Inflammatory bowel disease of the Faroe Islands, 1981-1988. A prospective epidemiologic study: primary report.

The frequency of inflammatory bowel disease was estimated prospectively in the period 1981 to November 1988 for the 45,000 inhabitants on the Faroe Islands. The mean incidence of ulcerative colitis was 20.3/10(5)/year and of Crohn's disease, 3.

Epidemiological aspects of peptic ulcer disease on the Faroe Islands. An interim report.

A prospective epidemiological study was carried out from 1981 to 1983 to determine the incidence of peptic ulcer on the Faroe Islands. The annual incidence of first-time-diagnosed peptic ulcer was on the average 3.3 per 1000 inhabitants aged 15 years and older.

Effect of frusemide administration on calcium excretion.

Each of eight adipose but otherwise normal patients on a reducing diet received daily oral doses of frusemide for four days; the degree of hypercalciuria was found to be significant during the first three days, but on day four the calcium excretion in the urine had become normal though frusemide was still being given. The rates of excretion of sodium and calcium in the urine were closely correlated.