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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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)
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 ...
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 ...
The Development of Community Care in Psychiatry
(1983)
The theoretical considerations underlying the transfer of psychiatric care from the mental hospital to the community are discussed.
The principal provisions of the British programme are set out. viz.
1.The establishment ...
Approches to the synthesis of steroidal &-Methylene Lactones
(1982-08)
A brief review of the biological properties and the synthesis of a-methylene-y- and 6-lactones is presented.
Estrone 69_ was converted to estrololactone-methyl ether 71 which was a~foimylated with ethyl formate, ...