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Typhoid colitis
(University of Zimbabwe,College of Health Sciences, 1986-02)
Salmonellosis is one of the commonest endemic diseases in Tropical Africa. Furthermore, typhoid fever is a disease that is unique to man with no other animal species acquiring an illness similar to man even after oral ...
The prevention of maternal death: A continuing challenge
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986)
Pueiperal sepsis, haemorrhage, post abortal sepsis and hypertensive disease remain the main causes of maternal mortality at Harare Maternity Hospital. Lack of antenatal care was a factor in the majority of deaths. Preventative ...
Prevalence and pathology of gastric carcinoma in Zimbabwe: A study of 105 cases
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1983-08)
Levels of chromium in Zimbabwean foods and its importance in carbohydrate metabolism
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986)
Staple foods eaten by Zimbabweans were collected and analysed for their chromium content. Organic matter was destroyed by a wet oxidation procedure using concentrated sulphuric and nitric acids. The food digest was directly ...
Lethal congenital malformations in the Greater Harare Obstetric Unit during 1983
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986-02)
There were 97 perinatal death attributed to congenital malformations in the Greater Harare Obstetric Unit during 1983. This gives an incidence of 2.14/1 000 total births. The central nervous system was the most frequently ...
Hepatitis BeAg in chronic asympomatic Hepatitis B surface antigen carriers and in primary hepatocellular carcinoma patients
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986)
A total of 246 HR, Ag - positive subjects were iSted for the presence of Hepatitis Bt, antigen,
ad total anti-delta IgG. Of the 246, 174 were
BsAg- positive asymptomatic chronic carriers
nd 72 were ...
Single dose metrifonate in the treatment of urinary schistosomiasis in an area of low prevalence and intensity of infection
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986)
Urine specimens from 638 primary school children in Gokwe Communal Land were examined for S. haematobium ova, and the 187 (29%) children who were excreting eggs were treated with a single lOmg/kg dose of metrifonate. Futher ...
Theophylline usage in patients with acute asthma presenting to a Central Hospital
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1987)
A survey was conducted to investigate the medication taken by asthmatics presenting to a casualty department, particularly with reference to theophylline. Serum levels of theophylline were measured to give an indication ...
Pictorial labels as an aid to increased patient compliance
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986-01)
A study was conducted at Pumula Clinic in Bulawayo to assess the usefulness of pictorial labeling in increased patient understanding. The results of the study indicate that compliance was significantly improved by the use ...
A case report of the use of inflow occlusion and moderate hypothermia for a pulmonary valvotomy: Anaesthetic and surgical management
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1986)
Pulmonary valvotomy was one of the earliest cardiac operations attempted.1 Indeed the success with which it was done did much to dispel the myths of the impossibility of operating on the heart, and ushered in the subsequent ...