Umesh G. Lalloo

TL;DR: To investigate the influence of ethical dilemmas facing South African intensivists on decisions about access to intensive care for patients with HIV infection in resource-limited settings, a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative, analytical, anonymous attitudes-and-perception questionnaire survey of 90 intensivist was conducted.

TL;DR: Developing combination inhalers that included inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta2-agonists in order to simplify asthma treatment and improve adherence to prescribed medication and Symbicort Turbuhaler (budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler) is one such development.

TL;DR: A retrospective review of patients’ charts at the King Edward VIII Hospital Family Clinic a public sector tertiary care referral HIV/AIDS Clinic in Durban KwaZulu Natal where potent antiretroviral therapy is still inaccessible to the majority but where CD4 lymphocyte counts and full blood counts are performed routinely.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe acute asthma attacks (asthma exacerbations) as increasing episodes of shortness of breath, cough, wheezing or chest tightness associated with a decrease in airflow that can be quantified and monitored by measurement of lung function (peak expiratory flow (PEF) or forced expiratorial volume in the 1st second) and requiring emergency room treatment or admission to hospital for acute asthma and/or systemic glucocorticosteroids for management.

TL;DR: Consideration of potential effects of sex on antiretroviral outcomes is important for the design of future clinical trials and for HIV treatment guidelines.