Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Spontaneous Hypoglycaemia: Report on two possible cases in Africans
(University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1963-01) -
The use of animals in medical teaching and research in Rhodesia
(University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1965-07) -
The patterns of disease in Africa
(University College of Rhodesia, 1971-04) -
Dilatation of the oesophagus associated with oesophageal varices in portal hypertension
(1965-08)In this short publication I merely wish to draw attention to the not altogether rare finding of dilatation of the oesophagus in Africans suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and portal hypertension. It is quite possible ... -
Asbestosis in Rhodesia
(University of Rhodesia, 1969-09)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the inhalation of asbestos on employees (mostly African) in the Rhodesian mining industry. Every effort was made to ensure that each worker investigated had been ... -
Haematemesis in an African medical ward
(1965-12)Between 1957 and 1963, 63 male patients were admitted under my care to Harare African hospital. They were suffering from acute haematemesis from the upper gastrointestinal tract. The bleeding in each case was sufficient ... -
The blood pressure in advanced urinary bilharziasis
(University of Rhodesia, 1962-02)Hypertension may at times ensue when there is back pressure ori one or both kidneys, from disease in Lhe ureter or from increased bladder tension which is reflected back on the kidneys. It would seem, however, that ... -
The clinical presentation of gastric neoplasms in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1983-11) -
Clinical falciparum malaria: Its severity, types, splenomegaly, association with malnutrition and criteria for diagnosis
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1983-12)A clinical study of 78 consecutive cases - almost all by P. falciparum - was carried out. The population is semi-immune. 1. Most of the patients appeared to have contracted the disease when visiting ... -
Steroids: A possible indication in the treatment of Bantu porphyria
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1966-05) -
Prevalence and pathology of gastric carcinoma in Zimbabwe: A study of 105 cases
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1983-08) -
A possible case of paraplegia caused by S. Mansoni
(University of Rhodesia, 1965-03) -
The use of mass miniature radiographs of the chest in anthropology
(University of Rhodesia, College of Health Science, 1966)The present study was designed to discover from miniature radiographs of the chests of a population of individuals examined at an interval of a year, first, the accuracy with which the measurement of a number of selected ... -
The uniqueness of the Faculty of Medicine
(University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1965) -
Current treatment and future prospects for the management of acute coronary syndromes
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1999)The impact of ischaemic heart disease on the burden of cardiovascular disease continues to escalate worldwide. • although international statistics suggest a levelling off in Western world, in the less industrialised parts ... -
Association of HIV infection with the development of severe and complicated malaria cases at a rural hospital in Zimbabwe
(2000)Objective: To determine the association between HIV infection and progression of Plasmodium falciparum malaria illness in Hurungwe district, Zimbabwe. Design: Prospective cohort.Setting: Hurungwe Rural Hospital in Mashonaland ... -
Not everything acid-fast is Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A case of Nocardia
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1999)We report a case of a 47 year old woman who presented with a history of motor convulsions and a three month history of an increasingly painful and progressively enlarging mass on the right side of her back. Neurological ... -
Oh no, not Nitric Oxide!
(University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, 1999)Nitric oxide (NO) is a unique, endogenous regulatory molecule that is involved in a wide variety of physiological processes in multiple organ systems. This simple gas functions as a cellular messenger in a broad range of ... -
Pain: friend or foe
(1999)Pain, the most urgent of symptoms usually signals the presence of potential or on-going injury to tissue which requires attention.The warning that pain provides is, therefore, a good thing and in a way friendly. When pain ... -
Diagnosis of neurological infections in AIDS patients: Possibilities for Zimbabwe
(2000)Routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination and culture was performed on CSF obtained from 23 HIV infected adults presenting with neurological symptoms at Parirenyatwa Hospital. Bacterial growth was obtained in CSF from ...
