South African Medical Journal

Editorials

• High-dose pyridoxine and peripheral neuropathy: Considerations for clinicians, pharmacists and policy-makers

  B Job, M Govender, T N Gengiah

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• Gun violence – South Africa’s neglected public health emergency

  D Peacock, P Navsaria, C Taylor

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From the editor

• The National Health Insurance Act – was there meaningful public participation?

  A Dhai

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Research

• Agreement between various non-invasive blood pressure measurement sites in the obese population using the VitalStream system as control

  L M van Dyk, N Mdzinwa

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• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in a South African metropole (2020 - 2021): A retrospective cohort study

  M Hunter, L Hannan, A Boulle, M Matjila, M Ismail, J Euvrard, M-A Davies, E Kalk

  e3856

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• The clinical profiles and outcomes of patients with herpesviruses in cerebrospinal fluid: 2019 - 2022

  W P du Plessis, M Saadiq Moolla, G van Zyl, L Festus, L Nyasha Sigwadhi, A Parker

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• Depressive symptoms among community service doctors in South Africa

  T Morar, G M Purbrick

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• Doxorubicin-induced early-onset chronic progressive cardiotoxicity, pharmacogenetics and survival among breast cancer patients in Zimbabwe

  T Mazhindu, V A Nyangwara, M Z Borok, C Masimirembwa, T Flaig, T B Campbell, N Ndlovu

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• Analysis of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and infection: A retrospective, comparative cohort study using a claims database from Discovery Health, a managed care organisation in South Africa

  K Bernhardt, S Collie, D W C Jacobs, P Mekgwe, G Gray, J Peter, L-G Bekker

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CME

• A rare case of paraneoplastic dermatomyositis secondary to smouldering multiple myeloma referred for proteinuria

  S Meel

  e3970

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Correspondence

• LDL-cholesterol targets and lipid-lowering therapies – a plea to medical schemes and the Council for Medical Schemes

  A D Marais, D J Blom, D M Blackhurst, F J Raal

  e4971

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Review

• Early Online Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in healthcare: Critical reflections of the AI Task Team of the South African Medical Association on the Health Professions Council of South Africa guidelines on the ethical use of AI in healthcare (Booklet 20)

  S Mahomed, M V Ncube, A Dhai, W Janneker, M Nodikida

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Obituary

• Thomas Micheal Guntram Ignaz Rehle (1951 - 2025)

  Public Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB) Research Division, School of Public Health, O Shisana, L Simbayi, R Ehrlich, L London, A Boulle

  e5071

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DHS series

• The changing fortunes of the District Health System in SA (1994 - 2020): A retrospective review

  E Whyle, T Assegaai, M Smuts, P Barron, T Masilela, K Vallabhjee, B Engelbrecht, L Gilson, H Schneider

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• CPD

  e5365

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