Vol 32, No 1 (2016)

Table of Contents

Cover

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Contents

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Guest Editorial

Physiotherapy in the intensive care unit PDF
Susan Hanekom 3

Articles

Physiotherapy contributions to weaning and extubation of patients from mechanical ventilation PDF
Dipna Morar, Heleen Van Aswegen 6
Physiotherapy practice in South African intensive care units PDF
Helena van Aswegen, M Lottering 11
Reducing paediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia – a South African challenge! PDF
Heide Kunzmann, Konstantinos Dimitriades, Brenda May Morrow, Andrew Charles Argent 17
An observational study on the relationship between plasma vitamin C, blood glucose, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and outcome in patients with septic shock PDF
Kondwani George Happy Katundu, Lauren T Hill, Lester M Davids, Ivan A Joubert, Malcolm G A Miller, Jenna L Piercy, William L Michelle 21
Incidence and risk factors for thrombocytopenia in the intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in northern India PDF
Chitra Mehta, Joby v George, Yatin Mehta, M Tariq Ali, Manish Kumar Singh 28

Case reports

Post-tracheostomy tracheo-oesophageal fistula – an unusual presentation PDF
Deepa Chandramohan, Shaila S Kamat, Ravindran V 32

Abstracts

Abstracts of scientific presentations at the 2016 Annual National Conference of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa PDF
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