Field Base Teaching: A Malaysian Experience

IgA nephropathy: a Malaysian experience.

A total of 45 patients with 19A nephropathy were seen at the Department of Nephrology, General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur and the Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University ofMalaysia) between January 1982 to June 1985. This represents an incidence of 10. 7% of all primary glomerulopathies. There does not appear to be any racial predilection and the clinicopathologi...

Vasectomy--experience in a Malaysian hospital.

A review of our experience of 916 cases ofpartial bilateral vasectomy performed under local anaesthesia at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur during the period between January 1971 and June 1980 is presented. Minor post-operative complications occurred in 5.8% of cases with a low post-operative infection rate of 1.2%. In 35% ofpatients, persistence of non-motile sperms in the semen were seen...

Energy requirements of Malaysian soldiers in a base camp.

The energy intake and expenditure of 20 healthy soldiers (mean age, 25 years, weight 61 kg and height 1.67 m) was assessed. Trained personnel stayed in the camp throughout the 5 weeks study period. Each soldier was subjected to a 7-day comprehensive protocol involving anthropometric, food intake, activity pattern and energy expenditure measurements. The mean change in body weight and fat conten...

A study of triplet pregnancy--a Malaysian experience.

A retrospective study of nine consecutive cases of triplet pregnancy delivered at the University Hospital showed an incidence of one in 6,349 deliveries. In seven cases the diagnosis was suspected, and confirmed either by radiography or ultrasonography. Pre-eclampsia and polyhydramnios were common ante-natal complications. The perinatal mortality rate was 74 per thousand. Overall, the first tri...

A Successful Experience in Optimization of a Production Well in a Southern Iranian Oil Field