Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine (Volume 3, Issue 2)

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Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volume 3, Issue 2

July 2021

ISSN 2618-0189 is for the print version.

IISSN 2618-0197 is for the online version.

Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal 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: [e-mail]

web: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/wjcm

Editor: Prof Pravin Manga

Associate Editors: Prof Raquel Duarte

Prof Saraladevi Naicker

Dr Caroline Dickens

Editorial Board:

Prof Daynia Ballot	University of Witwatersrand
Dr Dwomoa Adu	University of Ghana
Prof Ashraf Coovadia	University of Witwatersrand
Prof Keertan Dheda	University of Cape Town
Prof Zodwa Dlamini	University of Pretoria
Prof Girish Modi	University of Witwatersrand
Prof Rafique Moosa	University of Stellenbosch
Prof Martin Smith	University of Witwatersrand
Prof Mboyo-di-tamba Vangu	University of Witwatersrand
Prof Cheryl Winkler	National Institute of Health, Mayland, USA

Table of Contents

ARTICLES

1 Editoria l91

Pravin Manga

2 A Retrospective Audit of Single Versus Multigland Disease in Primary Hyperparathyroidism at a Single Centre in South Africa 93

Nicola Amy MacRobert, Deirdré Kruger and Markus Schamm

3 Impact of a Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday on the Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Osteoporosis 101

Rukarwa Rutendo, Mohamed Farzahna and Raal Frederick

4 Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-care Workers’ Hand Hygiene Practice at a Private Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A Quantitative and Qualitative Longitudinal Study 109

Estella L. Watkins, Zama Sibiya, Damon Bizos and Warren Lowman

5 Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae – ‘COVID Long Hauler’ 117

Guy A. Richards, Adrian Wentzel, Robert Miller and Richard van Zyl Smit

6 Current Status of Anticoagulation for Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 125

Nontembiso Mhlana and Arifa Parker

7 Vitamin D: Magic Bullet or Much to Do About Nothing 131

Zaheer Bayat and Reyna Daya

8 The Ethical Aspects of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: Who Should Be Performing It? 135

J.D. Nel, Jason J. Labuschagne, C. Wareham, C. Lee and P. Chirwa

9 Medical Disaster Related to CMJAH Fire 139

Feroza Motara, Steve Moeng, Adam Mohamed and Jay Punwasi

10 The “Plagues” of 2020/2021: Viral Pandemic and a Fire 141

Graham Paget

11 Chemical Debridement in Burns: A Pragmatic Alternative When Surgical Debridement Is Not Available1 43

Naadiyah Laher and Rachel Moore

12 Close to the Bone: An Unusual Case of Widely Invasive Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma 147

Bulbulia Saajidah, Daya Reyna, Mohamed Nazeer Ahmed, Bhana Sindeep Amrat, Ngobese Lungile, Mjoli Gugu and Goolam Mahyoodeen Nasrin

13 HIV and Destructive Fungal Endocarditis 149

Don Zachariah and Pravin Mangat