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  1. In-hospital management of the airway in trauma

    Article • BJA Education, July 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  2. Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot complicated by eclampsia

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  3. Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain in Austere Environments: 2024 Update

    Article • Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  4. The Western Cape Surgical Recovery Project: experience at Groote Schuur Hospital

    Article • South African Health Review, August 2023, Health Systems Trust

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  5. Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  6. Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  7. General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery for Thrombocytopenia in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Findings From the Obstetric Airway Management Registry

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, October 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  8. Predictors of difficult tracheal intubation during general anaesthesia: an analysis of an obstetric airway management registry

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, October 2022, Medpharm Publications

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  9. Hypothesis‐generating procedures and unmasking novel associations in large observational studies: are we doing harm while doing good?

    Article • Anaesthesia, September 2022, Wiley

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  10. Prospective Observational Trial of a Nonocclusive Dilatation Balloon in the Management of Tracheal Stenosis

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  11. A safer technique for opening blocked windpipes using a special balloon and a laryngeal mask

    Article • The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, June 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  12. Adapted full-face snorkel masks as an alternative for COVID-19 personal protection during aerosol generating procedures in South Africa: A multi-centre, non-blinded in-situ simulation study

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  13. Not so clear cut: Cultivating successful surgical cricothyroidotomy

    Article • Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  14. A descriptive study of the relationship between preoperative body temperature and intraoperative core temperature change in adults under general anaesthesia

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, November 2021, Medpharm Publications

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  15. Global airway management of the unstable cervical spine survey (GAUSS)

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, November 2021, Medpharm Publications

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  16. Innovation in low-cost video-laryngoscopy: Intubator V1-Indirect compared with Storz C-MAC in a simulated difficult airway

    Article • Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, October 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  17. On strife, natural selection and success in airway management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Shifting from best guess to best practice

    Article • Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, October 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  18. The organisational response of a hospital critical care service to the COVID-19 pandemic: The Groote Schuur Hospital experience

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, August 2021, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  19. Airway management in COVID-19 : time to start thinking outside the box?

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, February 2021, Medpharm Publications

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  20. Controversies in airway management of COVID-19 patients: updated information and international expert consensus recommendations

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, February 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  21. Hypoxaemia during tracheal intubation in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: analysis of data from an obstetric airway management registry

    Article • International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, February 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  22. Aerosol boxes and barrier enclosures for airway management in COVID-19 patients: a scoping review and narrative synthesis

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  23. Endoscopic airway equipment part 1: physical principles

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  24. Endoscopic airway equipment part 2: equipment overview

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  25. The mechanics of setting up a COVID-19 response: Experiences of the COVID-19 epidemic from Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, September 2020, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  26. Clinical management of COVID-19: Experiences of the COVID-19 epidemic from Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, August 2020, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  27. Implementation and initial validation of a multicentre obstetric airway management registry

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  28. The incidence and predictors of hypoxaemia during induction of general anaesthesia for caesarean delivery in two South African hospitals : a prospective, observational, dual-centre study

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  29. Multidisciplinary difficult airway challenges: Perioperative management of glottic and supraglottic tumors

    Article • Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, June 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  30. Risk factors and interventions associated with mortality or survival in adult COVID-19 patients admitted to critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  31. Perceptions of gender equity in departmental leadership, research opportunities, and clinical work attitudes: an international survey of 11 781 anaesthesiologists

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Katarzyna L Kotfis, Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  32. Methoxyflurane : inspiration of the old to breathe life into the new

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  33. A new balloon that keeps air flowing during airway treatment

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  34. Tracheoesophageal fistula following button battery ingestion in an infant

    Article • Der Anaesthesist, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  35. Core Temperature Monitoring in Obstetric Spinal Anesthesia Using an Ingestible Telemetric Sensor

    Article • Anesthesia & Analgesia, January 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  36. Comparing four ways of placing a breathing tube: There is room for improvement techniques.

    Article • Emergency Medicine Australasia, November 2017, Wiley

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  37. Expedition medicine: A southern African perspective

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  38. Growing wilderness and expedition medicine education in southern Africa

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  39. Heat-related illness in the African wilderness

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  40. Acute high-altitude illness

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  41. Update on drowning

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  42. Wilderness cold-exposure injuries: An African perspective

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  43. Wilderness medicine in southern Africa

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  44. Carbon dioxide: making the right connection

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  45. Preeclampsia in 2017: Obstetric and Anaesthesia Management

    Article • Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  46. Performance of i-STAT Point-of-Care Analyser Cartridges After Ambient and Subzero Temperature Exposure

    Article • Point of Care The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology, December 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  47. Post-laparotomy haemoptysis due to broncho-abdominal fistula caused by retained abdominal surgical swab

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  48. Recognising and mitigating the risk of altitude-related illness

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

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  49. A new option in airway management: evaluation of the TotalTrack® video laryngeal mask

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  50. Interactions between the older generation of intensive care doctors and younger colleagues

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  51. Losing concentration: time for a new MAPP?

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  52. State of the art: Video and optical laryngoscopy

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  53. State of the art: Rescue intubation through supraglottic airways

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  54. Use of transabdominal ultrasound to enhance safety during oesophageal dilatation

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, June 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr

  55. South Africa: Where Are We Going?

    Article • August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ross Hofmeyr