Tygerberg Hospital
COVID-19 Unit Resources
High HIV prevalence in an early cohort of hospital admissions with COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa
Parker et al SAMJ
HIV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection: The diagnostic challenges of dual pandemics
Fever in the returning traveller: Dual infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Parker et al JMLSTSA
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adult COVID-19 wards at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Parker et al SAMJ
The utility of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy in the management of respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia
Lalla et al SAMJ
Lessons from COVID-19 plain chest radiographs on pathophysiology, early diagnosis and therapeutics
Ndaba et al APRC
Benefit v. risk when using chloroquine in patients with severe COVID-19 disease
Guidelines for the prevention, detection and management of the renal complications of COVID-19 in Africa
Elsayed et al AJN
Diabetes mellitus and COVID-19: A review and management guidance for South Africa
Coetzee et al SAMJ
Clinical evolution, management and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a research protocol
Allwood et al BMJ Open
Leadership and early strategic response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at a COVID-19 designated hospital in South Africa
Parker et al SAMJ
Critical care triaging in the shadow of COVID-19: Ethics considerations
Affordable digital innovation to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers
Ntshalintshali et al SAMJ
Implementing a video call visit system in a coronavirus disease 2019 unit
Consent for critical care research after death from COVID-19: Arguments for a waiver
Isolation and quarantine in South Africa during COVID-19: Draconian measures or proportional response?
Conference Presentations, Posters and Abstracts
High HIV prevalence in an early cohort of hospital admissions with COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa
Staff testing for COVID-19 via an online pre-registration form
TB reactivation, a consequence of COVID-19 acquired immunodeficiency?
Academic Forum
Presentations may be adapted and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
COVID-19: Practical Aspects of Patient Care
COVID-19: Healthcare Workers and the Pandemic
Palliative Care for a Pandemic
COVID-19: Ventilatory Support
COVID-19: Proning in Spontaneously Breathing Patients
Chest X-ray in SARS-CoV-2
Up Close and Personal in ICU
High HIV prevalence in an early cohort of hospital admissions with COVID 19 in Cape Town, South Africa
Arifa Parker Original Research
When Pandemics Collide
Thrombosis in Patients with COVID-19
An Update on Pathobiology and an Approach to Questions That Your Mom Might Ask You
Cytokine Storm in COVID-19
Cutaneous Manifestations of COVID-19
Ocular-Manifestations in COVID-19
The CNS/PNS & SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus
COVID-19, Steroids and Hyperglycaemia
COVID-19 and the Heart
COVID-19 and the GIT System
Cancer and COVID-19
Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19
Tygerberg Hospital COVID-19 screening: experiences and lessons learnt
Journal Club
Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 in China
Severe COVID-19
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
Jacques Rood Arons et al
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19
Abu Mowlana Alhazzani et al
Feasibility and physiological effects of prone positioning in non-intubated patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 (PRON-COVID)
Zodwa Mpongose Coppo et al
Cardiovascular disease, drug therapy, and mortality in Covid-19
The Forrest Gump approach to preventing severe COVID-19: Reverse the predisposing pro-inflammatory state with exercise
Jacques Rood Kenyon
Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1
Yazied Chothia Doremalan et al
Covid-19: A Reminder to Reason
Morning Briefs
21 August 2020: Statistics
19 August 2020: Resources
14 August 2020: Vaccines
12 August 2020: SeroTracker
10 August 2020: Complement and Coagulation
07 August 2020: BMI, VTE
05 August 2020: Children, Transmission
03 August 2020: Immune Response
31 July 2020: Predictive Models
24 July 2020: Persisting Symptoms
22 July 2020: T- and B-cell Receptor Sequencing
20 July 2020: Genome Sequencing
17 July 2020: Seroprevalence
15 July 2020: Viral Load
13 July 2020: Corticosteroids, OPENsafely
10 July 2020: Statins
06 July 2020: Cape Town, HIV
03 July 2020: Pathology
01 July 2020: Colchicine
29 June 2020: Anti-coagulation and anti-platelet therapy
26 June 2020: Transmission during CPR
24 June 2020: Dexamethasone
22 June 2020: Flow Cytometry
19 June 2020: GWAS
17 June 2020: RECOVERY, Coagulopathy
15 June 2020: Sero-prevalence, Influenza Vaccine, Asymptomatic Infection, Paediatric Mortality
12 June 2020: Transmission
10 June 2020: Hydroxychloroquine, Convalescent Plasma
08 June 2020: Diabetes
05 June 2020: Human Challenge Studies
03 June 2020: Anakinra, Cancer
01 June 2020: HIV, Infectiousness
29 May 2020: Respiratory Physiology
27 May 2020: Remdesivir, HbA1c, DVT
25 May 2020: Nephrology
22 May 2020: ACE inhibitors, Proning, Plasma, TB
20 May 2020: Hydroxychloroquine
18 May 2020: CT, Lung Functions
15 May 2020: Treatment Trials
13 May 2020: Hyperinflammatory Shock, Asymptomatic Transmission, BMI, Characteristics
11 May 2020: Adherence to IPC, Psychological Effects
08 May 2020: Proning
04 May 2020: Cardiac Arrest, Cause of Death, GIT Symptoms, Prevalence
01 May 2020: Surgical Preparedness
30 April 2020: Cardiovascular System
29 April 2020: ISARIC
28 April 2020: BCG Vaccination
27 April 2020: Pathology
24 April 2020: Virologic Testing
20 April 2020: Antibody Tests
17 April 2020: Acute Kidney Injury
16 April 2020: Contamination
15 April 2020: ACE2, Autopsies
14 April 2020: Healthcare Workers, Immunity
11 April 2020: ARDS
09 April 2020: Children
08 April 2020: Pathology
06 April 2020: What We Know
04 April 2020: Surviving Sepsis Campaign
03 April 2020: Hypertension, Prevalence, Airway Management
29 March 2020: Radiology
25 March 2020: Chloroquine
Collecting a SARS-CoV2 Specimen
PPE for Aerosol-generating Procedures
PPE for General Care
Pre-screening Checklist
Concise advice on inpatient diabetes (COVID:Diabetes)
Palliative Care in the COVID-19 Wards
COVID-19 Triage Calculator
COVID-19 Map
SARS-COV-2 Results Checker