dc.contributor.author | Ayuo, Paul O | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-25T08:11:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-25T08:11:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Masters of Medicine | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25601 | |
dc.description.abstract | 55 Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients were studied with a view to
determining their cardiovacular status. Their ages were ranging between
13-27 years with a medium of 18.9 years. They comprised 27 males and
28 females. The main haemoglobin concentration was 8.5 ± 1.4g/dL.
Haemoglobin level of 8-9g/dL seen in 30 patients was noted to confer the
lowest incidences of exertional dyspnoea (40%) and palpitation (50%).
This group also had lowest mean heart rate.
Systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressures, Ejection fraction
(EF) and differential fibre shortening (%D) were found to be directly
related to haemoglobin concentration, whereas cardiothoractc index (CTI)
and left ventricular dimensions had an inverse relationships to
haemoglobi n concentration.
The left venticular dimensions (LVD), Ejection fraction end differential
fibre shortening were found to be normal in 80.9% of the patients
indicating that the majority of patients with sickle cell anaemia at
Kenyatta National Hospital have good cardiac functions. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Cardiovascular Manifestations Of Sickle Cell Anaemia In Patients Of 13 Years And Above At The Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |