite wounds	2
Bleeding and thrombosis outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients on low-molecular-weight heparin and antiplatelet therapy	1
Determination of anti-COVID-19 IgG and IgM seroprevalence among pregnant women at Pietersburg Hospital, Limpopo Province, South Africa	1
Thesigamoney Reddy	1
Audit of surgical procedures in regional and central hospitals in Limpopo Province, South Africa	1
Diabetes in the public healthcare sector of four South African provinces: A comparative analysis	1
The impact of COVID-19 on patients affected by rare diseases and congenital disorders in South Africa: A scoping review	1
Cyberattack on the National Health Laboratory Service of South Africa – implications, response and recommendations	1
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	1
Effective cannabis testing protocols for workplace safety in South Africa post legalisation: Navigating the new normal	1
Clinical course, management and outcomes of COVID-19 in HIV-infected renal transplant recipients: A case series	1
A prospective observational study of preoperative natriuretic peptide testing in adult non-cardiac surgical patients in hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa	1
Antiretroviral therapy non-adherence among HIV-positive patients presenting to an emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa: Associations and reasons	1
Placental histopathology, maternal characteristics and neonatal outcome in cases of preterm birth in a high-risk population in South Africa	1
Secondary polycythaemia with elevated carbon monoxide levels due to hookah pipe smoking: A public health concern.	1
Ritshidze’s community-led monitoring system as a source of information on health system responsiveness in South Africa	1
Treating urinary tract infections in public sector primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A pharmaceutical perspective	1
Pandemic escape plan: Discontinuing policies that have reached their expiry date	1
Laparoscopic repair of pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture: A case report	1
A national retrospective descriptive analysis of critical care transfers in the private sector in South Africa	1
Change in profile of COVID-19 deaths in Western Cape Province, South Africa, during the fourth wave	1
Characteristics, clinical manifestations and management of leprosy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A 20-year retrospective study	1
An analysis of referral patterns of traumatic brain injury at Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre	1
Long-stay medical-surgical intensive care unit patients in South Africa: Quality of life and mortality 1 year after discharge	1
Liberalising cannabis legislation in South Africa: Potential public health consequences for adolescents and pregnant women	1
Nocturnal enuresis: A call for advocacy	1
Heart groups in South Africa advocate for tighter LDL-C control and lipoprotein(a) testing to curb atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease	1
Optimising insulin use in people living with type 2 diabetes at primary healthcare facilities: The Tshwane Insulin Project	1
Call for the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to revisit regulations relating to single- use medical devices	1
A case for re-establishment of cardiac surgery at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa	1
Pharmacist-led medication therapy management of diabetes club patients at a primary healthcare clinic in Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective and prospective audit	1
Have we forgotten about HIV?	1
Heritable human genome editing in South Africa – time for a reality check	1
A tale of two kidneys, and the case for machine perfusion in South Africa	1
Lower respiratory tract infection admissions and deaths among children under 5 years in public sector facilities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (20	1
Sharp increase in influenza A infections in Limpopo: A call for increased influenza vaccinations	1
Factors associated with COVID-19 inpatient mortality cases within 24-hours South Africa	1
Medicine and the Law	1
Nephrolithiasis (part 2): Diagnosis, management and prevention of recurrent nephrolithiasis	1
Beorn Cloete Uys	1
Missed traumatic diaphragmatic hernia and literature review	1
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk in the School Environment: a pilot case-ascertained prospective study to inform future school-based surveillance.	1
The South African Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines	1
Role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in cancers	1
Non-fatal injuries among boys and girls presenting to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town	1
When secrecy and expert advice collide in a pandemic: Access to information and the National Department of Health’s tardy publication of Ministerial Advisory Committee advisories	1
The importance of including manner of (injury) death on the death notification form	1
Introduction to the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines	1
Securing our HIV response: The PEPFAR crisis in South Africa	1
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high sodium intake in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	1
COVID-19 herd immunity v. learning to live with the virus	1
Children have been left behind during the HIV 90-90-90 strategy implementation in South Africa	1
Public health sector capacity and resilience building in Zimbabwe: An urgent priority as further waves of COVID-19 are imminent	1
Guest editorial:	1
Cerebral palsy and its medicolegal implications in low- resource settings – the need to establish causality and revise criteria to implicate intrapartum hypoxia: A narrative review	1
Hypertriglyceridaemia in adolescents may have serious complications	1
Diagnosis and presenting features of autoimmune hepatitis at a central referral hospital in South Africa	1
A brief overview of the past, present, and future of the Department of General Surgery at Pietersburg and Mankweng hospitals in Limpopo Province, South Africa	1
Can inflammatory bowel disease be treated with diet?	1
COVID-19 in the South African Medical Journal	1
Management of asthma exacerbations in children	1
Respiratory presentations to acute services at a tertiary hospital in South Africa	1
Rationalising empirical antibiotics for bloodstream infections: A retrospective study at a South African district-level hospital	1
Introducing the South African Rare Diseases Access Initiative	1
Pandemic politics	1
The rights of graduate medical practitioners and reforming community service non-placements	1
First report of an imported case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in South Africa	1
The Second Comparative Risk Assessment for South Africa: A call to action for evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention	1
In defence of South Africa’s National Health Research Ethics Council guidelines on heritable human genome editing	1
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to a diet low in fruit and vegetables in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	1
The role of new hepatitis B vaccines in South Africa	1
Surgical training and capacity development in the South African internship programme	1
Blood product utilisation for coronary artery bypass graft surgery at a public and a private hospital in Western Cape Province, South Africa	1
The prevalence of coeliac disease-associated human leukocyte antigens in South African transplant donors and recipients	1
Incidence of febrile seizures and associated factors in children in Soweto, South Africa	1
South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the use of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs	1
Specimen rejection in a high-throughput TB laboratory: A descriptive study	1
The clinical utility of tissue polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture and tissue histology in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in South Africa – insights from the Groote Schuur Hospita	1
Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: A South African experience	1
Perinatal outcome of maternal deaths at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2014 - June 2019	1
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 in a high-risk pregnant cohort with and without HIV	1
CPD Questions	1