Scientific papers from the division

  1. Scientific papers
  2. Appraising scientific papers

1. Scientific papers

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Bruijns SR, Engelbrecht D, Lubinga W, Wells M, Wallis LA. Penetrating the acoustic shadows: Emergency ultrasound in South African emergency departments.
S Afr Med J. 2008 Dec;98(12):932-4
Bruijns SR, Burch VC, Wallis LA A prospective evaluation of the Cape triage score in the emergency department of an urban public hospital in South Africa.
Emerg Med J. 2008;25:398-402
Bruijns SR, Burch VC, Wallis LA Effect of introduction of nurse triage on waiting times in a South African emergency department.
Emerg Med J. 2008;25:395-7
Van Hoving DJ, Smith WP, Wallis LA Comparison of mean on-scene times: road versus air transportation of critically ill patients in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Emerg Med J. 2008;25:136-13
Wallis LA, Garach SR, Kropman A. State of emergency medicine in South Africa
Int J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun;1:69–71
Wallis LA, Twomey M. Workload and casemix in Cape Town emergency departments.
S Afr Med J. 2007 Dec;97(12):1276-80
Karpelowsky JS, Wallis LA, Madaree A, Rode H. South African Burn Society burn stabilisation protocol.
S Afr Med J. 2007 Aug;97(8):574-80
Twomey M, Wallis LA, Myers JE. Limitations in validating emergency department triage scales.
Emerg Med J. 2007 Jul;24(7):477-9
Wallis LA, Balfour CH Triage in emergency departments.
S Afr Med J. 2007 Jan;97(1):13
Wallis LA; Cape Triage Group The Cape Triage Score: update.
Emerg Med J. 2006 Sep;23(9):740
Gottschalk SB, Wood D, DeVries S, Wallis LA, Bruijns S; Cape Triage Group The Cape Triage Score: a new triage system South Africa. Proposal from the Cape Triage Group.
Emerg Med J. 2006 Feb;23(2):149-53
Wallis LA, Gottschalk SB, Wood D, Bruijns S, de Vries S, Balfour C; Cape Triage Group. The Cape Triage Score- a triage system for South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2006 Jan;96(1):53-6
Balfour CH Emergency medicine- a new era in South African medicine.
S Afr Med J. 2006 Jan;96(1):47-8
Hutt J, Wallis LA. Blood Products In Trauma Resuscitation.
J R Army Med Corps. 2006;152:121-127
Balfour CH Training for trauma. S Afr Med J. 2002 Oct;92(10):790-1

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