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Spontaneous Rupture of Spleen
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)Spontaneous rupture of spleen, is a rare abdominal catastrophe, during pregnancy and labour , associated with 100% maternal and foetal mortality if not diagnosed in time. An awareness about this ... -
Giant-cell tumour of the tendon sheath
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)An unusual case of giant-cell tumours of the tendon sheath (syn. Pigmented villonodular tecosynovitis or fibrous xanthoma) of a long thumb flexor is presented. The unusual features are : two ... -
Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-02)The mode of presentation of 118 insulin dependent (IDD) and 187 non insulin-dependent diabetics (NIDD) is outlined. The complications as well as associated diseases are presented. Eighty-six ... -
Clinincal medicine or community health care
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)Regarding the provision of personal services it seems that these would be more efficiently provided by more diffuse community services than by hospitals. For example, the capital costs of a single ... -
Bacteriology of Rural Water Supplies of Mutenda Community District of Chingola, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-02)The sources of water supply for drinking and other domestic uses available to the rural population of Mutenda was analysed bacteriologically by standard techniques presumptive and Differential Coliform tests ... -
Treatment of Anaemia Associated with Acute Falciparum Malaria Infection
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)A prospective clinical study evaluating various forms of treatment for the anaemia associated with acute falciparum malaria is reported. It is shown that chloroquine treatment alone, with no supplementary therapy, ... -
The effect of longterm alcohol exposure on liver choline dehydrogenase activity
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-02)Rats were exposed to an ethanol-containing drinking mixture for 54, 84 and 105 days. It was shown that a progressive increase in liver choline dehydrogenase activity occurred which ... -
Tuberculous Manifestations in Children
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease that still ranks high as a public health problem. It occupied the 13th position among the 21 communicable diseases considered as priority problems ... -
Presentation of Diabetes Mellitus at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)The mode of presentation of 118 insulin-dependent and 187 non insulin-dependent diabetics is outlined. The complications as well as associated diseases are presented. Eighty-six males were ... -
Keloids
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)Keloids are common in black Africans but rare in causasians OJorman, 1969). They have a familial tendency and may follow any type of trauma physical, chemical, thermal etc., however trivial it ... -
Puberty in Zambian Children
(Medical journal of zambia, 1980-06)A cross sectional study of 2,638 Zambian school children 1,220 boys and 1,418 girls has been done in Lusaka to study the puberty process. Pubic and axillary hair, breast development ... -
Clinical Medicine or Community Health Care.
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1980-06)"There is much evidence that expenditure would have been better directed towards more public health services designed to prevent rather than to cure disease. Regarding the provision of personal services it seems that ... -
Disseminated Lymehadenopathic Kaposi's Sarcoma in Zambian Children
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)Kaposi's Sarcoma with skin involvement is a common tumour in adult Zambian and African population living South of the Sahara (Naik, 1977). However, it is uncommon amongst Zambian children and constitutes ... -
Obstetrical Performance in Elderly Zambian Parturients`
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)The Obstetrical performance of elderly parturients ( (aged 40 and above) who delivered at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka during 1979 and 1980, has been analysed. There were 39,109 ... -
Splenectomy in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)We report the case of a man with chronic myeloid leukaemia, whose disease had undergone transformation and whose life was threatened. Splenectomy was performed, and two years later he ... -
The Effect of Iongterm Alcohol Exposure on Liver Choline Dehydrogenase Activity
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)Rats were exposed to an ethanol-containing drinking mixture for 54, 84 and 105 days. It was clown that a progressive increase in liver choline dehydrogenase activity occurred which ... -
Spontaneous Rupture of Spleen
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)Spentaneous rupture of spleen, is a rare abdominal catastrophy, during pregnancy and labour , associated with 100% maternal and foetal mortality if not diagnosed in time. An awareness about this ... -
Giant-cell tumour of the tendon sheath
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)An unusual case of gia.nt-cell tumours of the tendon sheath (syn. Pigmented villonodular tecosynovitis or fibrous xanthoma) of a long thumb flexor is presented. The unusual features are : two ... -
Bacteriology of Rural Water Supplies of Mutenda Community District of Chingola, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1980-06)The sources of water supply for drinking and other domestic uses available to the rural population of Mutenda was analysed bacteriologically by standard techniques ( presumptive and Differential Coliform tests ... -
Sexually transmitted diseases in pregnant women in Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-08)The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases has been known to be high in many African countries and preliminary investigations in Lusaka revealed a similar trend in Zambia. This paper presents an analysis ...
