Necropsy incidence of emphysema in Uganda

Necropsy incidence of emphysema in Uganda.

Incidence of emphysema at necropsy as assessed by point-counting.

Using these criteria, the overall incidence of emphysema in both sexes was 24%, the incidence in men being 35% and in women 9%. Alveolar emphysema was present in 25% of males and in 3% of females. The corresponding figures for centrilobular emphysema were 6% and 3%. Comparison of the present investigation with other studies suggests that there are geographical differences in the incidence of th...

A necropsy study of pulmonary emphysema in Glasgow.

The incidence of pulmonary emphysema in a series of 50 necropsies on male subjects in Glasgow has been investigated. Emphysema was present in 37 lungs (74%) and found in more than trace amounts in 32 lungs (64%). These results are similar to those previously reported from London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff but emphysema in younger men appears to be more severe in Glasgow than in these other cities....

Incidence of clubfoot in Uganda.

BACKGROUND While the congenital clubfoot deformity is a common deformity recorded in Uganda, the incidence of the condition had never been accurately determined. The objective of this study was to measure the overall incidence of congenital clubfoot deformity in a representative sample of births. METHODS A study of all babies born with foot anomalies took place from March 2006 to October 2007...

The incidence of induced abortion in Uganda.

CONTEXT Although Uganda's law permits induced abortion only to save a woman's life, many women obtain abortions, often under unhygienic conditions. Small-scale studies suggest that unsafe abortion is an important health problem in Uganda, but no national quantitative studies of abortion exist. METHODS A nationally representative survey of 313 health facilities that treat women who have postab...