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Prenatal Diagnosis , Twins, Conjoined , Ultrasonography , Adult , Female , Humans , PregnancyABSTRACT
It would be anticipated that Maori residents in New Zealand would place greater demands on hospitals for inpatient services than nonMaoris, because of their higher mortality and morbidity rates and greater fertility rates. A year's admissions to Waikato Hospital have been analysed to test this proposition. Results confirm that Maoris in all age groups are admitted as inpatients at a higher rate than nonMaoris. Maori residents also use bed days at a 50-100% higher rate than nonMaoris in the various age groups. This has considerable funding implications, especially for hospital boards with more Maoris in their population than the national average.
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Catchment Area, Health , Hospitals/statistics & numerical data , Humans , New ZealandABSTRACT
The author reports the case histories of a number of neonates and children with renal disease to illustrate the use of grey-scale ultrasound in the investigation of such patients. In the series, ultrasound proved to be an excellent diagnostic tool in the investigation of masses of suspected renal origin, both in ascertaining their site of origin and in evaluating their nature. Other applications of diagnostic ultrasound included investigation of the kidney not visualised by urography, and suspected urinary tract obstruction, and renal or peri-renal infection. The characteristic ultrasound appearances of polycystic disease, multicystic kidney, renal tract obstruction, nephroblastoma and perinephric abscess are shown.
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Kidney Diseases/diagnosis , Ultrasonography , Abscess/diagnosis , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Hematoma/diagnosis , Humans , Hydronephrosis/diagnosis , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Infant, Newborn, Diseases/diagnosis , Male , Polycystic Kidney Diseases/diagnosis , Ureter/abnormalities , Ureteral Obstruction/diagnosisABSTRACT
The gray-scale ultrasound features of the normal and pathological pancreas are presented in 37 patients, 25 of whom presented with jaundice, and 12 of whom had abdominal pain suspected to be of pancreatic origin. The ultrasound criteria for the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinomata, acute pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocysts are illustrated. The correlation with findings at laparotomy and post-mortem are shown, suggesting that ultrasound is the best method of pancreatic imaging available in New Zealand at this time.
