AJTCCM Vol. 30 No. 2 | African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

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

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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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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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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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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A rare cause of acute post-intubation respiratory failure

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

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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – a disease not to be underestimated

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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 Masekela, MB BCh, MMed (Paeds)Pret, Dipl Allerg (SA), PhD, FCCP. Adjunct Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa.
Expertise: Paediatrics, asthma, chronic lung disease, epidemiology

Editorials

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

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

Determining the aetiology of lower respiratory tract illness in children

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

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

Review Articles

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

Correspondence: Case Reports

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

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

Pick of the pics

A rare cause of acute post-intubation respiratory failure

Breath-Taking News

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension – a disease not to be underestimated