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Research Fields and Staff
James, MFM.
Ongoingcoagulationstudiesemployingthromboelastography;
anaesthesia for phaeochromocytoma; blood transfusion and
anaesthesia; crystalloid v. colloid in trauma resuscitation;
saline v balanced salts in perioperative management.
Dyer RA, Reed AR, van Dyk D, Arcache M,
Emmanuel A, Schulein S, Vorster A,
Okaisabor O, K Timmerman.
Obstetric anaesthesia; cardiac output studies during
spinal anaesthesia in patients with preeclampsia; effects
of fluid loading, vasopressors and oxytocin; Study on the
genetics of preeclampsia; Effects of vasopressors on cord
gases; Epidural analgesia audit.
Myburgh A, Heijke SAM.
Transoesophageal echocardiography in cardiac anaesthesia.
Myburgh A, Emmanuel A, James MFM.
POISE-2 trial
Llewellyn R.
The effect of low molecular weight heparin on the
enhancement of coagulation by haemodilution. Drug
errors in anaesthesia.
Llewellyn R, Gordon PC.
Drug errors in anaesthesia.
Thomas J
Management of burns in children; pain management in
children; anaesthesia for the separation of conjoined twins.
Pharmacokinetics of ketamine in children. Case reports.
Hodges O.
Coagulation in patients with paediatric burns.
Contact Details
Postal Address:D23 Department of Anaesthesia, New
Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road
Observatory, 7925, South Africa
UCT Telephone: SA (21) 406 6143
GSH Telephone:SA (21) 404 5004
Fax:SA (21) 406 6589
Email:Mike.James@uct.ac.za, Robert.dyer@uct.ac.za
Research output
Chapters in books
James, M.F.M. 2011. Pharmacology of intravenous fluids. In A.
Maniatis, P. van der Linden andJ.-F. Hardy (eds), Alternatives
to Blood Transfusion in Transfusion Medicine, pp. 111-118.
Second. India: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-6321-7.
James, M.F.M. and Dyer, R.A. 2011. Spinal anesthesia. In
R.G. Hahn (ed.), Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative
Setting, pp. 45-50. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press. ISBN 978-1-107-00098-8.
Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
Amukoa, P., Reed, A.R. and Thomas, J.M. 2011. Use of
the sitting position for pineal tumour surgery in a five-
year-old child. Southern African Journal of Anesthesia
and Analgesia, 17(6): 388-392.
Bosenberg, M. 2011. Anaesthetic gases: environmental
impact and alternatives. Southern African Journal of
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 17(5): 345-348.
Brunette, K.E.J., Anderson, B.J., Thomas, J.M., Wiesner,
J.L., Herd, D.W. and Schulein, S. 2011. Exploring the
pharmacokinetics of oral ketamine in children undergoing
burns procedures. Pediatric Anesthesia, 21: 653-662.
Dyer, R.A., Piercy, J.L., Reed, A.R., Strathie, G.W.,
Lombard, C., Anthony, J. and James, M.F.M. 2011.
Comparison between pulse waveform analysis and
thermodilution cardiac output determination in patients
with severe pre-eclampsia. British Journal of Anaesthesia,
106(1): 77-81.
Dyer, R.A., Butwick, A.J. and Carvalho, B. 2011. Oxytocin
for labour and caesarean delivery: implications for the
anaesthesiologist. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology,
24(3): 255-261.
Hill, L.T., Hill, B.J., Miller, M. and Michell, W.L. 2011.
The effect of intra-abdominal hypertension on gastro-
intestinal function. Southern African Journal of Critical
Care, 27(1): 12-19.
James, M.F.M., Dyer, R.A. and Rayner, B.L. 2011. A
modern look at hypertension and anaesthesia. Southern
African Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia, 17(2): 168-
173.
James, M.F.M. 2011. Anaesthesia and unexpected
phaeochromocytoma. Southern African Journal of
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 17(1): 66-68.
James, M.F.M. 2011. Balanced colloids in cardiac
surgery. Southern African Journal of Anesthesia and
Analgesia, 17(1): 127-130.
James, M.F.M., Michell, W.L., Joubert, I., Nicol, A.,
Navsaria, P.H. and Gillespie, R.S. 2011. Resuscitation
with hydroxyethyl starch improves renal function and
lactate clearance in penetrating trauma in a randomized
controlled study: the FIRST trial (Fluids in Resuscitation
of Severe Trauma). British Journalof Anaesthesia, 107(5):
693-702.