Deaths from Gallstones

Composition of gallstones from hamsters.

Gallstones from three hamsters were studied. The only crystalline material present in detectable amounts was apatite.

Cholesterol gallstones: from epidemiology to prevention.

Epidemiology The data usually employed in assessing gallstone prevalence were derived until recently from selected series of patients (necropsies, surgery, etc), which may not represent the general population. SuYce to say that the reported 0% prevalence of gallstones in the Masaï population was deduced from surgical experience in that area, which is far from being an ideal way to collect epide...

Gallstones resulting from abdominal shotgun wound.

Deaths from peptic ulceration.

Deaths due to peptic ulceration can be prevented only by curing the ulcer and preventing the ulcer diathesis permanently by either medical or surgical means. Recurrence of ulcers after drug treatment is a major problem, so continuous treatment is often necessary, but there is no evidence that this decreases mortality. Surgery is the only means of permanently removing the ulcer diathesis in most...

Thirty deaths from asthma.

The features associated with 30 childhood deaths from asthma in the period 1962-83 are reviewed. There was an annual death rate of 0.47/100 000 population at risk in the later part of this period in Avon county. Asthma deaths occurred in chronic severe sufferers at night and, although there was usually time for effective treatment, inadequate management probably contributed to the deaths, with ...