Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Antibiotic Prescription Patterns In The Management Of Open Fractures In Mulago Hospital
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012)Background: Open fractures are contaminated and may result in infection. The use of antibiotics has greatly reduced the risk of infection. We conducted a study in a large teaching hospital to evaluate the use of antibiotics ... -
Kakai R, Wamola IA, Bwayo JJ.Association Of Human Rotavirus Infection And Intestinal Rotavirus-specific Immunoglobulin A In Children With Diarrhoea. East Afr Med J. 1995 Apr;72(4):217-9.
(University of Nairobi, 1995)No abstract available -
War and mental disorders in Africa
(Department of Psychiatry, 2006-02)Many wars continue to engulf Africa, from east to west and from north to south, leaving many Africans severely traumatized (1). Musisi (2), in his chapter in the recently published volume "Essentials of clinical psychiatry ... -
Audit of Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Orthopaedic Surgery in Mulago Hospital
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012)Background: Prophylactic antibiotics are entrenched in implant orthopaedic surgery. We conducted a study to determine the use of prophylactic antibiotics in clean implant orthopaedic surgery in Mulago hospital. Methods: ... -
Neurogenic control of cerebral blood vessels in the giraffe
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Typhim Vi Vaccine Against Typhoid Fever: A Clinical Trial In Kenya.
(1995)Safety, tolerance and immunogenicity of the purified Vi polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi) against typhoid fever was evaluated in primary school children aged 5-15 years. A total of 435 children were vaccinated, each with ... -
The AIDS Crisis: Challenges, Consequences, and Recommendations for the World and Africa
(Department of Psychiatry, 1996)AIDS is a global problem of unprecedent consequences in the history of epidemics. It poses serious health, economic, social, ethical, political, religious, legal, cultural and philosophical problems that threaten to undermine ... -
Clinical assessment of the Palmaris Longus – Accuracy of common tests
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012)Background: The Palmaris longus is a small vestigial muscle that is used as a tendon graft by surgeons. There are several tests described to detect the presence of the muscle clinically and there are variable opinions ... -
Sexual Dysfunction among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
(Department of Psychiatry, 2012-12)Sexual dysfunction can impact a person’s ability to form or sustain intimate relationships and co morbidity between sexual dysfunction and anxiety as well as depression has been reported. Yet epidemiological, etiological, ... -
Microbial Contamination Of Commercial Food Products: Fact Or Fiction.East Afr Med J. 1992 Mar;69(3):121-2.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)No abstract available -
Incidence of early post operative surgical site infection after primary total hip arthroplasty in the African setting
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2013)Background: Implant orthopaedic surgery is associated with a risk of post operative Surgical Site Infection (SSI). This can have devastating consequences in the case of arthroplasty. Due to the less than ideal circumstances ... -
Salmonella And Shigella Gastroenteritis At A Public Teaching Hospital In Nairobi, Kenya. Inf. Control And Hosp. Epidemiol. 12(12): 710 1991
(University of Nairobi, 1991)No abstract available -
Aerobic And Facultative Bacterial Isolates From Blood Cultures Of Children With Clinically Diagnosed Septicaemia.East Afr Med J. 1991 Nov;68(11):869-74.
(University of Nairobi, 1991)A total of 120 sets of blood cultures were performed aerobically from 60 children with clinically diagnosed septicaemia at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Out of these, 36 (30%) sets from 19 (31.7%) patients yielded ... -
Sickle Cell Trait (HbAS) is Associated with Increased Expression of Erythrocyte Complement Regulatory Proteins CR1 and CD55 Levels in Children
(Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, 2013)Erythrocyte complement regulatory proteins, complement receptor 1 (CR1) and decay accelerating factor (CD55) protect red blood cells (RBCs) from complement mediated damage by controlling complement activation cascade and ... -
Mixed infections in childhood diarrhoea: results of a community study in Kiambu District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)One thousand four hundred and twenty diarrhoea specimens from 846 children aged 0 to 60 months were collected and analysed for bacteria, parasites and rotavirus over a 16 month period, from June 1985 to September 1986 ... -
Adaptation Of A Method Of Measuring Zone Diameters Of Bacterial Growth Inhibition By Antibiotics To Suit Developing Countries. East Afr Med J. 1989 Jul;66(7):441-7.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)No abstract available -
Role Of The Laboratory In Infectious Disease. Fiji Medical Association Annual Seminar. (14th
(University of Nairobi, 1984)No abstract available -
The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol
(Institute of Tropical & Infectious Diseases, 2009)The objectives are to compare the effectiveness of cell phone-supported SMS messaging to standard care on adherence, quality of life, retention, and mortality in a population receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ... -
Bacteriology Of Septicaemia At Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Medicom, Vol 3 (6): 1981
(University of Nairobi, 1981)No abstract available -
