Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Editorial: Assessing coagulation

Editorial: Procalcitonin direct antibiotic therapy in immunocompromised patients

Paraglossal straight blade intubation in syndromic children

Surgical outcomes in eastern Uganda: a one-year cohort study

Procalcitonin kinetics in the first 48 hours of ICU admission is associated with higher mortality in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of high HIV prevalence

Thromboelastography in mild, chronic liver disease: challenging conventional coagulation tests preceding liver biopsy

Effect of peribulbar block on emergence agitation in children undergoing strabismus surgery under desflurane anaesthesia

The effect of different anaesthetic mask shapes on the anatomical dead space using infant, child and adult part-task trainers

Editorial: Sign here! Do we know the law on informed consent?

Editorial: More than the sum of their parts – producing fit for purpose anaesthesiologists

Fitness for purpose in anaesthesiology: a review

Anaesthetists’ knowledge of South African Law pertaining to informed consent in an academic centre

Acute respiratory distress syndrome following a biphasic anaphylactic reaction to morphine: a case report and review of the literature

Oral to nasal endotracheal tube exchange using both video and flexible laryngoscopes

Editorial: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Editorial: Anaesthetic induction with propofol: How much? How fast? How slow?

Editorial: Obesity, lean body mass, and sugammadex dosing

Induction of anaesthesia with propofol according to the adjusted ideal body mass in obese and non-obese patients: an observational study

Dosage of sugammadex according to the calculated lean body mass in obese female patients: time to reverse moderate neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium

Hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a resourcelimited setting: towards a consensus definition

Validation of age-based body mass estimation methods in toddlers and pre-school children

Emergency Centre-based paediatric procedural sedation: current practice and challenges in Cape Town

Anaesthetic considerations in a child with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Editorial: Measuring quality of recovery

Editorial: ASA Physical Status Score: has its time passed?

Use of The American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status Classification in non-trauma surgical versus trauma patients: a survey of inter-observer consistency

Development and validation of the isiZulu quality of recovery score

Blood pressure measurement in obese patients: non-invasive proximal forearm versus direct intra-arterial measurements

Xylocaine^® 10% Pump Spray as topical anaesthetic for venepuncture pain

Deceptive jugular manometry, blood colour and Po₂ in the presence of an ipsilateral upper extremity arteriovenous fistula: a report of two cases

Novel technique for reversing phrenic nerve paresis secondary to interscalene brachial plexus block

Editorial: Perioperative care: who, when, and why?

Anaesthesia in the MRI suite

Anaesthetists’ knowledge of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective descriptive study

Unplanned extubations in a level one trauma ICU

Transforaminal epidural steroid injections for the treatment of lumbosacral radicular pain in a Nigeria tertiary hospital: observational study

Superficial location of the brachial plexus and axillary artery in relation to pectoralis minor: a case report

Editorial: It is time for Africa to lead the way in pragmatic clinical trials

What should I tell my patient? Disclosure in anaesthesiology: difficulties, requirements, guidelines and suggestions

An evaluation of personality traits associated with job satisfaction among South African anaesthetists using the Big Five Inventory

Analgesic efficacy of dexmedetomidine versus fentanyl as an adjunct to thoracic epidural in patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Intravenous paracetamol — waste not, want not: a retrospective audit on the appropriate use of intravenous paracetamol at Universitas Academic Hospital Complex—Bloemfontein

Bilateral greater occipital nerve block for headache after corrective spinal surgery: a case report

Editorial: The abuse of Power, P-values and the Misnomer of Statistical “Testing”

Editorial: Airway Management Education: Are we teaching what we think we are teaching?

Perioperative ARDS and lung injury: for anaesthesia and beyond

Sample-size determination and adherence in randomised controlled trials published in anaesthetic journals

Errors and clinical supervision of intubation attempts by the inexperienced

Intra-articular dexmedetomidine with bupivacaine versus bupivacaine alone for postoperative analgesia after knee arthroscopy

Anaesthetic challenges in a patient with Klippel–Feil syndrome scheduled for panendoscopy and biopsy