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D M Hall

Publications and source records attributed to D M Hall.

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PubMed1976

Hypertension detected in young black women by routine screening in a family planning clinics.

The prevalence of hypertension, defined as a diastolic blood pressure over 100 mmHg, among young Black women who attended a family planning clinic in Johannesburg, was 2,85%, while in those over 35 years of age it was 8,5%. There was no correlation between hypertension and urbanisation, occupation or urinary sodium output. Within 6 months of diagnoisis, 84% of the women with hypertension had defaulted from the treatment clinic. Family planning clinics can economically screen patients for hypertension, but in this community a separate screening programme would not succeed until patient compliance has improved.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Blacks.

Two patients with salt-losing adrenal hyperplasia are reported. The occurrence of this condition among Blacks in Southern Africa has not yet been recorded. Both patients presented in the first month of life with dehydration, although they did not have diarrhoea. One was a boy, and the other a girl who had signs of virilisation. The typical biochemical changes of this condition were demonstrated. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia appears to be less common in Blacks than in Whites.

Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital↗
PubMed1976

Artificial feeding of Black infants.

Analysis of milk formula feeds in a community where infant malnutrition is common, showed that overdilution of feeds is less frequent than expected. Many feeds were too concentrated. Modified and 'humanised' milks were more often and more seriously too strong than unmodified milks. An inadequate number and volume of milk feeds per day was probably more important in causing malnutrition than the strength of the feeds.

Black or African American↗
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Impact of infants born at the threshold of viability on the neonatal mortality rate in Colorado.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the contribution of infants born at the threshold of viability (< 750 gm) on neonatal mortality in Colorado. STUDY DESIGN: For the period of January 1991 to December 1996, all Colorado live births who expired were evaluated for gestational age, birth weight, gender, hospital level of care, age at time of death, delivery room resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, medical and surgical complications, and serious malformations. RESULTS: Although infants weighing < 750 gm represent only 0.31% of all live births, they account for 46.3% of deaths. While those infants weighing < 500 gm and with a gestation of < 24 weeks almost always died (94.7%), the majority born in the 500- to 745-gm category (55.8%) survived. The vast majority (88.5%) of deaths occurred on the first day of life. A total of 38.4% of births in which the infant weighed < 750 gm occurred outside bona fide regional perinatal centers. CONCLUSION: Future attempts to reduce the Colorado neonatal mortality rate would best focus on the 500- to 750-gm weight group through the re-regionalization of high-risk perinatal care.

Cause of Death↗