Prevalence and outcome of delirium among acute general medical inpatients in Cape Town, South Africa

N Du Plooy, C Day, K Manning, F Abdullah… - South African Medical …, 2020 - journals.co.za
Groote Schuur Hospital has ~120 acute-care medical beds and … at admission was associated
with increased mortality, … in Thai older patients: A study at general medical wards in Siriraj …

A determination of the prevalence of palliative care patients admitted to the Groote Schuur Hospital Emergency Centre and their Presenting Complaints

R Govender - 2022 - open.uct.ac.za
… out in Groote Schuur Hospital, an academic tertiary hospital in the Western Cape province
of … This study was conducted in the Medical Emergency Centre of Groote Schuur Hospital, a …

Twelve Month outcome analysis of a South African Intensive Care Unit.

D Erwee - 2023 - open.uct.ac.za
… surgical / trauma admissions had a mortality rate of 28.4% … It is difficult to meaningfully
compare the mortality rates in the … unit situated in Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. In …

Delirium in HIV-infected patients admitted to acute medical wards post universal access to antiretrovirals in South Africa

C Day, K Manning, F Abdullah, K James… - South African Medical …, 2021 - journals.co.za
medical admissions to two hospitals (Groote Schuur Hospital (… [23,24] The mortality rates
of our HIV-infected patients with … symptom of how hospital care is failing older persons and a …

Delirium amongst HIV-infected general medical admissions in Cape Town, South Africa

C Day - 2021 - open.uct.ac.za
… general medical admissions to two hospitals (Groote Schuur (GSH… mortality amongst
HIV-infected admissions; iii) ART use at … symptom of how hospital care is failing older persons and …

A descriptive study of an adult non-trauma emergency centre at a Cape Town central referral hospital

V Kubeka - 2023 - open.uct.ac.za
mortality on EC and admitted patients[32]. The time related metrics of our study show that
discharged patients … with the staff at Groote Schuur Hospital through an informal presentation. …

One year mortality after hospital admission as an indicator of palliative care need in the Western Cape, South Africa: an incident cohort study

P Frankenfeld - 2020 - open.uct.ac.za
… of deaths are at district level hospitals and hospitals with … there as mortality rates between
levels of hospitals were similar. … of patients in their final year of life are in the medical wards, …

The clinical spectrum and outcome of dermatological conditions in patients admitted to dermatology wards of Groote Schuur Hospital-Cape Town South Africa

E Ashour - 2021 - open.uct.ac.za
… and outcome of these patients who are admitted to dermatology wards at the hospital, to …
have been shown to improve notably in patients admitted to hospital for skin conditions.[13-15] …

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

WL Michell, G Strathie, PL Semple, R Hofmeyr… - Southern African Journal …, 2021 - ajol.info
… We admitted 461 COVID-19 patients to the ICU over a 13-month period from 5 … that elderly
patients, those with comorbidities and those with multiple organ failures had a higher mortality

One-year mortality after hospital admission as an indicator of palliative care need: A retrospective cohort study

P Frankenfeld, L Van Niekerk, K Manning… - South African Medical …, 2021 - journals.co.za
mortality rates between levels of hospitals were similar. Larger numbers of patients in their
final year of life were admitted to medical … year mortality in older adults after hospital discharge…