Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Double HPV infection in African cervical cancer detected by polymerase chain reaction
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1991-02)Biopsy samples from 13 Kenyan patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix were analysed for the presence of type specific HPV DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). HPV 16 was confirmed in 11 (85%) and HPV 18 in ... -
Family planning through private practitioners: characteristics of Kenyan contraceptive acceptors.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)Kenya has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Innovative programs are therefore called for to help curb the fast population growth rate. The Kenya Medical Association started a new program of involving ... -
Cancer of the uterine body in Kenyans
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1988)No abstract available -
Conservative surgery for vulvovaginal melanoma
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991)22 cases of vulvovaginal melanoma seen in Umeă between 1963 and 1989 were retrospectively reviewed. According to FIGO, 11 were in Stage I, 6 in Stage II, 3 in Stage IV and 2 in Stage VI. Most patients received only ... -
Dysgerminoma of the ovary: treatment results in northern Sweden.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Nairobi, 1990)Thirteen patients with ovarian dysgerminoma were treated and followed up at the Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, University Hospital, Umeă between 1962 and June 1988. All except one had pure dysgerminoma. Ten patients ... -
Nutrition and cancer: a review.
(Department of Home Economics, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 1990)The issue about the aetiology of malignancies on the whole remains mysterious. There have been strong suggestion that, amongst other things, certain forms of cancer may be diet related. This has led to drastic changes in ... -
Preliminary experience with intraperitoneal catheters in the treatment of ovarian cancer
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991-03)Twenty-nine patients with ovarian carcinoma were treated with intraperitoneal cisplatin. Insertion of an intraabdominal catheter was performed during second-look laparotomy. Only one serious complication occurred with ... -
The value of roll-over test in the prediction of pre-eclampsia
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1988)No abstract available -
Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence among cervical cancer patients.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and cervical neoplasia intimately share several epidemiologic factors, the most important being the role of sexuality in their prevalence. Recent reports have suggested a strong ... -
Cervical incompetence: assessment of a scoring system for patient selection for cervical cerclage
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991-04)Forty-seven antenatal patients with clinical diagnosis of cervical incompetence were subjected to a structured scoring system before insertion of McDonald Stitch. All other possible causes of midtrimester abortion were ... -
Cervical cancer: role for progesterone during pregnancy and contraception?
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Menarche in African girls in some post-secondary institutions in Kenya
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1987-11)Researchers administered a questionnaire to 457 female students (mean age, 22 years) in 4 teacher and 1 agricultural training colleges in Kenya to examine adolescent fertility. The average age at menarche for these post ... -
Mother and child nutrition in Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 1996)Not Available -
The Association Between Alcohol Dependence and Depression Before and After Treatment For Alcohol Dependence
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2012-01)The presence of depression in alcohol-dependent persons is likely to influence treatment process and outcomes. Identification of depression is important though not every depressed alcohol-dependent person requires treatment ... -
Feto-maternal haemorrhage in Kenya.
(Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990)Six hundred and twenty antenatal, 40 post normal delivery 40 post caesarian section, 4 patients with placenta previa and 3 with fresh still section, 4 patients with placenta previa and 3 with fresh still births were ... -
Foetal and maternal outcome of vacuum extraction
(University of Nairobi.Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1991-07)In a prospective study, 167 vacuum extractions (VE) performed at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, formed 6.3% of the total deliveries. Most patients were young and of low parity. There were no maternal deaths. The ... -
Urgent need to prevent abortion-related maternal deaths in Africa.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 1999)Not Available -
Menarche in African secondary school girls in Kenya
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1987)No abstract available. -
Assessment of the manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) equipment in the management of incomplete abortion.
(Department Obstetrics & Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)In a study to assess the efficacy of and safety of vacuum aspiration syringe in the management of incomplete abortion 300 patients with non septic abortion were evacuated by the method in the ward. A control group 285 ...
