AJTCCM Vol. 29 No. 3 | African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

Issue highlights

Comparison of the diagnostic yield of transbronchial lung biopsies by forceps and cryoprobe in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Cape Town, South Africa

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis among respiratory hospital admissions: A cross-sectional survey in northern Tanzania

Pulmonary hypertension in adults completing tuberculosis treatment

A point-prevalence study of body mass indices in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in South Africa

Published: 2023-09-19

The cool new kid on the block: Lung cryobiopsy

A Esmail, K Dheda

101-102

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: More options, more awareness

B W Allwood, L Joubert, J Janson

103-104

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis: Ancient diseases that are still not conquered

W A J Meintjes

105-106

Comparison of the diagnostic yield of transbronchial lung biopsies by forceps and cryoprobe in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

M S Khot, A Chakraborti, J K Saini, P Sethi, S Mullick, R Saxena, A R Wani

107-111

Pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in Cape Town, South Africa

S A Davies-van Es, T C Pennel, J Brink, G J Symons, G L Calligaro

112-118

Silicosis and silicotuberculosis among respiratory hospital admissions: A cross-sectional survey in northern Tanzania

E Dennis, H Mussa, M P Sanga, P Howlett, G Nyakunga

118-121

Pulmonary hypertension in adults completing tuberculosis treatment

B W Allwood, S Manie, M Stolbrink, L Hunter, S Mathee, G Meintjes, S L Amosun, A Pecoraro, G Walzl, E Irusen

122-126

A point-prevalence study of body mass indices in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in South Africa

A Parker, A G B Broadhurst, M S Moolla, L Amien, R Ahmed, J J Taljaard, G Meintjes, P Nyasulu, C F N Koegelenberg

127-130

Which side are they on? A review and case series of diagnosing primary ciliary dyskinesias in low- or middle-income countries.

S P Surdut, E van der Merwe, P Goussard, M F Urban

131-138

Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with pulmonary embolism: An unusual presentation

L W Ndaba, S A van Blydenstein, K E Hodkinson

139-140

A WT1-positive pleural neoplasm. Is it always a mesothelioma?
Diagnostic pitfall of WT1 immunohistochemistry in pleural neoplasm

G Gaggero, D Taietti, M Concardi, M Mora

141

COPD - is one exacerbation enough?

142

Vasopressor and corticosteroid therapy in patients with septic shock

143

Honorary Research Fellows

145

Make a Submission

Announcements

Submission guidelines

First time authors, please follow the guidelines above on how to submit the manuscript on the AJTCCM submission portal.

For guidelines on general manuscript preparation, please click here: General formatting guidelines

For information on how to prepare specific article types, please refer to the relevant section under the drop-down Author Guidelines menu.

AJTCCM News

Accreditation

The African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine is now SA DoHET-accredited, Scopus-indexed and indexed with NCBI databases including PubMed Central.

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.

Current digital issue

Latest publications

Information

Keywords