SAMJ South African Medical Journal

Article	Citations
Asthma in South African children: Reflection on new recommendations for care	84
Right of reply	27
Medicine and the Law	27
The utility of mobile telephone-recorded videos as adjuncts to the diagnosis of seizures and paroxysmal events in children with suspected epileptic seizures	27
Thank you from SAMA and the editors	17
A prospective observational study of preoperative natriuretic peptide testing in adult non-cardiac surgical patients in hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa	14
Medicine and the Law	13
Portal vein injury due to blunt abdominal trauma	12
Missed traumatic diaphragmatic hernia and literature review	12
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to a diet low in fruit and vegetables in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	12
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution (ambient PM2.5 and ambient ozone) in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	11
Mortality trends during the first three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic at an urban district hospital in South Africa: A retrospective comparative analysis	11
Impact of interventions for tuberculosis prevention and care in South Africa – a systematic review of mathematical modelling studies	10
Increase in linezolid resistance in staphylococci in the private sector in Western Cape Province, South Africa	9
Diabetes in the public healthcare sector of four South African provinces: A comparative analysis	9
CPD Questions	9
CPD Questions	9
Melanoma crude incidence rates among White South Africans climbing as in other countries: urgent call for targeted skin cancer prevention and awareness campaigns	9
Dyslipidaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease – a neglected cardiovascular risk factor	8
Improving health outcomes and quality at the subdistrict level: Evaluation of the ‘3 feet model’ in Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa	8
Medicine and the Law	8
One-year mortality after hospital admission as an indicator of palliative care need: A retrospective cohort study	8
Prevalence of comorbid disease and associated risk factors among homeless people living in temporary shelters during the COVID-19 lockdown in Tshwane, South Africa	7
Michael Charles Kew	7
TOR1A mutation-related isolated childhood-onset generalised dystonia in South Africa	7

Investigating blood alcohol concentrations in injury-related deaths before and during the COVID-19 National lockdown in Western Cape, South Africa: A cross-sectional retrospective review	7
Basil Michaelides	7
Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	7
Southern African Student Surgical Society (SASSS) and University of Cape Town Division of Global Surgery Symposium: Developing a pipeline of surgical student researchers collaboratively	7
Secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors	7
A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community	7
Antivirals for the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19 in South Africa	6
Teenage births and pregnancies in South Africa, 2017 - 2021 – a reflection of a troubled country: Analysis of public sector data	6
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among healthcare workers in the Ekurhuleni District, South Africa	6
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	6
A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa	6
An outbreak within an outbreak: The impact of Infection Prevention and Control strategies on hospital-acquired infections and the occurrence of multi-drug resistant organisms during the COVID-19 pande	6
Using ceftazidime-avibactam for persistent carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens infection highlights antimicrobial stewardship challenges with new beta-lactam-inhibitor combination antibiotics	6
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high systolic blood pressure in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	6
Two decades of recipient and donor referrals for heart transplantation to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective study	6
Sentinel seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Gauteng Province, South Africa, August - October 2020	6
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	6
Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans	6
Policy brief: Optimising antimicrobial usage in paediatric inpatient hospital settings	6
A new forum to discuss health economics and genomics in South Africa	5
A doctor at a PHC clinic: A ‘must-have’ or ‘nice-to-have’?	5
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	5
Practice update to optimise the performance and interpretation of blood cultures: 2022	5
Blood culture contamination in the departments of paediatrics and child health at two tertiary training hospitals in central South Africa	5
The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic on mortality in South Africa in 2020	5
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	5
The state of kidney replacement therapy in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: A call to action	5
Dolutegravir drug-drug interactions	5
Recognition of infants at high risk for vertical HIV transmission at delivery in rural Western Cape Province, South Africa	5
Venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prophylaxis in hospitalised medical patients in the Cape Town metropole, South Africa	5
Recovering from COVID lockdowns: Routine public sector PHC services in South Africa, 2019 - 2021	4
Assessing South African medical interns’ experience and confidence in managing obstetric emergencies	4
Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa guidelines for the training and credentialing in emergency point-of-care ultrasound	4
Factors influencing in-hospital mortality for salvage percutaneous transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in cirrhotic patients with recalcitrant variceal bleeding after failed endoscopic in	4
Antimicrobial stewardship in the Western Cape: A situational analysis of existing facility-level initiatives	4
Obstructive jaundice: Studies on predictors of biliary infection and microbiological analysis in an HIV setting	4
Celebrating a quarter-century of the UP School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)	4
Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa	4
Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations	4
The synergistic health syndemic of HIV and cancer of the cervix in women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Decrying the dearth of information	4
Assisted suicide: Ethical considerations and the South African debate	4
Delirium in HIV-infected patients admitted to acute medical wards post universal access to antiretrovirals in South Africa	4
A natural history of efavirenz drug-induced liver injury	4
Urology care in South Africa: A call for collaboration	4
Treatment outcomes among patients admitted to hospital with antiretroviral and/or antituberculosis drug-induced liver injury	4
Undiagnosed comorbidities among individuals hospitalised with COVID-19 in South African public hospitals	4
Reforming healthcare training: Ending the compulsory community service policy	4
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: A complex social phenomenon	4
Effect of COVID-19 on HIV, tuberculosis, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV indicators in Mopani district, South Africa	4
Unnatural deaths, alcohol bans and curfews: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment during COVID-19	4

Barriers affecting COVID‑19 vaccination in Phalombe District, Malawi: A qualitative study	3
Low 30-day mortality in South African orthopaedic patients undergoing surgery at an academic hospital during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: It was safe to perform orthopaedic procedures at o	3
The cost of harmful alcohol use in South Africa: A commentary	3
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on low birthweight in Soweto, South Africa	3
CPD Questions	3
The characteristics of dermatology inpatients seen at the quaternary Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban, South Africa, over a 5-year period – 2015 - 2020	3
Patterns of oxygen saturation in prolonged recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia	3
Contents	3
Pregnancy after kidney and liver transplantation	3
What did we learn from South Africa’s first-ever tuberculosis prevalence survey?	3
Nephrolithiasis (parts 1 and 2)	3
The impact of a mobile COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction laboratory at a large tertiary hospital during the first wave of the pandemic: A retrospective analysis	3
Hunger as a driver of depressive symptoms: Optimising responses to mental health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Prevalence and correlates of 30-day suicidal ideation and intent: Results of the South African National Student Mental Health Survey	3
The prevalence of pulmonary embolism in non-hospitalised de-isolated patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 disease	3
Signal of harm in morphine use in adults with acute pulmonary oedema: A rapid systematic review	3
A paediatric pain assessment and management survey at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa	3
Evaluation of the impact of PEPFAR transition on retention in care in South Africa’s Western Cape Province	3
Antibiogram profiles and efficacy of antibiotic regimens of bacterial isolates from chronic osteomyelitis of the appendicular skeleton: A developing-world perspective	3
Micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: A case review at Mankweng Hospital breast oncology clinic in Limpopo Province, South Africa	3
Autologous whole blood clot and negative-pressure wound therapy in South Africa: A comparison of the cost and social considerations	3
Discovering hypertriglyceridaemia	3
Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	3
The increased need for lifestyle interventions in dealing with non-communicable diseases in South Africa	3
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in patients with bacteraemia at tertiary academic hospitals in South Africa, 2019 - 2020: An update	3
Patients’ experiences of termination of pregnancy at a regional hospital in Durban, South Africa	3
Ephraim Sheftel Benjamin	3
CPD Questions	3
Leveraging routine data in impact evaluation: Understanding data systems in primary healthcare prior to a matched cluster-randomised evaluation of adherence guidelines in South Africa	3
Case Report	3
Surgical challenges in Limpopo	3
Integrated, people-centred eye care: Why South Africa needs to prioritise scaling up refractive services	3
Ivermectin exposures reported to the Poisons Information Helpline in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
A total cost perspective of type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in two South African medical schemes servicing the public healthcare sector	2
Implementing E-MOTIVE for detection and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage in South Africa	2
Prostate cancer perspective: Africa versus the world	2
Sisonke phase 3B open-label study: Lessons learnt for national and global vaccination scale-up during epidemics	2
Stimulant use among prehospital emergency care personnel in Gauteng Province, South Africa	2
Facilitating remote access to specialist medical expertise through the scaled up adoption of a smartphone application: A South African case	2
Biliary atresia: The profile, management and outcome of patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa	2
Heterologous vaccination of BNT162b2 in Ad26. COV2.S-vaccinated healthcare workers elicits long-term humoral immune response	2
Acute obstructive hydrocephalus in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome	2
Strengthening of district mental health services in Gauteng Province, South Africa	2
Missed rifampicin and isoniazid resistance by commercial molecular assays	2
Renal transplant recipient and deceased-donor risk profiles at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa: A 9-year review	2
Contents	2
The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis	2
Making rural healthcare sing – Steve Reid retires	2
A randomised trial comparing preoperative administration of single-dose kefazolin to kefazolin plus metronidazole as prophylactic antibiotics at caesarean section	2
Prevalence and outcome of acute kidney injury in burn victims at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa	2
A national retrospective review of neonatal critical care transfers in dedicated critical care transport services in the private sector	2
Personal and occupational experiences of COVID-19 and their effects on South African health workers’ wellbeing	2
Cochlear implantation in South Africa (part 2)	2
Building coherence in the regulation of health research: A reply to Thaldar	2
Echocardiographic features of infective endocarditis in South Africa: A prospective cohort study	2
Understanding the differential impacts of COVID-19 among hospitalised patients in South Africa for equitable response	2
Introducing an Ethics Framework for health priority-setting in South Africa on the path to universal health coverage	2
Post-laryngectomy simplified dysphagia score (SDS) tool: Potential for screening and comparison with the swallowing outcomes after laryngectomy (SOAL) tool	2
Autoimmune encephalitis : Part 1 (Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical spectrum)	2
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) changes the method of LDL-cholesterol calculation in South Africa	2
South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis	2
Medicine and the Law	2
The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of diabetic foot ulcers in the South African public healthcare sector	2
Training, guideline access and knowledge of antiretroviral interactions: Is the South African private sector being left behind?	2
Decentralised HIV care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Ensuring safe community-based services	2
Right of reply - Response to: In defence of South Africa’s National Health Research Ethics Council guidelines on heritable human genome editing	2
Erratum	2
Renoprotection in hypertension and diabetes – management problems lie ahead	2
Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis	2
Learning in the district health system: How can meetings become spaces of reflection?	2
Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high fasting plasma glucose in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012	2
Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A contemporary review of services after 20 years	2
Prioritising preventive cancer services in Zimbabwe as the country struggles with unaffordable healthcare	2
A descriptive study of the spectrum of dermatological surgery services provided by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Department of Dermatology at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital	2
http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/13517	2
Assisted suicide: Ethical considerations and the South African debate	2
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY	2
Low mortality of people living with diabetes mellitus diagnosed with COVID-19 and managed at a field hospital in Western Cape Province, South Africa	2
The case for minimum unit prices on alcohol in South Africa	2
LSD and psilocybin for chronic nociplastic pain: A narrative review of the literature supporting the use of classic psychedelic agents in chronic pain	2

The impact of routine pulse oximetry use on outcomes in COVID-19-infected patients at increased risk of severe disease: A retrospective cohort analysis	2
SARS-CoV-2 mutations on diagnostic gene targets in the second wave in Zimbabwe: A retrospective genomic analysis	2
Periprosthetic joint infection:A South African perspective	2
An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa	2
Healthcare Delivery	2