Preventable mishaps resulting from human error contribute to anaesthetic risk, as demonstrated in the case report presented. The incidence of anaesthetic-associated deaths has fallen steadily since 1935, and general ...

Oesophago-antrostomy with and without pyloroplasty, and with preservation of Latarjet's anterior nerve with an intact pylorus, was studied in chacma baboons. Radiological and manometric studies showed that pyloroplasty is ...

Plasma vitamin E values of newborn infants in a coloured population of Cape Town have been determined. The mean plasma α-tocopherol value was 3,2 ± 0,8 mg/l. A significant correlation between the plasma α-tocopherol level ...

The effect of corticosteroid therapy on the bronchoalveolar cell response, the changes in activity of some lysosomal enzymes and the protein and lipid biosynthesis rates in lung tissue of normal rabbits and of rabbits after ...

A 32-year-old White man suffered a large transmural inferoposterior myocardial infarction (MI). Coronary vasospasm is strongly suspected of having caused this MI since the ergometrine maleate provocation test gave rise to ...

It is a strange paradox that now that the treatment of venereal diseases is comparatively painless, effective and easily available, there has been a considerable upsurge in the incidence thereof. A global picture of the ...

Rupture of an aneurysm into a major vein is an uncommon complication, and the resulting arteriovenous fistula frequently causes hihg-ouput cardiac failure as a presenting symptom. A patient with high-output cardiac failure ...

In a group of 104 patients paralysed as a result of injury while swimming or diving, 3 patients were identified in whom the injury was sustained during bodysurfing. The mechanism of the injury and the clinical and radiological ...

This study was undertaken to highlight trends relating to pregnancies among females aged less than 21 years seen at Tygerberg Hospital, Parowvallei, CP, during the 5-year period 1976-1980 inclusive. There was a fairly ...

It has been demonstrated that the H2O2/l- ratio is a critical factor in the control of iodination and deiodination of covalently bound tyrosyl residues in proteins and free iodotyrosines by peroxidase enzymes. This has ...