Anatomy of Normal and Degenerative Changes in the Brain
Fig. 2.1 Normal brain. (a) The lobes gyri and major sulci labeled in the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal gyri, and the motor strip identified on the lateral surface of…
CT Findings in the Brain of Adult Patients with HIV/AIDS
Fig. 15.1 CSF findings In 91 of 105 patients in this study had a CSF analysis, and in this group 34 out of 91 had abnormal CSF including 3 with…
Review of Reasons for Patients to Receive a CT of the Head and Neck Region in Uganda in 2011–2012
Reason Total # Subclass # Trauma 195 RTA: Boda-Boda 135, Auto 19. 154 Normal 14 Assault 28 Fall 13 CVA 46 Ischemic 15 Hemorrhagic: 28 (Subdural 10 Epidural…
Caring for the Elderly with Dementia in Africa
Country Year 2000 population ≥60 years in thousands Year 2025 population ≥60 years in thousands % increase over 5 years in people ≥60 years % increase of general population Algeria…
Children with Neurodegenerative Development Disorders in Uganda
Neurodegenerative disorder System involved Neurologic/psychiatric/behavioral abnormalities Inheritance pattern Infantile Refsum’s disease Peroxisomal disorders Rapid, jerky eye movements (nystagmus); progressive muscle weakness and wasting; poor balance and coordination (ataxia); hearing loss…
A 24-Hour Walk Through Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda: What Kind of In-Patients Do You See?
Fig. 3.1 Distribution of the in-patients by sex and ward Figure 3.2 shows a population pyramid for patients in Mulago and the national population pyramid. While patients’ age distribution is…
Strokes as Seen in Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Fig. 8.1 Disease burden on the neurology unit in Mulago Hospital, 2012 (Matovu et al. 2012 data unpublished) Risk Factors for Stroke In a study carried out in Uganda’s Mulago…
HIV-Associated Cognitive Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa
ANI HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment Cognitive impairment involving at least two cognitive domains (performance of at least 1 SD below the mean for norms on neuropsychological tests) 1. The…
Childhood Threats to Adult Cognition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Malaria, Anemia, Stunting, Enteric Enteropathy, and the Microbiome of Malnutrition
Fig. 7.1 Childhood strategies to improve adult cognition It is generally agreed that in adults, the prevention, identification, and treatment of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome may prevent or delay…
Case Presentation of Epilepsy Secondary to Cerebral Malaria
Fig. 20.1 EEG trace findings of NP Treatment and Outcome Before visiting the Mulago hospital MHC because her epilepsy illness, NP was being managed by traditional healers where she used…
