Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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The fate of the pregnant diabetic in the developing country: Kenya
(College of Health Sciences, 1982)A six-year survey of pregnancies complicated by diabetes has been performed at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Fifty-five babies were delivered with 14 perinatal deaths-a perinatal mortality rate of 254/1000, which ... -
Amoebic colonic perforation: case report and review of literature
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Chronic myeloid leukaemia in central Africans
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 2003-09)OBJECTIVES: To document the pattern of presenting clinical and haematological features of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in central Africans and evaluate the clinical consequences of treating the disease with ... -
Intracerebral hemorrhage due to cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
(Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis., 1992)The most common presentation of a pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The peak incidence of ICH is early in the third decade of life. This article discusses the management ... -
Tetracycline resistance genes in Kenyan hospital isolates of Salmonella typhimurium.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1992)All 97 strains of Salmonella typhimurium isolated from patients at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, during 1988-90 were resistant to tetracycline. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed a large distribution range ... -
PCR amplification of RoTat 1.2 VSG gene in Trypanosoma evansi isolates in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2004-02)A direct card agglutination test for Trypanosoma evansi, CATT/T. evansi based on the predominant variable antigen-type (pVAT) RoTat 1.2 was evaluated previously in the field in Isiolo District, Kenya. Sixteen out of 51 ... -
A 3-year follow-up study of Norethisterone Oenanthate in Nairobi, Kenya
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1982)A prospective study of the use of the injectable contraceptive Norethisterone Oenanthate (NET-OEN) is presented using 96 subjects attending the Family Welfare Centre at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. 54 ... -
Benign hypertrophy of the prostate
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Acute cytomegalovirus infection is associated with increased frequencies of activated and apoptosis-vulnerable T cells in HIV-1-infected infants.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Univeristy of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012-10)Cytomegalovirus (CMV) coinfection is associated with infant HIV-1 disease progression and mortality. In a cohort of Kenyan HIV-infected infants, the frequencies of activated (CD38(+) HLA-DR(+)) and apoptosis-vulnerable ... -
Red-blood-cell potassium as a practical index of potassium status in elderly patients.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1976-02)Red-blood-cell potassium has been measured using a simplified technique on 292 geriatric patients. The measurement was found useful in reflecting changes in potassium status whereas serum potassium was unhelpful. -
Diagnosis of iron deficiency by desferrioxamine induced sideriuria
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Effect of dietary fiber on oral glucose tolerance test in pregnancy
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Rat bite fever: a case report of a Kenyan.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1992)Rat bite fever has not been reported from Kenya previously. A case of 17 year old Kenyan male who was diagnosed to have rat bite fever after a bite of domestic rat is described. The history, clinical features and demonstration ... -
Peptic ulcer disease and its complications
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Pediatric skull, skull base, and meningeal tumors
(Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis., 1992)Calvarial neoplastic and non-neoplastic tumors are routinely encountered by all neurosurgeons. Benign and malignant skull base and meningeal tumors are relatively rare lesions in children. Interdisciplinary approaches to ... -
A controlled trial of a high dietary fibre intake in pregnancy--effects on plasma glucose and insulin levels.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)Non-obese women in the second half of pregnancy were randomised into a control group receiving standard dietary advice and a group advised to make high fibre whole-food substitutions in their diets at every opportunity. ... -
Typhim Vi vaccine against typhoid fever: a clinical trial in Kenya.
(Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1995)Safety, tolerance and immunogenicity of the purified Vi polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi) against typhoid fever was evaluated in primary school children aged 5-15 years. A total of 435 children were vaccinated, each with ... -
Laparoscopic Trachelectomy for Cervical Stump 'Carcinoma in situ'
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2011)A 43-year-old, who underwent a subtotal hysterectomy for postpartum hemorrhage following a normal delivery, 10 years ago, presented with a history of persistent vaginal discharge and post-coital bleeding. A pap smear ...
