Postmortem Findings in Hypertesnive Subjects in Kampala; Uganda

ABSTRACT

The incidence and causes of hypertension in clinical practice in East Africa have been discussed in other papers in this symposium. In these accounts information has been derived from population surveys; from out-patient studies or from in-patient clinical records. The present paper presents material derived from a survey of postmortem material from the Department of Pathology; Makerere University College medical School and the New Mulago Hospital; Kampala. the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and type of renal disease in hypertension