Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Periodontal health status of patients attending Diabetic Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Kenyatta National Hospital,Dental School, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)The periodontal health status of diabetic patients and the association between periodontal disease and treatment mode, age and duration of diabetes were investigated in 86 dentulous men and women aged between 20 years and ... -
Costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(2002)To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission. DESIGN: cost data were collected on inpatients enrolled in a linked clinical ... -
The radiographic appearance of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults is unaltered by HIV-1-infection in hospitalized Kenyans.
(2002)To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission. DESIGN: Cost data were collected on inpatients enrolled in a linked clinical study ... -
Elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor during and after major abdominal surgery
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1997)A case of a female neonate with Pierre Robin Syndrome with frequent cyanotic episodes and feeding difficulties which could not be adequately managed by positioning and oral airway placement is presented. Tongue-anterior ... -
The prevalence and clinical presentation of psychiatric illness in a rural setting in Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1979-09)One hundred and forty patients seen in a suburban walk-in walk-out clinic over a period of 30 days were studied. Twenty-eight (20 per cent) of them were found to be primarily psychiatrically disabled, 83 (59.3 per cent) ... -
Psychiatry in Kenya: yesterday, today and tomorrow.. An overview.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1980-09)The development of psychiatry in Kenya has passed through three stages with considerable overlap - primitive/non-scientific, humanistic and scientific. These stages are similar to those in the development of psychiatry in ... -
Anthrax revisited
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2002): Anthrax is an ancient disease affecting animals and humans. Sporadic cases of anthrax and small epidemics have been seen from time to time in different parts of the world and in Africa. However many clinicians are not ... -
Life events and depression in a Kenyan setting
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1981-08)Thirty Kenyan patients of black African origin undergoing treatment for clinical depression in Nairobi, and 40 matched non-psychiatrically disturbed controls in the community were studies for life events using the Brown-Harris ... -
The relation between contextual and reported threat due to life events: a controlled study.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1981-12)Following the method of Brown and Harris 30 Kenyan patients suffering from depression and 40 community non-psychiatrically-disturbed controls were studied for contextual and reported threat due to short-term and long-term ... -
Localized exfoliating rash with paresthesia possibly due to clonazepam.
(2012)10-year-old boy, presented with a history of sudden onset episodes of difficulty in walking, and climbing up on cupboards for three weeks, and was admitted for further evaluation and management. Detailed neurological ... -
Types of life events associated with depression in a Kenyan setting.
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Efficacy and safety of an artesunate/mefloquine combination, (artequin) in the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in Kenya
(2006)Although artesunate and mefloquine have been used as monotherapies in the treatment of malaria in Kenya for a long time, there is insufficient data on the clinical outcome when used as combination therapy in this population. ... -
A study of some psychological factors in depressed and non-depressed subjects in a Kenyan setting.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1982-09)Thirty Kenyan patients (15 consecutive first-ever referrals to the out-patient clinic and 15 consecutive first-ever admissions) of black African origin on chemotherapy for clinical depression (uncomplicated by organic or ... -
Ameloblastic fibroma at the University of Nairobi Dental Hospital
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676, Nairobi, Kenya, 2005)OBJECTIVE: To document the occurrence of cases of ameloblastic fibroma. DESIGN: A retrospective study. SETTING: The Division of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine histopathology laboratory at the Faculty of Dental ... -
Study of delusions in Kenyan schizophrenic patients diagnosed using a set of research diagnostic criteria
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1982-09)Eighty 'psychotic' Kenyan patients of African origin were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI). Fifty-one of these (64%) were found positive. Delusions were found to be significantly more common (P less ... -
Schizophrenia with depression: causal or coexistent?
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Hallucinations in Kenyan schizophrenic patients.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1983-03)Eighty Kenyan 'psychotic' patients were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI) and were all studied for hallucinations using standardised definitions. Fifty-one of the patients were NHSI positive and the ... -
Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia in Kenyan patients.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 1983-03)Eighty 'psychotic' patients admitted to Mathare Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI). Fifty-one (64%) of these were positive and the rest negative. Of those positive ... -
Alkaline active maltohexaose forming α-amylase from Bacillus halodurans LBK 34.,
(2005)The gene encoding Amy 34, a maltohexaose-forming α-amylase from Bacillus halodurans LBK 34 isolated from Lake Bogoria, Kenya, was cloned and sequenced. The mature peptide consists of 958 amino acids with a theoretical ... -
Timing of breast milk HIV-1 transmission: a meta-analysis
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2001-02): To define the frequency and timing of breast milk transmission of HIV-1. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of data abstracted from published literature. SUBJECTS: Participants in prospective cohort studies of MTCT ...
