Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Nairobi Hospital: a personal experience with 42 cases
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2005)BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a recent entry in the treatment of gall bladder disease in Kenya and is slowly gaining acceptance. Like all new techniques, it has generated considerable controversy and debate ... -
Penicillin resistant pneumococcal meningitis in Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1981) -
Spectrum of childhood cancers in Malawi 1985-1993.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1995-01)An analysis of seven hundred and ninety one children aged 0.2 to 14 years with confirmed malignant disease recorded by the Malawi National Cancer Registry over a period of 9 years is presented. Childhood cancer constituted ... -
Inhibition effect of honey on the adherence of Salmonella to intestinal epithelial cells in vitro.
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2005-09)The aim of the study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect and the ability of honey to prevent Salmonella interitidis adhering to intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. Antimicrobial activity was demonstrated. Bacterial ... -
Prediction of maximum expiratory flow rate from area-transmural pressure curve of compressed airway
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1975)The site of greatest airway deformation in dog lungs was located during maximum expiratory flow by use of tantalum bronchography, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and airway pressure measurements. A series of area vs. transmural ... -
Problems of Salmonella infections in a hospital in Kenya.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1981) -
Malignant hypertension: a review of the neurological features in 34 consecutive patients.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1985-08) -
Acute colonic pseudo obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome): a case report
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2006) -
Campylobacter gastroenteritis in Nairobi.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Practical Therapeutics: Chemotherapy For Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1985) -
Abdominal injuries
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2006) -
Microbiology of vaginal discharge in Nairobi, Kenya.
(1983)Among women attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Nairobi with vaginal discharge, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis were isolated from the cervix in 32 (26%) of 122 and four (7%) of 58 women ... -
Neonatal haematology in Zimbabwe. II: The red cell and white cell parameters.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1995-03)Red cell and white cell parameters were determined in 600 (310 male and 290 female) normal Black Zimbabwean neonates with a mean +/- sd birth weight of 3.0 +/- 0.4 (range 2.04 to 4.50, median 3.0) kg using a Coulter Counter ... -
Frequency and levels of autoantibodies in healthy adult Omanis
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2003-12)Background: A previous pilot study showed a high frequency of anti-smooth muscle autoantibody in Omani blood donors and pregnant women. We conducted this larger-scale study to investigate the frequency and significance ... -
Effect of changing airway mechanics on maximum expiratory flow
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1975) -
Protean manifestations of Wilson's disease: a review of seven Saudi patients.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Education, 1988-04)The clinical picture and laboratory data of five symptomatic and two asymptomatic cases of Wilson's disease in four unrelated Saudi families are reported. More than one member was affected in two families. The oldest and ... -
Day case surgery
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2007)
