Biomedical subjects

I Muhammad

Publications and source records attributed to I Muhammad.

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PubMed1991

Dysuria in infancy and childhood: an analysis of 42 children presenting in the paediatrics outpatients department.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) was the only pathology found among 42 children presenting at the paediatric outpatient department with pain or straining on micturition. 18 (42.9%) had cystourethritis proven bacteriologically. 3 of these had gonococcal urethritis and were all males aged less than 3 years. Four had vasical schistosomiasis. No definite diagnosis could be made in 24 (57.1%) cases. Only secondary symptoms of gross haematuria, urethral discharge and cloudy urine were of diagnostic value, others were not. Children without these specific secondary symptoms predominate and may or may not have urinary tract pathology. Urinary leucocyte count on native urine is a useful screening test to identify those to be further investigated.

Child↗

PubMed1990

Management of liver injuries in Zaria, Nigeria.

The records of 37 patients with liver injuries operated upon at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria from 1976 to 1987 were reviewed. There were 31 males and 6 females with a mean age of 22 years. Sixty-two per cent were due to blunt injury from road traffic accidents, 14 per cent were due to gunshot wounds and 5 per cent due to stab wounds as a result of assaults. Treatment with simple suture and drainage sufficed in 49 per cent; only 16 per cent required resection, packing and drainage. Associated injuries included long bone fractures and chest trauma. The most common complication was sepsis and the overall mortality was 19 per cent.

Accidents, Traffic↗

PubMed1990

Management of head injuries at the Abu Hospital, Zaria.

From 1971 to 1980 in Zaria which is situated at the confluence of four major motor roads, 890 patients with head injuries were managed by general surgeons and their trainees. A review of 600 clinical records showed that 80% of the injuries resulted from road traffic accidents; 38% of the patients belonged in the third decade; 82% were males and extremity fractures were associated in 124 patients. Consciousness was not regained by 90 of the 464 patients who lost consciousness during their illness. Bur holes were placed in 254 and intracranial haematomas were evacuated in 180. Overall mortality was 29%.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1988

Bladder and urethral injuries associated with fractures of the pelvis in Zaria, Nigeria.

Among 3540 trauma patients received at the A.B.U. Hospital, Zaria between 1972 and 1982, 350 had fractures of the pelvis, and 127 of these had associated injuries of the urinary bladder and urethra. They comprised 90 men and 37 women. Bladder and urethral contusion were the commonest injuries in 56 patients who required only catheter drainage. Surgical explorations and repairs were necessary in 71. Of the anatomical categories, pelvic posterior fractures occurred in 55 patients and were associated with a larger proportion of major non-urinary injuries, ruptured bladder and a greater fatality rate.

Accidents, Traffic↗