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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • Lalloo UG, Mets JT. Tuberculosis, workers and occupations in South Africa in : A Century of Tuberculosis South African Perspectives. Eds Coovadia HM, Benatar SR: Oxford University Press, Cape Town 1991.
  • Shapiro CM, Ohayon MM, Ebrahim IO, Grunstein R. Fighting Fatigue & Sleepiness: Practical Strategies for minimising sleepiness & fatigue. Joli Joco Publications (2005)
  • Lalloo UG Cough and Other Symptoms. Eds Geoffrey Laurent and Steven J Shapiro: Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier Ltd. 2006: 177-182.
  • Lalloo UG Dyspnea. Eds Geoffrey Laurent and Steven J Shapiro: Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine,  Elsevier Ltd. 2006: 182-189.
  • Lalloo UG and Ambaram A Chest Pain. Eds Geoffrey Laurent and Steven J Shapiro: Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine,  Elsevier Ltd. 2006:189-195.
  • Jacobson R, Ebrahim IO, Kopelman MD Organic Psychiatric Disorders, Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Gaskell (2007).
  • Ebrahim IO & Stores G Sleep Disorders, Seminars in General adult Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Gaskell (2007).

 

SELECTED PAPERS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

  • Ebrahim IO. Ramelteon: A novel treatment for Insomnia. Future Neurology. January 2008, Vol. 3, No. 1, Pages 9-18
  • Hajak G, Ebrahim IO, Vincent S & Hibberd M. Ramelteon, unlike Zopiclone, has no Effect on Body Sway at Peak Plasma Levels in Insomnia Patients. SLEEP (2007)
  • Nyamande K, Lalloo UG, John M.  TB presenting as community-acquired pneumonia in a setting of high TB incidence and high HIV prevalence.  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2007 Dec;11(12):1308-13.
  • Nyamande K, Lalloo UG.  Poor adherence to South African guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia.  S Afr Med J. 2007 Aug;97(8):601-3.
  • Ebrahim IO. Somnambulistic Sexual Behaviour (Sexsomnia). Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 101-112 (February 2007)
  • Nyamande K, Lalloo UG, Vawda F. Comparison of plain chest radiography and high-resolution computed tomography in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a Sub-Saharan Africa study. Br J Radiol. 2007 May;80(953):302-6.
  • Ebrahim IO, Wilson W, Fenwick PB, Peacock KW, Marks RL. Sleep related violence, Alcohol, Automatism and the Law. Criminal Law Review (August 2005)
  • Wilson W, Ebrahim IO, Fenwick P, Marks RL. Violence, Sleepwalking and the Criminal Law. Criminal Law Review (August 2005)
  • Gandhi NR, Moll A, Sturm AW, Pawinski R, Govender T, Lalloo UG, Zeller K, Andrews J, Friedland G.  Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa. Lancet. 2006 Nov 4;368(9547):1575-80.
  • Friedland G, Khoo S, Jack C, Lalloo UG. Administration of efavirenz (600 mg/day) with rifampicin results in highly variable levels but excellent clinical outcomes in patients treated for tuberculosis and HIV. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006 Dec;58(6):1299-302.
  • Rabe KF, Atienza T, Magyar P, Larsson P, Jorup C, Lalloo UG. Effect of budesonide in combination with formoterol for reliever therapy in asthma exa cerbations: a randomised controlled, double-blind study. Lancet. 2006 Aug 26;368(9537):744-53.
  • Nyamande K, Lalloo UG.  Serum procalcitonin distinguishes CAP due to bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and PJP.  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006 May;10(5):510-5.
  • Lalloo UG, McIvor RA. Management of chronic asthma in adults in diverse regions of the world.  Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2006 May;10(5):474-83.
  • Lalloo UG, Naidoo R, Ambaram A.  Recent advances in the medical and surgical treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.  Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2006 May;12(3):179-85.
  • Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ, Peacock KW, Maldonado CC. Driver Sleepiness in South African Commercial Drivers: A two stage screening study. SLEEP 28: 165 (2005)
  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness. SLEEP 28: 216 (2005)
  • Nightingale S, Williams AJ, Orgill JC, Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S. The association between narcolepsy and REM behaviour disorder (RBD) Sleep Medicine (2005)
  • Ebrahim IO, Peacock KW. REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder - Psychiatric Presentations: A Case Series from the United Kingdom Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005
  • Ebrahim IO, Peacock KW, Williams AJ. Post-traumatic Narcolepsy: 2 case reports and a mini-review. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2005
  • Dheda K, Lalloo UG, Cassim B, Mody GM. Experience with azathioprine in systemic sclerosis associated with interstitial lung disease.  Clin Rheumatol. 2004 Aug;23(4):306-9. Epub 2004 Apr 14.
  • Jack C, Lalloo UG, Karim QA, Karim SA, El-Sadr W, Cassol S, Friedland G. A Pilot Study of Once-Daily Antiretroviral Therapy Integrated With Tuberculosis Directly Observed Therapy in a Resource-Limited Setting. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Aug 1;36(4):929-934.
  • Ferris DC, Dawood H, Magula NP, Lalloo UG. Application of an algorithm to predict CD4 lymphocyte count below 200 cells/mm(3) in HIV-infected patients in South Africa. AIDS. 2004 Jul 2;18(10):1481-2.
  • Thannickal TC, Mayhew J Blouin A, Nienhuis R, Williams AJ, Ebrahim IO, Siegel JM. Distribution of Hypocretin (Orexin) Immunoreactivity in the Hypothalamus of Normal and Narcoleptic Horse. SLEEP (2004)
  • Orgill JC, Bath J, Ebrahim IO, de Lacy SF, Williams AJ. The role of Actigraphy in the study of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. SLEEP (2004).
  • Ebrahim IO. The Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Drugs & Therapeutics Bulletin. 2004 June;
  • Friedland G, Abdool Karim S, Abdool Karim Q, Lalloo UG, Jack C, Gandhi N, El Sadr W. Utility of tuberculosis directly observed therapy programs as sites for access to and provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited countries. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jun 1;38 Suppl 5:S421-8.
  • Abdool-Karim SS, Abdool-Karim Q, Friedland G, Lalloo UG, El-Sadr WM; START project. Implementing antiretroviral therapy in resource-constrained settings: opportunities and challenges in integrating HIV and tuberculosis care. AIDS. 2004 Apr 30;18(7):975-9. Review.
  • Pawinski RA, Berkman A, McNally LM, Lalloo UG. Launching the ARV roll-out debate into the public arena.  S Afr Med J. 2003 Sep;93(9):660-1.
  • Ebrahim IO, Sharief MK, de Lacy S, Semra YK, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Hypocretin (Orexin) Deficiency in Narcolepsy and Primary Hypersomnia. JNNP 2003; 74(1): 127-130;
  • Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in Neurological and Psychiatric disorders. JSR 2003; 12(1).
  • Ebrahim IO, Fisher JP, de Lacy S, Williams AJ. A prospective, randomized, trial comparing the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Pharmacologic Treatment and Combination therapy in patients with Primary Insomnia. SLEEP (2003)
  • Dawood H, Jack C, Lalloo UG, John MA, Naicker V. Massive hepatomegaly due to visceral leishmaniasis. S Afr Med J. 2003 Jun;93(6):441-2.
  • Lalloo UG, Malolepszy J, Kozma D, Krofta K, Ankerst J, Johansen B, Thomson NC. Budesonide and formoterol in a single inhaler improves asthma control compared with increasing the dose of corticosteroid in adults with mild-to-moderate asthma. Chest. 2003 May;123(5):1480-7.
  • Lalloo UG. The cough reflex and the "healthy smoker".  Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3):660-2.
  • Pawinski R, Bobat R, Friedland G, Jeena P, Lalloo UG. Antiretroviral treatment and research in resource-poor countries. Lancet. 2003 Feb 1;361(9355):435.
  • Gruskin S, Ayres JR, Khamranksi B, Lalloo UG, Marlink R. GAVI, the first steps: lessons for the Global Fund. Lancet. 2002 Jul 13;360(9327):176.
  • Ebrahim IO Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice, BJPsych 2002; 181: 177-178
  • Pawinski R, Lalloo UG, Jinabhai C, Bobat R. Community-based approach to HIV treatment. Lancet. 2002 Feb 16;359(9306):624.
  • Lalloo UG. Symbicort: controlling asthma in adults. Respir Med. 2002 Feb;96 Suppl A:S16-22. Review.
  • Global Fund to fight AIDS. Sofia Gruskin, José Ricardo Ayres, Bandon Khamranski, Umesh Lalloo, Richard Marlink.  The Lancet, Vol 360, July 13, 2002
  • Esterhuizen TM, Hnizdo E, Rees D, Lalloo UG, Kielkowski D, van Schalkwyk EM, White N, Smith FC, Hoggins B, Curtis T. Occupational respiratory diseases in South Africa--results from SORDSA, 1997-1999. S Afr Med J. 2001 Jun;91(6):502-8.
  • Esterhuizen TM, Hnizdo E, Rees D, Rees D, Lalloo UG. Setting the scene for SORDSA--the importance of occupational respiratory disease surveillance in South Africa.  S Afr Med J. 2001 Jun;91(6):498-9.
  • Hnizdo E, Esterhuizen TM, Rees D, Lalloo UG.       Occupational asthma as identified by the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Diseases programme in South Africa. Clin Exp Allergy. 2001 Jan;31(1):32-9.   Moodley YP, Lalloo UG. Exhaled nitric oxide is elevated in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis without interstitial lung disease. Chest. 2001 May;119(5):1449-54.
  • Hnizdo E, Esterhuizen TM, Rees D, Lalloo UG. Occupational asthma as identified by the Surveillance of Work-related and Occupational Respiratory Diseases programme in South Africa.  Clin Exp Allergy. 2001 Jan;31(1):32-9.
  • Lalloo UG, Bateman ED, Feldman C, Bardin PG, Plit M, Irusen EM, O'Brien J. Guideline for the management of chronic asthma in adults--2000 update. South African Pulmonology Society Adult Asthma Working Group.  S Afr Med J. 2000 May;90(5 Pt 2):540-1, 544-52.
  • Lalloo UG, Motala C. Guidelines for the management of chronic asthma in children and adults.  S Afr Med J. 2000 May;90(5):488.
  • Moodley YP, Chetty R, Lalloo UG. Nitric oxide levels in exhaled air and inducible nitric oxide synthase immunolocalization in pulmonary sarcoidosis.  Eur Respir J. 1999 Oct;14(4):822-7.
  • Lalloo UG. Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill, 1998.  S Afr Med J. 1999 Apr;89(4):356-7.
  • Lalloo UG, Barnes PJ, Chung KF. Pathophysiology and clinical presentations of cough. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1996 Nov;98(5 Pt 2):S91-6; discussion S96-7. Review.
  • Chung KF, Lalloo UG.   Diagnosis and management of chronic persistent dry cough. Postgrad Med J. 1996 Oct;72(852):594-8. Review.
  • Fox AJ, Lalloo UG, Belvisi MG, Bernareggi M, Chung KF, Barnes PJ.       Bradykinin-evoked sensitization of airway sensory nerves: a mechanism for ACE-inhibitor cough. Nat Med. 1996 Jul;2(7):814-7.
  • White NW, Hanley JH, Lalloo UG, Becklake MR.   Review and analysis of variation between spirometric values reported in 29 studies of healthy African adults. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Aug;150(2):348-55. Review.
  • Chua TP, Lalloo UG, Worsdell MY, Kharitonov S, Chung KF, Coats AJ.   Airway and cough responsiveness and exhaled nitric oxide in non-smoking patients with stable chronic heart failure. Heart. 1996 Aug;76(2):144-9.
  • Lalloo UG, Fox AJ, Belvisi MG, Chung KF, Barnes PJ. Capsazepine inhibits cough induced by capsaicin and citric acid but not by hypertonic saline in guinea pigs.  J Appl Physiol. 1995 Oct;79(4):1082-7.
  • Cassim KM, Lalloo UG. Controversial aspects of intravenous corticosteroids in acute severe asthma. S Afr Med J. 1994 Jan;84(1):2-3.
  • Lalloo UG, Coovadia YM, Adhikari M, Poyiadji O. Listeria monocytogenes meningitis at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban. A 10-year experience, 1981-1990.  S Afr Med J. 1992 Feb 15;81(4):187-9.
  • Lalloo UG, Becklake MR, Goldsmith CM. Effect of standing versus sitting position on spirometric indices in healthy subjects. Respiration. 1991;58(3-4):122-5.
 
 
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