AJTCCM Vol. 28 No. 4 | African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

Published: 2022-12-19

Contents

Sarcoidosis – time for a clinical refresher!

E M Irusen

142

Still a role for the chest radiograph – humble but helpful!

M Mer

143

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: An infrequent cause of chronic lung fibrosis in Africa?

M L Wong

144

Normalising lung ultrasound

S D Maasdorp

146-147

The plight of the ‘asthmatic patient’ in South Africa – a subgroup analysis of the SABINA III study

I S Kalla

148-149

Sarcoidosis in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective study

R Morar, C Feldman

150-156

Role of chest radiograph in predicting the need for ventilator support in COVID‐19 patients

G Patnayak, R Rastogi, L Khajuria, A Mohan, N Jain, R Varshney, V K Singh, V Patrap, S Pathak, A Jain, K Duggad

157-162

Criteria for progressive fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a Portuguese patient cohort

E Seixas, M Ferreira, P Serra, R Aguiar, I Cunha, P G Ferreira

163-166

The utility of chest ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of plasmacytoma

S S Benbarka, P T Shubert, E M Irusen, B W Allwood, C F N Koegelenberg

167-171

Over-prescription of short-acting β2-agonists for asthma in South Africa: Results from the SABINA III study

C Smith, A Ambaram, E Mitha, I Abdullah, I A Abdullah, J Reddy, J Trokis, P Ramlachan, U Govind, K Lightfoot, K Moodley, R Smit, M J H I Beekman

172-180

Position statement for adult and paediatric spirometry in South Africa: 2022 update

D Maree, R A Swanepoel, F Swart, D M Gray, R Masekela, B W Allwood, R N van-Zyl Smit, C F N Koegelenberg

181-192

Scientific letter
Cheerios sign: A rare sign on chest computed tomography

S M Bennji, A H Al-Kindi, B Jayakrishnan, A Al Shehhi, B Itkhan

193-194

Cases
‘H-type’ tracheoesophageal fistula in an infant: A case report

M D Moremi-Letsoalo, A B (Sebastian) van As, N G Tiva, R M Nchabeleng, G Ramanyimi, S Risenga

195-197

BT News

198

Who's Who

200

What is the cause of this widened mediastinum?

D P Boy

201

Is the heart pointing toward the diagnosis?

S D Maasdorp

202

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Editorial board

Editor-in-chief

Prof K Dheda, MB BCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Head Department the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Professor of Mycobacteriology and Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Director, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa.

Deputy Editor

Prof C Koegelenberg, MB ChB, MMed (Int), FCP (SA), MRCP (UK), Cert Pulm (SA), PhD. Senior Specialist: Pulmonology & General Medicine, University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa.

Section Editor: Breath-taking News

Prof E M Irusen, MB ChB, FCP(SA), PhD. Head: Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa.

President SA Thoracic Society

Prof R van Zyl Smit, MB ChB, MRCP(UK), Dip HIV(Man), MMED, FCP, Cert Pulm (SA), PhD, ATSF. Division of Pulmonology and Department of Medicine; University of Cape Town Head Lung Clinical Research Unit University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa.

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