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Health facility-based Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor: findings from a national survey in Tanzania.
(2009)
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of obstetric mortality. Studies show that Active Management of Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL) reduces Post Partum Hemorrhage (PPH). This study describes the practice of AMTSL and barriers to ...
Caveat oncologist: clinical findings and consequences of distributing counterfeit erythropoietin in the United States.
(2012)
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals pose risks domestically. Because of their cost, cancer pharmaceuticals are vulnerable. We review findings from a domestic counterfeiting episode involving erythropoietin and outline anticounterfeiting ...
Antibodies to opacity proteins (Opa) correlate with a reduced risk of gonococcal salpingitis.
(1994)
Acute salpingitis complicating cervical gonococcal infection is a significant cause of infertility. Relatively little data are available concerning the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this disease. A cohort of 243 prostitutes ...
Towards developing a diagnostic algorithm for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae cervicitis in pregnancy
(1990)
C trachomatis and N gonorrhoeae are major causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. To identify characteristics predictive of cervical infection, we examined pregnant women attending ...
Quality of-life in male cancer patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2004-07)
BACKGROUND:
The quality of life of cancer patients is likely to be influenced by psychological reactions of the cancer patients yet there are no documented issues related to quality of life in cancer patients in Kenyan ...
Healthcare-seeking behavior and sexual behavior of patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya
(2001)
BACKGROUND:
Sexual and health-seeking behaviors are important components of sexually transmitted disease (STD) control.
GOALS:
To generate data for improved STD prevention and care, and to assess sexual behavior ...
Continuous EEG monitoring in Kenyan children with non-traumatic coma
(2012)
The aim of this study was to describe the EEG and clinical profile of seizures in children with non-traumatic coma, compare seizure detection by clinical observations with that by continuous EEG, and relate EEG features ...
Dietary, social, and environmental determinants of obesity in Kenyan women.
(2011)
To assess the determinants of overweight and obesity in Kenyan women considered to be undergoing the nutrition transition.
A nationally representative sample of women (n = 1008) was randomly drawn. Weight, height, waist, ...
Fleroxacin in the treatment of chancroid: an open study in men seropositive or seronegative for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
(1993)
Fleroxacin was prescribed to treat both HIV-negative and HIV-positive men with proven chancroid in an open study. HIV-negative men were treated with a single 400-mg dose of fleroxacin, and HIV-positive men were treated ...