Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Ecological upheavals with special reference to desertification and predicting health impact.
(UNICEF, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1989)This paper begins with an introduction that touches on the ecological upheavals of earthquakes, floods, as well as other upheavals that result from sudden huge crowding of people in one place such as in refugee situations ... -
Simple principles in radiodiagnosis
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1974-04) -
Epidemiology of chancroid and Haemophilus ducreyi in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medicine, 1983-12)Of 300 men in Nairobi, Kenya, with culture-proven chancroid, 57% had acquired infection from prostitutes. The majority of infections were acquired in the city of Nairobi. All 10 female source contacts examined had genital ... -
Treatment of HIV infections and AIDS: new horizons
(1990)Treatment of HIV infections has involved the use of antiviral drugs as well as those drugs that act against opportunistic infections. Immune modulators have also been used. A review of these drugs is reported emphasizing ... -
Primary hyperparathyroidism.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1976-04) -
Training dark-room technicians in Kenya
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1977-08) -
Gas gangrene following an injection
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1977-08) -
Double supernumerary impacted premolar teeth: case report
(School of Dental Sciences, 1989)A rare case of double supernumerary impacted premolar teeth is presented. The possible sequelae and management are briefly discussed -
Potassium supplementation versus bendrofluazide in mildly to moderately hypertensive Kenyans
(1991)Eighty-four consecutive black patients who had confirmed but untreated hypertension participated in a double-blind randomized clinical trial involving potassium supplement (64 mmol/day) versus bendrofluazide (10 mg/day). ... -
Comparison of media for the primary isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medicine, 1984-03)The rates of isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi from patients with presumed chancroid has been low, and improved cultural techniques are required. We determined the isolation rates of H. ducreyi from 38 patients with clinical ... -
Appendicitis in Mulago Hospital, Kampala.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1978-04) -
X-ray records in developing countries
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1979-08) -
Clinical surprises and challenges of severe malaria at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(1993)While conducting a clinical trial study from July, 1989 to February 1990, we noted with surprise some clinically challenging manifestations of severe falciparum malaria at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya. Of the 33 cases ... -
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Chloroquine is not a risk factor for seizures in childhood cerebral malaria
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2000-12)Objectives:There are a number of case reports in the medical literature suggesting an association between the ingestion of chloroquine and subsequent seizure activity. Our study was designed to investigate the relationship ... -
Phaeochromocytoma with schizophreniform psychosis.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1983) -
Schistosomiasis haematobia in coast province Kenya. Relationship between egg output and morbidity
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1979-09)Several studies of schistosomiasis haematobia in Africa have revealed a correlation between intensity of infection as measured by urine egg counts and severity of disease as determined by intravenous pyelography. The present ... -
Pattern and sensitivity of bacterial organisms infecting burns in Mulago hospital, Kampala.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1978-05) -
Comparative radiological studies of Uromiro and Urografin as contrast media for excretion urography.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Unusual manifestations of deep mycoses due to Streptomyces somaliensis
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1980)The incidence of deep mycotic infection due to Streptomyces somaliensis in Kenya and the Sudan is referred to and the common radiological appearance reviewed. Two patients having unusual manifestations are reported. In one ...
