ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION IN CAPE TOWN

Hot water burns in Cape Town.

Scalds are common in South Africa and accounted for 21.6 per cent of the admissions to the Burns Unit of the University of Cape Town. Two hundred and forty adult patients (160 males, 80 females) with a mean age of 34.2 years were admitted for treatment of scalds between 1985 and June 1992. One hundred and thirteen sustained their scalds accidentally while 127 patients were assaulted with hot wa...

Eosionphilic oesophagitis in Cape Town, South Africa

Eosinophilic oesophagitis has been described in patients from all ethnic backgrounds in studies originating in all continents apart from Africa. A cohort of 8 patients (3 boys, 5 girls) identified at Red Cross Hospital during 2009-2010 is described. Average age 7 years (1yr 11 months to 15 years 10 months). Ethnicity 2 caucasian, 5 mixed, 1 Black African. Age of onset: mean 3 years, median 1 ye...

Incidence of congenital abnormalities in Cape Town.

than is thought. especially in outlying country districts where doctors are few and the complications of pregnancy may not be dealt with as rapidly as is to be desired. Murdoch suggests that a woman who has suffered haemorrhage or shock at delivery must always be viewed as a candidate for Sheehan's syndrome. Schneeberg el al.' recommend that she be kept under observation for at least a year, es...

Reflections on Study Space Cape Town

Oxygen equilibrium of hemoglobin J Cape Town.

Polycythemia in carriers of hemoglobin J Cape Town or hemoglobin Chesapeake is thought to be produced by increased oxygen affinity of their blood. Both hemoglobins involve substitution of amino acid residue alpha FG-4. Measurements reported here, of the oxygen equilibrium of purified hemoglobin J Cape Town, permit direct comparison of the two hemoglobins. J Cape Town exhibits lower oxygen affin...