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Terminal Uræmia: With Notes on the Prevalence of Renal Disease Amongst the Insane
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 February 2018
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The high incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis at post-mortem examinations at the East Sussex County Mental Hospital prompted an investigation into the urea content of the cerebro-spinal fluid. In the years 1926-29, some 68% of all deaths have had post-mortem examinations performed, totalling over 200 autopsies, and a series of 60 successive results are tabulated below (Table I), giving the following details:
(1) The sex of the patient.
(2) The age.
(3) The interval between death and the estimation of the urea content of the cerebro-spinal fluid.
(4) The result of the estimation.
(5) The mental diagnosis.
(6) Macroscopic evidence of gross renal disease (+ or −).
(7) Other gross macroscopical abnormalities.
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