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F F Fenech

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PubMed1983

Diabetes mellitus in Kuwait. Incidence in the first 29 years of life.

The annual incidence of diabetes mellitus among Kuwaiti subjects 0-29 years of age during 1980-1981 was found to be 22.09 per 100,000. There was a very low incidence in the 0-14 and 0-19 year age groups (3.96 per 100,000 and 5.61 per 100,000, respectively). The age distribution at onset shows an increase in incidence with age without exhibiting any remarkable peaks. The total number of female diabetic patients exceeded the number of males by 32%, the male/female sex ratio being found to be 0.68, which is significantly less than that of the same age group in the general population.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

Spontaneous haemothorax in Osler-Weber-Rendu disease.

A case of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease) is described who presented with severe, central chest pain mimicking acute myocardial infarction, a presentation which has not been described before. He was found to have developed spontaneous haemothorax which is a very rare complication of this disease.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

The hypereosinophilic syndrome--a diagnostic enigma.

The hypereosinophilic syndrome groups together a number of conditions in which eosinophilia occurs for no apparently identifiable cause. Initial reports indicated a uniformly grave prognosis but recent observations suggest a more favourable outcome in certain cases. Two patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome are described whose course of disease and outcome have been completely different.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

Thrombophlebitis migrans in ulcerative colitis.

A case of thrombophlebitis migrans in ulcerative colitis in a Maltese housewife is reported. The association of thrombo-embolic disease and ulcerative colitis is reviewed.

Colitis, Ulcerative↗
PubMed1975

Effect of intravenous prednisolone in asthmatics with diminished adrenergic responsiveness.

The beta effects of adrenergic stimulation are often diminished in asthmatics in whom the condition is active. Corticosteroids are thought to lower the threshold of beta-adrenergic receptors to the response of catecholamines. A single intravenous injection of 40 mg prednisolone appeared to restore responsiveness to inhaled isoprenaline in eight out of ten chronic asthmatics who were previously non-responsive to catecholamines.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Intravenous prednisolone in chronic bronchial asthma.

A single injection of 40 mg prednisolone phosphate was given to 10 patients with chronic bronchial asthma. Changes in pulmonary function were followed over a 30-hour period. Statistically significant changes occurred in the tests employed one hour after the injection of prednisolone. The maximum change for the group as a whole was seen to occur after eight hours. This time course of response is very similar to that obtained in previous studies on similar groups of patients with oral prednisolone where the peak effect occurred nine hours after the drug had been given. Intravenous hydrocortisone produces a much earlier peak effect, at five hours, when it is administered to chronic asthmatic patients.

Adolescent↗