South African Medical Journal

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About the Journal

The South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) - first published in 1884 - is a monthly, peer reviewed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in southern Africa.

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2022-05-09

Current Issue

SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 10

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IN PRACTICE

Unilateral superior vena cava syndrome: An uncommon complication of a commonly used procedure

The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper

Severe mpox in an immunocompromised patient, South Africa 2024

RESEARCH

A decade-long overview of adverse events in a tertiary surgical service in South Africa

A quantitative assessment of the time to complete the Master of Medicine research thesis in a cohort of paediatrics registrars at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Published: 2024-10-03

From the editor

Confronting the bane of antimicrobial resistance

A Dhai

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Editorials

Tuberculosis transmission in South Africa: A need for a new paradigm?

L-G Bekker, R Wood

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Correspondence

Response to: Prescribed Minimum Benefits complaints: A 5-year retrospective review

A D Marais, D J Blom, F J Raal

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Time for healthcare bodies to show they are no longer apartheid-era relics and say ‘never again’ to genocide

M S Moolla, L Shapiro, S El-Boraei, H Mahomed

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CME

South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of axial spondyloarthritis

B Hodkinson, A B Maharaj, R Benitha, K Makan, R du Toit, D Haasbroek, C Balton, P Govender, M van Dam, F Paruk, B Hodkinson

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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of peripheral spondyloarthritis

R Benitha, A B Maharaj, K Makan, J Potts, A Lai, R Carter, M van Dam, B Hodkinson

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In Practice

Unilateral superior vena cava syndrome: An uncommon complication of a commonly used procedure

N Goolam, M Bester, D Schietekat

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The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper

H Finlayson, V Chibabhai, P Jeena, S Kolman, W Lowman, T C Manzini, T Nana, J Nuttall, A Parker, P Skosana, V Ueckermann, A Wise

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Severe mpox in an immunocompromised patient, South Africa 2024

E Vardas, M Naidoo, N A I Chopdat, J Weyer, A I Ranchod, L Moosa, A J Glass, L H Blumberg , J Elskie, W Garyson , T Pitjadi , Z Kalla

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Research

A decade-long overview of adverse events in a tertiary surgical service in South Africa

H Wain, D L Clarke, S Wall

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A quantitative assessment of the time to complete the Master of Medicine research thesis in a cohort of paediatrics registrars at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

J Parry, A Coovadia

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CPD

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