Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions

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    • Safety issues in voluntary female surgical contraception: peri-operative complications. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Ngugi, F (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
      PIP: Worldwide, voluntary surgical contraception (VSC) is among the most widely employed of family planning methods. Relatively few vasectomies have been reported in Kenya over the last decade, with VSC in the country ...

    • Facial Soft Tissue Injuries in Faciomaxillofacial Region 

      Guthua, Symon W. (School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 2008)
      No abstract

    • Acute renal failure after aortography. 

      Roy, AD (Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1957)

    • Megaloblastic Anaemia In Zimbabwe. 1: Seasonal Variation. 

      Mukiibi, JM; Paul, B; Mandisodza, A (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-01)
      Two hundred and ten patients who were confirmed to have megaloblastic anemia over a 2-year period were grouped according to the month of diagnosis. A distinct seasonal variation was detectable in the occurrence of megaloblastic ...

    • Potassium-secreting tumours of the large intestine. 

      Roy, AD; ELLIS, H (1959)

    • Surgical contraception: the kindest cut of all? 

      Ruminjo, JK (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
      Over 10,000 sterilizations are performed annually in Kenya, 99% of them on women. The mortality associated with female sterilization is only 1/100 that of pregnancy and childbirth, documented in the literature. Sterilization ...

    • Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya 

      Brooker, S; Clarke, S; Njagi, JK; Polack, S; Mugo, B; Estambale Benson B.; Muchiri, E; Magnussen, F; Cox, J (University of Nairobi.Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2004-07)
      The epidemiology of malaria over small areas remains poorly understood, and this is particularly true for malaria during epidemics in highland areas of Africa, where transmission intensity is low and characterized by acute ...

    • Two cases of ureteric tumour with unusual pyelographic findings. 

      Roy, AD; SCOTT, LS (Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1960)

    • Epidemiology of hepatitis B in eastern Kenya 

      Woody, JN; Gray, GC,; Morrill, JC; Johnson, B; Mugambi, M; Tukei, PM; Okoth, FA; Hyams, KC (U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit, Cairo, Egypt, 1989)
      A cross-sectional survey of outpatients attending the three distinct hospitals in the towns of Mombasa, Kilifi, and Malindi was conducted to determine the patterns of hepatitis B transmission in eastern Kenya. Of 1,533 ...

    • Obstructive jaundice due to tuberculous hepatic lymph glands. 

      Roy, AD; Allan, J (Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1964)

    • Minilaparotomy female sterilisation in clients with lower midline abdominal scar. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Achwal, I (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
      A total of 1221 female clients were sterilised via minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia as outpatients. 101 of these clients had lower midline abdominal scars, 1120 did not. The first group had slightly increased minilap ...

    • WHO Expert Committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations. 

      Bawazir, SA; Caudron, JM; Dekker, TG; Guerrero Rivas, NM; Hoogmartens, J; Shaohong, J; Miller, JH; Molzon, JA; Treebamroog, M; Biwota, EW; Addae-Mensah, I; Kristensen, HG; Rabouhans, ML; Robert, JL; Singh, S; Tribe, R; Farquharson, GJ; Mills, S; Pelkonen, E; Schumauser, B; Smith, D; Speitzhofer, A; Jakobsen, PS; Daviaud, J; Lodi, A; Kozarewicz, P; Beatrice, MG; Cappuccino, N; Suffolk, B; Hoek, AJ; Anquez-Traxler, C; FitzGerald, M; Vallender, M; Kim, HS; Lee, SJ; Russo, KA; Etienne, CF; Hogerzeil, HV; Rägo, S; Kopp, S; Mendy, C; Balocco, R; Gould, A; Kuwana, R; Mehmandoust, M; Mubangizi, D; Saboartova, J; Streipa, I; Worku, WZ; Yin, H; van Zyl, A; Azatyan, S; Hetzke, J; Maruyama, Y; Ondari, C; Théry, RF; Wood, DJ (University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2010)
      The Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations works towards clear, independent and practical standards and guidelines for the quality assurance of medicines. Standards are developed by the Committee ...

    • Scottish television experiment. 

      Roy, AD (Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1964)

    • Twice-failed tubal ligation: a case report. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Chabari, C (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)
      The case is presented of a twice-failed tubal ligation in a woman with six previous children. The first failure followed laparoscopic tubal occlusion by silastic falope rings, while the second failure was subsequent to ...

    • Perforating Wound Of The Heart. 

      Roy, AD; Pollock, JG (1964)

    • Epidemiology, Aetiology, Management And Prevention 

      Guthua, Symon W.; Kaimenyi, J T (1996)

    • Plasmodium falciparum: DNA probe diagnosis of malaria in Kenya 

      Wirth, DF; David, JR,; David, R; Khan, B; Mugambi, M; Koech, DK,; Barker RH Jr, Brandling-Bennett AD, (Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, 1989)
      We previously reported isolation of DNA probe which specifically recognizes Plasmodium falciparum and developed a simple method for its use. The sensitivity and specificity of this DNA probe method have now been extensively ...

    • Reproductive Biology Knowledge, And Behaviour Of Teenagers In East, Central And Southern Africa: The Zimbabwe Case Study. 

      Mbizvo, M T; Kasule, J; Gupta, V; Rusakaniko, S; Gumbo, J; Kinoti, S N; Mpanju-Shumbusho, W; Sebina-Zziwa; Mwateba, R; Padayachy, J (University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, 1995-11)
      Sexuality in the teenager is often complicated by unplanned/unwanted pregnancy, abortion and the risks of STDs including AIDS. There is therefore a need for improved understanding of factors affecting adolescent sexuality ...

    • A comparative study of users of long-term contraceptive subdermal implants and female surgical contraception in Kenya. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Achwal, I; Ruminjo, IN (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)
      This was a comparative study of users of Norplant contraceptive, Subdermal implants and LA Minilap, in rural, urban and peri-urban sites in Kenya during 1991-1993. Both methods are very well accepted by well counselled ...

    • Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in Zimbabweans--preliminary observations 

      Mukiibi, JM; Paul, B (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-03)
      Twenty three Zimbabwean African patients who satisfied the French-American-British(FAB) diagnostic criteria for the myelodysplastic syndromes(MDS) at Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, between July ...