Publications

Peer-reviewed publications in the past 5 years:

Neonatal Life Support 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Resuscitation. 2020 Nov;156:A156-A187. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.015. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33098917.

Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Jul;8(7):e909-e919. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30205-9. PMID: 32562647; PMCID: PMC7303945.

Achieving Country-Wide Scale for Helping Babies Breathe and Helping Babies Survive. Pediatrics. 2020 Oct;146(Suppl 2):S194-S207. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-016915K. PMID: 33004641.

Management of mothers and neonates in low resources setting during covid-19 pandemia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2020 Jun 30:1-12. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1784873. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32602386.

The Association Between Breast Milk Group B Streptococcal Capsular Antibody Levels and Late-onset Disease in Young Infant. March 2020. Clinical Infectious Diseases 70(6):1110-1114

Towards understanding global patterns of antimicrobial use and resistance in neonatal sepsis: Insights from the NeoAMR network. August 2019. Archives of Disease in Childhood 105(1):archdischild-2019-316816.

National Neonatal Sepsis Task Force launch: Supporting infection prevention and surveillance, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial stewardship in neonatal units in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2020 Apr 29;110(5):360-363. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i5.14564. PMID: 32657717.

Every death counts: use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa. Lancet. 2008 Apr 12;371(9620):1294-304. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60564-4. Erratum in: Lancet. 2008 Sep 27;372(9644):1150. PMID: 18406864.

Burden of Invasive Group B streptococcus Disease and Early Neurological Sequelae in South African Infants. April 2015. PLOS ONE.

Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles and case fatality rates of A. Baumannii sepsis in a neonatal unit. J Infect Dev Ctries 2018; 12(4):211-219

The use of polymyxins to treat carbapenem resistant infections in neonates and children. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 2018; DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2018.1559817

Outcome of very-low-birth-weight babies managed with nasal continuous positive airway pressure, with or without surfactant, in a high-care nursery. SAJCH 2016; 10 (4): 199

Towards understanding global patterns of antimicrobial use and resistance in neonatal sepsis: insights from the NeoAMR network. Arch Dis Child 2019; 0:1–6. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-316816

Characteristics and Outcomes of Neonates With Blood Stream Infection Due to Listeria monocytogenes. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Oct 1;40(10):917-921. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003213. PMID: 34310508.

CMJAH

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Cranial Ultrasound abnormalities in Very Low Birth Weight Infants at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Johannesburg. S Afr J Child Health 2017; 11 (2):66-70. DOI:10.7196/

Use of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (III) to assess neurodevelopment in infants and young children in an urban setting in South Africa. ISRN (Paediatrics)e 2017, Article ID 1631760, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1631760

A Review of Delivery Room Resuscitation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Middle Income Country. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol (2017) 3:9. DOI 10.1186/s40748-017-0048-y

Assessment of developmental outcome in very low birth weight infants in southern Africa using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (III).

BMJ Open Paediatrics 2017, 21; 1(1):e000091. DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000091

Retrospective review of neonates with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH). S Afr J Child Health 2018; 12(1):29-33.

Neurodevelopmental outcome of late preterm infants in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Pediatrics (2018) 18:326

A comparison between raw and predicted mortality in a paediatric intensive care unit in South Africa. BMC Research Notes, 2018: 11:829, pages 1-6,  DOI 10.1186/s13104-018-3946-9

Congenital rubella syndrome surveillance in South Africa using a sentinel site approach: a cross-sectional study. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 8. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy758.

Growth of extremely low birth weight infants at a tertiary hospital in a middle income country. BMC Pediatr. 2019 Jul 11;19(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1568-6.

Ethical dilemmas in paediatric intensive care in South Africa.

South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 2019;12(1):44-46. DOI:10.7196/SAJBL.2019.v12i1.00672

An audit of mother to child HIV transmission rates and neonatal outcomes at a tertiary hospital in South Africa. BMC Res Notes. 2019 Sep 18;12(1):586. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4617-1.

A review of -multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a neonatal unit in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Pediatr. 2019 Sep 7;19(1):320. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1709-y

A prospective observational study of developmental outcomes in survivors of neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in South Africa

South African Medical Journal, April 2020, Vol. 110, No. 4

An analysis of neonates with surgical diagnoses admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

South African Medical Journal, 2020:110(6), https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020v110i6.14326

COVID-19 in pregnancy in South Africa: Tracking the epidemic

and defining the natural history. South African Medical Journal;110(9):728-731. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i9.15012

South African Medical Journal; June 2020, Vol. 110, No. 6

A Review of Delivery Room Resuscitation in Neonates above 1500 grams Birthweight in a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa. Internal Medicine Review 2017 2 (12). http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/imr.v3i2.360

Causes and Consequences of Sodium Imbalances in the First Week of Life in Very Low-Birthweight Infants. Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, 1(1) 1–6

The use of therapeutic hypothermia in neonates with perinatal asphyxia at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital:  A Retrospective Review. Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag. 2017 Nov 28. doi: 10.1089/ther.2017.0040

An Audit of Neonates Admitted to the Paediatric General Ward in a Tertiary Hospital, in South Africa. Journal of Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 (2019): 049-060.

A cross-sectional descriptive study of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in very low birth weight neonates. Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 1 Number 2, Aug 2019, p. 69 – 74

COVID-19 Preparedness in a Neonatal Unit at a Tertiary Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, 2(SI) 43–46

A Case–Control Study of Candidaemia in Very Low Birthweight Infants in a Tertiary Hospital in Johannesburg. January 2020 Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine 2(1):25

Private Healthcare in South Africa: Expensive Doesn't Always Mean Excellent. March 2021 Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine

RMMCH

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Bacilli and Nucleic Acids From Tongue Swabs in Young, Hospitalized Children. June 2021. Front Cell Infect Microbiol.

The Association Between Breast Milk Group B Streptococcal Capsular Antibody Levels and Late-onset Disease in Young Infant. March 2020. Clinical Infectious Diseases 70(6):1110-1114

Towards understanding global patterns of antimicrobial use and resistance in neonatal sepsis: Insights from the NeoAMR network. August 2019. Archives of Disease in Childhood 105(1): Arch Dis Child-2019-316816

An outbreak of necrotising enterocolitis of unknown aetiology in newborns admitted to a neonatal unit in Gauteng province, March – June 2018. February 2019. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 79:19

Empyema in children hospitalised at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective study. November 2018. South African medical journal 108(12):1055

The spectrum of pathologies found in bone marrow amongst children below 18 years at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya. 2018. Hematology and Transfusion International Journal..

A Case of pseudohypoparathyroidism in a young girl.

2018. Endocrinology and Metabolism International Journal. Baichoo M, Omar A. 6. 10.15406/emij.2018.06.00162.

The South African guidelines on Enuresis -2017

Feb 2018. African Journal of Urology.afju.2017.07.002