Respiratory Research Unit

Recent publications

2011

Journal Articles  (Subsidised)

  1. 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.
  2. BERNASCONI M, BOLLIGER CT, IRUSEN E, DIACON AH. A left hemithorax mystery. Respiration 2011; 82 : 557-559.
  3. 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.
  4. BOLLIGER CT. Respiration in the next decade. Respiration 2011; 81 : 1.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 :
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. KOEGELENBERG CFN, DIACON AH. Pleural controversy: Close needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy - which first?. Respirology 2011; 16: 738-746.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. NANGUZGAMBO AB, RAZACK R, LOUW M, BOLLIGER CT. Immunochemistry and lung cancer: Application in diagnosis, prognosis and targeted therapy. Oncology 2011; 80 : 247-256
  14. TSCHOPP J-M, TASSI G, BOLLIGER CT. Thoracoscopy 1910-2010: Serendipity. Respiration 2011; 82 : 185-186.
  15. VON GROOTE-BIDLINGMAIER F, KOEGELENBERG CFN, BOLLIGER CT. Functional evaluation before lung resection. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2011; 32(4) : 773-782.
  16. 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.
  17. 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)

  1. LALLA U, IRUSEN E. Hyperglycaemia in patients in the ICU: friend or foe?. The Specialist Forum 2011; 11(8) : 35-40.

Doctoral completed

  1. KOEGELENBERG CFN. Ultrasound assisted transthoracic diagnostic techniques. PhD, 2011. 149 pp. Promotor: Bolliger CT. Medepromotor: Diacon AH, Wright CA.

Masters completed

  1. 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.

 

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