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G D Elias

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PubMed1999

CT findings in head scans at Moi Teaching and Referral hospital.

BACKGROUND: The first CT scanner in western Kenya was launched on 20th February, 1998. OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of CT findings in head scans. DESIGN: Prospective study over a one year period. SETTING: Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. SUBJECTS: Four hundred and ninety five consecutive patients who underwent CT head scans. RESULTS: Intracranial haemorrhage was the leading disorder with 17.8%, followed by brain infarcts at 10.5%, hydrocephalus at 6.3% and brain tumours at 5.9%. CONCLUSION: Intracranial disorders secondary to trauma, stroke and their sequelae are major causes of head disease in western Kenya.

Brain Diseases↗
PubMed1991

Renal ectopia in Nairobi.

Forty-six patients with renal ectopia were investigated over a 5 1/4 years period. The male to female ratio was 15:31. Their ages ranged from 3 1/2 to 50 years. The commonest presentation was abdominal mass. The right kidney was involved in 50pc, the left in 28pc and both kidneys in 22pc of cases. Malrotation, hydronephrosis and fusion were the most frequent anomalies associated with the ectopia. One patient developed neoplastic change.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Radiological pattern of chest disease in a provincial hospital.

Chest x-rays of 533 patients were prospectively studied over a period of 6 months. The sex, age and disease types were recorded. The sex ratio was found to be variable according to the disease. About one third of the patients were under 10 years of age. 83% of the total were in the age range 0 to 49 years. 41 per cent of the cases had lung infection; pulmonary tuberculosis accounting for one fourth of these. Cardiac lesions constituted 11%. Other chest diseases accounted for 7%. 27 percent of the chest x-rays were reported as normal.

Adolescent↗