Search Results - "Skinner, D. L."

An analysis of referrals to a level 3 intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting in South Africa by Jaganath, U V, De Vasconcellos, K, Skinner, D L, Gopalan, P D

“…\r\nBackground\r\nWith a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and rising healthcare costs in resource-limited settings, clinicians need to appropriately…”
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The incidence and outcomes of patients with acute kidney injury in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit in Durban, South Africa by Khuweldi, M.A, Skinner, D.L, De Vasconcellos, K

“…Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill and resource-limited settings is under investigated. Objectives. To describe the incidence, outcomes…”
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Renal replacement therapy in intensive care units in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa by Skinner, D L, De Vasconcellos, K, Wise, R, Kisten, T, Faurie, M, Hardcastle, T, Muckart, D J J

“…Background Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a scarce resource in southern Africa. Critically ill patients are at risk of developing acute kidney injury…”
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Compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for early resuscitation does not translate into improved outcomes in patients with surgical sepsis in South Africa by Smith, M.T.D., Green, S., Laing, G.L., Bruce, J.L., Skinner, D.L., Kong, V.Y., Clarke, D.L., Brysiewicz, P.

“…Introduction: This project set out to audit our compliance with the 3-hour bundles of care for surgical sepsis and to interrogate how compliance or…”
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Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Hybrid Electronic Medical Record System Specifically Designed for a Developing World Surgical Service by Laing, G. L., Bruce, J. L., Skinner, D. L., Allorto, N. L., Clarke, D. L., Aldous, C.

“…Background The Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service previously successfully constructed and implemented an electronic surgical registry (ESR). This…”
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The incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury amongst patients admitted to a level I trauma unit by Skinner, D.L, Hardcastle, T.C, Rodseth, R.N, Muckart, D.J.J

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to identify the incidence and outcomes of patients with trauma related acute kidney injury (AKI), as defined by RIFLE…”
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Understanding the Burden and Outcome of Trauma Care Drives a New Trauma Systems Model by Laing, G. L., Skinner, D. L., Bruce, J. L., Aldous, C., Oosthuizen, G. V., Clarke, D. L.

“…Background The Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Trauma Service (PMTS) attempts to provide care for a whole city and hence is referred to as a service rather than…”
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Blunt cardiac injury in critically ill trauma patients: A single centre experience by Skinner, D.L, Laing, G.L, Rodseth, R.N, Ryan, L, Hardcastle, T.C, Muckart, D.J.J

“…Abstract Purpose This study describes the incidence and outcomes of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) in a single trauma intensive care unit (TICU), together with the…”
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Impact of nursery feeding program on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, meat quality, and physical and chemical body composition of growing-finishing pigs by Skinner, L D, Levesque, C L, Wey, D, Rudar, M, Zhu, J, Hooda, S, de Lange, C F M

“…An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of the nursery feeding program on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, meat quality, and physical…”
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Forest Vegetation and Soil Patterns Across Glade-forest Ecotones in the Knobs Region of Northeastern Kentucky, USA by RHOADES, C. C, MILLER, S. P, SKINNER, D. L

“…The Crooked Creek Barrens Preserve in the northeastern Knobs region of Kentucky contains an aggregation of species-rich grass and forb-dominated glade openings…”
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Hepatic dysfunction: A common occurrence in severely injured patients by Saloojee, A., MBBCh (Wits), Skinner, D.L., MBChB, Loots, E., MBChB (Pret), Hardcastle, T.C., MB,ChB(Stell); M.Med(Chir)(Stell); PhD, FCS(SA), Trauma Surgery(HPCSA), Muckart, D.J.J., FRCS MMSc Crit Care (SA)

“…Abstract Background Hepatic dysfunction (HD) is a common finding in critically ill patients. The underlying pathophysiological process is one of either…”
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Validating the utilisation of venous bicarbonate as a predictor of acute kidney injury in crush syndrome from sjambok injuries by Skinner, David Lee, Laing, Grant L, Bruce, John, Biccard, Bruce, Muckart, David J J

“…Crush injury secondary to sjambok beatings is a well-described phenomenon in southern Africa. Owing to a number of factors, it can result in acute kidney…”
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A multi faceted quality improvement programme results in improved outcomes for the selective non-operative management of penetrating abdominal trauma in a developing world trauma centre by Laing, G.L, Skinner, D.L, Bruce, J.L, Bekker, W, Oosthuizen, G.V, Clarke, D.L

“…Abstract Introduction The selective non-operative management (SNOM) of penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT) is well established in our environment. As a…”
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Severe blunt thoracic trauma: differences between adults and children in a level I trauma centre by Skinner, D L, den Hollander, D, Laing, G L, Rodseth, R N, Muckart, D J J

“…Trauma is a leading cause of death in the developing world. Blunt thoracic trauma represents a major burden of disease in both adults and children. Few studies…”
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Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patients: Results of the SA Surgical Outcomes Study by Skinner, David Lee, De Vasconcellos, Kim, Wise, Robert, Esterhuizen, Tonya Marianne, Fourie, Cate, Goolam Mahomed, Akhter, Gopalan, P Dean, Joubert, Ivan, Kluyts, Hyla-Louise, Mathivha, L Rudo, Mrara, Busisiwe, Pretorius, Jan P, Richards, Guy, Smith, Ollie, Spruyt, Maryke Geertruida Louise, Pearse, Rupert M, Madiba, Thandinkosi E, Biccard, Bruce M, The South African Surgical Outcomes Study Sasos Investigators, On Behalf Of

“…Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. However, there are few data describing postoperative critical care admission…”
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Hypoxaemia on arrival in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit by De Vasconcellos, Kim, Skinner, David Lee, Singh, Dhivendra

“…Transport of the critically ill patient poses the risk of numerous complications. Hypoxaemia is one such serious adverse event and is associated with potential…”
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Impact of nursery feeding program on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, meat quality, and physical and chemical body composition of growing-finishing pigs1 by Skinner, L. D., Levesque, C. L., Wey, D., Rudar, M., Zhu, J., Hooda, S., de Lange, C. F. M.

“…An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of the nursery feeding program on subsequent growth performance, carcass quality, meat quality, and physical…”
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Auditing surgical service provision at a South African tertiary institution : implications for the development of district services by Aldous, C., Thomson, S.R., Skinner, D.L., Bruce, J.L., Govindasamy, V., Laing, G.L., Clarke, D.L.

“…Background: The optimal management of resources within South African state hospitals has been hampered by a paucity of data due to a lack of robust auditing…”
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Traumatic rhabdomyolysis (crush syndrome) in the rural setting by Skinner, D L

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Vascular injuries following blunt polytrauma by Muckart, D. J. J., Pillay, B., Hardcastle, T. C., Skinner, D. L.

“…Introduction Motor vehicle collisions account for the majority of blunt vascular trauma. Much of the literature describes the management of these injuries in…”
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