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  1. Sedation and analgesia in the trauma intensive care unit of Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital – the effect of anti-retroviral therapy: A retrospective chart analysis

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kim De Vasconcellos, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  2. An analysis of referrals to a level 3 intensive care unit in a resource-limited setting in South Africa

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, July 2023, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  3. An evaluation of feeding practices and determination of barriers to providing nutritional support in a multidisciplinary South African intensive care unit

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, July 2020, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  4. Adverse events during the intrahospital transfer of critically ill perioperative patients in a South African tertiary hospital

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, June 2020, Medpharm Publications

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  5. Outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit for complications of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at a South African tertiary hospital – a 4-year retrospective review

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, November 2019, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  6. The elimination of microbial hotspots: A potential tactic in the war against healthcare-associated infections

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, November 2019, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  7. Factors influencing decisions to admit or refuse patients entry to a South African tertiary intensive care unit

    Article • South African Medical Journal, August 2019, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  8. Hyperlactataemia with acute kidney injury following community assault: cause or effect?

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  9. Acute Kidney Injury on Presentation to a Major Trauma Service is Associated with Poor Outcomes

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, December 2018, Elsevier

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  10. Serum procalcitonin levels predict acute kidney injury in critically ill patients

    Article • Nephrology, November 2018, Wiley

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  11. Procalcitonin kinetics in the first 48 hours of ICU admission is associated with higher mortality in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of high HIV prevalence

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  12. Hyperchloraemia is associated with acute kidney injury and mortality in the critically ill: A retrospective observational study in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit

    Article • Journal of Critical Care, June 2018, Elsevier

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  13. Outcomes 30 days after ICU admission: the 30DOS study

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Kim De Vasconcellos

  14. Critical care admission of South African (SA) surgical patients: Results of the SA Surgical Outcomes Study

    Article • South African Medical Journal, April 2017, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  15. Hypoxaemia on arrival in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2016, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  16. Hyperchloraemia: ready for the big time?

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  17. Nitrous oxide: are we still in equipoise? A qualitative review of current controversies

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2013, Elsevier

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  18. What is the best pre-operative risk stratification tool for major adverse cardiac events following elective vascular surgery? A prospective observational cohort study evaluating pre-operative myocardial ischaemia monitoring and biomarker analysis

    Article • Anaesthesia, February 2012, Wiley

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  19. Nitrous oxide

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, January 2011, Medpharm Publications

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  20. Nitrous oxide in 2010: who will have the last laugh? (Part 3)

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, May 2010, Medpharm Publications

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  21. Nitrous oxide in 2010: who will have the last laugh? (Part 1)

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, March 2010, Medpharm Publications

    Kim De Vasconcellos

  22. Nitrous oxide in 2010: who will have the last laugh? (Part 2)

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, March 2010, Medpharm Publications

    Kim De Vasconcellos