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Pancreatic abscess: is there a role for conservative therapy?
(1993)
Pancreatic abscess is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis and non-operative management has been reported to carry a mortality of nearly 100%. We present five patients with pancreatic abscess, who were successfully ...
Outcome of glaucoma surgery at Mombasa Light House for Christ Eye Centre-intra-ocular pressure control
(2009-12)
Objectives: The main objective was to evaluate the outcome of glaucoma surgeries in a centre for eye care in Kenya.
Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: The study was conducted at Mombasa Light House for Christ ...
Silent killer of the night: a feasibility study of an outreach well-women clinic for cervical cancer screening in female sex workers in Hong Kong.
(2008-01)
In many resource-poor countries. there are hardly any outreach well-women clinics for cervical cancer screening In women in general. let alone for female sex-workers. Yet. this study found abnormal results. i.e. central ...
Rural culture and the conservation of Mackinders eagle owls (Bubo capensis mackinderi) in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The author describes her fieldwork studying a population of Mackinders eagle owls that live adjacent to small-scale farms in rural Kenya. Her study investigated the effects of farming practices on the diet and breeding ...
An Evaluation of Intravaginal Rings as a Potential HIV Prevention Device in Urban Kenya: Behaviors and Attitudes That Might Influence Uptake within a High-Risk Population
(2008)
Purpose
We sought to assess the potential acceptability of intravaginal rings (IVRs) as an HIV prevention method among at-risk women and men.
Methods
We conducted a qualitative assessment of initial attitudes toward ...
Breast milk alpha-defensins are associated with HIV type 1 RNA and CC chemokines in breast milk but not vertical HIV type 1 transmission
(2007)
Alpha-defensins are proteins exhibiting in vitro anti-HIV-1 activity that may protect against mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 via breast milk. Correlates of alpha-defensins in breast milk and transmission risk were ...
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in a black adult male: case report
(2008-08)
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, (HHT) or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a genetic autosomal dominant disorder that is characterised by telangiectasias, (small vascular malformations), in mucocutaneous tissues and ...
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B markers in pregnant women in Kenya.
(2006)
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate hepatitis B serological markers in pregnant women from various geographical sites in Kenya.
DESIGN:
A cross-sectional observational study of women attending antenatal clinics.
SETTING:
The ...
Problems in diagnosing odontogenic myxoma: case report.East Afr Med J. 2007 Mar;84(3):141-5.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Tumours and tumour-like growths arising from odontogenic tissues constitute a heterogenous group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and pathologists. In children, these ...
Surgical management of urolithiasis at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1990)
Over a ten-year-period, 82 patients with 89 episodes of urinary stones were seen and managed in the General Surgical Units of Kenyatta National Hospital. The management procedures were evaluated and the magnitude of ...