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in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis and, as mentioned earlier on, in conjunc- tion with the Institute of Pathology in Kowloon Hospital a study was also made on the use of immunological tests for early detection of cryptococcal meningitis.
Research work carried out in the anaesthetic unit included a study on the effectiveness of laryngeal reflex during ketamine anaesthesia, comparison of blood loss in certain gynaecological operations performed under general anaesthesia and epidural anaesthesia; and the use of naloxone as an antagonist to pethidine. In the medical unit the main research work was concerned with chronic glomerulo-nephritis with a view to obtain pertinent information for the establishment of a long-term maintenance dialysis service; therapy in systemic lupus erythraematosus with renal involvement; analysis of clinical data among local diabetes mellitus patients; metabolic studies of uric acid level in serum and cells in patients with gout or conditions asso- ciated with hyperuricaemia; enzymatic studies on serum and cell cholinesterase activities in patients with cirrhosis of liver; and therapeutic studies on malignant disease of lymphoid tissue.
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