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Item A case of burning (or painful) feet syndrome(GMJ, 1962) Dodu, S.R.A.; Pobee, J.O.M.Item Preliminary report on clinical studies in young Ghanaians with Schistosorna haematobium infection with special reference to pyelographic and cystoscopic abnormalities(Ghana Medical Journal, 1963) Quartey, J.K.M.; Wolfe, M.S.Item Volvulus of the sigmoid colon (A review of 29 cases)(Ghana Medical Journal, 1963) Easmon, C.O.; Lahiri, H.S.Item A case of contracted bladder associated with chronic tuberculous peritonitis and treated by ileocystoplasty(Ghana Medical Journal, 1963) Quartey, J.K.M.Item Some Clinical Aspects(Ghana Medical Journal, 1965-09) Quartey, J.K.M.Item Planning for the Health Needs of the People(Ghana Medical Journal, 1965-09) Sai, F.T.Item Pathology of Maternal Deaths in Accra(Ghana Medical Journal, 1965-12) Kovi, J.; Laing, W.N.Item Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Accra, Ghana(Ghana Medical Journal, 1965-12) Badoe, E.A.Item Achalasia of the Cardia—A Report of Two Cases(Ghana Medical Journal, 1966-03) Badoe, E.A.Item Grand Mal Convulsion during a Retrobulbar injection of 2% Xylocaine (Lidocaine)(Ghana Medical Journal, 1966-06) Quaynor, E.O.A.; Quarcoopome, C.O.Item Typhoid Perforation of the Ileum in Korle Bu Hospital Accra(Ghana Medical Journal, 1966-09) Badoe, E.A.Item Adult hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis(Ghana Medical Journal, 1967-03) Takyi, H.K.; Haddock, D.R.W.Item Professionalism and Urbanisation(Ghana Medical Journal, 1967-06) Dodu, S. R. A.Item Acute Appendicitis in Accra(Ghana Medical Journal, 1967-09) Badoe, E.A.Item Anaesthesia for caesarean section in haemoglobin SC disease complicated by eclampsia: A case report(British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1973-07) Edwards, R.Patients with haemoglobin SC discase rarely manifest serious clinical symptoms except during pregnancy when eclampsia and crisis commonly occur. Such a patient, who developed eclampsia which was treated with chlormethiazole infusion, and who subsequently underwent Caesarean section under general anaesthesia, is described. This case confirms previous experience that careful attention to detail with a straightforward technique is the most important factor for a successful outcome.Item Clinical significance of thiopentone binding to haemoglobin and plasma protein(British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1973-08) Edwards, R.; Ellis, F.R.The minimum dose of thiopentone required to induce anaesthesia was determined bygiving thiopentone incrementally until verbal counting and eyelash reflexes wereabolished. Males required 2.75 mg/kg (±0.11 SE) and females 2.16 mg/kg ( + 0.10 SE)to abolish verbal counting. Thiopentone requirement correlated positively with haemo-globin concentration (P<0.001) but not with plasma albumin, Ol globulin, total globulinor A/G ratio. The presence of sickle-cell haemoglobins did not influence thiopentonerequirements. It is suggested that this result may have clinical importanceItem A study of body temperatures of anaesthetized man in the tropics(British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1977-11) Ellis, F.R.; Zwana, S.L.V.Body core and skin temperatures were measured in 20 African patients undergoing herniorrhaphy in hot and humid conditions; one half of the patients received halothane and the other half received diethyl ether. No difference was found between these two groups. Body core temperatures decreased even with an ambient temperature of 28.7°C and a relative humidity of 72% and all sites reached a new thermal equilibrium at 30 min. It is suggested that the level of the re-established thermal equilibrium is a function of the skin to ambient thermal gradient, which depends on the failure of the countercurrent heat exchange mechanism as a result of redistribution of peripheral blood flow. © 1977 Copyright: Macmillan Journals Ltd.Item Sexual habits and social factors in local Ghanaian prostitutes which could affect the spread of Human Immu- nodeficiency Virus (HIV)(Ghana Medical Journal, 1987-09) Neequaye, I.E.; Neequaye, A.R.; Mingle, I.A.; Ofori-Adjei, D.; Osei- Kwasi, M.; Grant, F.; Hayami, M.; Ishikawa, R.J.; Biggar, R.J.One hundred and sixteen prostitutes working locally in Accra (Tema were interviewed as to their sexual habits. A major finding was that only one used condoms regularly. The average number of clients was 3-4 per week in the higher socio-economic status group and 16 per week in the lower socio-economic class. Less than 1% were positive for HIV infection in February 1986 and 0% of 241 blood donors were positive. These findings indicated that the HIV infection rate was still very low and a preventive education campaign could be effective in reducing the spread of the disease into Ghana.Item A report on Human Immuno- deficiency virus (HIV) Infection in Ghana up to December 1986(Ghana Medical Journal, 1987-09) Neequaye, A.R.; Mingle, J.A.A.; Neequaye, J.E.; Agadzi, V.K.; Nettey, V.; Osei-Kwasi, M.; Hayami, M.; Ishikawa, K,; Ankra-Badu, G.; Bentsi, C.; Asamoah-Adu, A.; Aggrey, S.E.; Ampofo, W.; Brandful, J.A.; Grant, F.; Biggar, R.J.One hundred and fifteen people detected to be seropositive for HIV infection in Ghana in 1986 are described. Ninety per cent were female, most were of the sexually active age group. Ninety-six per cent had recently resided abroad, particularly in Cote d'lvoire. and many had worked abroad as prostitutes. They had most probably acquired infection there. Seventy-six per cent were ill with AIDS or AIDS related complex. Random sampling of groups of the general population revealed no seropositives, although 4 prostitutes working in Accra/ Tema were infected. Of attendants at an Accra venereal disease clinic 3 were infected all of whom had been to Cote d’Ivoire recently. Our results show that the AIDS virus has now spread into Ghana and urgent measures are described to try to prevent the spread of AIDS throughout the community.Item A controlled therapeutic appraisal of modalities of treatment in Kerosene poisoning(Ghana Medical Journal, 1987-12) Annobil, S.H.; Biritwum, R.B.Various modalities of treatment, including therapy with penicillin, steroids and paracetamol are clinically evaluated in a prospective controlled study involving 100 cases of kerosene poisoning in children. In respect of clinical parameters, such as the development and extent of pyrexia and the period of hospital stay. therapy with both penicillin and paracetamol showed $statistically significant efficacy. but this was not evident in those patients receiving steroids, either alone or in combinations with penicillin. The mechanisms and role of such therapeutic regimes in the management of kerosene poisoning is discussed