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Laproscopy In Guyana
...The first lap chole was done in October 2002.
Currently the average length of stay is 1.8 days, average
operating room time is 104 minuets with an average total cost of
Guyana $200,000. |
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Gastroenteritis
Revisited - The Guyanese Perspective
...In Guyana there
is a difference in the spectrum of disease... When presented
with a child with vomiting and diarrhoea, the physician needs
all the clues he can accumulate to diagnose the organism and to
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A young man with
5 day history of fever, chills & rigors
N.D. is a 17-year-old
male from the North West District of Guyana. He presented with a
5 day history of intermittent high-grade fever preceded by
chills and rigours. There were
associated headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea, dark coloured urine
and generalized body pain.
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Suicidal Behaviour in
Guyana
...In Guyana a Mental Health Plan is being
developed, and one of the areas of priority is the prevention of
suicidal behavior. A study of 950 autopsies conducted at the
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in 1999, indicated
44% of deaths from external causes, with suicide representing
10% all deaths. |
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Obstetrics & Gynaecology
...Prostaglandins are used extensively in obstetrics and
gynaecology...Prostaglandins are intimately involved in human
reproduction. Maternal adaptation of pregnancy involving the
systemic and utero-placental circulations as well as initiation
of term and preterm labour - are situations involving
prostaglandins. |
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New Tuberculosis
Testing more accurate and effective tool for controlling the
spread of TB
... T SPOT TB provides an accurate and
effective tool for controlling the spread of TB, enabling
persons exposed, to be diagnosed and treated while their
infection is still dormant... Treating the disease in the early
stages requires only one drug instead of the four used in cases
of full blown disease.
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History of UGSM
Guyana's Medical Practitioners'
Programme was established in 1985 with the involvement of
the University of Guyana (UG), Guyana Agency for Health,
Sciences, Education, Environment and Food Policy (GAHEEF)...
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