Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Treatment compliance among psychiatric outpatients in Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Science, University of Nairobi., 1987-03)One hundred psychiatric outpatients discharged from mental hospital in Kenya were studied to estimate the treatment compliance after 3 months. The relatives and patients were interviewed separately to assess treatment ... -
Prevalence and frequency of Giardia lamblia in children aged 0 to 60 months with and without diarrhoea
(University of Nairobi., 1992-06)Stool specimen results from children with diarrhoea and without diarrhoea, in a rural village community in Kenya, were analysed in order to compare prevalence and age frequency distributions of Giardia between the 2 groups. ... -
Optimization of pharmaceutical formulations for therapy.
(University of Nairobi,School of health science, 1994)A pharmaceutical formulation is aimed at ensuring drug delivery at the site of action in order to produce the desired therapeutic effect. The design of a pharmaceutical formulation must reflect the chemical reactivity of ... -
Prevalence of Khat chewers among primary health clinic attenders in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987-03)n a rural district hospital in Kenya, the authors screened 100 randomly selected outpatients for khat (miraa) chewing. A surprisingly high number of them admitted chewing khat leaves. The implications of this finding and ... -
Haematemesis and severe anaemia due to a pharyngeal leech (Myxobdella africana) in a Kenyan child: a case report.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992-08) -
Gastric devascularisation in gastroduodenal haemorrhage.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1979-05) -
Effects of oropharyngeal/buccal insulin on glucose levels in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits: clinical implications.
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences, 1994-05)The effect of oropharyngeal administration of insulin lente (BP, USP) on alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits was investigated. In mild cases of hyperglycaemia (below 500 mg/dl), a buccal dose of 100 IU was able to produce ... -
Comparative aetiology of childhood diarrhoea in Kakamega and Kiambu Districts, Kenya.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1992-08)Two hundred diarrhoea specimens collected during January to February 1988, from rural children aged 0 to 60 months in Kakamega District were examined for bacteria, parasites and rotavirus. The results were compared with a ... -
Blood counts in relation to African x-ray staff
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1959-05)No abstract available. -
An unusual perforation of the sigmoid colon: a case report
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1980-05) -
Endemic fluorosis and partial defluoridation of water supplies - A public health concern in Kenya.
(School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
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Demographic And Socio-economic Patterns Among New Admissions To Mathari Mental Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1988-05) -
On peptic ulceration in Kenya Africans
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1961-10)No abstract available. -
Pelvic inflammatory disease: review of current practice.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1980)No abstract available. -
Polyparasitism in two rural communities with endemic Schistosoma mansoni infection in Machakos District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Science, 1995-12)Formol-ether concentration supplemented by fresh saline smears was used to study intestinal parasites in two communities, Miu and Kitengei, in Machakos District, Kenya. These communities differed markedly in schistosome ... -
Special section: a multinational injury surveillance system pilot project in Africa
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Trioxolanes: A new generation of compounds with wide-ranging activities.
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences, 1994)Direct biological activity of a 1,2,4-trioxolane derivative was assessed in vitro using bacteria and fungi causing common infections. The product was found to be uniformly active against all organisms tested. In addition, ... -
Misdiagnosis and mismanagement of a nasopalatine duct cyst and its corrective therapy. A case report.
(Special Center for the advancement of Dental Services, Rumeithiya, Kuwait.School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1995)A case is presented in which a nasopalatine duct cyst was misdiagnosed. Its subsequent mismanagement was further compounded with improper endodontic therapy. It was finally managed by corrective endodontic and surgical therapy -
Carcinoma of the colon and rectum at Kenyatta National Hospital 1974-1979.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1980-11)
