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  • Irsigler GB, Elphinstone CD. CO2 response lines in young adults. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1977 Mar;115(3):546.

  • Irsigler GB, de Villiers T, van der Veen G, van Gelder A. Progesterone in obese patients with respiratory failure. S Afr Med J. 1979 May 5;55(19):749-51.

  • Holtzman MJ, Cunningham JH, Sheller JR, Irsigler GB, Nadel JA, Boushey HA Effect of ozone on bronchial reactivity in atopic and nonatopic subjects. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1979 Nov;120(5):1059-67

  • Irsigler GB, Severinghaus JW. Clinical problems of ventilatory control. Annual Rev Med. 1980;31:109-26.Review. 

  • Severinghaus JW, Crawford R, Irsigler G, Stafford MJ. The role of the carotid bodies to respiratory regulation studied by altitude acclimatization, metabolic acidosis and denervation Kokyu To Junkan. 1980 Jan;28(1):25-7.

  • Irsigler GB, Stafford MJ, Severinghaus JW. Relationship of CSF pH, O2, and CO2 responses in metabolic acidosis and alkalosis in humans. J Appl Physiol. 1980 Feb;48(2):355-61.

  • Irsigler GB. Ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in JohannesburgS Afr Med J. 1981 Jul 4;60(1):5-6.

  • Goolam Mahomed A, Feldman C, Van der Veen B, Macphail P. Radiation pneumonitis and respiratory failure in Hodgkin's disease. S Afr J Crit Care 1988; 4: 30-31.

  • Goolam Mahomed A, Feldman C, Smith C, Promnitz DA, Kaka S. Does Primary Streptococcus viridans pneumonia exist S Afr Med J 1992; 82: 432-434.

  • Feldman C, Smith C, Kaka S, de Jong P, Goolam Mahomed A, Frankel A, Koornhof HJ. Factors associated with airway colonisation and invasion due to Klebsiella spp. S Afr Med J 1993 ; 83: 643-646.

  • Feldman C, Goolam Mahomed A, Mahida P, Morar R, Schoeman A, Mpe J, Burgin S, Kuscke R H, Wadee A. IgG subclasses in previously healthy adult patients with acute community-acquired pneumonia. S Afr Med J 1996; 86:600-602.

  • Ansell S A, Bedhesi S, Ruff B, Goolam Mahomed A, Richards G, Mer M, Feldman C. Study of critically ill patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Crit. Care Med 1996; 24: 981-984.

  • Goolam Mahomed A. Respiratory complications of AIDS. J Islamic Med Ass S Afr 1999; 5: 9-10

  • Irsigler GB, Visser PJ, Spangenberg PA.  Asthma and chemical bronchitis in vanadium plant workers. Am J Ind Med. 1999 Apr;35(4):366-74.

  • Feldman C, Kassel M, Cantrell J, Kaka S, Morar R, Goolam Mahomed A, Philips J I. The presence and sequence of endotracheal tube colonization in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Eur Respir J 1999 ; 13: 546-551.

  • Ebrahim IO. Hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with precirrhotic primary biliary cirrhosis S Afr Med J. 1999 Nov;89(11):1153.

  • Chasen MR, Ebrahim IO. Carboplatin hypersensitivity presenting as coronary vasospasm - a case report. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2002 Nov;50(5):429-31. Epub 2002 Sep 27

  • Maldonado CC, et al. Sleep behaviour of South African adolescents Sleep 25:417-421;2003

  • Maldonado CC; et al. Sleep, work schedules and accident risk in South African truck drivers. South African Journal of Science 98:319-324;

  • Maldonado CC, et al. Coping with the 24-hour society – Focus on shift work and sleepiness. Occupational Journal of Southern Africa 5:22-27.

  • Eisenberg MJ, Teng FF, Chaudhry MR, Ortiz J, Sobkowski W, Ebrahim I, et al. Impact of invasive management versus non-invasive management on functional status and quality of life following non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: a randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J. 2005 May;149(5):813-9.

  • Maldonado CC, et al. A pictorial sleepiness scale based on cartoon faces Sleep 27:541-548; 2005

  
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