Some aspects of obstructive jaundice at Kenyatta National Hospital

dc.contributor.author	Okoth, FA
dc.contributor.author	Ogutu, EO
dc.contributor.author	Lule, GN
dc.contributor.author	Wambugu, MN
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-23T12:38:52Z
dc.date.issued	1989
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal Vol. 66 NO.9 September 1989	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10900
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2691232
dc.identifier.uri
dc.description.abstract	A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age, Screening for cases was done by use of abdominal ultrasonography. A total of 20 cases (11 females, 9 males) were dia¬gnosed. Carcinoma of the head of pancreas accounted for 55% of cases of the obstruction, followed by gallstones (10%), hepatocellular carcinoma (10%) and gall bladder tumour (10%).	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Jaundice	en
dc.subject	Kenyatta National Hospital	en
dc.title	Some aspects of obstructive jaundice at Kenyatta National Hospital	en
dc.type	Article	en