Department of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

Research Publications 2024

Books

  1. BICCARD, B. 2024. Safer Surgery for Africa: Challenges and Solutions, Biccard Press.
  2. PARKER, R., PARK-ROSS, J. (ed.) 2024. Understanding Pain: Unravelling the Physiology, Assessment, and Management of Pain through South African Stories, Cape Town: University of Cape Town Libraries.

Peer-reviewed publications

  1. ATHANASSOGLOU, V., ROGERS, A. & HOFMEYR, R. 2024. In-hospital management of the airway in trauma. BJA education.
  2. BHETTAY, A. & BURGER, R. 2024. Sphenopalatine ganglion blocks for post-dural puncture headache: A case report in a 3-year-old child. Paediatr Anaesth, 34, 182-184.
  3. BHETTAY, A., GRAY, R., DESALU, I., PARKER, R. & MASWIME, S. 2024. Current pediatric pain practice in Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia: A prospective survey of anesthetists. Pediatric Anesthesia, 34, 602-609.
  4. BIRGAND, G., BICCARD, B., DESLANDES, A., MBAMALU, O., BONACONSA, C., BOUTALL, A., MENDELSON, M., LEONE, M., NDOLI, J. & LEATHER, A. 2024. Role of anaesthesia providers in infection-related care across the perioperative pathway: a global survey. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132, 197-200.
  5. BISHOP, D., DYER, R. & CROWTHER, M. 2024. Balancing haemodynamic priorities in obstetrics: back to basics. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 72-75.
  6. BORGES, F. K., GUERRA-FARFAN, E., BHANDARI, M., PATEL, A., SLOBOGEAN, G., FEIBEL, R. J., SANCHETI, P. K., TIBONI, M. E., BALAGUER-CASTRO, M. & TANDON, V. 2021. Myocardial Injury in Patients with Hip Fracture: A HIP ATTACK Randomized Trial Substudy. JBJS, 10.2106.
  7. BRAVO, L., SIMÕES, J. F., CARDOSO, V. R., ADISA, A., AGUILERA, M. L., ARNAUD, A., BICCARD, B., CALVACHE, J., CHERNBUMROONG, S. & ELHADI, M. 2024. A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts. The Lancet Digital Health, 6, e507-e519.
  8. BURGER, R., SMIT, M., PLENGE, U. & GIBBS, M. 2024. Informed consent for peripheral nerve blocks at a tertiary level hospital in South Africa: a quality improvement project. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 62-72.
  9. COETZEE, E., COETZEE, J. F. & HAASBROEK, M. 2024. Predictive pharmacodynamic performance of the Eleveld pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic model for propofol: comparison of predicted and measured bispectral index. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 133, 785-792.
  10. DAVIES, A. & HOFMEYR, R. 2024. Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot complicated by eclampsia. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 90-92.
  11. DÖNMEZ, A. E., GOSWAMI, A. G., RAHEJA, A., BHADANI, A., EL KADY, A. E. S., ALNIEMI, A., AWAD, A., ALADL, A., YOUNIS, A., ALWALI, A., KHALIL, A., MANSOUR, A., ELKHOULY, A. M., RASHAD TEMERIK, A., HASAN, A., CHIED, A., ABDRABA, A., HRORA, A., ABDELSHAFI, A., ALWALI, A., MARAQA, A., GHAFFAR, A., CHEKFA, A. J., AL BALUSHI, A. M., QUDDUS, A., HAMMADIEH, A. R., MUNTAKA, A.-J. M., ASEKUN, A., ALSHAHRANI, A., JOWHARJI, A., ALSHUKRE, A., KHAIR ETAREIG, A., ABUBAKAR ABDULKARIM, A., ASHIRU, A., ALAILESH, A., AL-MALLAH, A., BAYDOUN, A., CHAUDHRY, A., ASKIN, A. E., ALMUTAIRI, A., BELKHAIR, A., ABDLLAH, A., ALHAMMALI, A., BASALIM, A., ABOUELNAGAH, A. G. M. M., GHAZAL, A., MOHAMMED, A., QASEM, A., ANADANI, A., JIMOH, A., LAWAL, A. O., KHAITY, A., LAWAL, A., ELZOUBI, A. E., SHESHE, A. A., CETIŞLI, A. F., OYEDELE, A., ALJAHDALI, A., ABOELNASR, A. G. E., DEMESSIE, A., BHARGAVA, A., SONKAR, A. A., BAVAHARAN, A., KHAN, A., CAMPBELL, A., OYELEKAN, A. A. A., OKUNLOLA, A. I., OJEWUYI, A., EKERIN, A., SALEH, A., KHAIRY, A., MUTHUNAYAGAM, A. B., BOTHA, A., TESHOME SAHILEMARIAM, A., NAWAWI, A., MUHAMMAD, A. B., DAHIRU, A., YAHAYA, A., ABDELMALIK, A., ANUAR, A. A. A., OUSSEINI, A., LEON -DEL- ANGEL, A., FRANKEL, A., GYEDU, A., LIM, A., LUKÁČ, A., PECKHAM-COOPER, A., SABBAH, A., VARGA, A., SANOU, A., ISSAKA, A., NINGI, A., YESHITILA, A., YINGESS, A., OLUGBAMI, A., MOSES, DAMOLA-OKESIJI, A., LAWAL, A., OJO, A., HASHMI, A., et al. 2024. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries. The Lancet Global Health, 12, e1094-e1103.
  12. DYER, R. A., CARVALHO, B., BLOCKMAN, M., PFISTER, C. 2024. Adrenaline or noradrenaline for spinal hypotension during caesarean section – beware; the cure may be worse than the disease. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 3.
  13. FINK, P. B., WHEELER III, A. R., SMITH, W. R., BRANT-ZAWADZKI, G., LIEBERMAN, J. R., MCINTOSH, S. E., VAN TILBURG, C., WEDMORE, I. S., WINDSOR, J. S. & HOFMEYR, R. 2024. Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Austere Environments: 2024 Update. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 35, 198-218.
  14. FRANKISH, L. K. M., H. 2024. Protecting tiny patients: preventing perioperative hypoglycaemia in paediatric surgery. SAJAA, 30, 2.
  15. GATHUYA, Z., NABUKENYA, M. T., AARON, O., GRAY, R. & EVANS, F. M. 2023. Children's Anaesthesia and perioperative care challenges, and innovations. Semin Pediatr Surg, 32, 151355.
  16. GEBREYESUS, M. S., DRESNER, A., WIESNER, L., COETZEE, E., VERSCHUUREN, T., WASMANN, R. & DENTI, P. 2024. Dose optimization of cefazolin in South African children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology.
  17. GERBER, C., BISHOP, D. G., DYER, R. A., MASWIME, S., RODSETH, R. N., VAN DYK, D., KLUYTS, H.-L., MBWELE, B., TUMUKUNDE, J. T. & MADZIMBAMUTO, F. D. 2022. Method of Anesthesia and Perioperative Risk Factors, Maternal Anesthesia Complications, and Neonatal Mortality Following Cesarean Delivery in Africa: A Substudy of a 7-Day Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 10.1213.
  18. HADEBE, N., COUR, M., IMAMDIN, A., PETERSEN, T., PENNEL, T., SCHERMAN, J., SNOWBALL, J., NTSEKHE, M., ZILLA, P. & SWANEVELDER, J. 2024. Cardioprotection with Intralipid During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery on Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 1-8.
  19. HUANGFU, G., IHDAYHID, A., KWOK, S., KONSTANTOPOULOS, J., NIU, K., LU, J., FIGTREE, G., CHOW, C., DEMBO, L. & ADLER, B. 2024. Optimising Cardiovascular Outcome Prediction: An Advanced AI-Enhanced CAC-DAD Score. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 33, S128.
  20. KAMARAJAH, S., ISMAIL, L., ADEMUYIWA, A., ADISA, A. O., BICCARD, B., GHOSH, D., GALLEY, F., HAQUE, P. D., HARRISON, E. & INGABIRE, J. A. 2024. Mechanisms and causes of death after abdominal surgery in low-income and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the FALCON trial. The Lancet Global Health.
  21. KAMERMAN, P., MADDEN, V., ARENDSE, G., BEDWELL, G., CAJEE, D., CHINAKA, T., MASON, B., MCDONALD, M., MQADI, L. & VAN DER WALT, J. 2024. A nation in pain: high-quality local research as a crucial step to improve pain prevention and care. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 76-78.
  22. KIFLE, F., IVERSON, K. R., BELAY, E., TEKO, E. B., DAWIT, A., DENEKE, A., BICCARD, B. & COLLABORATIVES, N. 2024a. Towards Establishing a National Perioperative Quality Improvement Network in LMICs: Implementation Experiences From Ethiopia. Annals of Surgery Open, 5, e480.
  23. KIFLE, F., KENNA, P., DANIEL, S., MASWIME, S. & BICCARD, B. 2024b. A scoping review of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), protocol implementation, and its impact on surgical outcomes and healthcare systems in Africa. Perioperative Medicine, 13, 86.
  24. LIMAKATSO, K., LEBILETSA, T., SMEETS, R. J. E. M. & PARKER, R. Care Priorities for Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputations: A Patient Delphi Study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 0, 02692155241258913.
  25. LIMAKATSO, K., NDHLOVU, F., USENBO, A., RAYAMAJHI, S., KLOPPERS, C. & PARKER, R. 2024a. The prevalence and risk factors for phantom limb pain: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Neurol, 24, 57.
  26. LIMAKATSO, K., TUCKER, J., BANDA, L., ROBERTSON, C. & PARKER, R. 2024b. The profile of people undergoing lower limb amputations at Groote Schuur Hospital. African Journal of Disability, 13, 1152.
  27. LU, J., BENNAMOUN, M., IHDAYHID, A., KONSTANTOPOLOUS, J., KWOK, S., NIU, K., FIGTREE, G., CHAN, M., BUTLER, C. & TANDON, V. 2024. Unlocking Precision Medicine: A Fully Automated Multi-Modal CTCA Based System For Risk Prediction. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 33, S542-S543.
  28. MADDEN, V. J. 2024. The search for clarity, effectiveness and efficiency in physiotherapy care. European Journal of Physiotherapy, 26, 185-187.
  29. MADDEN, V. J., KAMERMAN, P., LEAKE, H. B., CATLEY, M. J., HEATHCOTE, L. C. & MOSELEY, G. L. 2023. The Sensation and Pain Rating Scale: easy to use, clear to interpret, and responsive to clinical change. MedRxiv.
  30. MARDON, A. K., CHALMERS, K. J., HEATHCOTE, L. C., CURTIS, L.-A., FREEDMAN, L., MALANI, R., PARKER, R., NEUMANN, P. B., MOSELEY, G. L. & LEAKE, H. B. 2024. “I wish I knew then what I know now”—pain science education concepts important for female persistent pelvic pain: a reflexive thematic analysis. Pain, 165, 1990-2001.
  31. MASUKU, N. J., DU TOIT L., KING, C., DYER, R., VAWDA, D.O., BISHOP, D.G. 2024. Modelling the incidence and severity of hypothermia during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery: a prospective observational study in a resource-limited setting. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, S1-S2.
  32. MOODLEY, A., MEYER, H. M., SALIE, S., HUMAN, P., ZÜHLKE, L. J. & BROOKS, A. 2024. Common Arterial Trunk Repair at the Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town: A 20-Year Review of Surgical Practice and Outcomes. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg, 21501351241256582.
  33. NABUKENYA, M. T., NEWTON, M. W., GRAY, R. M., KAPOOR, I., KURATANI, N., MOORE, J., RAI, E. & EVANS, F. M. 2024. The role of collaboration in educating the global pediatric anesthesia workforce. Paediatr Anaesth, 34, 884-892.
  34. NEJTHARDT, M., ALEXANDRIS, P., BECHAN, S., BIJLI, M., CHETTY, S., DIPPENAAR, J., GIBBS, M., JOHNSON, M., KLUYTS, H. & LLEWELLYN, R. 2024. The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus. South African Medical Journal, 114, 95-100.
  35. PARI, V., VIJAYARAGHAVAN, B. K. T., BICCARD, B. M. & HASHMI, M. 2024. Evaluating cancer care in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Oncology, 25, e179.
  36. POLOK, K., BICCARD, B. M., CHAN, M. T., ARCHBOLD, R. A., WANG, C. Y., SIGAMANI, A., URRÚTIA, G., CRUZ, P., SRINATHAN, S. K. & SZALAY, D. 2024. Mortality and major postoperative complications within 1 year after vascular surgery: a prospective cohort study. Pol Arch Intern Med.
  37. POWELL, W. F., JR., ECHETO-CERRATO, M. A., GATHUYA, Z., GRAY, R. M., HODGES, S., NABUKENYA, M. T., NEWTON, M. W., RAI, E. & EVANS, F. M. 2023. Delivery of Safe Pediatric Anesthesia Care in the First 8000 days: Realities, Challenges, and Solutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. World J Surg, 47, 3429-3435.
  38. REED, A., CLOETE, E. & DAVIES, G. 2024. Perhaps operating room governance is our largest impact area? : Medpharm Publications.
  39. RENEMAN, M. F., COENEN, P., KUIJER, P., VAN DIEËN, J. H., HOLTERMANN, A., IGWESI-CHIDOBE, C. N., PARKER, R., REEZIGT, R., STOCHKENDAHL, M. J. & HOEGH, M. 2024. Correction: Tensions of Low-Back Pain and Lifting; Bridging Clinical Low-Back Pain and Occupational Lifting Guidelines. J Occup Rehabil.
  40. ROBINSON-PAPP, J., LAWRENCE, S., WADLEY, A., SCOTT, W., GEORGE, M. C., JOSH, J., O’BRIEN, K. K., PRICE, C., UEBELACKER, L. & EDELMAN, E. J. 2024a. Priorities for HIV and chronic pain research: results from a survey of individuals with lived experience. AIDS care, 1-11.
  41. ROBINSON-PAPP, J., LAWRENCE, S., WADLEY, A., SCOTT, W., GEORGE, M. C., JOSH, J., O’BRIEN, K. K., PRICE, C., UEBELACKER, L., EDELMAN, E. J., EVANGELI, M., GOODIN, B. R., HARDING, R., NKHOMA, K., PARKER, R., SABIN, C., SLAWEK, D., TSUI, J. I. & MERLIN, J. S. 2024b. Priorities for HIV and chronic pain research: results from a survey of individuals with lived experience. AIDS Care, 36, 1291-1301.
  42. ROSHANOV, P. S., CHAN, M. T., BORGES, F. K., CONEN, D., WANG, C. Y., XAVIER, D., BERWANGER, O., MARCUCCI, M., SESSLER, D. I. & SZCZEKLIK, W. 2024. One-year outcomes after discharge from noncardiac surgery and association between predischarge complications and death after discharge: analysis of the VISION prospective cohort study. Anesthesiology, 140, 8-24.
  43. SCHULTZ, M. L., MELBY, A., GRAY, R., EVANS, F. M., BENETT, S. & NIESCIERENKO, M. L. 2023. Pediatric procedural sedation in African clinical settings: A mixed methods study of African providers' sedation practices. Afr J Emerg Med, 13, 204-209.
  44. SHABANGU, N., THEBE, T., CASEY, M., WESSELMANN, U. & PARKER, R. 2023. Chronic pain in female breast cancer survivors - prevalence, characteristics and contributing factors: a cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Women's Health, 23, 613.
  45. SHARMA, S., PATHAK, A., PARKER, R., COSTA, L. O. P., GHAI, B., IGWESI-CHIDOBE, C., JANWANTANAKUL, P., DE JESUS-MORALEIDA, F. R., CHALA, M. B. & POURAHMADI, M. 2024. How Low Back Pain is Managed—A Mixed-Methods Study in 32 Countries. Part 2 of Low Back Pain in Low-and Middle-Income Countries Series. journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy, 54, 560-572.
  46. TAYLOR, E., TESFAYE, E., RAMAKRISHNAN, R., ABDULWAHED, E. A., BITTAYE, M., ELHADI, M., TORBORG, A., BICCARD, B. & INVESTIGATORS, O. B. O. T. A.-P. 2024. 1096 The African Surgical Outcomes Study in Paediatric Patients (ASOS-Paeds) and Global Paediatric Perioperative Mortality - a Meta-analysis. British Journal of Surgery, 111.
  47. TOMASICCHIO, M., JAUMDALLY, S., WILSON, L., KOTZE, A., SEMPLE, L., MEIER, S., POORAN, A., ESMAIL, A., PILLAY, K. & ROBERTS, R. 2024. SARS-CoV-2 viral replication persists in the human lung for several weeks after symptom onset. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 209, 840-851.
  48. TORBORG, A., MEYER, H., EL FIKY, M., FAWZY, M., ELHADI, M., ADEMUYIWA, A. O., OSINAIKE, B. B., HEWITT-SMITH, A., NABUKENYA, M. T. & BISEGERWA, R. 2024. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study. The Lancet, 403, 1482-1492.
  49. UYS, F., PFISTER, C., KALLENBACH, T. & GIBBS, M. 2024. Implementation of the prospective PURE (Point of Care Ultrasound Registry). Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 30, 45-53.
  50. VAWDA, D. O., KING, C., TOIT, L. D., DYER, R. A., MASUKU, N. J. & BISHOP, D. G. 2024. Agreement between three noninvasive temperature monitoring devices during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery: a prospective observational study. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 38, 1199-1207.
  51. VERRET, M., LALU, M., SESSLER, D. I., BORGES, F. K., ROSHANOV, P. S., TURGEON, A. F., NEVEU, X., RAMSAY, T., SZCZEKLIK, W. & TANDON, V. 2024. Perioperative transfusion practices in adults having noncardiac surgery. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 38, 150839.
  52. WALLWORK, S. B., NICHOLS, S., JORDAN, A., NOEL, M., MADDEN, V. J. & MOSELEY, G. L. 2024. Harnessing Children’s Picture Books to Socialize Children About Pain and Injury: A Qualitative Study. The Journal of Pain, 104520.
  53. WATSON, S.-L., FOWLER, A. J., DIAS, P., BICCARD, B., WAN, Y. I., PEARSE, R. M. & ABBOTT, T. E. 2024. The lifetime risk of surgery in England: a nationwide observational cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 133, 768-775.
  54. WILSON, J. M., MADDEN, V. J., PESTER, B. D., YOON, J., PAPIANOU, L. N., MEINTS, S. M., CAMPBELL, C. M., SMITH, M. T., HAYTHORNTHWAITE, J. A., EDWARDS, R. R. & SCHREIBER, K. L. 2023. Change in Pain During Physical Activity Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Associations With Improved Physical Function and Decreased Situational Pain Catastrophizing. Innov Aging, 7, igad045.