The African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine is an online, quarterly, peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of respiratory health.

                                     

The AJTCCM is the official journal of the South African Thoracic Society. 

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Online ISSN: 2617-0205 | Print ISSN: 2671-0191 | 

Current Issue

AJTCCM Vol. 30 No. 2

Issue highlights

The need for smoking cessation counselling and nicotine withdrawal therapy for hospitalised patients: A smoking point prevalence study at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration in children in Soweto, South Africa: A retrospective descriptive study

Severe lower respiratory tract infections are associated with human adenovirus in hospitalised children in a high HIV prevalence area

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer presentation at a high- volume tertiary referral centre in South Africa

Published: 2024-07-04

Editorials

Smoking cessation for hospitalised inpatients: Butt where do we begin?

N Singh, C F N Koegelenberg

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Foreign body aspiration in children: Challenges, insights, and pathways forward

P Goussard, E Eber

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Determining the aetiology of lower respiratory tract illness in children

L Thaver, H J Zar

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Original Research: Articles

The need for smoking cessation counselling and nicotine with- drawal therapy for hospitalised patients: A smoking point preva- lence study at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

G Soin, J Kok, A Allie, Q Bhawoodien, K Dheda, A Geragotellis, K Mulisa, A Sibi, T Tarwa, F Leone, R van Zyl-Smit

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Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration in children in Soweto, South Africa: A retrospective descriptive study

A Moola, C Verwey, T Mabaso, K Mopeli, A Withers, J Loveland, N Patel, Z Dangor

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Severe lower respiratory tract infections are associated with human adenovirus in hospitalised children in a high HIV prevalence area

N Marafungana, K L Naidoo, L Gounder, R Masekela

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung cancer presentation at a high-volume tertiary referral centre in South Africa

I Fredericks, E M Irusen, B W Allwood, C F N Koegelenberg

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Review Articles

Pulmonary hypertension and the potential of ‘drug’ repurposing: A case for African medicinal plants

S Jacobs, C Payne, S Shaboodien , T Kgatla , A Pretorius, C Jumaar, G Maarman, O Sanni

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Correspondence: Cases

Tracheal necrosis after sandwich immunotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer

S M Bennji, B Jayakrishnan, Z Al- Hashami, L Mula-Hussain, R B Telugu

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A case of septic pulmonary embolism associated with hand sepsis in an immunocompetent host

T Zobair, I Sihlahla, D B Arnolds, R I Raine, G Calligaro

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Pick of the pics

A rare cause of acute post-intubation respiratory failure

L C Costa, J Fernandes, N Príncipe, J A Paiva

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Breath-Taking News

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – a disease not to be underestimated

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The African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care is the official journal of the South African Thoracic Society.