Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume 1, Issue 1
February 2019
ISSN 2618-0189 is for the print version.
ISSN 2618-0197 is for the online version.
Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal (ISSN 12345678) created to share scientific research from the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and from Clinical Medicine departments at other institutions in South Africa and internationally. Our objective is to be the primary diffusion portal for Clinical Medicine scientists from southern Africa, using standards that accredit the process of scientific publication.
Published by Wits University Press
5th Floor, University Corner, Braamfontein 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: Pravin.Manga@123456wits.ac.za
web: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/wjcm http://witspress.co.za
Editor: Prof Pravin Manga
Associate Editors:
Editorial Board:
Prof Daynia Ballot
Dr Desmond Lines
Dr Richard Cooke
Prof Jeanine Vellema
Prof Colin Menezes
Prof Girish Modi
Prof Mboyo Vangu
Prof Ashraf Coovadia
Prof Hendrik Lombard
Prof Christopher Szabo
Prof Martin Smith
Prof Ames Dhai
Head of School of Clinical Medicine
Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Family Medicine and Rural Health
Forensic Medicine
Internal Medicine
Neurosciences
Radiation Sciences
Paediatrics
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Psychiatry
Surgery
Bio-ethics
Abstracting and indexing:
Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is included in Web of Science and Scopus.
Table of Contents
Editorial iii
Welcome Letter iv
Articles
1 Causes and Consequences of Sodium Imbalances in the First Week of Life in Very Low-Birthweight Infants. . . . . 1
N Ramaboea and Daynia E Ballot
2 The Impact of Anaemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. . . 7
Shehu MN and Pravin Manga
3 Levels of Awareness of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia among Non-anaesthesiologists at an Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. . . 13
Karin-Ann Ben-Israel, Juan Scribante and Helen Perrie
4 A Comparison between TTR and FIR As a Measure of the Quality of Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. . . 23
Priya Parbhoo and Barry Jacobson
5 Epidemiology and Outcomes of Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. . . . . 31
Mohammed Variava, Mduduzi Mashabane, Alison Bentley and Saraladevi Naicker
Bert Myburgh Research Forum . . . . . . . . . 37
List of Abstracts 2017. . . 38