Anaesthesiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Booyens M, Diedericks BJ. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among anaesthesia providers at an academic hospital complex in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2025 May 1;31(3):84-9.

Coetzee E, Scherman J, du Plessis N, Swanevelder J. Unanticipated Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in an Infant Undergoing Atrioventricular Septal Defect Repair. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2025 May 15.

Ramatsea NC, Booyens M, Sempa JB, van't Wout AB, Turton E, Nierich AP. Feasibility and effectiveness of the novel HemoClear microfiltration cell‐salvage system in cesarean sections in South Africa. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2026 Jan;172(1):396-405.

Ramotubei MM, du Plessis NS, van Rooyen FC. Anaesthesiology registrars' knowledge of anatomy and assessment of two integrated anatomy teaching modalities: a comparative interventional study at a South African university. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2025 May 1;31(3):78-83.

Cardiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Gerber A, Asmal T, Barrett CL. Ironing out the iron profile in heart failure patients: A single centre, outpatient-based cross-sectional study in South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):114-20.

Hanekom HA, Makotoko EM, Botes L, Brown SC, Baumeier C, Schultheiss HP, Smit FE. Viruses identified in endomyocardial biopsy samples in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patients in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):102-13.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Butler M, Botes L, Brown S, Smit F. Contemporary risk factors associated with ischaemic heart disease in central South Africa: a single-centre study. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 2024 Nov 1;35(4):315-20

Ge J, Panday VB, Chan SP, Wee B, Wong JC, Teoh LK, San MT, Mestres CA, Kofidis T, Sorokin VA. Predicting late aortic complications after acute type A dissection surgery with volumetric measurements in a Singapore cohort. Singapore Medical Journal. 2023 Jun 26.

Hanekom HA, Makotoko EM, Botes L, Brown SC, Baumeier C, Schultheiss HP, Smit FE. Viruses identiefid in endomyocardial biopsy samples in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patients in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):102-13.

Mestres CA. India and Indian cardiothoracic surgery: an insider brief 40-year perspective. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025 Jul 4:1-3

Sheikhi B, Rezaei Y, Baghaei Vaji F, Fatahi M, Hosseini Yazdi M, Totonchi Z, Banar S, Peighambari MM, Hosseini S, Mestres CA. Comparison of six percent hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 and ringer’s lactate as priming solutions in patients undergoing isolated open heart valve surgery: A double-blind randomized controlled trial. Perfusion. 2025 Jan;40(1):116-24

Clinical Imaging Sciences Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Muller H. Computed tomography image quality parameter settings for the design and manufacture of craniofacial implants. BMC Medical Imaging. 2025 Dec;25(1):476

Community Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Van Zyl S, Kruger WH, Walsh CM. Chronic diseases of lifestyle: A risk assessment and health promotion framework for a rural and urban primary health care setting in the Free State province, South Africa. InHealthcare 2024 Dec 31 (Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 55). MDPI

Dermatology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Chateau AV, Hlela C, Dlova N, Isaacs T, Naicker T, Nupen T, Ambler J, Maruma F, Pillay L, Mankahla A, Moosa F. Consensus statements for the transdisciplinary care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa in South Africa: Part 1. Health SA Gesondheid. 2025 Aug 6;30:2963

Hawker SJ, Tadi NF, Makhakhe L. Emotional-informational support and post-traumatic growth in skin disorders. Health SA Gesondheid. 2025 Aug 29;30:2981

Makuru MH, Maruma F, Ngwenya E, Mponda K. Clinico-pathologic profile of skin cancers in oculocutaneous albinism at Universitas Academic Hospital. Health SA Gesondheid (Online). 2025;30:1-6

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Al‐Niaimi F. Treatment Outcomes for Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra Using Low‐Intensity Electrodesiccation Device in African Patients. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 2025 Feb;24(2):e16729.

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Moloabi BC. Nevus of Hori in African patients: an entity that is most likely underdiagnosed in clinical practice. International Journal of Women's Dermatology. 2025 Mar 1;11(1):e190.

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Ngwenya E. The effects and safety of sequential high concentration glycolic acid and trichloroacetic acid chemical peels in skin photo-type IV–VI, a retrospective cross-sectional monocentric review. International Journal of Women's Dermatology. 2025 Oct 1;11(3):e209.

Naidoo N, Maruma F, Ngwenya E, Mazibuko MN. Assessment of dermatological life quality in patients with cutaneous diseases at Universitas Academic Hospital. Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. 2025 Mar 31;3(1):160

Family Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Fagbiye AA, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Benedict MO, Habib T, Van Rooyen FC. Characteristics and reasons non-urgent self-referred patients visit the emergency department in Kimberley, South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid. 2025 Sep 15;30:3015

Habib T, Nair A, Murphy S, Saeed H, Ishaya N. Mastering blood gas interpretation: A practical guide for primary care providers. South African Family Practice. 2025 Feb;67(1):1-7.

Internal Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Gerber A, Asmal T, Barrett CL. Ironing out the iron profile in heart failure patients: A single centre, outpatient-based cross-sectional study in South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):114-20.

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Al‐Niaimi F. Treatment Outcomes for Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra Using Low‐Intensity Electrodesiccation Device in African Patients. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 2025 Feb;24(2):e16729.

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Moloabi BC. Nevus of Hori in African patients: an entity that is most likely underdiagnosed in clinical practice. International Journal of Women's Dermatology. 2025 Mar 1;11(1):e190.

Maruma F, Dlova N, Mofokeng TR, Ngwenya E. The effects and safety of sequential high concentration glycolic acid and trichloroacetic acid chemical peels in skin photo-type IV–VI, a retrospective cross-sectional monocentric review. International Journal of Women's Dermatology. 2025 Oct 1;11(3):e209.

Moagi DM, Bisiwe BF. A rare presentation of bilateral synchronous renal tumours misdiagnosed as tuberculosis. SA Journal of Oncology. 2025 Feb 28;9:311.

Naicker K, Ranchod D, Msiza K, Mosebetsane I, Thulo M, Mabunda N, Nyembe S, Mpambani T, Barrett CL. COVID-19 impact on blood donation and blood product use in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. South African Family Practice. 2025 Sep 23;67(1):6177

Sikhipha TB, Barrett C, van Zyl N, van Rooyen C, Bisiwe FB. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis technique failure in adult patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa: a retrospective analytical study. BMC Nephrology. 2025 Jan 2;26(1):4

Wearne N, Chothia Y, Bisiwe F, Cullis B, Freercks R, Rekhviashvili V, Wadee S, Davies M, Diana N, McCulloch M, Paget G. A roadmap for kidney health for South Africa in the context of universal health coverage. South African Medical Journal. 2025 Sep 1;115(9):7-11.

Medical Physics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

van Eeden D, du Plessis FC. Electron dose optimisation based on tumour thickness and shape for photon multi-leaf collimated megavoltage electrons. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 2025 Jun 1;220:111785

van Eeden D, du Plessis FC. Monte Carlo source verification of Elekta Synergy for pMLC collimated electron beams. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2025 Jan 1;226:112359.

Nuclear Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Ayeni A, Evbuomwan O. The Role of [18F] FDG PET/CT in Monitoring of Therapy Response in Lung Cancer. InSeminars in Nuclear Medicine 2025 Mar 1 (Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 175-189). WB Saunders.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

David M, Maharaj N, Krishnan A. Exosomal‐complement system activation in preeclampsia. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2025 Mar;51(3):e16255.

David M, Maharaj N. The immune-modulatory dynamics of exosomes in preeclampsia. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2025 Apr 3:1-1.

Orthopaedics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Leslie KT, Erasmus LJ, van der Merwe JF. Knee arthrodesis using biplanar external fixation and vascularised patella autograft: a novel approach. SA Orthopaedic Journal. 2025;24(1):39-46

Leslie KT, Matshidza ST, Aluko O. Musculoskeletal injuries from gender-based violence at a tertiary hospital orthopaedic centre, central South Africa. Injury. 2025 Feb 1;56(2):112061.

Smit JP, Joubert G, Toit JD, Burger MC. Orthopaedic-related pathological conditions in the paediatric population presenting at outreach clinics in central South Africa over a 20-year period. South African Medical Journal. 2025 May 1;115(5):39-46.

Otorhinolaryngology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Kennedy SJ, Haupt L, Seedat RY. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on epistaxis and anaemia in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) in central South Africa. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2025 Jul 16;20(1):364.

Paediatrics and Child Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Brits E, Brown S, Botes L, Sempa JB, Pienaar M. Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRi) as biomarker for liver damage in biliary atresia (BA): a meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2025 Feb 1:162234.

Butler M, Botes L, Brown S, Smit F. Contemporary risk factors associated with ischaemic heart disease in central South Africa: a single-centre study. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 2024 Nov 1;35(4):315-20

Cirelli GC, Johnstone J, Johnstone L, Masemola KM, Ngubo SK, Smal JP, Uys JJ, van Rensburg JJ, van Rooyen C, Pienaar MA. An audit of trauma-related admissions to a paediatric intensive care unit in central South Africa: 2017–2020. South African Journal of Child Health. 2025 Jun 1;19(2):42-5.

Hanekom HA, Makotoko EM, Botes L, Brown SC, Baumeier C, Schultheiss HP, Smit FE. Viruses identified in endomyocardial biopsy samples in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy patients in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):102-13.

Khaliq OP, Brown SC, Pitso B, Tabane NE. High frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children admitted to academic hospitals in central South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2025 Mar 1;115(3):28-33.

Mangalie BL, Khaliq OP, Jassen A. The assessment of preventive measures in infants admitted with acute diarrhoeal disease to Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2025 Apr 1;115(4):48-54.

Sanchez AL, Pienaar MA. Association between serum procalcitonin levels and outcomes of patients admitted to two tertiary paediatric intensive care units in Bloemfontein: A retrospective analytical study. Southern African Journal of Critical Care. 2025 Apr 1;41(1):40-4

Schoeman J, Kellerman IM, Ndlovu S, Ladas EJ, Rogers PC, Naidu G, Rowe B, Du Plessis J, Herholdt M, Thomas K, Vanemmenes B. Prevalence of Chronic and Acute Malnutrition and Association With Overall Three‐Year Survival in Newly Diagnosed Children With Cancer in South Africa. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2025 Aug;38(4):e70082.

Venkatesan A, du Plessis J. Osteosarcoma in children and adolescents: Experience from a tertiary hospital in South Africa. SA Journal of Oncology. 2025 Sep 15;9:325.

Pharmacology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Ajiboye TO, Manamela N, Motlalepula MG, Ogunrombi MO, Dhibar S, Foka FE, Erasmus E, Visser HG, Schutte-Smith M, olofinsan K, Mufhandu HT. Investigations of the antioxidants, antidiabetics and antiviral potential against SARS-CoV-2 of gold functionalized carboxymethyl cellulose. Materials Research Express. 2025 Jul 1.

Fasiku V, Kyagaba D, Hlalele A, Adegoke A, Erukainure OL, Sekhoacha M. A perspective review on factors that influence mutagenicity in medicinal plants and their health implications. Toxicological sciences. 2025 Apr;204(2):121-42.

Ike BW, Nwabuife JC, Alake J, Adu DK, Miya L, Chauhan R, Nate Z, Karpoormath R, Faya M. Release Monitoring and Detection of Formulated Solid Nanoparticle–Conjugated Nicotine in Blood and Urine Using Electrochemical Technique. Analytical Science Advances. 2025 Jun;6(1):e70018.

Iqbal S, Matsabisa M. Cannabis sativa L. and Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaf Extracts and Cannabidiol as Multi-Target Inhibitors: Lipoxygenase, Free Radical Scavenging Activity, and in Silico Studies. Chemistry Africa. 2025 Apr 16:1-7

Iqbal S, Omara T, Kahwa I, Mir Khan U. Protective effects of Sphaeranthus indicus floral extract against BPS-induced testicular damage in rats occurs through downregulation of RIPK1/3-MLK-driven necroptosis and Fas-FasL-mediated apoptosis. Advances in Traditional Medicine. 2025 Jun;25(2):579-95.

Kahwa I, Omara T, Ayesiga I, Shah K, Ambe GN, Panwala ZJ, Mbabazi R, Iqbal S, Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Chauhan NS. Nutraceutical benefits of seaweeds and their phytocompounds: a functional approach to disease prevention and management. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2025 Apr 30.

Kgosiemang IK, Lefojane R, Adegoke AM, Ogunyemi O, Mashele SS, Sekhoacha MP. Pharmacological significance, medicinal use, and toxicity of extracted and isolated compounds from euphorbia species found in southern africa: a review. Plants. 2025 Feb 5;14(3):469.

Mishra AP, Yalo M, Nambooze J, Pohl CH, Kemp G, Setsiba LK, Matsabisa MG. Characterization and enhanced antibiofilm activity of Annona muricata extract in combination with fluconazole against Candida albicans. Drug Target Insights. 2025 Jan 13;19:1

Ngesi N, Abrahams B, Shoko A, Sekhoacha M. ABCC1 and ABCC10 as predictive biomarkers of docetaxel treatment response in prostate cancer. Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery. 2025 Jan 1;8:100216.

Omotoso BR, Harrichandparsad R, Lazarus L. A rare variation of five major vessels arising from the aortic arch with an absence of brachiocephalic trunk. Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 2025 Jun 19;47(1):161.

Omotoso BR, Harrichandparsad R, Lazarus L. The spectrum of vascular injuries secondary to traumatic brain injury: A single-center study based on digital subtraction angiography. World Neurosurgery. 2025 May 22:124108.

Waziri I, Sookai S, Yusuf TL, Olofinsan KA, Muller AJ. Exploring Anticancer Activity and DNA Binding of Metal (II) Salicylaldehyde Schiff Base Complexes: A Convergence of Experimental and Computational Perspectives. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 2025 May;39(5):e70162

Psychiatry Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Schneider SR, Spies JJ, Pretorius PJ, Rebello R, Cason ED. Seven loci associated with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder in selected southern African population groups. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 2025 Apr 1;74:105005.

School of Clinical Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Bolton L, Swanevelder R, Wessels PL, Pulliam JR, Van den Berg K. A critical analysis of adult platelet product utilisation in South Africa, 2014-2021. South African Medical Journal. 2025 Mar 1;115(3):34-40.

Du Preez I, Jacobs L. Translating quality into practice: insights from South African Instructional Designers.

Gerber A, Asmal T, Barrett CL. Ironing out the iron profile in heart failure patients: A single centre, outpatient-based cross-sectional study in South Africa. SA Heart. 2025 Jul 1;22(2):114-20.

Labuschagne MJ, du Preez I, Prior Filipe H. An Illustration is Worth Ten Thousand Words: An Extraordinary Approach to Presenting Information Through Infographics. Medical Science Educator. 2025 Apr;35(2):691-701.

Naicker K, Ranchod D, Msiza K, Mosebetsane I, Thulo M, Mabunda N, Nyembe S, Mpambani T, Barrett CL. COVID-19 impact on blood donation and blood product use in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. South African Family Practice. 2025 Sep 23;67(1):6177

Sikhipha TB, Barrett C, van Zyl N, van Rooyen C, Bisiwe FB. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis technique failure in adult patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa: a retrospective analytical study. BMC nephrology. 2025 Jan 2;26(1):4

Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Achilonu CC, Ramatla T, Maleke M, Kumar P, Igbalajobi OA, Noel CB. Potential Influence of Antifungal-drug Resistant Pathogens in Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma and the Application of Nanoparticle Mechanisms as Novel Antifungal and Anticancer Agents. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports. 2025 Jan 18;12(1):3.

Brits E, Brown S, Botes L, Sempa JB, Pienaar M. Aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRi) as biomarker for liver damage in biliary atresia (BA): a meta-analysis. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2025 Feb 1:162234.

Brits E, Moosa L, Kola M, Cassim O, Khan Z, Cajee R, Salie A, Peer M, Hoosen MS, Sempa JB. Hirschsprung disease at a tertiary hospital: Patient profile, management and outcomes. Health SA Gesondheid. 2025 Jun 24;30:2883.

Noel C, Azeez A, Du Preez A, Noel K. Arterial Resections in Pancreatic Cancer—An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers. 2025 May 1;17(9):1540.

Anaesthesiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

du Plessis NS, Tladi R, Turton EW. Confirmatory, intraoperative, transesophageal echocardiography in an infant with congenital coronary artery anomalies: A case report. Pediatric Anesthesia [Internet]. 2024 Jul 15; Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.11

Nejthardt MB, Alexandris P, Bechan S, Bijli MFA, Chetty S, Dippenaar JM, et al. The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus. South African Medical Journal [Internet]. 2024 Feb 13;114(2):e1306.

Vorster F, Diedericks B. Sustainability in anaesthesia: are South African anaesthesia providers doing their part? Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia [Internet]. 2024 Nov;30(6):173–9. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.36303/sajaa.315

du Plessis NS, Tladi R, Turton EW. Confirmatory, intraoperative, transesophageal echocardiography in an infant with congenital coronary artery anomalies: A case report. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2024 Nov 1;34(11).

Earle E, Turton EW, Rodseth RN. Postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients in low-to middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2024 Apr 1;30(2):51-61.

Nejthardt MB, Alexandris P, Bechan S, Bijli MF, Chetty S, Dippenaar JM, Gibbs MW, Johnson M, Kluyts H, Llewellyn R, Motiang M. The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus. South African Medical Journal. 2024 Feb 1;114(2):95-100

Cardiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Van Den Heever E, Botes L, Brown SC, Smit FE. Demographic and clinical profile of patients undergoing echocardiography at a tertiary institution in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2024 Apr 1;21(1):18-27.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Mestres CA, Quintana E. Partial heart transplantation for destructive infective endocarditis. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 May;40(Suppl 1):155-9.

Quintana E, Ranchordas S, Ibáñez C, Danchenko P, Smit FE, Mestres CA. Perioperative care in infective endocarditis. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 May;40(Suppl 1):115-25.

Van den Heever E, Botes L, Brown SC, Smit FE. Demographic and clinical profile of patients undergoing echocardiography at a tertiary institution in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2024 Apr 1;21(1):18-27.

Clinical Imaging Sciences Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Naicker J, Tshabalala ZN, van Rensburg JJ, Masenge A, Modisane O, Matshidza S, Mogale N. A study of the incidence of the corona mortis within a South African patient sample using computerized tomographic angiography. Injury. 2024 Dec 1;55(12):112000.

Community Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Heunis C, van Jaarsveldt D, Chikobvu P, Kigozi-Male G, Litheko M. Exploring health research priority setting in a South African province: a nominal group technique approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024 Jun 30;21(7):861.

Lategan LO, van Zyl GJ, Kruger WH. A public health ethics framework for the older community: A South African perspective. Koers. 2024;89(1):1-8.

Makola EM, Kruger WH, Chikobvu P. Hepatitis B immunisation and immune status of nurses in a regional hospital in central South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jun 26;66(1):5871.

Mooko T, Bisiwe FB, Chikobvu P, Morobadi MD, Mofokeng TR, Nyaga MM, Kemp G, Goedhals D, Ndlovu KC. The prevalence of HIV resistance mutations and their influence on the shedding of HIV‐1 into peritoneal dialysis effluent. Journal of Medical Virology. 2024 Jun;96(6):e29734.

Mooko T, Bisiwe FB, Mondleki E, Morobadi MD, Chikobvu P, Nyaga MM, Bala A, Goedhals D, Mofokeng TR, Kemp G, Ndlovu KC. Steady-state pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in end-stage kidney failure persons with detectable and undetectable HIV-1 RNA in peritoneal dialysis effluent. European Journal of Medical Research. 2024 Jul 18;29(1):374.

Critical Care Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Davids R, Robinson G, Van Tonder C, Robinson J, Ahmed N, Domingo A. Jehovah’s Witness Needing Critical Care: A Narrative Review on the Expanding Arsenal. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2024;2024(1):1913237

Dermatology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Peters RP, Nel JS, Sadiq E, Kufa T, Smit DP, Sorour G, Garrett N, Gill K, Makhakhe L, Chandiwana NC, Moran NF. Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Guideline for the clinical management of syphilis. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 2024 Apr 30;25(1):1577.

Family Medicine Department (Kimberley Office)

Journal Article

Mafusi LG, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Benedict MO, Habib T, Harmse M, Van Rooyen C. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on diabetic foot care among nurses in Kimberley, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jun 25;66(1):5935.

Muza LC, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Benedict MO, Habib T, Mampuya F, van Rooyen C. Healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on smoking cessation intervention in the Northern Cape. Health SA Gesondheid. 2024 Jan 24;29:2489.

Family Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Adefuye AO, Egenasi CK, Benedict MO. Forensic evidence preservation following an incident of rape: The role of the victim. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jan 25;66(1):5776.

Agbabiaka M, Akinwande IT, Egenasi CK, Benedict MO. More than chest pain: A case of oesophageal foreign body ingestion. South African Family Practice. 2024;66(1):1-4

Alenbalu M, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Aluko O. Diabetes Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in adults with type 2 diabetes at primary health care clinics in Kimberley South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jan 29;66(1):5838.

Brits H. A national training course for clinical trainers in family medicine. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2024; 16 (1): a4341 [Internet].

Egenasi CK, Benedict MA, Adefuye AO, Madu LU. Epidemiological pattern of rape cases managed at a regional hospital in South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid. 2024 Jan 15;29:2434

Hagemeister DT, Oosthuizen W, Mokae BK. Legal requirements for reporting clinical cases to the South African police or social services. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jun 29;66(1):5919

Hagemeister DT. Making family medicine work: Rural community-based and interprofessional medical education. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2024;16(1):1-3.

Joubert G, Steinberg WJ, van Rooyen FC. Twenty-one Years of Undergraduate Medical Student Research Training at the University of the Free State (UFS), South Africa. Medical Science Educator. 2024 Dec;34(6):1343-51

Madito NS, Van Rooyen C, Hagemeister DT. A clinical audit of red blood cell transfusion practices at a district hospital in South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2024;66(1):1-8.

Mafusi LG, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Benedict MO, Habib T, Harmse M, Van Rooyen C. Knowledge, attitudes and practices on diabetic foot care among nurses in Kimberley, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2024 Jun 25;66(1):5935.

Muller G, Brits H. The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Sep 1;14(3):212-7.

Muza LC, Egenasi CK, Steinberg WJ, Benedict MO, Habib T, Mampuya F, van Rooyen C. Healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on smoking cessation intervention in the Northern Cape. Health SA Gesondheid. 2024 Jan 24;29:2489.

Seitshiro SE, Aluko OS, Steinberg WJ. Effect of adult day care centre attendance on hypertension management. South African Family Practice. 2024;66(1):1-4

Van Jaarsveldt C, Jabari T, Zwarts E, Färber S, Sikuza Y, Schilling H, Pauw S, Klein E, Van Rooyen C, Joubert G, Van der Bijl CC. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adults treated at a district hospital outpatient department. South African Family Practice. 2024;66(1):1-7

Van Jaarsveldt C, Jabari T, Zwarts E, Färber S, Sikuza Y, Schilling H, Pauw S, Klein E, Van Rooyen C, Joubert G, Van der Bijl CC. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adults treated at a district hospital outpatient department. South African Family Practice. 2024;66(1):1-8

Internal Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Evbuomwan O, Van Rensburg BJ, Engelbrecht G, Driver CH, Labuschagne M, Sempa J, Horn-Lodewyk JN. The Biodistribution and Utility of 99mTc-Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose (99mTc-Glucosamine) in the Identification of Active Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis—a Single Center Prospective Study. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2024 Apr;58(2):52-61.

Mooko T, Bisiwe FB, Chikobvu P, Morobadi MD, Mofokeng TR, Nyaga MM, Kemp G, Goedhals D, Ndlovu KC. The prevalence of HIV resistance mutations and their influence on the shedding of HIV‐1 into peritoneal dialysis effluent. Journal of Medical Virology. 2024 Jun;96(6):e29734.

Mooko T, Bisiwe FB, Mondleki E, Morobadi MD, Chikobvu P, Nyaga MM, Bala A, Goedhals D, Mofokeng TR, Kemp G, Ndlovu KC. Steady-state pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in end-stage kidney failure persons with detectable and undetectable HIV-1 RNA in peritoneal dialysis effluent. European Journal of Medical Research. 2024 Jul 18;29(1):374.

Shamhuyashe G, van Zyl N, van Rooyen C, Bisiwe F, Musoke J. Colonisation with multidrug-resistant organisms among dialysis patients at Universitas Academic Hospital. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Jul 9;39(1):607

Shongwe SC, Paulse NA, Malumane LE. Risk quantification using skewed distributions: An application to the South African Financial Index (J580). InITM Web of Conferences 2024 (Vol. 67, p. 01009). EDP Sciences

van der Westhuizen B, Potgieter S. Data analysis of patients with positive mould or dimorphic fungal cultures from sterile sites. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 Aug 30;39(1):630

Medical Physics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Morphis M, van Staden JA, du Raan H, Ljungberg M, Sjögreen Gleisner K. Accuracy of patient-specific I-131 dosimetry using hybrid whole-body planar-SPECT/CT I-123 and I-131 imaging. EJNMMI Phys. 2024;11:50. doi:10.1186/s40658-024-00650-7

Pieters H, van Staden JA, du Raan H, Nel MG, Engelbrecht GH. Evaluating the accuracy of planar gated blood pool processing software using simulated patient studies. Heliyon. 2024 Sep 15;10(17).

Pieters H, van Staden JA, du Raan H, Nel MG, Engelbrecht GHJ. Evaluating the accuracy of planar gated blood pool processing software using simulated patient studies. Heliyon. 2024;10(17):e37299. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37299

Pretorius IS, Ntutuka NL, Hattingh P, De Klerk CM, Mongane M. The incidence of head and neck cancer in inter ventional cardiologists. SA Heart. 2024 Apr 1;21(1):66-9.

Sebelego IK, Acho S, Rae WI. Clinical diagnostic reference levels and image quality metrics for CT in oncology patients. SA Journal of Radiology. 2024 Oct 31;28(1):2960.

van Eeden D, du Plessis FC. P-type QEDTM in vivo dosimeter sensitivity in 6 MV beams: Effects of backscattering media and beam accessories. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2024 Feb 1;215:111334.

Neurology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Junker J, Lange LM, Vollstedt EJ, Roopnarain K, Doquenia ML, Annuar AA, Avenali M, Bardien S, Bahr N, Ellis M, Galandra C. Team science approaches to unravel monogenic Parkinson's disease on a global scale. Movement disorders. 2024 Oct;39(10):1868-73

Pretorius E, van Zyl P, Joubert G. Therapeutic drug monitoring for valproate: deriving a novel formula for calculation of free concentration. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2024 Nov;80(11):1751-9.

Nuclear Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Evbuomwan O, Endres W, Tebeila T, Engelbrecht G. Atypical Presentation of Metastatic Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer in a Middle Aged African Male with Good Response to Radioligand Therapy. Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy. 2024 Feb 22;33(1):57.

Evbuomwan O, Van Rensburg BJ, Engelbrecht G, Driver CH, Labuschagne M, Sempa J, Horn-Lodewyk JN. The Biodistribution and Utility of 99mTc-Ethylenedicysteine-Deoxyglucose (99mTc-Glucosamine) in the Identification of Active Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis—a Single Center Prospective Study. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2024 Apr;58(2):52-61.

Pieters H, van Staden JA, du Raan H, Nel MG, Engelbrecht GH. Evaluating the accuracy of planar gated blood pool processing software using simulated patient studies. Heliyon. 2024 Sep 15;10(17).

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Mulondo T, Baloyi S, Sempa JB. Prevalence and severity of depression and anxiety in infertile female patients attending an academic hospital in central South Africa. South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2024 Jun 1;30(1):21-6.

Oncology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Steenkamp Z, Sherriff A, van Rooyen C. Cardiotoxicity in breast cancer–Are we getting to the heart of the matter?. SA Journal of Oncology. 2024 Nov 29;8:297.

van der Merwe NC, Buccimazza I, Rossouw B, Araujo M, Ntaita KS, Schoeman M, Vorster K, Napo K, Kotze MJ, Oosthuizen J. Clinical relevance of double heterozygosity revealed by next-generation sequencing of homologous recombination repair pathway genes in South African breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2024 Sep;207(2):331-42.

Orthopaedics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Van Schalkwyk J, Matshidza S, Mogale N. The classification of sacral foramina in a South African sample using cadaveric and osteological remains. Translational Research in Anatomy. 2024 Nov 1;37:100347.

Otorhinolaryngology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Gharbi D, Berman D, Neumann FH, Hill T, Sidla S, Cillers SS, Staats J, Esterhuizen N, Ajikah L, Moseri ME, Quick LJ. Ambrosia (ragweed) pollen—A growing aeroallergen of concern in South Africa. World Allergy Organization Journal. 2024 Dec 1;17(12):101011.

Seedat RY. Central compartment atopic disease: an emerging new phenotype of chronic rhinosinusitis. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 2024 Sep 1;37(3):134-6.

Paediatrics and Child Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Alexander DC, Lessing L, Botes H, Conradie F, van Rensburg LZ, Nel K, Pienaar E, Prinsloo M, Sinclair L, Van Rooyen C. The lifestyle factors of medical doctors in academic hospitals, Bloemfontein, Free State. South African Family Practice. 2024 Oct 30;66(1):5979

Allman M, Song H, Venta A, Serekoane M, Pienaar M, Lenka M, Marais K, Cloete J, Marais L, Sharp C. In their own words: linguistic analysis of interviews with Sesotho mothers on their child’s first thousand days. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 2024 Apr 2;19(2):273-87.

Bhorat R, Bhorat I, Khaliq OP, Moodley J. Pre-eclampsia: does cardiac function differ in HIV-positive and-negative women?. Cardiovascular journal of Africa. 2024 Apr 1;35(1):52-63.

Geel J, Van Zyl A, Plessis JD, Hendricks M, Goga Y, Carr A, Neethling B, Hramyka A, Omar F, Mathew R, Louw L. Improved survival of children and adolescents with classical Hodgkin lymphoma treated on a harmonised protocol in South Africa. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 Jan;71(1):e30712.

Geel JA, Hramyka A, Du Plessis J, Goga Y, Van Zyl A, Hendricks MG, Naidoo T, Mathew R, Louw L, Carr A, Neethling B. Machine learning to predict interim response in pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma using affordable blood tests. JCO Global Oncology. 2024 Oct;10:e2300435.

Govender S, Khaliq OP, Naidoo R, Moodley J. The current state of emergency medical services in South Africa: A review. South African Journal of Science. 2024 Aug;120(7-8):1-8.

Kruger M, van Elsland SL, Davidson A, Stones D, du Plessis J, Naidu G, Geel J, Poole J, Schoeman J, Stannard C, Mustak H. Outcome of retinoblastoma after implementation of national retinoblastoma treatment guidelines in South Africa. JCO Global Oncology. 2024 Aug;10:e2400034.

Marais L, Pool A, Gbadegesin F, Cloete J, Pienaar M. Child stunting in South Africa: Urban premium or penalty?. Journal of Urban Affairs. 2024 Aug 8;46(7):1350-70.

Mkhize PZ, Dorsamy V, Khaliq OP, Bagwandeen C, Moodley J. The effectiveness of low-dose aspirin for the prevention of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in a sub-Saharan Africa Country: A randomized clinical trial. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 2024 Dec 1;303:259-65

Mkhize PZ, Dorsamy V, Khaliq OP, Moodley J. Nurses’ knowledge to identify, prevent and manage hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. South African Family Practice. 2024 Nov 8;66(1):5995

Moodley M, van der Byl A, Goedhals D. Characteristics and outcomes of infants with cytomegalovirus infection in Bloemfontein. South African Journal of Child Health. 2024 Sep 1;18(3):133-8.

Pienaar MA, Luwes N, Sempa JB, George E, Brown SC. A validation of machine learning models for the identification of critically ill children presenting to the paediatric emergency room of a tertiary hospital in South Africa: A proof of concept. Southern African Journal of Critical Care. 2024 Dec 1;40(3):87-95.

Pillay C, Khaliq OP, van Rooyen J. A prospective analysis of the outcomes of extremely low-birthweight neonates in Bloemfontein, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health. 2024 Dec 1;18(4):183-8.

Smith R, Veronica N, Brown S, Joanne P. Undernutrition in young children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery in a low-income environment. BMC pediatrics. 2024;24:1.

Sondlane H, Ogunbayo A, Donato C, Mogotsi M, Esona M, Hallbauer U, Bester P, Goedhals D, Nyaga M. Whole genome molecular analysis of respiratory syncytial virus pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Free State province, South Africa. Virus Research. 2024 Sep 1;347:199421

Van Den Heever E, Botes L, Brown SC, Smit FE. Demographic and clinical profile of patients undergoing echocardiography at a tertiary institution in central South Africa. SA Heart. 2024 Apr 1;21(1):18-27

van Rooyen JJ, de Jager L, du Plessis S, Goldberg J, Salvage J, Sipika S, Joubert G. Father absence at delivery at Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital in Bloemfontein: Reasons and associated demographic characteristics. South African Journal of Child Health. 2024 Apr 1;18(1):3-8.

Pharmacology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Adeleke AA, Oladipo SD, Luckay RC, Akintemi EO, Olofinsan KA, Babatunde Onajobi I, Yussuf ST, Ogundare SA, Adeleke OM, Babalola KI. Synthesis and therapeutic potential of selected schiff bases: in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, and computational studies. ChemistrySelect. 2024 Feb 5;9(5):e202304967.

Ashique S, Mohanto S, Ahmed MG, Mishra N, Garg A, Chellappan DK, Omara T, Iqbal S, Kahwa I. Gut-brain axis: A cutting-edge approach to target neurological disorders and potential synbiotic application. Heliyon. 2024 Jul 15;10(13).

Atolani O, Banerjee P, Ayenı AE, Usman MA, Adejumo OJ, Erukaınure OL, Preıssner R, Sokoudjou JB, Ologe MO, Adeyemı OS, Adedotun I. Phytochemical, pharmacological, phyto-cosmeceutical, toxicity, and in silico toxicological evaluations of Vernonia amygdalina Delile–a review. Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry. 2024 May 5;11(2):775-802

Chandra H, Yadav A, Prasad R, Sagar K, Bhardwaj N, Gupta KK, Thakur GS, Nigam M, Pezzani R, de Lima JP, Coutinho HD. COVID 19: Prevention and treatment through the Indian perspective. Cytokine. 2024 Nov 1;183:156756.

Erhabor JO, Rademan S, Erukainure OL, Matsabisa MG. Aqueous Extracts of Cannabis sativa: cytotoxicity and effects on angiogenesis, oxidative stress and nitric oxide production. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 2024 Jul;94(3):563-73.

Geel J, Van Zyl A, Plessis JD, Hendricks M, Goga Y, Carr A, Neethling B, Hramyka A, Omar F, Mathew R, Louw L. Improved survival of children and adolescents with classical Hodgkin lymphoma treated on a harmonised protocol in South Africa. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 Jan;71(1):e30712.

Gumenku L, Sekhoacha M, Abrahams B, Mashele S, Shoko A, Erukainure OL. Genetic signatures for distinguishing chemo-sensitive from chemo-resistant responders in prostate cancer patients. Current issues in molecular biology. 2024 Mar 11;46(3):2263-77.

Hendricks M, Cois A, Geel J, Van Heerden J, Naidu G, Plessis JD, Van Zyl A, Bassingthwaighte M, Omar F, Büchner A, Rowe B. Extracranial germ cell tumours: Mature and immature (1990–2015). First report by the South African Association of Paediatric Haematology Oncology (SAAPHO). Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024 Jan;71(1):e30723.

Iqbal S, Omara T, Kahwa I, Khan UM. Anticancer potential of delphinidin and its derivatives: Therapeutic and mechanistic insights. Medicinal Chemistry Research. 2024 Oct;33(10):1769-86.

Iqbal S, Omara T. Matricin Modulates Carbamazepine-Induced Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in Rat Models of Alzheimer’s Disease via MEK-JAK2-STAT3 Signaling. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 2024 Aug;34(4):843-52.

Izu GO, Mfotie Njoya E, Tabakam GT, Nambooze J, Otukile KP, Tsoeu SE, Fasiku VO, Adegoke AM, Erukainure OL, Mashele SS, Makhafola TJ. Unravelling the Influence of Chlorogenic Acid on the Antioxidant Phytochemistry of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Fruit Peel. Antioxidants. 2024 Apr 12;13(4):456.

Manjia JN, Njoya EM, Harishchander A, Munvera AM, Ogundolie FA, Mkounga P, Mcgaw LJ, Njayou FN, Moundipa PF. Anti-elastase, anti-tyrosinase, and anti-inflammatory activities of three compounds isolated from Psorospermum aurantiacum: in silico and in vitro assays. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 2024 Oct;34(5):1116-28.

Mishra AP, Kumar R, Harilal S, Nigam M, Datta D, Singh S. Emerging landscape of in vitro models for assessing rheumatoid arthritis management. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 2024 Jul 18;7(8):2280-305.

Mohamed AI, Erukainure OL, Salau VF, Islam MS. Impact of coffee and its bioactive compounds on the risks of type 2 diabetes and its complications: A comprehensive review. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 2024 Jul 1;18(7):103075.

Mohamed AI, Olofinsan KA, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Ethiopian coffee (Coffea arabica) improves glucose uptake and modulates metabolic enzyme activities linked to hyperglycemia-induced infertility in isolated rats’ testes. Food Production, Processing and Nutrition. 2024 Oct 4;6(1):75.

Mokhatla MA, Adegoke AM, Direko P, Mashele S, Sekhoacha MP. Cytotoxicity of Diospyros dichrophylla extracts on breast and brain cancer cell lines. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2024 Nov 1;23(11).

Mooko T, Bisiwe FB, Mondleki E, Morobadi MD, Chikobvu P, Nyaga MM, Bala A, Goedhals D, Mofokeng TR, Kemp G, Ndlovu KC. Steady-state pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in end-stage kidney failure persons with detectable and undetectable HIV-1 RNA in peritoneal dialysis effluent. European Journal of Medical Research. 2024 Jul 18;29(1):374.

Nigam M, Devi K, Coutinho HD, Mishra AP. Exploration of gut microbiome and inflammation: A review on key signalling pathways. Cellular signalling. 2024 Jun 1;118:111140.

Nina N, Burgos-Edwards A, Theoduloz C, Tripathy S, Matsabisa MG, Schmeda-Hirschmann G. Chemical Profiling, enzyme inhibitory activity and antioxidant capacity of South African herbal teas: buddleja saligna, lippia javanica, L. scaberrima and phyla dulcis. Antioxidants. 2024 Oct 10;13(10):1219.

Nxasana TH, Mangoato IM, Masiu PM, Mishra AP, Matsabisa MG. Investigating the combinatory effect of Sclerocarya birrea with doxorubicin against selected colorectal cancer cell lines. Drug Target Insights. 2024 Dec 11;18:94.

Olofinsan K, Salau V, Erukainure O, Islam MS. Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. abates deranged metabolic indices linked with diabetic complications in experimental rat model. Scientific African. 2024 Dec 1;26:e02478.

Pillay LR, Olasehinde TA, Olofinsan KA, Erukainure OL, Islam MS, Olaniran AO. Antidiabetic potentials of crude and purified sulphated polysaccharides isolated from Gracilaria gracilis, a seaweed from South Africa. Heliyon. 2024 Aug 15;10(15).

Pretorius E, van Zyl P, Joubert G. Therapeutic drug monitoring for valproate: deriving a novel formula for calculation of free concentration. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2024 Nov;80(11):1751-9.

Riet K, Adegoke A, Mashele S, Sekhoacha M. Effective use of euphorbia milii dcm root extract encapsulated by thermosensitive immunoliposomes for targeted drug delivery in prostate cancer cells. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 2024 Oct 27;46(11):12037-60.

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Aljoundi A, Akintemi EO, Elamin G, Odewole OA. Exploring the inhibitory action of betulinic acid on key digestive enzymes linked to diabetes via in vitro and computational models: approaches to anti-diabetic mechanisms. SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research. 2024 May 3;35(5):411-32.

Salau VF, Olofinsan KA, Mishra AP, Odewole OA, Ngnameko CR, Matsabisa MG. Croton gratissimus Burch Herbal Tea Exhibits Anti-Hyperglycemic and Anti-Lipidemic Properties via Inhibition of Glycation and Digestive Enzyme Activities. Plants. 2024 Jul 17;13(14):1952.

S'thandiwe NM, Olofinsan KA, Mohamed AI, Meriga B, Islam MS. Bioactivities of Sargassum elegans, Bryopsis myosuroides, Callophyllis variegata seaweeds on diabetes and obesity-related biochemical parameters: A comparative in vitro study. Fitoterapia. 2024 Dec 1;179:106252.

Psychiatry Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Raju AS, le Roux HE, Pretorius PJ, Aluko O. Psychologists’ experiences with telepsychology during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid. 2024 Jan 17;29:2392.

Stals Y, du Plessis E, Pretorius PJ, Nel M, Boateng A. Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare practitioners during COVID-19. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 9;30:2307.

School of Clinical Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Haupt L, Burger W, Dimba N, Joubert S, Kemp K, Makhalima R, Mudima J, Swanepoel K, Viljoen J, van Marle AC. The relationship between seasonality and the diagnosis of acute leukaemia in central South Africa. SA Journal of Oncology. 2024 Nov 8;8:307

Muller G, Brits H. The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024 Sep 1;14(3):212-7.

van den Berg K, Murphy EL, Maartens G, Louw VJ, Grebe E. The impact of non‐disclosure of HIV status and antiretroviral therapy on HIV recency testing and incidence algorithms. Vox sanguinis. 2024 Jun;119(6):581-9.

Vermeulen M, Mhlanga L, Sykes W, Cable R, Coleman C, Pietersen N, Swanevelder R, Glatt TN, Bingham J, van den Berg K, Grebe E. The evolution and interpretation of seroprevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies among South African blood donors from the Beta to Omicron variant‐driven waves. Vox Sanguinis. 2024 Mar;119(3):242-51.

Willemse RJ, Grobler CJ, Murphy EL, Roubinian N, Colemen C, Machaba S, Vermeulen M. The prevalence of hepatitis B virus, human T‐lymphotropic virus and human immunodeficiency virus in patients receiving blood transfusions in South Africa. Vox Sanguinis. 2024 Nov;119(11):1166-73.

Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Achilonu CC, Kumar P, Swart HC, Roos WD, Marais GJ. Zinc oxide: gold nanoparticles (ZnO: Au NPs) exhibited antifungal efficacy against Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus candidus. BioNanoScience. 2024 Jun;14(2):799-813.

Brits E, Gerber E, Iroka I, Mgidlana L, Willoughby J, Dhlamini S, Nxumalo P, Sefadi S, Mthembu A, Sempa JB. Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis. South African Medical Journal. 2024 Dec 1;114(12):56-64.

Brits E, Kruger I, Joubert G. Transfusion-associated necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight babies: transfusion and feeding practices in two neonatal units in Bloemfontein, Free State. Southern African Journal of Critical Care. 2024 Jul 1;40(2):52-61.

Brits E, le Grange E. Perineal disintegration syndrome (PDS) in children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: A scoping review. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2024 Nov 1;59(11):161631.

Dingiswayo L, Adelabu OA, Arko-Cobbah E, Pohl C, Mokoena NZ, Du Plessis M, Musoke J. Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in a South African tertiary hospital—Clinical profile, genetic determinants, and virulence in Caenorhabditis elegans. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024 May 23;15:1385724.

Lluís N, Onoe S, Serradilla-Martín M, Achalandabaso M, Mizuno T, Jehaes F, Dasari BV, Mambrilla-Herrero S, Sparrelid E, Balakrishnan A, Hoogwater FJ. Intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile ducts: a comparative study of a rare disease in Europe and Nagoya, Japan. HPB. 2024 Apr 1;26(4):565-75.

Mlangeni LN, Ramatla T, Lekota KE, Price C, Thekisoe O, Weldon C. Occurrence, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence profiles of Salmonella Serovars isolated from wild reptiles in South Africa. International Journal of Microbiology. 2024;2024(1):5213895

Moolman C, du Plessis M, Venter C, van Wyk R, Scheepers D, Kruger K, Vosloo C, Human L, van Rooyen C. The adapted Caprini score as a proxy for postoperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a tertiary hospital experience. South African Journal of Surgery. 2024 Dec 1;62(4):327-32.

Plaatjie MT, Onyiche TE, Ramatla T, Bezuidenhout JJ, Legoabe L, Nyembe NI, Thekisoe O. A scoping review on efficacy and safety of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical medicine and health. 2024 Jan 3;52(1):6.

Ramatla T, Mokgokong P, Lekota K, Thekisoe O. Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from broiler chickens. Food microbiology. 2024 Jun 1;120:104476.

Ramatla T, Ramaili T, Lekota K, Mileng K, Ndou R, Mphuthi M, Khasapane N, Syakalima M, Thekisoe O. Antibiotic resistance and virulence profiles of Proteus mirabilis isolated from broiler chickens at abattoir in South Africa. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 2024 Mar;10(2):e1371.

Seetsi A, David DD, Nyembe N, Suganuma K, Ramatla T, Thekisoe O. In vitro antitrypanosomal activity of synthesized nitrofurantoin-triazole hybrids against Trypanosoma species causing animal African trypanosomosis. Experimental Parasitology. 2024 Apr 1;259:108711.

Urology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Radebe EE, Claassen FM. Factors associated with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer post radical prostatectomy. SA Journal of Oncology. 2024 May 31;8:287.

Anaesthesiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

de Man L, Wentzel M, van Rooyen C, Turton E. Comparison between ultrasound and chest X-ray to confirm central venous catheter tip position. SA Journal of Radiology. 2023 Jun 29;27(1):2587.

Fonternel T, van Rooyen H, Joubert G, Turton E. Evaluating the usability of a 3D-printed video laryngoscope for tracheal intubation of a manikin. Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. 2023 Dec 31:157-65.

Kluyts HL, Bedwell GJ, Bedada AG, Fadalla T, Hewitt‐Smith A, Mbwele BA, Mrara B, Omigbodun A, Omoshoro‐Jones J, Turton EW, Belachew FK. Determining the minimum dataset for surgical patients in Africa: a Delphi study. World Journal of Surgery. 2023 Mar;47(3):581-92.

Lamacraft G, van Rooyen C, Raubenheimer L, Arendse K, Gama X, Jang HG, Nemakundani R, Osei-Fofie L. Prevalence of preoperative anxiety and its contributing factors in adult patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery at an academic hospital in South Africa: a pilot study. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2023;29(4):128-34.

Thompson S, Lamacraft G. A prospective descriptive study on emergency medicines used most frequently from the emergency medicine packs at Universitas Academic Hospital and the associated financial loss of expired emergency medicines. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2023 Sep 1;29(4):144-50.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Alozie A, Öner A, Löser B, Dohmen PM. Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Followed by Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Promising Concept in High-risk Octogenarians. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. 2023 Apr 1;26(2):143-8.

Bäker A, Maisano F, Mestres CA. Enabling leaders of multispecialty teams via cross-training. BMJ leader. 2022 Jul 11:leader-2021.

Busse A, Neßelmann C, Streckenbach F, Beller E, Klemenz AC, Dohmen P, Öner A, Weber MA, Meinel FG. ECG-gated MR angiography at 3T for follow-up after surgery involving the ascending aorta. Medicine. 2023 Jun 2;102(22):e33864

Chabanovska O, Lemcke H, Lang H, Vollmar B, Dohmen PM, David R, Etz C, Neßelmann C. Sarcomeric network analysis of ex vivo cultivated human atrial appendage tissue using super-resolution microscopy. Scientific Reports. 2023 Aug 10;13(1):13041.

Collins A, Møller P, Gajski G, Vodenková S, Abdulwahed A, Anderson D, Bankoglu EE, Bonassi S, Boutet-Robinet E, Brunborg G, Chao C. Measuring DNA modifications with the comet assay: a compendium of protocols. Nature protocols. 2023 Mar;18(3):929-89

Fowler VG, Durack DT, Selton-Suty C, Athan E, Bayer AS, Chamis AL, Dahl A, DiBernardo L, Durante-Mangoni E, Duval X. The 2023 Duke-ISCVID Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Updating the Modified Duke Criteria., 2023, 77. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1093/cid/ciad271. PMID: https://www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/pubmed/37138445.:518-26.

Lewies A, Botes L, van den Heever JJ, Dohmen PM, Smit FE. Monomeric glutaraldehyde fixation and amino acid detoxification of decellularized bovine pericardium for production of biocompatible tissue with tissue-guided regenerative potential. Heliyon. 2023 Sep 1;9(9).

Marin-Cuartas M, Vervoort D, Contreras JR, Garcia-Villareal OA, Escobar A, Ferrari J, Quintana E, Sadaba R, Mestres CA, Carosella VC, Almeida RM. Perspectives in training and professional practice of cardiac surgery in Latin America. Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery. 2022 Sep 19;38(01):1-4.

Mestres CA, Tamru FL, Kumar AS, Okita Y. The Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals turns 30. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 2023 Mar;31(3):169-79.

Mestres CA, Van Hemelrijck M, Quintana E, Smit FE. Significance and current approaches to vascular graft infection. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Dec;39(Suppl 2):333-40.

Weich H, Botes L, Doubell A, Jordaan J, Lewies A, Marimuthu P, van den Heever J, Smit F. Development and testing of a transcatheter heart valve with reduced calcification potential. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023 Dec 6;10:1270496.

Weich H, Herbst P, Smit F, Doubell A. Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023 Sep 13;10:1234165.

Clinical Imaging Sciences Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Ras T, Stander Jenkins L, Lazarus C, van Rensburg JJ, Cooke R, Senkubuge F, N Dlova A, Singaram V, Daitz E, Buch E, Green-Thompson L. “We just don’t have the resources”: Supervisor perspectives on introducing workplace-based assessments into medical specialist training in South Africa. BMC Medical Education. 2023 Nov 6;23(1):832.

van der Merwe FA, Loggenberg E. Dual-energy index variation when evaluating the potential ferromagnetism of ex vivo bullets. SA Journal of Radiology. 2023;27(1).

Community Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Heunis C, Chikobvu P, Muteba M, Kigozi-Male G, Engelbrecht M, Mushori P. Impact of COVID-19 on selected essential public health services–lessons learned from a retrospective record review in the Free State, South Africa. BMC Health Services Research. 2023 Nov 11;23(1):1244

Lategan L, Van Zyl G, Kruger W. What social determinants will cause ethical challenges in geriatric care? Comments from South Africa. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2023 May 4;14(5):2252

Malakoane B, Chikobvu P, Heunis C, Kigozi G, Kruger W. Health managers and community representatives’ views of a system-wide intervention to strengthen public healthcare in the Free State, South Africa. African Health Sciences. 2023 Apr 12;23(1):747-64

Malakoane B, Chikobvu P, Heunis JC, Kigozi NG, Kruger WH. Implementing an intervention to improve leadership/management of public healthcare services in the Free State Province, South Africa: lessons learned. African Health Sciences. 2023 Apr 11;23(1):469-82

Van Zyl S, Kruger WH, Walsh CM. Chronic diseases of lifestyle: A risk assessment and health promotion framework for a rural and urban primary health care setting in the Free State province, South Africa. InHealthcare 2024 Dec 31 (Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 55). MDPI

Critical Care Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Maasdorp SD, Paruk F, de Vasconcellos K, Grion C, Joubert I, Joynt GM, Kalafatis N, Lapinsky SE, Lipman J, Malbrain ML, Mrara B. Core competencies in critical care for general medical practitioners in South Africa: A Delphi study. Southern African Journal of Critical Care. 2023 Dec 1;39(3):67-74

Martins CD, Maasdorp SD. Outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia at the Universitas Academic Hospital multidisciplinary intensive care unit, Free State Province, South Africa. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Apr 1;29(1):18-23.

Dermatology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Makhakhe L, Dlova N, Smith A, du Preez M. En coup de sabre morphea: an uncommon condition in Africa. Dermatology reports. 2022 Aug 1;15(2):9537

Family Medicine Department (Kimberley Office)

Journal Article

Habib T, Nair A, Pressentin KV, Kaswa R, Saeed H. Do not lose your patient in translation: Using interpreters effectively in primary care. South African Family Practice. 2023 Feb 27;65(1):5655.

Murphy SD, Nair A, Kaswa R, Govender I, Von Pressentin K. Guiding the emerging primary care researcher: A report of research capacity-building workshop. South African Family Practice. 2023 Dec 20;65(1):5769.

Family Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N, Van Rooyen C. Knowledge, attitude and practice on screening and early diagnosis of prostate cancer of primary health care providers in the Free State. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2023 Feb 28;15(1):3688

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Enhancing public awareness and practice of prostate cancer screening among African men: A scoping review. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 17;65(1):5621

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Strategies to enhance the approach to prostate cancer screening of South African black men in the Free State: a Delphi study. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2023 May 24;14(7):2333.

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. The profile of Black South African men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Free State, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 10;65(1):5553.

Egenasi CK, Moodley AA, Steinberg WJ, Joubert G. A modified Delphi study to determine the contents of a seizure diary for patients living with epilepsy in South Africa. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2023 May 29;14(7):2460.

Egenasi CK, Moodley AA, Steinberg WJ, Joubert G. Experience of the new seizure diary in the Free State and Northern Cape. South African Family Practice. 2023 May 26;65(1):5736

Egenasi CK, Moodley AA, Steinberg WJ, Joubert G. The perceptions and attitudes of patients with epilepsy to the use of a seizure diary, South Africa. S Afr Fam Pract. 2023; 65 (1): a5503 [Internet].

Hagemeister DT, Labuschagne MJ. A nominal group technique to review undergraduate medical students’ training in emergency care. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 2023 Mar 1;15(1):2-7.

Hartslief B, van Rensburg CJ, Maartens A, Marais PG, Meyer ET, Cairncross JP, Joubert G, Steinberg WJ. Accuracy of two-rescuer adult CPR performed by medical registrars at a South African university. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Sep 1;13(3):199-203.

Masakala M, Mofokeng M, Muchocho A, Sibisi S, le Roux J, le Roux H, Joubert G. Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex. South African journal of psychiatry. 2023 Mar 30;20:2000.

Ngobeni P, Sebolai M, Hlotshana L, Henani T, Masango S, Hlongwane S, Ngqulu S, Makhaba T, Van Ramesdonk C, Joubert G. Local language proficiency of fourth-year medical students at the University of the Free State. South African Family Practice. 2023;65(4).

Smit S, Hagemeister DT, Van Rooyen C. Clinical review of stroke care at National District Hospital, Bloemfontein. South African Family Practice. 2023 Apr 23;65(1)

Van der Bijl CC, Steinberg WJ, Kellerman TE, Botes J, van Rooyen C. Breastfeeding intentions and behaviours of doctor mothers in Bloemfontein, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health. 2023;17(1)

Internal Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Evbuomwan O, Engelbrecht G, Driver C, Sempa J, van Rensburg BJ, Labuschagne M, Horn-Lodewyk JN. Head-to-head comparison of ultrasound and 99mTc-glucosamine SPECT/CT imaging of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single center prospective study. Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. 2023 Dec 15;54(1):223

Evbuomwan O, Engelbrecht G, Driver C, van Rensburg BJ, Labuschagne M, Horn-Lodewyk JN. The prognostic value of 99mTc-glucosamine imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single center prospective study. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 2023 Nov 1;44(11):953-8.

Martins CD, Maasdorp SD. Outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies and febrile neutropenia at the Universitas Academic Hospital multidisciplinary intensive care unit, Free State Province, South Africa. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Apr 1;29(1):18-23.

Mhundwa W, Joubert G, Mofokeng TR. The prevalence of chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in central South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2023 Apr 23;65(1):5663.

Mofokeng N, Maponga TG, van Schalkwyk M, Hugo S, Morobadi MD, Vawda S, Badenhorst L, van Vuuren C, van Rensburg C, Preiser W, Taljaard J. Barriers that prevent adults living with HBV infection from participating in clinical research: experience from South Africa. Journal of Virus Eradication. 2023 Mar 1;9(1):100317.

Naicker W, Kloppers J, van Rooyen FC, van Marle A, Barrett C. Acute promyelocytic leukaemia: A central South African experience. SA Journal of Oncology. 2023 Feb 28;7:245.

Ruder G, Carter RM, Joubert G. Accuracy of C-reactive protein and a differentiated white cell count in diagnosing tuberculosis. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 May 29;38(1):481.

Medical Physics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Acho S, Tsoka-Gwegweni J, Stofile C, Banda K, Theron T, Struwig V. Influence of radiation dose reduction gloves on exposure parameters, entrance dose rates and eye doses of interventionalists during mobile C-arm fluoroscopic procedures: A phantom study. Radiography. 2023 May 1;29(3):539-45

Pieters H, Van Staden JA, du Plessis FC, du Raan H. Validation of a Monte Carlo simulated cardiac phantom for planar and SPECT studies. Physica Medica. 2023 Jul 1;111:102617.

Sebelego I, Acho S, Van der Merwe B, Rae WI. Size based dependence of patient dose metrics, and image quality metrics for clinical indicator-based imaging protocols in abdominal CT procedures. Radiography. 2023 Oct 1;29(6):961-74.

Sebelego IK, Acho S, Van der Merwe B, Rae WI. Factors influencing size-specific dose estimates of selected computed tomography protocols at two clinical practices in South Africa. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 2023 May;199(7):588-602.

Neurology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Christopher LL, Pretorius PJ, Moodley A, Joubert G, Arendse T. Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 20;29:2010

van Tonder CB, Joubert G, Moodley A. Restless legs syndrome in chronic renal failure patients on dialysis. African Health Sciences. 2023 Oct 11;23(3):764-77.

Nuclear Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Evbuomwan O, Endres W, Tebeila T, Engelbrecht G. Identification and follow-up of COVID-19 related matching ventilation and perfusion defects on functional imaging using VQ SPECT/CT. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2023 Feb;57(1):9-15

Evbuomwan O, Engelbrecht G, Driver C, Sempa J, van Rensburg BJ, Labuschagne M, Horn-Lodewyk JN. Head-to-head comparison of ultrasound and 99mTc-glucosamine SPECT/CT imaging of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single center prospective study. Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. 2023 Dec 15;54(1):223

Evbuomwan O, Engelbrecht G, Driver C, van Rensburg BJ, Labuschagne M, Horn-Lodewyk JN. The prognostic value of 99mTc-glucosamine imaging in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single center prospective study. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 2023 Nov 1;44(11):953-8.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Ghodhbani ME, Baloyi S. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in male patients attending an infertility clinic at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2023 Apr 1 (Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 20-29). In House Publications.

Kave YV, Sonti BS, Morton DG, James S. Supporting the needs of midwives caring for women with perinatal loss in South Africa. British Journal of Midwifery. 2023 Jan 2;31(1):16-22.

Tshimanga M, Baloyi SM. Profile of patients with poor ovarian reserve among patients attending fertility clinic at Universitas Academic Hospital, Free State province, South Africa. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2023 Apr 1 (Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 29-34). In House Publications.

Otorhinolaryngology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Esterhuizen N, Berman DM, Neumann FH, Ajikah L, Quick LJ, Hilmer E, Van Aardt A, John J, Garland R, Hill T, Finch J. The South African pollen monitoring network: Insights from 2 years of national aerospora sampling (2019–2021). Clinical and Translational Allergy. 2023 Nov;13(11):e12304.

Richards GA, McDonald M, Gray CL, De Waal P, Friedman R, Hockman M, Karabus SJ, Lodder CM, Mabelane T, Mosito SM, Nanan A. Allergic rhinitis: Review of the diagnosis and management: South African allergic rhinitis working group. South African General Practitioner. 2023 Nov 1;4(4):124-36.

Paediatrics and Child Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Afolabi KM, Van der Byl A, Joubert G. An audit of electronic discharge summaries of neonates admitted with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy to tertiary hospitals in Bloemfontein in 2018-2019. South African Journal of Child Health. 2023 Dec 1;17(4):212-6.

Ashkir S, Abel T, Khaliq OP, Moodley J. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women in an antenatal clinic in Durban, South Africa. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Aug 31;38(1):516.

Aslan AT, Permana B, Harris PN, Naidoo KD, Pienaar MA, Irwin AD. The opportunities and challenges for artificial intelligence to improve sepsis outcomes in the paediatric intensive care unit. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2023 Nov;25(11):243-53.

Ishmail H, Khaliq OP, Ngene NC. The role of genetics in maternal susceptibility to preeclampsia in women of African ancestry. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 2023 Dec 1;160:104139.

Morrow BM, Ray EL, McCulloch M, Salie S, Salloo A, Appel IN, Du Plooy E, Cawood S, Moshesh P, Keeling KH, Solomon LJ. Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome in South African PICUs: A multisite point-prevalence study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2023 Dec 1;24(12):1063-71.

Nallamothu BK, Greif R, Anderson T, Atiq H, Couto TB, Considine J, De Caen AR, Djärv T, Doll A, Douma MJ, Edelson DP. Ten steps toward improving In-Hospital cardiac arrest quality of Care and outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023; 16 (11): e010491 [Internet].

Nell N, De Villiers F, Griessel DJ. Reflections on teaching piano to young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa. 2022 Dec 1;19(2):41-63.

Ngene NC, Khaliq OP, Moodley J. Inequality in health care services in urban and rural settings in South Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health. 2023;27(5):87-95.

Phoswa WN, Khaliq OP, Eche S. A review on Inflammasomes and immune checkpoints in pre-eclampsia complicated with tuberculosis and human immune deficiency virus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Aug 22;20(17):6627

Pienaar M, Marais L, Serekoane M, Marais K, Cloete J, Lenka M, Sharp C. ‘Being a mother is not child's play’: The capabilities of mothers in a low‐resource setting in South Africa. Health Expectations. 2023 Apr;26(2):651-61.

Pitso B, Pillay C, de Waal PJ. Mannan-binding lectin deficiency in a child: is it a thing or not?. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 2023 Sep 1;36(3):166-71.

Ramphal S, Khaliq OP, Abel T, Moodley J. Expectant management of advanced abdominal pregnancies: Is it justifiable?. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 2023 Feb 1;281:99-108

Richards GA, McDonald M, Gray CL, De Waal P, Friedman R, Hockman M, Karabus SJ, Lodder CM, Mabelane T, Mosito SM, Nanan A. Allergic rhinitis: Review of the diagnosis and management: South African allergic rhinitis working group. South African General Practitioner. 2023 Nov 1;4(4):124-36.

Ruperto N, Lovell DJ, Berman A, Anton J, Viola DO, Lauwerys B, Rama ME, Bohnsack J, Breedt J, Fischbach M, Lutz T. Abatacept as monotherapy and in combination with methotrexate in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: analysis of 2 phase III trials. The Journal of rheumatology. 2023 Nov 1;50(11):1471-80.

Schoeman J, Kellerman IM, Ndlovu S, Ladas EJ, Rogers PC, Lombard CJ, Büchner A, Reynders DT, Naidu G, Rowe B, Du Plessis J. Prevalence of poverty and hunger at cancer diagnosis and its association with malnutrition and overall survival in South Africa. Nutrition and Cancer. 2023 Aug 9;75(7):1551-9.

Pharmacology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Chapter in Book

Nigam M, Mishra AP. Indian Medicinal Plants and Their Potential Against Coronaviruses. InSustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants 2023 May 5 (pp. 145-159). CRC Press.

Saklani S, Saklani DP, Nigam M, Sinisgalli C, Mishra AP. Traditional Healthcare Practices of Herbal Drugs in Uttarakhand Himalayas, India. InSustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants 2023 May 5 (pp. 387-412). CRC Press

Tripathy S, Mangoato I, Dassarma B, Rauf A, Shah SU, Chabalala H, Khan IN, Matsabisa MG. Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practices against Viral Infections: Perspectives against COVID-19. InSustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants 2023 May 5 (pp. 75-89). CRC Press

Journal Article

Adetunji JA, Fasae KD, Awe AI, Paimo OK, Adegoke AM, Akintunde JK, Sekhoacha MP. The protective roles of citrus flavonoids, naringenin, and naringin on endothelial cell dysfunction in diseases. Heliyon. 2023 Jun 1;9(6).

Bhattacharya D, Mukhopadhyay M, Shivam K, Tripathy S, Patra R, Pramanik A. Recent developments in photodynamic therapy and its application against multidrug resistant cancers. Biomedical Materials. 2023 Oct 24;18(6):062005

Devi D, Gupta KK, Chandra H, Sharma KK, Sagar K, Mori E, de Farias PA, Coutinho HD, Mishra AP. Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) through application of indigenous strain Alcaligenes faecalis ISJ128. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2023 Dec;45(12):9391-409

Erukainure OL, Otukile KP, Harejane KR, Salau VF, Aljoundi A, Chukwuma CI, Matsabisa MG. Computational insights into the antioxidant and antidiabetic mechanisms of cannabidiol: An in vitro and in silico study. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 2023 Jul 1;16(7):104842

Erukainure OL, Oyenihi OR, Amaku JF, Chukwuma CI, Nde AL, Salau VF, Matsabisa MG. Cannabis sativa L. modulates altered metabolic pathways involved in key metabolisms in human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells: A metabolomics study. Heliyon. 2023 May 1;9(5).

Erukainure OL, Salau VF, Olofinsan KA, Chukwuma CI, Osagie OA, Ebuehi OA, Islam MS. Leucine suppresses glucose absorption with concomitant modulation of metabolic activities linked to postprandial hyperglycemia in jejunums of isolated rats’ small intestines. Nutrire. 2023 Jan 10;48(1):4.

Gang R, Matsabisa M, Okello D, Kang Y. Ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in Uganda. Applied Biological Chemistry. 2023 Jul 6;66(1):39.

Kgosiemang IK, Adegoke AM, Mashele SS, Sekhoacha MP. Green synthesis of Iron oxide and Iron dioxide nanoparticles using Euphorbia tirucalli: characterization and antiproliferative evaluation against three breast cancer cell lines. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 2023 Dec 31;18(1):2276276

Mishra AP, Nigam M, Nambooze J, Salau VF, Olofinsan KA, Iriti M, Matsabisa MG. GC-MS analysis, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties of methanol extract of Annona muricata L. leaves-An in vitro and in silico study. Current Organic Chemistry. 2023 Sep 1;27(17):1531-41.

Mishra AP, Swetanshu, Singh P, Yadav S, Nigam M, Seidel V, Rodrigues CF. Role of the dietary phytochemical curcumin in targeting cancer cell signalling pathways. Plants. 2023 Apr 26;12(9):1782.

Mukherjee P, Tripathy S, Matsabisa MG, Sahu SK. Development of upconversion-NMOFs nanocomposite conjugated with gold nanoparticles for NIR light-triggered combinational chemo-photothermal therapy. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2023 Mar 1;437:114426

Mutombo PN, Kasilo OM, James PB, Wardle J, Kunle O, Katerere D, Wambebe C, Matsabisa MG, Rahmatullah M, Nikiema JB, Mukankubito I. Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ global health. 2023 Aug 1;8(8):e010813

Ncume PV, Salau VF, Mtshali S, Olofinsan KA, Erukainure OL, Matsabisa MG. Phytochemical properties of Croton gratissimus Burch (Lavender croton) herbal tea and its protective effect against iron-induced oxidative hepatic injury. Plants. 2023 Aug 10;12(16):2915.

Olofinsan KA, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Senna petersiana (Bolle) leaf extract modulates glycemic homeostasis and improves dysregulated enzyme activities in fructose-fed streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2023 Mar 1;303:115998.

Oyebode OA, Erukainure OL, Mopuri R, Sanni O, Koorbanally NA, Islam MS. Butanol fraction of Alstonia boonei De Wild. leaves ameliorate oxidative stress and modulate key hypoglycaemic processes in diabetic rats. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 2023 Sep 3;129(5):1091-104

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Ayeni G, Ibeji CU, Olasehinde TA, Chukwuma CI, Koorbanally NA, Islam MS. Betulinic Acid Modulates Redox Imbalance and Dysregulated Metabolisms, While Ameliorating Purinergic and Cholinergic Activities in Iron-Induced Neurotoxicity. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 2023 Feb;33(1):198-207

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Olofinsan KA, Msomi NZ, Ijomone OK, Islam MS. Ferulic acid mitigates diabetic cardiomyopathy via modulation of metabolic abnormalities in cardiac tissues of diabetic rats. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology. 2023 Feb;37(1):44-59

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Olofinsan KA, Schoeman RL, Matsabisa MG. Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Herbal Tea: modulation of hepatoprotective effects in chang liver cells via mitigation of redox imbalance and modulation of perturbed metabolic activities. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2023 Aug 7;14:1221769

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Olofinsan KO, Bharuth V, Ijomone OM, Islam MS. Ferulic acid improves glucose homeostasis by modulation of key diabetogenic activities and restoration of pancreatic architecture in diabetic rats. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology. 2023 Apr;37(2):324-39.

Salemcity AJ, Olanlokun JO, Olowofolahan AO, Olojo FO, Adegoke AM, Olorunsogo OO. Reversal of mitochondrial permeability transition pore and pancreas degeneration by chloroform fraction of Ocimum gratissimum (L.) leaf extract in type 2 diabetic rat model. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2023 Nov 14;14:1231826.

Selam MN, Tegegne AM, Ababu A, Matsabisa M, Birhanu G. Surface Disinfection Practice in Public Hospitals in the Era of COVID-19: Assessment of Disinfectant Solution Preparation and Use in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2023 Dec 31:3213-24.

Yayehrad AT, Marew T, Matsabisa M, Wondie GB. Physicochemical characterization and evaluation of Ficus vasta gum as a binder in tablet formulation. BioMed Research International. 2023;2023(1):8852784

Yayehrad AT, Siraj EA, Matsabisa M, Birhanu G. 3D printed drug loaded nanomaterials for wound healing applications. Regenerative Therapy. 2023 Dec 1;24:361-76.

Psychiatry Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Christopher LL, Pretorius PJ, Moodley A, Joubert G, Arendse T. Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 20;29:2010

Masakala M, Mofokeng M, Muchocho A, Sibisi S, le Roux J, le Roux H, Joubert G. Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex. South African journal of psychiatry. 2023 Mar 30;20:2000.

School of Clinical Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N, Van Rooyen C. Knowledge, attitude and practice on screening and early diagnosis of prostate cancer of primary health care providers in the Free State. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2023 Feb 28;15(1):3688

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Enhancing public awareness and practice of prostate cancer screening among African men: A scoping review. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 17;65(1):5621

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Strategies to enhance the approach to prostate cancer screening of South African black men in the Free State: a Delphi study. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2023 May 24;14(7):2333.

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. The profile of Black South African men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Free State, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 10;65(1):5553.

Lamacraft G, van Rooyen C, Raubenheimer L, Arendse K, Gama X, Jang HG, Nemakundani R, Osei-Fofie L. Prevalence of preoperative anxiety and its contributing factors in adult patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery at an academic hospital in South Africa: a pilot study. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2023;29(4):128-34.

Naicker W, Kloppers J, van Rooyen FC, van Marle A, Barrett C. Acute promyelocytic leukaemia: A central South African experience. SA Journal of Oncology. 2023 Feb 28;7:245.

Raj SP, Vermeulen M, Swanevelder R, van den Berg K, Bellairs GR. Blood banking in south africa. Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2023 Oct 1;62(5)

van den Berg K, Murphy EL, Louw VJ, Maartens G, Hughes SD. Motivations for blood donation by HIV‐positive individuals on antiretrovirals in South Africa: A qualitative study. Transfusion Medicine. 2023 Aug;33(4):277-86.

Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Achilonu CC, Gryzenhout M, Ghosh S, Marais GJ. In vitro evaluation of azoxystrobin, boscalid, fentin-hydroxide, propiconazole, pyraclostrobin fungicides against Alternaria alternata pathogen isolated from Carya illinoinensis in South Africa. Microorganisms. 2023 Jun 29;11(7):1691.

Achilonu CC, Gryzenhout M, Marais GJ, Ghosh S. Differential detection of Alternaria alternata haplotypes isolated from Carya illinoinensis using PCR-RFLP analysis of Alt a1 gene region. Genes. 2023 May 20;14(5):1115.

Achilonu CC, Marais GJ, Ghosh S, Gryzenhout M. Multigene phylogeny and pathogenicity trials revealed Alternaria alternata as the causal agent of black spot disease and seedling wilt of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) in South Africa. Pathogens. 2023 May 2;12(5):672.

Balakrishnan A, Barmpounakis P, Demiris N, Jah A, Spiers HV, Talukder S, Martin JL, Gibbs P, Harper SJ, Huguet EL, Kosmoliaptsis V. Surgical outcomes of gallbladder cancer: the OMEGA retrospective, multicentre, international cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 May 1;59.

Du Preez H, Brits E. The profile and outcome of small bowel atresia at Universitas Academic Hospital. South African Journal of Surgery. 2023 Aug 30;61(1):31-5.

Gómez Rosado JC, Capitan-Morales LC. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries.

Lluís N, Serradilla-Martín M, Achalandabaso M, Jehaes F, Dasari BV, Mambrilla-Herrero S, Sparrelid E, Balakrishnan A, Hoogwater FJ, Amaral MJ, Andersson B. Intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile duct: a European retrospective multicenter observational study (EUR-IPNB study). International Journal of Surgery. 2023 Apr 1;109(4):760-71.

Mathonsi KP, Arko-Cobbah E. Outcomes of burns patients in a developing country: a single centre’s experience. South African Medical Journal. 2023 Oct 1;113(10):1444-50.

Mthunzi RJ, Noel CB. Geographic distribution of pancreaticobiliary malignancy in central South Africa presenting to the Universitas Academic Hospital Complex. South African Journal of Surgery. 2023;61(3):7-11.

Mulder WW, Arko-Cobbah E, Joubert G. Are admission laboratory values in isolation meaningful for predicting surgical outcome in patients with perforated peptic ulcers?. Surgery open science. 2023 Jan 1;11:62-8

Urology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N, Van Rooyen C. Knowledge, attitude and practice on screening and early diagnosis of prostate cancer of primary health care providers in the Free State. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2023 Feb 28;15(1):3688

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Enhancing public awareness and practice of prostate cancer screening among African men: A scoping review. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 17;65(1):5621

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. Strategies to enhance the approach to prostate cancer screening of South African black men in the Free State: a Delphi study. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2023 May 24;14(7):2333.

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N. The profile of Black South African men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Free State, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 10;65(1):5553.

Anaesthesiology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Cronje L, Torborg AM, Meyer HM, Bhettay AZ, Diedericks JB, Cilliers C, Kluyts HL, Mrara B, Kalipa MN, Cloete E, Burke A. An evaluation of severe anesthetic-related critical incidents and risks from the South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study: a 14-day prospective, observational cohort study of pediatric surgical patients. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2022 Apr 1;134(4):728-39.

du Plessis N, Lamacraft G, Joubert G. Training, knowledge, experience and perceptions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation of doctors at an academic hospital in central South Africa. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022 Dec 1;12(4):344-51.

van Marie AC, Acho PM, Chepape CO, Mahlaba RM, Dlamini P, Magugu S, Mahlohla KK, Teis N, Kachelhoffer AM, Joubert G, Coetzee MJ. A retrospective file audit of preoperative anaemia in patients referred to an anaesthesiology clinic before elective orthopaedic surgery. SA Orthopaedic Journal. 2022;21(1):16-20.

Vorster FC, Diedericks BJ. Waste not, want not: the anaesthesiologist and the environment. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 2022 Oct 1;28(5):188-92.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Alozie A, Werner D, Schafmayer C, Yilmaz K, Skusa K, Meinel FG, Zimpfer A, Öner A, Dohmen P. Management of Pulmonary Artery Synovial Sarcoma: The 3-Step Surgical Approach. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Dec 1;114(6):e443-5.

Alozie A, Zimpfer A, Erbersdobler A, Neßelmann C, Öner A, Dohmen PM. Surgery for valvular and nonvalvular papillary fibroelastomas. InSeminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2022 Jun 1 (Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 560-568). WB Saunders.

Botes L, Laker L, Dohmen PM, Van den Heever JJ, Jordaan CJ, Lewies A, Smit FE. Advantages of decellularized bovine pericardial scaffolds compared to glutaraldehyde fixed bovine pericardial patches demonstrated in a 180-day implant ovine study. Cell and Tissue Banking. 2022 Dec;23(4):791-805.

Claassen FM, Martins FE, Mutambirwa SB, Potgieter L, Botes L, Kotze HF, Smit FE. Anastomotic urethroplasty with double layer continuous running suture re-anastomosis versus interrupted suture re-anastomosis for infective bulbar urethral strictures: A prospective randomised trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Jul 22;11(15):4252.

Mongwaketse T, Kruger J, Lewies A, Baumgartner J, Mattheus Smuts C. Minerals, antinutrients content and the bioaccessibility of iron and zinc in cooked, spontaneously fermented-dried, and blanched-dried dark green leafy vegetables commonly consumed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Science and Technology. 2021 Oct 22;42:e37921.

Öner A, Hemmer C, Alozie A, Löser B, Dohmen PM. Introduction of the rapid deployment aortic valve system use in elderly patients with endocarditis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022 Mar 22;9:774189.

 Siquier-Padilla J, Cuervo G, Urra X, Quintana E, Hernández-Meneses M, Sandoval E, Lapeña P, Falces C, Mestres CA, Paez-Carpio A, Moreno A. Optimal timing for cardiac surgery in infective endocarditis with neurological complications: a narrative review. Journal of clinical medicine. 2022 Sep 7;11(18):5275.

van den Heever JJ, Jordaan CJ, Lewies A, Bester D, Goedhals J, Botes L, Dohmen PM, Smit FE. Comparison of the function and structural integrity of cryopreserved pulmonary homografts versus decellularized pulmonary homografts after 180 days implantation in the juvenile ovine model. Cell and Tissue Banking. 2022 Jun;23(2):347-66.

van den Heever JJ, Jordaan CJ, Lewies A, Goedhals J, Bester D, Botes L, Dohmen PM, Smit FE. Impact of three different processing techniques on the strength and structure of juvenile ovine pulmonary homografts. Polymers. 2022 Jul 27;14(15):3036.

Clinical Imaging Sciences Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Muller H, Fossey A. Stereolithography (STL) measurement rubric for the evaluation of craniomaxillofacial STLs. 3D Printing in Medicine. 2022 Aug 8;8(1):25.

Ntja U, van Rensburg JJ, Joubert G. Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of smartphone captured radiologic images communicated via WhatsApp®. African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022 Mar 1;12(1):67-70.

Wentzel M, van Rensburg JJ, Terblans JJ. Radiology blues: Comparing occupational blue-light exposure to recommended safety standards. SA journal of radiology. 2023;27(1).

Community Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

De Wet T, Kruger WH, Joubert G. Obesity and sickness absenteeism among health workers in a private hospital in South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2022 Feb 3;64(1):5418.

Kritzinger S, Kruger W, Joubert G. The prevalence of lower back pain and absenteeism and their associations with self-reported exercise patterns in workers at a South African poultry abattoir. Ergonomics SA: Journal of the Ergonomics Society of South Africa. 2022 Dec 1;33(1):34-52.

Lategan LO, Van Zyl GJ, Kruger WH. Building blocks for a public health ethics framework for the geriatric community. South African Family Practice. 2022 Feb 21;64(1)

Lategan LO, van Zyl GJ, Kruger WH. What is public health ethics for the geriatric community?. Health SA Gesondheid. 2022 Sep 27;27:1824.

Malakoane B, Heunis JC, Chikobvu P, Kigozi NG, Kruger WH. Improving public health sector service delivery in the Free State, South Africa: development of a provincial intervention model. BMC Health Services Research. 2022 Apr 12;22(1):486

Mulondo MA, Tsoka-Gwegweni JM, LenkaBula P, Chikobvu P. A survey to determine the capacity development needs of research ethics committee administrators in South Africa. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2022 Feb;17(1-2):84-93.

Mulondo MA, Tsoka-Gwegweni JM, LenkaBula P, Chikobvu P. Capacity Development of Research Ethics Administrators: Scoping Review. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 2022 Oct;17(4):515-24

Olaleye K. Challenges of antiretroviral therapy among children in Free State Province, South Africa. Scripta Medica. 2023 Aug 6

Rose A, Rae WI, Sweetlove MA, Ngetu L, Benadjaoud MA, Marais W. Radiation induced cataracts in interventionalists occupationally exposed to ionising radiation. SA journal of radiology. 2022;26(1).

Van Zyl S, Kruger WH, Walsh CM. Chronic diseases of lifestyle curriculum: Students’ perceptions in primary health care settings. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2023 Jan 31;15(1):3775

Critical Care Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Adams JC, Barrett C, Spruyt M. Iatrogenic blood loss in critical care: A prospective observational study conducted at Universitas Academic Hospital in the Free State Province, South Africa. Southern African Journal of Critical Care (Online). 2022 Jul;38(2):75-80.

Glover E, Abrahamson A, Adams J, Poken SR, Hainsworth SL, Lamprecht A, Delport T, Keulder T, Olivier T, Maasdorp SD. Central line-associated bloodstream infections at the multidisciplinary intensive care unit of Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Apr 1;28(1):15-9.

Maasdorp SD, Pretorius M, Pienaar P, Rosslee E, Alexander A, van der Linde A, van Rooyen C. Respiratory technologists in the frontlines against COVID-19. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Jun 1;28(2):66-9.

van den Berg K, Glatt TN, Vermeulen M, Little F, Swanevelder R, Barrett C, Court R, Bremer M, Nyoni C, Swarts A, Mmenu C. Convalescent plasma in the treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial (PROTECT-Patient Trial). Scientific reports. 2022 Feb 15;12(1):2552.

Dermatology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Makhakhe L. The flip side of frequent sanitising and hand washing. South African Family Practice. 2023 Jan 11;65(1):5595

Makhakhe L. Topical cannabidiol (CBD) in skin pathology–A comprehensive review and prospects for new therapeutic opportunities. South African Family Practice. 2022 May 30;64(2).

Maruma F, Makuru H. Paediatric pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans without underlying inflammatory bowel disease: a case report of a 3-year-old African girl. Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. 2022 Jan 1:2363-7.

Family Medicine Department (Kimberley Office)

Journal Article

Giaquinto-Cilliers MG, Nair A, Von Pressentin KB, Coetzee F, Saeed H. A ‘game of dressings’: Strategies for wound management in primary health care. South African Family Practice. 2022 Feb 28;64(1).

Kaswa R, Nair A, Von Pressentin KB. The outbreak of monkeypox: A clinical overview. South African Family Practice. 2022;64(4).

Family Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Benedict MO, Brits H. Induction of labour practices at Botshabelo District Hospital: Assessing the institutional guidelines. Journal of Public Health in Africa. 2022 Jul 26;13(2):2153.

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N, van Rooyen C. Knowledge, beliefs and intentions of African men in the Free State about prostate cancer screening. Health SA Gesondheid. 2022 Dec 5;27:2081.

Burger H, Krause R, Blanchard C, Ambler J, Ganca L, Barnard A, Meiring M, Ratshikana-Moloko M, Brits H, Brand T, Scott M. Position paper on undergraduate Palliative Medicine education for doctors in South Africa. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2022 Jul 7;14(1):3202.

Egenasi CK, Moodley AA, Steinberg WJ, Adefuye AO. Current norms and practices in using a seizure diary for managing epilepsy: A scoping review. South African Family Practice. 2022 Sep 22;64(1):5540.

Geldenhuys S, Boltman C, Steinberg WJ, Botes J, Van Rooyen C. Clinical review of the clinical necessity of lumbar punctures performed on adults at National District Hospital Emergency Department. South African Family Practice. 2022 Aug 19;64(3)

Groenewald L, Faber L, Fourie JP, Oosthuizen CJ, Müller M, Van der Westhuizen K, Kapp DD, Swanepoel R, Brits H. Oxygen as a drug and scarce commodity: Do we use it rationally?. South African Family Practice. 2022;64(4).

Joubert G, Steinberg WJ, van der Merwe LJ. Medical students as research participants: Student experiences, questionnaire response rates and preferred modes. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 2022 Nov 1;14(3):106-10.

Kagawa MN, Kiguli S, Steinberg H, Jama MP. Perceptions of lecturers, administrators, and students about the workplace as learning environment for undergraduate medical students at a national referral and teaching hospital in Uganda. Advances in Medical Education and Practice. 2022 May 26:555-66.

Mabele OM, Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Reji E, Van Rooyen C, Adefuye AO. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of men in a South African rural community in relation to exclusive breastfeeding. South African Family Practice. 2022 Feb 11;64(1).

Peter PI, Steinberg WJ, van Rooyen C, Botes J. Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients’ knowledge, attitude and practice of lifestyle modifications. Health SA Gesondheid. 2022 Oct 21;27:1921.

Terwin K, Ferreira M, Minnie C, Marangellis K, Darby R, Berlyn J. The epidemiological profile of meningitis among adults in a South African district hospital. Pan Afr Med J. 2022; 41: 256 [Internet].

Internal Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Al‐Riyami AZ, Estcourt L, Rahimi‐Levene N, Bloch EM, Goel R, Tiberghien P, Thibert JB, Bruun MT, Devine DV, Gammon RR, Wendel S. Early and out‐of‐hospital use of COVID‐19 convalescent plasma: An international assessment of utilization and feasibility. Vox sanguinis. 2022 Oct;117(10):1202-10.

Bolton L, van den Berg K, Swanevelder R, Pulliam JR. Characterising differences in red blood cell usage patterns between healthcare sectors in South Africa: 2014–2019. Blood Transfusion. 2021 Nov 29;20(4):299

Feldman C, Dlamini S, Richards GA, Black J, Butler IL, Cutland C, Hefer E, Hodkinson B, Kok A, Manga P, Meiring S. A comprehensive overview of pneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults in South Africa, 2022. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2022 Oct;14(10):4150.

Glover E, Abrahamson A, Adams J, Poken SR, Hainsworth SL, Lamprecht A, Delport T, Keulder T, Olivier T, Maasdorp SD. Central line-associated bloodstream infections at the multidisciplinary intensive care unit of Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 Apr 1;28(1):15-9.

Jassat W, Mudara C, Vika C, Dryden M, Masha M, Arendse T, Groome MJ, Moultrie H, Ismail F, Mvusi L, Singh S. Undiagnosed comorbidities among individuals hospitalised with COVID-19 in South African public hospitals. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Sep 1;112(9):747-52.

Matefo L, Armand BP, Dominique G, Samantha P, John F, Craig T, Daniel W, Theresa L, Sunetra G, Maréza B, Jane BF. Validation of laboratory developed serology assays for detection of IgG antibody to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in the South African population. Journal of Virological Methods. 2022 Sep 1;307:114571.

Mofokeng TR, Beshyah SA, Ross IL. Characteristics and challenges of primary adrenal insufficiency in Africa: a review of the literature. International journal of endocrinology. 2022;2022(1):8907864

Mooko T, Bala A, Tripathy S, Kumar CS, Mahadevappa CP, Chaudhary SK, Matsabisa MG. Cannabis sativa L. Flower and bud extracts inhibited in vitro cholinesterases and β-secretase enzymes activities: Possible mechanisms of cannabis use in alzheimer disease. Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets (Formerly Current Drug Targets-Immune, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders). 2022 Mar 1;22(3):297-309

Mwangi P, Mogotsi M, Ogunbayo A, Mooko T, Maringa W, Sondlane H, Nkwadipo K, Adelabu O, Bester PA, Goedhals D, Nyaga M. A decontamination strategy for resolving SARS-CoV-2 amplicon contamination in a next-generation sequencing laboratory. Archives of Virology. 2022 Apr;167(4):1175-9.

Patidar GK, Thachil J, Dhiman Y, Oreh A, Vrielink H, van den Berg K, Grubovic Rastvorceva RM, So‐Osman C, Al‐Riyami AZ, ISBT Convalescent Plasma Working Group. Management of blood transfusion services in low‐resource countries. Vox Sanguinis. 2022 Dec;117(12):1375-83.

Thibile S, Barrett C, Potgieter S, Joubert G, Malherbe J. Adult pure red cell aplasia at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa: A 9-year review. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Sep 1;112(9):753-9.

van den Berg K, Glatt TN, Vermeulen M, Little F, Swanevelder R, Barrett C, Court R, Bremer M, Nyoni C, Swarts A, Mmenu C. Convalescent plasma in the treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial (PROTECT-Patient Trial). Scientific reports. 2022 Feb 15;12(1):2552.

Verboven L, Calders T, Callens S, Black J, Maartens G, Dooley KE, Potgieter S, Warren RM, Laukens K, Van Rie A. A treatment recommender clinical decision support system for personalized medicine: method development and proof-of-concept for drug resistant tuberculosis. BMC medical informatics and decision making. 2022 Mar 2;22(1):56.

Vermeulen M, van Schalkwyk C, Jacobs G, van den Berg K, Stone M, Bakkour S, Custer B, Jentsch U, Busch MP, Murphy E, Grebe E. The impact of early antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV on the sensitivity of the latest generation of blood screening and point of care assays. Viruses. 2022 Jun 29;14(7):1426.

Medical Physics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Lazarus GL, van Eeden D, du Plessis FC. Validation of Monte Carlo-based calculations for megavolt electron beams for IORT and FLASH-IORT. Heliyon. 2022 Sep 1;8(9).

McGinnis GJ, Ning MS, Beadle BM, Joubert N, Shaw W, Trauernich C, Simonds H, Grover S, Cardenas CE, Court LE, Smith GL. Barriers and facilitators of implementing automated radiotherapy planning: A multisite survey of low-and middle-income country radiation oncology providers. JCO global oncology. 2022 May;8:e2100431

Ramonaheng K, Van Staden JA, Du Raan H. Accuracy of two dosimetry software programs for 177Lu radiopharmaceutical therapy using voxel-based patient-specific phantoms. Heliyon. 2022 Jul 1;8(7).

Rhee DJ, Akinfenwa CP, Rigaud B, Jhingran A, Cardenas CE, Zhang L, Prajapati S, Kry SF, Brock KK, Beadle BM, Shaw W. Automatic contouring QA method using a deep learning–based autocontouring system. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2022 Aug;23(8):e13647

Rhee DJ, Jhingran A, Huang K, Netherton TJ, Fakie N, White I, Sherriff A, Cardenas CE, Zhang L, Prajapati S, Kry SF. Clinical acceptability of fully automated external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer with three different beam delivery techniques. Medical physics. 2022 Sep;49(9):5742-51.

Rose A, Rae WI, Sweetlove MA, Ngetu L, Benadjaoud MA, Marais W. Radiation induced cataracts in interventionalists occupationally exposed to ionising radiation. SA journal of radiology. 2022;26(1).

Trauernicht CJ, van Eeden D, du Plessis FC. Measured, calculated, and egs_brachy I‐125 dose distributions in a gold plaque for retinoblastoma treatment. Medical Physics. 2022 Sep;49(9):6183-94.

van Eeden D, Joubert MM, du Plessis FC. Evaluation of artificial neural network designs for Gafchromic™ film calibration with Tc-99m and digital photos. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 2022 Sep 1;187:110311

van Eeden D, Mutsakanyi S, du Plessis FC. Photon beam dose enhancement in AuNP AC tumour through energy moderation of a 6áMeV electron beam: A Monte Carlo study. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2022 Mar 1;192:109925.

Van Eeden D, Sachse KN, Du Plessis FC. Practical Dosimetry Considerations for Small MLC-Shaped Electron Fields at 60 cm SSD. Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering. 2022 Feb 1;12(1):101.

Neurology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Munsamy AJ, Brautaset RL, Moodley AA. The relationship between retinal structure and visual function in non‐immuno‐compromised people living with HIV without retinitis on antiretroviral therapy. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. 2022 Mar;42(2):393-409.

Nuclear Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Evbuomwan O, Endres W, Tebieia T, Engelbrecht G. Incidence and follow-up of persistent lung perfusion abnormalities as a result of suspected air trapping or microthrombosis in non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients during the early half of the pandemic–experience in a tertiary institution in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Nov 1;112(11):850-4.

 Osayande E, Carika F, Gerrit E. Technetium 99m PSMA superscan mimicking a bone scan gone wrong. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2022 Aug;56(4):211-7.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Baloyi SM, Booi MA. Prevalence of congenital birth defects (CBD) and associated risk-factors of babies delivered at Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein South Africa: 2013-2017. In: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2022 Nov 1 (Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 5-8). In House Publications

Baloyi SM, El Ammari SR. Multiple ectopic breast tissue with a large lactating vulvar mass in a postpartum period. In: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2022 Nov 1 (Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 15-17). In House Publications.

Baloyi SM, El Ammari SR. Spontaneous Non-Traumatic Splenic Rupture in Twin Pregnancy. InObstetrics and Gynaecology Forum 2022 Nov 1 (Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 24-27). In House Publications.

Oncology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Osayande E, Carika F, Gerrit E. Technetium 99m PSMA superscan mimicking a bone scan gone wrong. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2022 Aug;56(4):211-7.

Rhee DJ, Jhingran A, Huang K, Netherton TJ, Fakie N, White I, Sherriff A, Cardenas CE, Zhang L, Prajapati S, Kry SF. Clinical acceptability of fully automated external beam radiotherapy for cervical cancer with three different beam delivery techniques. Medical physics. 2022 Sep;49(9):5742-51.

Ophthalmology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Rose A, Rae WI, Sweetlove MA, Ngetu L, Benadjaoud MA, Marais W. Radiation induced cataracts in interventionalists occupationally exposed to ionising radiation. SA journal of radiology. 2022 Sep 30;26(1):2495

Orthopaedics Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Blair NR, van der Merwe JF, Matshidza S. Truth or DAIR? A review of debridement, antibiotics and implant retention. SA Orthopaedic Journal. 2022;21(4):228-35.

Kloppers FJ, van der Merwe JF, van Zyl AA. Sacroiliac screw versus locking square plate fixation in sacroiliac joint disruption on composite bone models: a descriptive comparative biomechanical study. Translational Research in Anatomy. 2022 Mar 1;26:100156.

Otorhinolaryngology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Dikkers FG, San Giorgi MR, Rinkel RN, Remacle M, Giovanni A, Wierzbicka M, Seedat R, Campos G, Sandhu GS. Informed consent for suspension microlaryngoscopy: what should we tell the patient? A consensus statement of the European Laryngological Society. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 2022 Nov;279(11):5269-76.

Hoek W. Nasal allergen-provocation testing: a diagnostic tool in the investigation of chronic rhinitis. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 2022 Nov 1;35(4):208-12.

Sibeko SR, Seedat RY. Adult-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis at a south african Referral Hospital. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. 2022 Dec;74(Suppl 3):5188-93

Paediatrics and Child Health Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Abel T, Moodley J, Khaliq OP, Naicker T. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2: molecular mechanism and therapeutic potential in preeclampsia comorbidity with human immunodeficiency virus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections. International journal of molecular sciences. 2022 Nov 9;23(22):13752.

Ashkir S, Khaliq OP, Hunter M, Moodley J. Maternal vaccination: A narrative review. Southern African journal of infectious diseases. 2022 Sep 26;37(1):451

Bezuidenhout W, Cummings J, De Klerk L, Finlay D, Lewis C, Pienaar L, Bouwer A, Coetze R, Joubert G. The knowledge and practices of caregivers regarding the administration of oral liquid medication to children at a healthcare clinic in Bloemfontein, South Africa. South African Journal of Child Health. 2022 Oct 12;16(3):166-71.

de Waal PJ. The protection of personal information act (POPIA) and the promotion of access to information act (PAIA): It is time to take note. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 2022 Nov 1;35(4):232-6

Govender N, Khaliq O, Moodley J, Naicker T. Unravelling the mechanistic role of ace2 and tmprss2 in hypertension: A risk factor for covid-19. Current Hypertension Reviews. 2022 Aug 1;18(2):130-7.

Hendricks M, Cois A, Geel J, Du Plessis J, Bassingthwaighte M, Naidu G, Rowe B, Büchner A, Omar F, Thomas K, Uys R. Malignant extracranial germ cell tumours: A first national report by the South African Children's Cancer Study Group. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2022 May;69(5):e29543.

Hoosen EG, Cilliers AM, Brown S, Mitchell B. Improving access to pediatric cardiac care in the developing world: the South African perspective. Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics. 2022 Sep;8(3):141-50

Krause RC. Blood culture contamination in the departments of paediatrics and child health at two tertiary training hospitals in central South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Feb 1;112(2):102-7.

McDonald M, De Waal PJ. Allergic rhinitis in children: Comparing South African recommendations and European guidelines. SA Pharmaceutical Journal. 2023 Oct 1;90(5):44-50

Moran NF, Khaliq OP, Ngene NC, Moodley J. Persistent maternal tachycardia: A clinical alert for healthcare professionals providing maternity care in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Jun 1;112(6):403-4.

Pienaar MA, Sempa JB, Luwes N, George EC, Brown SC. Development of artificial neural network models for paediatric critical illness in South Africa. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2022 Nov 15;10:1008840

Pienaar MA, Sempa JB, Luwes N, George EC, Brown SC. Elicitation of domain knowledge for a machine learning model for paediatric critical illness in South Africa. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023 Feb 21;11:1005579.

Pienaar MA, Sempa JB, Luwes N, Solomon LJ. An artificial neural network model for pediatric mortality prediction in two tertiary pediatric intensive care units in South Africa. A development study. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2022 Feb 25;10:797080

Ramphal S, Govender N, Singh S, Khaliq OP, Naicker T. Histopathological features in advanced abdominal pregnancies co-infected with SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 infections: a case evaluation. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X. 2022 Aug 1;15:100153.

Salaets T, Cools B, De Meester P, Heying R, Boshoff D, Eyskens B, Brown S, Meyns B, Rega F, Van Puyvelde J, Budts W. Stent expansion of restrictive Fontan conduits to nominal diameter and beyond. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Nov;100(6):1059-66.

Smith R, Ntsiea V, Potterton J, Brown S. Pre-operative neurodevelopmental assessment in young children undergoing cardiac surgery in central South Africa: feasibility and clinical value. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. 2022 May 1;33(3):145-52.

Van Heerden J, Esterhuizen TM, Hendricks M, Poole J, Büchner A, Naidu G, Du Plessis J, Van Emmenes B, Van Zyl A, Mathews E, Kruger M. The association of clinical characteristics and tumour markers with image-defined risk factors in the management of neuroblastoma in South Africa. Clinical Oncology. 2022 Apr 1;34(4):e149-59.

Pharmacology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Chapter in Book

Mishra AP, Nigam M, Devkota HP, Matsabisa MG. Dolomiaea costus (Falc.) Kasana and AK Pandey: Ethnomedicinal uses, bioactive chemical constituents, and pharmacological activities. InMedicinal Plants of the Asteraceae Family: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities 2022 Dec 7 (pp. 153-172). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore

Tripathy S, Dassarma B, Alsaweed M, Matsabisa MG. The Regulatory Role of NRF-2 in Rheumatoid Arthritis. InFree Radical Biology of Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders 2022 Apr 19 (pp. 63-94). Bentham Science Publishers.

Journal Article

Akuru EA, Chukwuma CI, Oyeagu CE, Erukainure OL, Mashile B, Setlhodi R, Mashele SS, Makhafola TJ, Unuofin JO, Abifarin TO, Mpendulo TC. Nutritional and phytochemical profile of pomegranate (“Wonderful variety”) peel and its effects on hepatic oxidative stress and metabolic alterations. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Apr;46(4):e13913.

Beseni BK, Olofinsan KA, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Rhus longipes (Engl.) infusions improve glucose metabolism and mitigate oxidative biomarkers in ferrous sulfate-induced renal injury. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2022 Nov 1;12(11):453-65.

Bhandari M, Singh RK, Laishevtcev A, Mohapatra TM, Nigam M, Mori E, de Lacerda BC, Coutinho HD, Mishra AP. Revisiting scrub typhus: a neglected tropical disease. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2022 Nov 1;90:101888.

Bisht S, Nigam M, Kunjwal SS, Sergey P, Mishra AP, Sharifi-Rad J. Cancer stem cells: from an insight into the basics to recent advances and therapeutic targeting. Stem Cells International. 2022;2022(1):9653244.

Das B, Kar A, Bhowmik R, Karmakar S, Tripathy S, Matsabisa MG, Mukherjee PK. Quality related safety evaluation of a South African traditional formulation (PHELA®) as novel anti-biofilm candidate. Molecules. 2022 Feb 11;27(4):1219.

Das S, Tripathy S, Das A, Sharma MK, Nag A, Hati AK, Roy S. Genomic characterization of Plasmodium falciparum genes associated with anti-folate drug resistance and treatment outcomes in eastern India: A molecular surveillance study from 2008 to 2017. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2022 Dec 13;12:865814.

Elemo GN, Erukainure OL, Okafor JN, Banerjee P, Preissner R, Nwachukwu Nicholas‐Okpara VA, Atolani O, Omowunmi O, Ezeanyanaso CS, Awosika A, Shode F. Underutilized legumes, Cajanus cajan and Glycine max may bring about antisickling effect in sickle cell disease by modulation of redox homeostasis in sickled erythrocytes and alteration of its functional chemistry. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Sep;46(9):e14322

Erhabor JO, Oyenihi OR, Erukainure OL, Matsabisa MG. Croton gratissimus Burch.(Lavender croton): A Review of the Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Nutritional Constituents and Pharmacological Activities. Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research. 2022 Jun 1;6(6)

Erukainure OL, Alabi OO, Salau VF, Amonsou EO. Microstructural and chemical properties of gari and eba: Food products from cassava (Manihot esculenta Cranz). Food Science and Technology International. 2022 Mar;28(2):107-17.

Erukainure OL, Atolani O, Muhammad A, Katsayal SB, Ebhuoma OO, Ibeji CU, Mesaik MA. Targeting the initiation and termination codons of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as possible therapy against COVID-19: The role of novel harpagide 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside from Clerodendrum volubile P Beauv.(Labiatae). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2022 Apr 13;40(6):2475-88.

Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Vernonia amygdalina stimulates muscle glucose uptake and modulates redox activities and functional chemistry in oxidative hepatic injury. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Mar;46(3):e13794.

Erukainure OL, Matsabisa MG, Salau VF, Olofinsan KA, Oyedemi SO, Chukwuma CI, Nde AL, Islam MS. Cannabidiol improves glucose utilization and modulates glucose-induced dysmetabolic activities in isolated rats' peripheral adipose tissues. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2022 May 1;149:112863.

Erukainure OL, Rademan S, Erhabor JO, Chukwuma CI, Nde AL, Matsabisa MG. Cannabis sativa L. protects against oxidative injury in kidney (vero) cells by mitigating perturbed metabolic activities linked to chronic kidney diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2022 Jul 15;293:115312

Gupta KK, Sharma KK, Chandra H, Panwar H, Bhardwaj N, Altwaijry NA, Alsfouk AA, Dlamini Z, Afzal O, Altamimi AS, Khan S. The integrative bioinformatics approaches to predict the xanthohumol as anti-breast cancer molecule: targeting cancer cells signaling PI3K and AKT kinase pathway. Frontiers in oncology. 2022 Dec 15;12:950835.

Jennifer N, Mishra AP, Nigam M, Devkota HP, Paudel KR, Matsabisa MG. Bioactive compounds from the plants of the Elaeodendron genus and their biological activities—a review. Applied Sciences. 2022 Dec 9;12(24):12618

Koki M, Yalo M, Makhaba M, Nako N, Rautenbach F, Badmus JA, Marnewick J, Hussein AA, Mabusela WT. Phytochemical investigation and biological studies on selected Searsia species. Plants. 2022 Oct 21;11(20):2793.

Komakech R, Shim KS, Yim NH, Song JH, Yang S, Choi G, Lee J, Kim YG, Omujal F, Okello D, Agwaya MS. GC–MS and LC-TOF–MS profiles, toxicity, and macrophage-dependent in vitro anti-osteoporosis activity of Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman Bark. Scientific Reports. 2022 Apr 29;12(1):7044

Komakech R, Yang S, Song JH, Choi G, Kim YG, Okello D, Omujal F, Kyeyune GN, Matsabisa MG, Kang Y. Assessment of anatomical characteristics of the medicinal plant African cherry (Prunus africana) for its accurate taxonomic identification. Journal of Plant Biotechnology. 2022 Jun 30;49(2):139-44.

Komakech R, Yim NH, Shim KS, Jung H, Byun JE, Lee J, Okello D, Matsabisa MG, Erhabor JO, Oyenihi O, Omujal F. Root Extract of a Micropropagated Prunus africana Medicinal Plant Induced Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells (PC‐3) via Caspase‐3 Activation. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022;2022(1):8232851.

Matsabisa MG, Alexandre K, Ibeji CU, Tripathy S, Erukainure OL, Malatji K, Chauke S, Okole B, Chabalala HP. In vitro study on efficacy of PHELA, an African traditional drug against SARS-CoV-2. Scientific Reports. 2022 Jun 19;12(1):10305

Matsabisa MG, Bala A, Tripathy S, Digashu MM, Rautenbach F, Dassarma B, Erhabor JO, Braga FC, Mukherjee PK, Tang M, Kang Y. Study on South African indigenous teas—Antioxidant potential, nutritional content, and hypoxia-induced cyclooxygenase inhibition on U87 MG cell line. Molecules. 2022 May 30;27(11):3505.

Mohamed AI, Beseni BK, Msomi NZ, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Aljoundi A, Islam MS. The antioxidant and antidiabetic potentials of polyphenolic-rich extracts of Cyperus rotundus (Linn.). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2022 Dec 12;40(22):12075-87.

Mohamed AI, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. polyphenolic‐rich extract promotes muscle glucose uptake and inhibits intestinal glucose absorption with concomitant amelioration of Fe2+‐induced hepatic oxidative injury. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Dec;46(12):e14399

Mooko T, Bala A, Tripathy S, Kumar CS, Mahadevappa CP, Chaudhary SK, Matsabisa MG. Cannabis sativa L. Flower and bud extracts inhibited in vitro cholinesterases and β-secretase enzymes activities: Possible mechanisms of cannabis use in alzheimer disease. Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets (Formerly Current Drug Targets-Immune, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders). 2022 Mar 1;22(3):297-309

Msomi NZ, Erukainure OL, Salau VF, Olofinsan KA, Islam MS. Xylitol improves antioxidant, purinergic and cholinergic dysfunction, and lipid metabolic homeostasis in hepatic injury in type 2 diabetic rats. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Apr;46(4):e14040.

Nambooze J, Erukainure OL, Chukwuma CI. Phytochemistry of Prunus africana and its therapeutic effect against prostate cancer. Comparative Clinical Pathology. 2022 Oct;31(5):875-93.

Nde AL, Chukwuma CI, Erukainure OL, Chukwuma MS, Matsabisa MG. Ethnobotanical, phytochemical, toxicology and anti-diabetic potential of Senna occidentalis (L.) link; A review. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2022 Jan 30;283:114663.

Nyambe MM, Archibong EF, Sekhoacha M, Chinsembu KC. In-vitro anti-gonorrheal activity of a sesquiterpene lactone, xerantholide, isolated from the leaves of Pechuel-loeschea leubnitziae. South African Journal of Botany. 2022 Jul 1;147:314-8

Okoro EE, Ahmad MS, Maharjan R, Khan M, Sherwani ZA, Ul-Haq Z, Ugheighele SE, Erukainure OL, Osoniyi OR, Onajobi FD, Iqbal Choudhary M. Antibacteria, antiurease, and antiproliferative abruquinones from abrus precatorius roots. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature. 2022 May 4;12(3):276-90.

Olofinsan KA, Erukainure OL, Brian BK, Islam MS. Harpephyllum caffrum stimulates glucose uptake, abates redox imbalance and modulates purinergic and glucogenic enzyme activities in oxidative hepatic injury. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2022 Jan 1;12(1):9-19

Olofinsan KA, Erukainure OL, Msomi NZ, Islam MS. Senna petersiana inhibits key digestive enzymes and modulates dysfunctional enzyme activities in oxidative pancreatic injury. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2022 Jul 1;12(7):300-11.

Olofinsan KA, Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Islam MS. Harpephyllum caffrum fruit (wild plum) facilitates glucose uptake and modulates metabolic activities linked to neurodegeneration in isolated rat brain: An in vitro and in silico approach. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2022 Aug;46(8):e14177

Oyebode O, Erukainure OL, Zuma L, Ibeji CU, Koorbanally NA, Islam MS. In vitro and computational studies of the antioxidant and anti-diabetic properties of Bridelia ferruginea. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2022 May 23;40(9):3989-4003

Oyebode OA, Erukainure OL, Chuturgoon AA, Ghazi T, Naidoo P, Chukwuma CI, Islam MS. Bridelia ferruginea Benth.(Euphorbiaceae) mitigates oxidative imbalance and lipotoxicity, with concomitant modulation of insulin signaling pathways via GLUT4 upregulation in hepatic tissues of diabetic rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2022 Feb 10;284:114816

Oyebode OA, Erukainure OL, Sanni O, Islam MS. Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. Ex Jacq.) S. Moore improves pancreatic histology, insulin secretion, liver and kidney functions and ameliorates oxidative stress in fructose-streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetic rats. Drug and chemical toxicology. 2022 Mar 4;45(2):481-90.

Oyenihi OR, Afolabi BA, Oyenihi AB, Ojo GB. Toxicity assessment of watermelon seed supplemented diet in rats. Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 2022 Jul 4;45(4):1891-8

Oyenihi OR, Cerf ME, Matsabisa MG, Brooks NL, Oguntibeju OO. Effect of kolaviron on islet dynamics in diabetic rats. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2022 Jan 1;29(1):324-30.

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Ijomone OM, Islam MS. Caffeic acid regulates glucose homeostasis and inhibits purinergic and cholinergic activities while abating oxidative stress and dyslipidaemia in fructose-streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2022 Jul 1;74(7):973-84.

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Koorbanally NA, Chukwuma CI, Islam MS. Cinnamic acid improves glucose uptake and utilization with concomitant improvement of redox and bioenergetic homeostasis, while modulating glucose-lipid metabolic switch in isolated psoas muscle. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 2022 Dec;32(6):931-41

Salau VF, Erukainure OL, Koorbanally NA, Islam MS. Ferulic acid promotes muscle glucose uptake and modulate dysregulated redox balance and metabolic pathways in ferric‐induced pancreatic oxidative injury. Journal of food biochemistry. 2022 Apr;46(4):e13641.

Schoeman R, de la Harpe A, Beukes N, Frost CL. Cannabis with breast cancer treatment: propitious or pernicious?. 3 Biotech. 2022 Feb;12(2):54

Sekhoacha M, Riet K, Motloung P, Gumenku L, Adegoke A, Mashele S. Prostate cancer review: genetics, diagnosis, treatment options, and alternative approaches. Molecules. 2022 Sep 5;27(17):5730.

Selam MN, Habte BM, Marew T, Bitew M, Getachew T, Getachew S, Abate A, Mitiku M, Matsabisa M, Birhanu G. Evaluation of quality and antimicrobial efficacy of locally manufactured alcohol-based hand sanitizers marketed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the era of COVID-19. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 2022 Oct 8;11(1):126.

Suleiman RB, Muhammad A, Umara IA, Ibrahima MA, Erukainure OL, Forcados GE, Katsayal SB. Kolaviron Ameliorates 7, 12-Dimethylbenzanthracene-Induced Mammary Damage. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anti-Cancer Agents). 2022 Jan 1;22(1):181-92.

Taheri Y, Quispe C, Herrera-Bravo J, Sharifi-Rad J, Ezzat SM, Merghany RM, Shaheen S, Azmi L, Prakash Mishra A, Sener B, Kılıç M. Urtica dioica‐derived phytochemicals for pharmacological and therapeutic applications. Evidence‐based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022;2022(1):4024331.

Wallelign TM, Selam MN, Wondie GB, Habte BM. Assessment of compliance to packaging and labeling regulatory requirements of locally manufactured alcohol-based hand sanitizers marketed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 2022 Oct 10;15(1):60.

Zam W, Quispe C, Sharifi-Rad J, López MD, Schoebitz M, Martorell M, Sharopov F, Fokou PV, Mishra AP, Chandran D, Kumar M. An updated review on the properties of Melissa officinalis L.: not exclusively anti-anxiety. Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar. 2022 Jun 7;14(2):16.

Plastic Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Giaquinto-Cilliers MG, Nair A, Von Pressentin KB, Coetzee F, Saeed H. A ‘game of dressings’: Strategies for wound management in primary health care. South African Family Practice. 2022 Feb 28;64(1).

Psychiatry Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

George AA, Franken AL. Adolescent Self-Efficacy in Relation to Illness Perception and Treatment Compliance: An Inpatient Study. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development. 2022 Dec 1;34(sup1):1-20

van Zyl L, Mosotho NL, Cronjé L, Vosloo M, Odendaal L, Odendaal F, Kruger S, Joubert G. The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2011–2015. South African journal of psychiatry. 2022;28.

School of Clinical Medicine Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Adams JC, Barrett C, Spruyt M. Iatrogenic blood loss in critical care: A prospective observational study conducted at Universitas Academic Hospital in the Free State Province, South Africa. Southern African Journal of Critical Care (Online). 2022 Jul;38(2):75-80.

Meyer C, Barrett C, Joubert G, Mofolo N. The effect of the initial months of the COVID-19 national lockdown on MMed training activities at the University of the Free State, South Africa. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 2022 Sep 8;14(1):33-42.

Thibile S, Barrett C, Potgieter S, Joubert G, Malherbe J. Adult pure red cell aplasia at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa: A 9-year review. South African Medical Journal. 2022 Sep 1;112(9):753-9.

van den Berg K, Glatt TN, Vermeulen M, Little F, Swanevelder R, Barrett C, Court R, Bremer M, Nyoni C, Swarts A, Mmenu C. Convalescent plasma in the treatment of moderate to severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial (PROTECT-Patient Trial). Scientific reports. 2022 Feb 15;12(1):2552.

Van der Merwe LJ, Nel G, Williams C, Erasmus S, Nel R, Kolver M, Van den Heever B, Joubert G. The knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding family history of hereditary diseases amongst undergraduate students at the University of the Free State. South African Family Practice. 2022 Jan 27;64(1).

Vermeulen M, van Schalkwyk C, Jacobs G, van den Berg K, Stone M, Bakkour S, Custer B, Jentsch U, Busch MP, Murphy E, Grebe E. The impact of early antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV on the sensitivity of the latest generation of blood screening and point of care assays. Viruses. 2022 Jun 29;14(7):1426.

Surgery Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Adams JC, Barrett C, Spruyt M. Iatrogenic blood loss in critical care: A prospective observational study conducted at Universitas Academic Hospital in the Free State Province, South Africa. Southern African Journal of Critical Care (Online). 2022 Jul;38(2):75-80.

Balakrishnan A, Jah A, Lesurtel M, Andersson B, Gibbs P, Harper SJ, Huguet EL, Kosmoliaptsis V, Liau SS, Praseedom RK, Ramia JM. Heterogeneity of management practices surrounding operable gallbladder cancer–results of the OMEGA-S international HPB surgical survey. Hpb. 2022 Nov 1;24(11):2006-12.

de Rijk FE, van Veldhuisen CL, Besselink MG, van Hooft JE, van Santvoort HC, van Geenen EJ, Hegyi P, Löhr JM, Dominguez-Munoz JE, de Jonge PJ, Bruno MJ. Diagnosis and treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in chronic pancreatitis: an international expert survey and case vignette study. Pancreatology. 2022 May 1;22(4):457-65

Podda M, Pacella D, Pellino G, Coccolini F, Giordano A, Di Saverio S, Pata F, Ielpo B, Virdis F, Damaskos D, De Simone B. coMpliAnce with evideNce-based cliniCal guidelines in the managemenT of acute biliaRy pancreAtitis): The MANCTRA-1 international audit. Pancreatology. 2022 Nov 1;22(7):902-16

Udensi UO, Emeagi IL, Daniel VE, Tentishe TL, Ghosh S, Achilonu CC. Insight to the genetic diversity of pigeon pea Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. and cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. germplasm cultivated in Nigeria based on rbcl gene region. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 2022 Aug;69(6):2231-48.

Urology Department (UFS Main Campus)

Journal Article

Benedict MO, Steinberg WJ, Claassen FM, Mofolo N, van Rooyen C. Knowledge, beliefs and intentions of African men in the Free State about prostate cancer screening. Health SA Gesondheid. 2022 Dec 5;27:2081.

Claassen FM, Martins FE, Mutambirwa SB, Potgieter L, Botes L, Kotze HF, Smit FE. Anastomotic urethroplasty with double layer continuous running suture re-anastomosis versus interrupted suture re-anastomosis for infective bulbar urethral strictures: A prospective randomised trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Jul 22;11(15):4252.