Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3
November 2020
ISSN 2618-0189 is for the print version.
ISSN 2618-0197 is for the online version.
Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal created to share scientific research from the School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and from Clinical Medicine departments at other institutions in South Africa and internationally. Our objective is to be the primary diffusion portal for Clinical Medicine scientists from southern Africa, using standards that accredit the process of scientific publication.
Published by Wits University Press
5th Floor, University Corner, Braamfontein 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-mail: Pravin.Manga@123456wits.ac.za
web: https://journals.co.za/content/journal/wjcm
Editor: Prof Pravin Manga
Associate Editors: Prof Raquel Duarte
Prof Saraladevi Naicker
Dr Caroline Dickens
Editorial Board:
| Prof Daynia Ballot | University of Witwatersrand |
| Dr Dwomoa Adu | University of Ghana |
| Prof Ashraf Coovadia | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Keertan Dheda | University of Cape Town |
| Prof Zodwa Dlamini | University of Pretoria |
| Prof Girish Modi | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Rafique Moosa | University of Stellenbosch |
| Prof Martin Smith | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Mboyo-di-tamba Vangu | University of Witwatersrand |
| Prof Cheryl Winkler | National Institute of Health, Mayland, USA |
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
1 Editorial 121
Pravin Manga
2 Glycaemic Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Hospital in Johannesburg 123
Farzahna Mohamed, Frederick J. Raal, Mzamo Mbelle, Jarrod Zamparini, Jacqui Venturas, Erica Shaddock, Nina Diana, Mervyn Mer, Sithandiwe Dingezweni, Stefan Bolon, Oliver Smith, Adam Mahomed and Ismail Kalla
3 Acute Kidney Injury during the COVID-19 pandemic - Experience from Two Tertiary Centres in South Africa 137
Nina E. Diana, Ismail S. Kalla, Nicola Wearne, Sarah Kariv, Bianca Davidson, Jody Rusch, Zibya Barday, Abid M. Sheikh, Sa-mantha Reiche, Farzahna Mohamed, Sara Saffer, Chandni Dayal, Jacqueline P. Venturas, Jarrod M. Zamparini, Dieter van der Westhuizen, Sean Wasserman, Nectarios Papavarnavas, Linda Boloko, Timothy de Wet, Graham Paget, Adam Mahomed, Sagren Naidoo and Erika S.W. Jones
4 The Impact of the Lockdown on ENT Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Johannesburg 147
Shivesh Maharaj and Kapila R. Hari
5 COVID-19: An African Perspective 151
Vincent Boima and Dwomoa Adu
6 COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System: A Review 157
Keir McCutcheon, Nqoba Tsabedze, Ahmed Vachiat, Don Zachariah and Pravin Manga
7 Wits Journal Clinical Medicine Comments Feature Lessons I have learnt from COVID-19 165
8 The Future of Health Sciences Education at Wits Post COVID-19 169
Martin Veller and Judy Bruce
9 Higher Education Reconsidered: Beyond the Pandemic and Possibilities for New Knowledge Architectures 171
Ruksana Osman
10 South African Medical Students’ Perspectives on COVID-19 and Clinical Training 175
Christine Le Roux, Kathryn Stinson, Fazilah Dawood, Nicole Jansen van Vuuren and Angela Dramowski
11 An Honest Reflection on the Past Few Months 179
Ronelle Price-Hughes
12 Pandemic Peak in Klerksdorp 181
Imraan Kola
13 Paediatric Central Venous Access: Experience in the Largest South African Paediatric Surgical Centre 183
Nirav Patel, Zeenat Bhikhoo, Anika Wolmarans, Luke Stonestreet, Iain Monteith, Zikho Phetshula, Akhona Mbonisweni, Renessa Arumugam, Rethabile Mthunzi, Jerome Loveland and Andrew Grieve
14 Factors Associated with Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV in Eswatini 189
Linda Mirira, Wiedaad Slemming and Oslinah B. Tagutanazvo
15 A Case of Gastritis Cystica Profunda (GCP) Mistaken for a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour 195
Naadiyah Laher, Muhammed Uzayr Khan and Thomas Kekgatleope Marumo
16 Intrinsic Brainstem Epidermoid: Case Report and Literature Review 199
Jason Labuschagne, Denis Mutyaba and Promise Koranteng
17 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – An Unusual Manifestation of the COVID-19 Pandemic 203
Dixit Dullabh and Don Zachariah