Helen Ogilvie 1880-1960

The evolution of modern medicine in a developing country: Ghana 1880–1960

An important turning point for the NBTF came in the immediate aftermath of World War II. With the sweeping Labour victory in 1945 and the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS), the role of the NBTF lost some of its importance and urgency. The NHS, after all, had as its primary function to see that health care was provided for all citizens, and it was established so that poor people...

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[Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction or Ogilvie syndrome].

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction is a clinical condition with the symptoms, signs and radiological appearances of acute large bowel obstruction but without any apparent mechanical cause. The mortality rate for patients undergoing surgery was 57%. The incidence of caecal-perforation was 1 for 7 patients. The pathogenesis of the syndrome is unknown but in more then 80% of cases many conditions th...

Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia Associated with Ogilvie Syndrome

Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI) is one type of acute mesenteric ischemia. Colonic pseudoobstruction, known as Ogilvie syndrome, is a disorder defined by colonic distension in the absence of mechanical obstruction. A relationship between these diseases has not yet been reported, based on a review of the literature. We report a patient with NOMI secondary to Ogilvie syndrome. An 82-year-o...

Helen Dearden and Rosemary

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) includes the abnormal pregnancies complete (CHM) and partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) and the malignant gestational trophoblastic tumours (GTT) invasive mole (IM), choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumour (PSTT) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT). While many genetic studies have been performed in both CHM and PHM, similar studies of t...