Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Treating bleeding peptic ulcer with sustained achlorhydria
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)A controlled randomized study and a subsequent prospective therapeutic trial have demonstrated the efficacy of an intensive therapy comprising hourly intravenous injections of 100 mg of cimetidine along with a continuous ... -
Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, ... -
Diagnostic utility of ultrasonography in hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction in a tropical country.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)The present study was undertaken to define the role of ultrasonography (US) in screening and diagnosis of hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction. Forty-five consecutive patients clinically suspected to have hepatic venous ... -
HBV transmission in healthy persons at high risk in India
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Large volume paracentesis and intravenous dextran to treat tense ascites
(1992)Forty patients with cirrhosis of the liver and tense ascites were randomized to receive either aldactone 400 mg/day and furosemide 80 mg/day (n = 20) or repeated large volume paracentesis (LVP) and infusion of low molecular ... -
An update on viral hepatitis
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Plasma concentrations of fibronectin and C3d in patients with amoebic liver abscess
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)By means of simple and specific ELISA techniques, the plasma concentrations of soluble fibronectin and C3d, a breakdown product of C3 complement, were determined in patients with amoebic liver abscesses (ALA) and in healthy ... -
Training in gastroenterology.
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Prospective controlled study of post-transfusion hepatitis after cardiac surgery in a large referral hospital in India.Live
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)We studied the risk of post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH) in recipients of blood collected from voluntary donors screened for HBsAg. Two hundred and fifty patients without any previous history of liver disease or transfusion ... -
HBV–status in professional blood donors in north India.Trop Gastroenterol
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Present study demonstrates the efficacy and significance of routine screening assays used for HBsAg testing in donor blood in different blood banks of Delhi city. Blood from professional donors already screened in blood ... -
Liver transplant in India: miles to go.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992) -
Encephalopathy in patients with extrahepatic obstruction after lienorenal shunts
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Thirty patients with portal hypertension resulting from extrahepatic portal vein obstruction were studied. Evidence of postshunt encephalopathy was sought using neurological and psychometric tests and visual evoked potentials. ... -
Immune response to hepatitis B virus surface antigen peptides during HBV infection.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Antibody responses of patients with acute (n = 73), fulminant (n = 30) and chronic (n = 51) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as well as recovered individuals (n = 7) were studied against three synthetic peptides, Pre-S1 ... -
Ursodeoxycholic acid–new drug for liver diseases
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Pancreatic abscess: is there a role for conservative therapy?
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 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 ... -
Hepatic coma as a presenting feature of constrictive pericarditis
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Nitric oxide: significance for the gastroenterologists.
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A preliminary open trial on interferon stimulator (SNMC) derived from Glycyrrhiza glabra in the treatment of subacute hepatic failure
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)The efficacy of the interferon stimulator named Stronger Neo Minophagen-C (SNMC) derived form the plant G. glabra was studied at a dose of 40 or 100 ml daily for 30 days followed by thrice weekly intravenously for 8 wk in ... -
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics: explosion of information.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Chronic hepatitis in a large Indian hospital.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)BACKGROUND. In developed countries as well as in Southeast Asia, the hepatitis B and C viruses are the main causes of chronic hepatitis. In India, however, there have been no major investigations on the aetiology of chronic ...
