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  1. Low Plasma Sodium Concentration as a Predictor of Perforated Acute Appendicitis in Children: A Retrospective Study in a Low-Middle Income Country Setting

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  2. Core outcome sets for pediatric perioperative research: An international stakeholder engagement exercise and consensus report from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group

    Article • Anesthesiology, July 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Jurgen C de Graaff, Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  3. Protecting tiny patients: preventing perioperative hypoglycaemia in paediatric surgery

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, October 2024, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  4. Common Arterial Trunk Repair at the Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town: A 20-Year Review of Surgical Practice and Outcomes

    Article • World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, July 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  5. Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, April 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Aliyu Farinyaro, Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  6. Low incidence of pulmonary hypertension in children with suspected obstructive sleep apnea: A prospective observational study

    Article • International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  7. Can identifying disparities in neonatal transfusion practices in low and middle resource countries improve postoperative outcomes through patient blood management?

    Article • Pediatric Anesthesia, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  8. Outcomes After Bidirectional Glenn Shunt in a Tertiary-Care Pediatric Hospital in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  9. An Evaluation of Severe Anesthetic-Related Critical Incidents and Risks From the South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study: A 14-Day Prospective, Observational Cohort Study of Pediatric Surgical Patients

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  10. A systematic review of outcomes reported in pediatric perioperative research: A report from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group

    Article • Pediatric Anesthesia, October 2020, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer, Dr Jurgen C de Graaff

  11. The association between preoperative anaemia and postoperative morbidity

    Article • Pediatric Anesthesia, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  12. Uneventful survival of a rural child after penetrating cardiac injury by a thorn: a case report

    Article • European Heart Journal - Case Reports, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rik De Decker, Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  13. South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study: a 14-day prospective, observational cohort study of paediatric surgical patients

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  14. Anaesthesia for paediatric patients: Minimising the risk

    Article • South African Medical Journal, May 2018, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer

  15. Anesthesia-related and perioperative mortality: An audit of 8493 cases at a tertiary pediatric teaching hospital in South Africa

    Article • Pediatric Anesthesia, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Heidi Michelle Meyer