{"title":"A Pan-African perioperative care registries network – collaborative efforts to share learning and maximise opportunities","authors":"F. Kifle, M. Durieux","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2780","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43193612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paediatric anaesthesia care in Africa: challenges and opportunities","authors":"Rm Gray, L. Cronjé, MN Kalipa, Ca Lee, FM Evans","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2767","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48540166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mostly harmless? A survey of South African anaesthetists’ knowledge and attitudes regarding environmental sustainability in the operating theatre","authors":"L. Frewen, E. Grossman, C. Basson","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2658","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46213295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PG Firth, J. Ngonzi, R. Mushagara, N. Musinguzi, C. Liu, A. Boatin, W. Mugabi, D. Kayaga, P. Naturinda, D. Twesigye, F. Sanyu, G. Mugyenyi, SS Ttendo
{"title":"The structure, function and implementation of an outcomes database at a Ugandan secondary hospital: the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database","authors":"PG Firth, J. Ngonzi, R. Mushagara, N. Musinguzi, C. Liu, A. Boatin, W. Mugabi, D. Kayaga, P. Naturinda, D. Twesigye, F. Sanyu, G. Mugyenyi, SS Ttendo","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2637","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46074693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Chaïbou, H. Daddy, MK Dan Mallam, M. Gagara, L. James-Didier, R. Sani, H. Abarchi
{"title":"Prospective, observational study of perioperative critical incidents, anaesthesia and mortality in elective paediatric surgical patients at a national referral hospital in Niger","authors":"M. Chaïbou, H. Daddy, MK Dan Mallam, M. Gagara, L. James-Didier, R. Sani, H. Abarchi","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2462","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44666892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Thackeray, D. A. Axelrod, M. Curtis, A. Stuart, K. Johnson, N. Pace, H. Hopf
{"title":"Preparing anaesthesiologists to safely care for patients with COVID-19: an observational study of a simulation course","authors":"E. Thackeray, D. A. Axelrod, M. Curtis, A. Stuart, K. Johnson, N. Pace, H. Hopf","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2602","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Anaesthesiologists are at high risk for exposure to SARS-CoV-2. We describe the development, implementation and efficacy of a high-fidelity simulation course for anaesthesiologists in response to this threat. Methods: This is an observational study of preparedness conferred by a simulation course. The following four knowledge gaps were identified: i) personal protective equipment (PPE) selection and donning/doffing;ii) operating room and anaesthesia machine turnover;iii) routine and difficult airway management;and iv) emergent airway management and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocols. Four simulations were developed and offered to faculty, residents and Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetists (CRNAs) at an anaesthesiology department. A survey estimated prior knowledge and assessed knowledge gained after the course. Results: Prior to the simulations, 27% and 26% of the participants estimated ability, respectively, to don and doff PPE, compared to 99% of the participants who demonstrated knowledge after the simulations: donning, odds ratio (OR) = infinity (19.6, infinity);doffing, OR = infinity (19.9, infinity). Prior to the simulations, 28% of the participants estimated knowledge specific to airway management;while after the simulations, 84% of the participants identified correct principles of airway management (OR = 9.1 [4.3, 20.2]). Prior to the simulations, 15% of the participants estimated knowledge of principles guiding emergency airway management and/or ACLS protocols, compared to 94% of the participants who correctly identified those principles after the simulations (OR = infinity [21.9, infinity]). Only 18% of clinicians estimated that they were competent prior to the simulations, while 89% of clinicians demonstrated competency on the written survey after the simulations (OR = 37 [10.8, 212]). Conclusion: Our results suggest that this simulation course effectively prepared anaesthesiology faculty, residents and staff to select appropriate PPE, and don and doff it, as well as apply best practices during airway management and ACLS protocols.","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48103731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physiology and pathophysiology of chronic pain (Part II): how does pain become chronic?","authors":"A. Isa, Seshree Chetty","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2022.28.1.2497","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41457918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mis Kathrada, M. Jagga, YN Mzoneli, J. Swanevelder, MW Gibbs
{"title":"Perioperative ultrasound among South African anaesthetists: a survey of current practice and availability","authors":"Mis Kathrada, M. Jagga, YN Mzoneli, J. Swanevelder, MW Gibbs","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2021.27.6.2636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2021.27.6.2636","url":null,"abstract":"Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) plays an important role in vascular access placement, regional nerve blocks, and heart and lung assessments in the perioperative period. Its use has been shown to reduce failure and complication rates, thereby improving patient safety and procedural efficiency.1 Ultrasound (US) use among anaesthesiologists has gained greater importance in postgraduate training. Specialist training milestones, such as those developed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), have incorporated US for nerve blocks, vascular access and certain pain procedures.2","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47547206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A descriptive study of the relationship between preoperative body temperature and intraoperative core temperature change in adults under general anaesthesia","authors":"F. Steyn, Lilo du Toit, T. Naidoo, R. Hofmeyr","doi":"10.36303/sajaa.2021.27.6.2600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.2021.27.6.2600","url":null,"abstract":"Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia is defined as an unplanned core temperature of less than 36 °C occurring during the perioperative period.1,2 It is associated with numerous adverse patient outcomes3-5 including increased surgical site infection rates,4-6 blood loss,5,7 length of hospital stay6 and cost of care.1,8-10 Despite the ubiquity of guidelines to prevent perioperative hypothermia, the reported incidence ranges between 20% and 90%.3,11","PeriodicalId":21769,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46344688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}