Respiratory Research Unit
Recent publications
2011
Journal Articles (Subsidised)
- ABDOOL-GAFFAR MS, AMBARAM A, AINSLIE G, BOLLIGER CT, FELDMAN C,
GEFFEN L, IRUSEN E, JOUBERT JR, LALLOO UG, MABASO TT, NYAMANDE K, O'BRIEN J,
OTTO W, RAINE R, RICHARDS G, SMITH C, STICKELLS D, VENTER A, VISSER S, WONG
M. Guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease - 2011 update. SAMJ - South African Medical Journal 2011;
101(1) : 63-73.
- BERNASCONI M, BOLLIGER CT, IRUSEN E, DIACON AH. A left
hemithorax mystery. Respiration 2011; 82 : 557-559.
- BOLLIGER CT, ISSA JS, POSADAS-VALAY R, SAFWAT T, ABREU P, CORREIA
EA, PARK PW, CHOPRA P. Effects of Varenicline in adults smokers: A
multinational, 24-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Clinical Therapeutics 2011; 33(4) : 465-477.
- BOLLIGER CT. Respiration in the next decade. Respiration
2011; 81 : 1.
- BRIDEVAUX P-O, TSCHOPP J-M, CARDILLO G, MARQUETTE CH, NOPPEN M,
ASTOUL P, DRIESEN P, BOLLIGER CT, FROUDARAKIS ME, JANSSEN J-P.
Short-term safety of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for recurrent primary
spontaneous pneumothorax. A prospective European multicentre study. European
Respiratory Journal 2011; 38 : 770-773.
- BRUNDYN K, KOEGELENBERG CFN, DIACON AH, LOUW M, SCHUBERT P, BOLLIGER
CT, VAN DEN HEUVEL MM, WRIGHT CA. Transbronchial fine needle aspiration
biopsy and rapid on-site evaluation in the setting of superior vena cava
syndrome. Diagnostic Cytopathology 2011; 00 :
- KOEGELENBERG CFN, AUBEELACK K, NANGUZGAMBO AB, IRUSEN E, MOWLANA A,
VON GROOTE-BIDLINGMAIER F, BOLLIGER CT. Adenocarcinoma the most common
cell type in patients presenting with primary lung cancer in the Western
Cape. SAMJ - South African Medical Journal 2011;
101(5) : 321.
- KOEGELENBERG CFN, BOLLIGER CT, IRUSEN E, WRIGHT CA, LOUW M, SCHUBERT
PT, DIACON AH. The diagnostic yield and safety of ultrasound-assisted
transthoracic fine-needle aspiration of drowned lung. Respiration 2011;
81 : 26-31.
- KOEGELENBERG CFN, DIACON AH, IRUSEN E, VON GROOTE-BIDLINGMAIER F,
MOWLANA A, WRIGHT CA, LOUW M, SCHUBERT PT, BOLLIGER CT. The diagnostic
yield and safety of ultrasound-assisted transthoracic biopsy of mediastinal
masses. Respiration 2011; 81: 134-141.
- KOEGELENBERG CFN, DIACON AH. Pleural controversy: Close
needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy - which first?. Respirology
2011; 16: 738-746.
- LOUW M, BRUNDYN K, SCHUBERT PT, WRIGHT CA, BOLLIGER CT, DIACON
AH. Comparison of the quality of smears in transbronchial fine-needle
aspirates using two staining methods for rapid on-site evaluation.
Diagnostic Cytopathology 2011; 00 : 1-5.-6
- NANGUZGAMBO AB, AUBEELACK K, VON GROOTE-BIDLINGMAIER F, HATTINGH SM,
LOUW M, KOEGELENBERG CFN, BOLLIGER CT. Radiologic features, staging,
and operability of primary lung cancer in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2011; 6(2) : 343-350.
- NANGUZGAMBO AB, RAZACK R, LOUW M, BOLLIGER CT.
Immunochemistry and lung cancer: Application in diagnosis, prognosis and
targeted therapy. Oncology 2011; 80 : 247-256
- TSCHOPP J-M, TASSI G, BOLLIGER CT. Thoracoscopy 1910-2010:
Serendipity. Respiration 2011; 82 : 185-186.
- VON GROOTE-BIDLINGMAIER F, KOEGELENBERG CFN, BOLLIGER CT.
Functional evaluation before lung resection. Clinics in Chest Medicine
2011; 32(4) : 773-782.
- ZÖLLNER EW, LOMBARD CJ, GALAL I, HOUGH FS, IRUSEN E, WEINBERG
E. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in asthmatic
children on inhaled and nasal corticosteroids - more common than expected?.
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism 2011;
24(7-8) : 529-534.
- ZÖLLNER EW, LOMBARD CJ, GALAL U, HOUGH FS, IRUSEN E,
WEINBERG E. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression in
asthmatic children on inhaled and nasal corticosteroids: is the early-morning
serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) a useful screening test?. Pediatric
Allergy and Immunology 2011; 22 : 614-620
Articles (non-subsidised)
- LALLA U, IRUSEN E. Hyperglycaemia in patients in the ICU:
friend or foe?. The Specialist Forum 2011; 11(8) : 35-40.
Doctoral completed
- KOEGELENBERG CFN. Ultrasound assisted transthoracic
diagnostic techniques. PhD, 2011. 149 pp. Promotor: Bolliger CT.
Medepromotor: Diacon AH, Wright CA.
Masters completed
- CARR MI. Blood loss during flexible bronchoscopy -A
prospective observational study. MMed, 2011. 21 pp. Studieleier: Bolliger
CT.
ABSTRACTS
Bolliger CT, Koegelenberg CFN, Von-Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Bernasconi M, Steyn
DM, Tamm M, Zimmerman F, Papachristofilou A, Schratzenstaller U, Paris U. First
report of implantation of anchored Electromagnetic Fiducials in human lung
cancers for real-time tumor localization and tracking during radiation therapy.
ASTRO 53rd annual meeting October 2-6 2011 Miami Beach , FLA.
Papachristofilou A, Petermann H, Gross M, Schratzenstaller U, Parikh PJ,
Paris G, Bolliger CT, Weihann K, Macgregor H, Zimmerman F. Real-time
electromagnetic localization and tracking of human lung cancer using internal
fiducials during radiation therapy: implications for target planning and
treatment delivery. ASTRO 53rd annual meeting October 2-6 2011 Miami Beach ,
FLA
Lalla U, Bruwer JW, Koegelenberg CFN, Irusen EM. Malaria in the intensive
care unit of a tertiary hospital in a non-endemic area of South Africa. SATS/
CCSA CAPICON Congress 27-31 July 2011 Durban, South Africa
Von Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Chung K, Rautenbach C, Bernasconi M, Koegelenberg
CFN, Wasserman E, Bolliger CT, Diacon AH. High yield of liquid mycobacterial
culture in pleural fluid and tissue. SATS/ CCSA CAPICON Congress 27-31 July 2011
Durban, South Africa
Bruwer JW, Irusen EM, Koegelenberg CFN. Malaria in the
intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in a non-endemic area of South
Africa: A nine-year retrospective descriptive study. Abstract no 225. 55TH
Annual Academic Day -17-18 August 2011, University of Stellenbosch.
Conradie M, Hough FS, Ascott-Evans B, Koegelenberg CFN,
Thyrotoxicosis –A cause of pulmonary hypertension. Abstract no: 226. 55TH Annual
Academic Day -17-18 August 2011, University of Stellenbosch.
Koegelenberg CFN, Bernasconi M, Von Groote-Bidlingmaier
F,Diacon AH, Barnard BJ. Speed of ascent during stair climbing to 20 m altitude
accurately identifies operable candidates for lung resection. Abstract no: 234.
55TH Annual Academic Day -17-18 August 2011, University of Stellenbosch.
Von Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Rautenbach C,
Koegelenberg CFN, Wasserman E, Bolliger CT, Diacon A. High
Yield of liquid mycobacterial culture in pleural fluid and tissue. Abstract no:
235. 55TH Annual Academic Day -17-18 August 2011, University of
Stellenbosch.
Von Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Rautenbach C,
Koegelenberg CFN, Wasserman E, Bolliger CT,
Diacon A. High Yield of liquid mycobacterial culture in pleural fluid and
tissue. ERS Annual Congress Amsterdam 24-28 September 2011
Bernasconi M, Maree D, Koegelenberg CFN, Von Groote-Bidlingmaier F, Diacon A,
Bolliger CT. Timed stair climbing to 20 m altitude identifies lung resection
vandidates with high exercise capacity. ERS Annual Congress Amsterdam 24-28
September 2011
BOOK CHAPTERS
Books
Progress in Respiratory Research . Antituberculoses Chemotherapy . Vol 40 .
Karger ed. CT Bolliger
Invited talks: Bolliger CT
Airway stenting – National congress on interventional pulmonology. CMC
Campus, Bagayam, Vellore 21 January 2011
Setting u a medical thorascopy service - National congress on interventional
pulmonology CMC Campus, Bagayam, Vellore 21 January 2011
How to sample the mediastinum. - National congress on interventional
pulmonology Scudder Auditorium , CMC Campus, Bagayam, Vellore 22January 2011
Trans thoracic ultrasound and its future - National congress on
interventional pulmonology Scudder Auditorium , CMC Campus, Bagayam, Vellore
22January 2011
Presentation of pharmacological interventions section of the proposed
regional SC recommendations. Expert scientific panel of the AFME smoking
cessation guidelines. Dubai UAE. 10 February 2011
Flexible Bronchoscopy incl. transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA.) 4-5
March 2011, 3rd Symposium in Thoracic Endoscopy , Tygerberg Academic Hospital,
South Africa
Rigid Bronchoscopy incl. Therapeutic procedures. 4-5 March 2011, 3rd
Symposium in Thoracic Endoscopy , Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction( valves, glue, etc.) measurement of
collateral ventilation. 4-5 March 2011, 3rd Symposium in Thoracic Endoscopy ,
Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa
Future developments at a glance. Electromagnetic navigation (EMN)
bronchoscopy, Bronchial Thermoplasty, Radiofrequency ablation, Fiducial markers.
4-5 March 2011, 3rd Symposium in Thoracic Endoscopy , Tygerberg Academic
Hospital, South Africa
Staging of lung cancer – 1st European Congress for Bronchology and
Interventional Pulmonology. Marseille, France. 10-12 March 2011
New technologies Transthoracic Ultrasound for chest physician. 1st European
Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Marseille, France.
10-12 March 2011
State of the art: Interventional bronchoscopy. 6 May 2011 Casino Kursaal,
Interlaken,
Interventional bronchoscopy. 4-6 May 2011 Casino Kursaal,
Interlaken
C3-Bronchoscopy clinic. Challenges in interventional pulmonology. ATS
International congress 13-18 May 2011 Denver, Colorado
Thermoplasty in Asthma . 2nd International Interventional Bronchoscopy and
Medical Thoracoscopy Course 8-9 July 2011 Maidstone, UK
Broncoscopic laser/electrocautery/argon plasma treatment /brachytherapy. 2nd
International Interventional Bronchoscopy and Medical Thoracoscopy Course 8-9
July 2011 Maidstone, UK
Art of endobronchial stenting . 2nd International Interventional Bronchoscopy
and Medical Thoracoscopy Course 8-9 July 2011 Maidstone, UK
Bolliger CT. Smoking cessation within tobacco control: Adding a new tool for
SA. 55TH Annual Academic Day -17-18 August 2011, University of Stellenbosch.
Desobstruction methods for endobronchial airway stenoses. ERS annual congress
24-28 September 2011 Amsterdam.
Preoperative pulmonary assessment. ERS annual congress 24-28 September 2011
Amsterdam ,
Multimodality staging of lung cancer. The VI th National
conference of bronchology CLUJ-Napoca . 10-12 November 2011
Smoking cessation guidelines for Africa & the middle East: development
& overview. 2011 Tobacco dependence treatment world-wide leadership forum.
12-13 November 2011 Prague, Czech Republic.
Action plan workshop 2: Impacting perceptions about tobacco dependence &
treatment through education of health-care providers & the general public.
2011 Tobacco dependence treatment world-wide leadership forum. 12-13 November
2011 Prague, Czech Republic.
Management of airway obstructions: Turkish Respiratory society 1st National
Interventional pulmonology symposium. 9-11 December 2011 Istanbul , Tukey.
Thoracic Ultrasound. Turkish Respiratory society 1st National Interventional
pulmonology symposium. 9-11 December 2011 Istanbul , Tukey.
Pro /con: mediastinal staging in lung cancer
Chair
Smoking cessation science and smoking –related disorders. ERS Annual Congress
Amsterdam 24-28 September 2011
Pro /con: mediastinal staging in lung cancer . Turkish Respiratory society
1st National Interventional pulmonology symposium. 9-11 December 2011 Istanbul
, Tukey.