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  1. Emergency medical services in the Limpopo province: Is there a need for change and is trauma different?

    Article • South African Family Practice, January 2026, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  2. Correlation of clinical and radiological findings in patients with spinal trauma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital

    Article • South African Journal of Radiology, December 2025, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  3. Road crashes: a scourge on African lives!

    Article • Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, October 2025, BMJ

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  4. A comparison of presenting symptoms and signs to CT-angiogram and contrast swallow in penetrating neck injury

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, September 2025, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  5. A retrospective review of the management and outcome of patients with retained intrathoracic foreign bodies

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, September 2025, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  6. Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Trauma and Intensive Care (ERATIC): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society and International Association of Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) Recommendations: Paper 1: Initial Care—Pre and Intraop...

    Article • Extremophiles, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  7. Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Trauma and Intensive Care (ERATIC): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) Society Recommendations: Paper 2: Postoperative and Intensive...

    Article • Extremophiles, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  8. Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Trauma and Intensive Care (ERATIC): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) Society Recommendations: Part 3: Trauma Ethics and Systems As...

    Article • Extremophiles, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  9. An audit of tracheobronchial tree injuries at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, June 2025, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  10. Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Blast Injury Clinical Practice Guideline: Genito‐Urinary Trauma

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  11. Epidemiology of vascular injury in trauma-ICU patients over a decade – the KZN experience

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, March 2025, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  12. Response to: Stopping the bleed when tourniquets cannot: a technique for Foley catheter balloon compression in trauma

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  13. Management of non-vascular injuries in patients admitted in trauma ICU secondary to polytrauma with major vascular injury – Institutional experience

    Article • Injury, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  14. Analysis of hollow visceral injuries admitted to a level one intensive care unit in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, December 2024, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  15. The epidemiological characteristics of major trauma in Pietersburg and Mankweng hospitals, Limpopo province

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, December 2024, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  16. Traumatic limb amputations in polytrauma ICU admissions

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, December 2024, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  17. Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in a level I trauma intensive care unit in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, compared with international benchmarks

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, November 2024, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  18. Serum albumin nadir as marker of inflammatory response in abdominal trauma

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, September 2024, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  19. 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

  20. Management of vascular injuries on ICU patients: KZN experience

    Article • Injury, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  21. The equivalence and reliability of point-of-care devices routinely used for haemoglobin measurement compared with the laboratory standard

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  22. Invited commentary: Ileosigmoid knotting—bowel obstruction with confusing clinical picture

    Article • Extremophiles, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  23. Editorial commentary and call for papers—Humanitarian surgery in conflict zones

    Article • Extremophiles, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  24. Diagnosis and Management of Severe Water-Related Skin and Soft Tissue Sepsis: A Summative Review of the Literature

    Article • Diagnostics, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  25. Role of Point-of-Care Diagnostics in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries and Austere Environments

    Article • Diagnostics, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  26. A retrospective chart review of the management and outcomes of penile cancer patients who underwent penectomy over a five-year period at St. Aidan’s Hospital, Durban

    Article • African Urology, June 2023, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  27. Interpretation of emergency CT angiograms in vascular trauma – vascular surgeon vs radiologist

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, June 2023, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  28. Diagnosis and Management of Severe Water-Related Skin and Soft Tissue Sepsis: A Summative Review of the Literature

    Article • May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  29. Six Long-Standing Questions about Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Surgery

    Article • Antibiotics, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  30. Tracking the Trauma Epidemic in KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  31. Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans

    Article • South African Medical Journal, May 2023, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  32. Role of point of care diagnostics in Lower-and Middle-income countries and austere environments

    Article • April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  33. The Role of CT Scan in the Work-Up and Management of Blunt and Penetrating Trauma and Acute Surgical Emergencies - A Focused Literature Review

    Article • April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  34. Diagnostic Approaches to Vascular Injury in Polytrauma—A Literature Review

    Article • Diagnostics, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  35. Visual estimation of blood loss on swabs by surgeons and anaesthetists in KwaZulu-Natal: an online survey study

    Article • Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, March 2023, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  36. Penetrating Trauma

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  37. Genital and Anorectal Trauma

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  38. Variables required for the audit of quality completion of patient report forms by EMS—A scoping review

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  39. NELA, HELAS and Quality of Care

    Article • Extremophiles, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  40. Postoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Edward Tan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  41. A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  42. Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  43. The LIFE TRIAD of emergency general surgery

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Edward Tan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  44. The spectrum and outcome of paediatric emergency surgical admissions - a regional hospital analysis

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, June 2022, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  45. Shortage of Radiologists in Low to Middle Income Countries in the Interpretation of CT scans in Trauma

    Article • Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, May 2022, Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL)

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  46. Interpretation of Emergency CT Scans of the Head in Trauma: Neurosurgeon vs Radiologist

    Article • Extremophiles, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  47. Concurrent cranial and cervical spine injuries by associated injury mechanisms in traumatic brain injury patients

    Article • South African Journal of Radiology, March 2022, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  48. It is time to define an organizational model for the prevention and management of infections along the surgical pathway: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Alfie J Kavalakat, Professor Stefano Di Bella, Evgeni Dimitrov, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  49. WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with skin and soft tissue infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefano Di Bella, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  50. Women's empowerment and fertility preferences of married women: analysis of demographic and health survey’2016 in Timor-Leste

    Article • AIMS Public Health, January 2022, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  51. Trauma Rehabilitation Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Article • Advances in Human Biology, October 2021, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  52. WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Stefano Di Bella, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  53. A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, Evgeni Dimitrov, MD Massimo Girardis, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  54. Management Issues with Infection Control during Trauma Resuscitation in the Era of COVID-19: South African Experience.

    Article • Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, September 2021, Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL)

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  55. Traumatic injury to the great vessels of the chest

    Article • Mediastinum, September 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  56. Inspirational Women in Surgery: Ms. Sindiswa Ntloko, Vascular Surgeon, KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa

    Article • Extremophiles, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  57. Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Edward Tan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  58. Management of severe trauma worldwide: implementation of trauma systems in emerging countries: China, Russia and South Africa

    Article • Critical Care, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  59. Tocilizumab in COVID-19: a study of adverse drug events reported in the WHO database

    Article • Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  60. COVID-19 and its Impact on Surgery in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Advances in Human Biology, May 2021, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  61. Is it time to reconsider prophylactic antimicrobial use for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation? a narrative review of antimicrobials in stem cell transplantation

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  62. Comparative outcome analysis of trauma and non-trauma emergency laparotomy using a modified NELA tool format

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, April 2021, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  63. Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: a scattered picture

    Article • Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Souheil Hallit, Professor Pascale Salameh, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  64. We Asked the Experts: Autotransfusion for the Provision of Blood in Lower‐and‐Middle‐Income Countries

    Article • Extremophiles, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  65. Establishing a South African national framework for COVID-19 surgical prioritisation

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2021, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  66. Diagnosis of death guidelines for South Africa – timely and necessary

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  67. Open abdomen in the trauma ICU patient: who? when? why? and what are the outcome results?

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  68. <p>Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of COVID-19: Perspectives and Deployment in the Current Global Pandemic</p>

    Article • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  69. Paediatric snakebite envenoming: recognition and management of cases

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2020, BMJ

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  70. Trauma burden, patient demographics and care-process in major hospitals in Tanzania: A needs assessment for improving healthcare resource management

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  71. Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery

    Article • Antibiotics, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  72. Drivers of Antibiotic Resistance Transmission in Low- and Middle-Income Countries from a “One Health” Perspective—A Review

    Article • Antibiotics, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Souheil Hallit, Professor Pascale Salameh, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  73. Validation of the PRESTO score in injured children in a South-African quaternary trauma center

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  74. Interpretation of emergency CT scans in polytrauma: trauma surgeon vs radiologist

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  75. 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  76. Overview of lower urinary tract symptoms post-trauma intensive care unit admission

    Article • African Journal of Urology, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  77. The value of immediate postoperative radiographs following fluoroscopically-guided orthopaedic surgery in a polytrauma ICU setting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Injury, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  78. Survey on worldwide trauma team activation requirement

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  79. Invited Commentary on: Beta‐Blocker Therapy in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Extremophiles, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  80. Genomic Analysis of Carbapenemase-Producing Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Reveals the Horizontal Spread of p18-43_01 Plasmid Encoding blaNDM-1 in South Africa

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Dr Mushal Allam

  81. Correlation of procalcitonin to positive blood culture results in a sample of South African trauma ICU patients between 2016 and 2017

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  82. Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  83. Emergency care research ethics in low-income and middle-income countries

    Article • BMJ Global Health, July 2019, BMJ

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  84. Surgical Training in South Africa: An Overview and Attempt to Assess the Training System from the Perspective of Foreign Trainees

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gianluca Costa, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  85. 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

  86. A review of the complications encountered in a quaternary trauma intensive care unit in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2019, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  87. Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Trauma Special Issue

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  88. Gunshot wounds – From Lebanon, via Syria, to the streets of your city!

    Article • Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock, January 2019, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  89. Intra-abdominal injury identified by CTA in stable blunt polytrauma patients

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2019, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  90. Renal trauma in a Trauma Intensive Care Unit population

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2019, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  91. The prevalence of sodium abnormalities in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury patients in a level 1 Trauma unit in Durban

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2019, Medpharm Publications

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  92. 2018 WSES/SIS-E consensus conference: recommendations for the management of skin and soft-tissue infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Dr Salomone Di Saverio

  93. The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky

  94. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  95. Unplanned extubations in a level one trauma ICU

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  96. Left pulmonary artery bullet embolism following a penetrating cardiac gunshot injury

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  97. Pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium following blunt thoracic trauma: much ado about nothing?

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  98. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  99. Burden, Characteristics and Process of Care Among the Pediatric and Adult Trauma Patients in Botswana’s Main Hospitals

    Article • Extremophiles, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  100. Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Souha Kanj

  101. Five year review of open radical nephrectomies at a regional hospital in South Africa: room for improvement

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, January 2018, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  102. Studies on the epidemiology of trauma: The first step in systems planning and system evaluation

    Article • Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock, January 2018, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  103. Regarding: Management of esophageal injuries secondary to trauma. Injury, 2017, 48: 1735–1742

    Article • Injury, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  104. Preventative measures taken against hypothermia in selected Durban hospitals’ emergency centres and operating theatres

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  105. Evaluation of Resources Necessary for Provision of Trauma Care in Botswana: An Initiative for a Local System

    Article • Extremophiles, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  106. Response to Letter to the Editor, Regarding Hardcastle TC, Muckart DJJ, Maier RV. Ventilation in Trauma Patients: The First 24 h is Different! World Journal of Surgery 2017;41(5):1153–1158

    Article • Extremophiles, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  107. 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

  108. A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

    Article • Surgical Infections, November 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, MD Massimo Girardis, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio

  109. Regarding: Systematic review of rectal injury management, Injury 48: 1133–1138]

    Article • Injury, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  110. Erratum to: The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  111. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Francesco Di Marzo, Andras Vereczkei, Souha Kanj, Dr Hong Bin Kim

  112. Non-operative management for penetrating splenic trauma: how far can we go to save splenic function?

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  113. The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Luca Ansaloni, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  114. Introductory Overview: IATSIC Symposium, WJS

    Article • Extremophiles, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  115. Cervical collars and immobilisation: A South African best practice recommendation

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  116. Organised trauma systems and designated trauma centres for improving outcomes in injured patients

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  117. Hepatic dysfunction: A common occurrence in severely injured patients

    Article • Injury, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  118. Neurological findings in pediatric penetrating head injury at a university teaching hospital in Durban, South Africa: a 23-year retrospective study

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, November 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Kadhaya D Muballe, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  119. Lessons from the frontline: using experiences from conflict zones to improve trauma care and outcomes

    Article • International Health, November 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  120. HIV, trauma and the emergency departments: The CDC opt-out approach should be adopted in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, October 2016, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  121. Collective Review of the Status of Rapid Sequence Intubation Drugs of Choice in Trauma in Low- and Middle-Income Settings (Prehospital, Emergency Department and Operating Room Setting)

    Article • Extremophiles, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  122. Ventilation in the Trauma Patient: A Practical Approach

    Article • September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  123. Ventilation in Trauma Patients: The First 24 h is Different!

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  124. Surviving Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: The Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance and the Trauma Patient

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  125. National priorities for perioperative research in South Africa

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  126. Defining current facial fracture patterns in a quaternary institution following high-velocity blunt trauma

    Article • South African Journal of Radiology, March 2016, AOSIS Open Journals

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  127. Endotracheal tube cuff pressures and tube position in critically injured patients on arrival at a referral centre: Avoidable harm?

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  128. An analysis of patients transported by a private helicopter emergency medical service in South Africa

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  129. Empirical antimicrobial therapy for probable v. directed therapy for possible ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically injured patients

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

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  130. A hospital based surveillance system to assess the burden of trauma in KwaZulu-Natal Province South Africa

    Article • Injury, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  131. Early Management of Trauma

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  132. Tertiary Survey and Avoiding Missed Injury

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  133. Face and Neck Trauma

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  134. Spinal stab injury with retained knife blades: 51 Consecutive patients managed at a regional referral unit

    Article • Injury, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  135. What′s new in emergencies, trauma and shock? Extraperitoneal pelvic pressure packing: Placing this procedure in context

    Article • Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock, January 2015, Medknow

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  136. Selective non operative management of gunshot wounds to the abdomen: a collective review

    Article • International Emergency Nursing, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  137. Blunt cardiac injury in critically ill trauma patients: A single centre experience

    Article • Injury, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  138. Complications relating to enteral and parenteral nutrition in trauma patients: a retrospective study at a level one trauma centre in South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  139. Early enteral nutrition compared to outcome in critically ill trauma patients at a level one trauma centre

    Article • South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  140. Dysmagnesaemia and outcome in a trauma ICU

    Article • Southern African Journal of Critical Care, October 2014, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  141. Epidemiology and referral patterns of burns admitted to the Burns Centre at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban

    Article • Burns, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  142. Lactate clearance predicts outcome after major trauma

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  143. Palliative care: Definition of euthanasia

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2014, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  144. Penetrating thorax injury leads to mild systemic activation of neutrophils without inflammatory complications

    Article • Injury, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  145. Vascular injuries following blunt polytrauma

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  146. The incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury amongst patients admitted to a level I trauma unit

    Article • Injury, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  147. Temperature regulation in emergency, surgical and critical care

    Article • South African Medical Journal, August 2013, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  148. External patient temperature control in emergency centres, trauma centres, intensive care units and operating theatres: A multi-society literature review

    Article • South African Medical Journal, August 2013, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  149. Base deficit as an early marker of coagulopathy in trauma

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, July 2013, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  150. Trauma care in South Africa: From humble beginnings to an afrocentric outreach

    Article • International Emergency Nursing, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  151. What′s new in emergencies, trauma and shock? Pellets, rubber bullets, and shotguns: Less lethal or not?

    Article • Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock, January 2013, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  152. Utilisation of a Level 1 Trauma Centre in KwaZulu-Natal: Appropriateness of Referral Determines Trauma Patient Access

    Article • Extremophiles, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  153. An Assessment of the Hospital Disease Burden and the Facilities for the In-hospital Care of Trauma in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Article • Extremophiles, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  154. The Prehospital Burden of Disease due to Trauma in KwaZulu-Natal: The Need for Afrocentric Trauma Systems

    Article • Extremophiles, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  155. South Africa: Where Have We Been?

    Article • August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  156. A Redundant Resource: A Pre-Planned Casualty Clearing Station for a FIFA 2010 Stadium in Durban

    Article • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, May 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  157. Global Surgery Rotations for Residents

    Article • Extremophiles, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  158. Deaths at a Level 1 Trauma Unit: A clinical finding and post-mortem correlation study

    Article • Injury, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  159. Reaching consensus on the physiotherapeutic management of patients following upper abdominal surgery: a pragmatic approach to interpret equivocal evidence

    Article • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  160. Indications for bullet removal: overview of the literature, and clinical practice guidelines for European trauma surgeons

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  161. Benign portal venous gas after blunt abdominal trauma

    Article • Injury Extra, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  162. Trauma care in Africa: Triumphs and challenges

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  163. Guideline for the assessment of trauma centres for South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2011, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  164. The 11P’s of an Afrocentric trauma system for South Africa – time for action!

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2011, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  165. A crushing experience: The spectrum and outcome of soft tissue injury and myonephropathic syndrome at an Urban South African University Hospital

    Article • African Journal of Emergency Medicine, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  166. Direct admission versus inter-hospital transfer to a level I trauma unit improves survival: An audit of the new Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital trauma unit

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2011, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  167. The Moses Mabhida Medical Plan: medical care planning and execution at a FIFA2010 stadium; the Durban experience

    Article • Open Access Emergency Medicine, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Professor Gonasageran Naidoo

  168. Posttraumatic intrahepatic pseudoaneurysm in a child managed by coil angioembolization: a case report and literature review

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  169. Medical electives in South Africa

    Article • South African Medical Journal, March 2010, Health and Medical Publishing Group

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  170. Unusual Management of a Complex Pancreaticoduodenal Injury: Case Report and Brief Literature Review

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, February 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  171. RE: Helicopter Evacuation of Trauma Victims in Los Angeles: Does It Improve Survival?

    Article • Extremophiles, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  172. Blunt rupture of the right hemidiaphragm with herniation of the right colon and right lobe of the liver

    Article • Journal of Emergencies Trauma and Shock, January 2010, Medknow

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  173. Imaging the oesophagus after penetrating cervical trauma using water-soluble contrast alone: simple, cost-effective and accurate

    Article • Emergency Medicine Journal, February 2009, BMJ

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  174. Re: Pleural decompression and drainage during trauma reception and resuscitation [Injury 2008;39:9–20]

    Article • Injury, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  175. Letters to the Editor

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, October 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  176. Early onset fat embolism syndrome: Case report and literature review

    Article • Injury Extra, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  177. Non-gravid uterine trauma

    Article • Injury Extra, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  178. Letters to the Editor

    Article • Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, August 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  179. Ethics of Surgical Training in Developing Countries

    Article • Extremophiles, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  180. Brachial Artery Injuries: A Seven-year Experience with a Prospective Database

    Article • European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Timothy C Hardcastle, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle