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Rapid infusion of sodium bicarbonate and albumin into high-risk premature infants soon after birth: a controlled, prospective trial.
(1976)
We conducted a controlled, prospective trial to evaluate the effectiveness of rapidly infusing sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and salt-poor albumin into high-risk, premature infants in the first 2 hours of life. Fifty-three ...
A new design of membrane feeder incorporating an electrical blood stirring device.
(1976)
A selection of the literature illustrating the origin and development of membrane feeding devices is reviewed. A new membrane feeding device-incorporating an electrical stirrer is described and its mode of operation ...
Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in Kenyans with chronic liver disease
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Fifty Kenyan patients with chronic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma were tested for hepatitis B surface antigenaemia by radioimmunoassay. The hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in 77% of the patients with ...
Liver disease in early life in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
A survey of significant pathological abnormalities of liver in the first two decades of life is presented; this is based on biopsy and autopsy specimens received in the histopathology service in Nairobi over five years. ...
Gall Bladder Disease and Adult Obstructive Jaundice at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi,
(1976)
A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age. Screening for cases was done ...
Identification of Ehrlichia canis in East Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
The organism was identified in a dog in Kenya. Transmission studies to two dogs resulted in signs of ehrlichiosis including thrombocytopenia, pyrexia, reduction in packed cell volume, and presence of E. canis in peripheral ...
Protein-calorie malnutrition: a study of red blood cell and serum enzymes during and after crisis.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Studies were with 12 children, 0.5 to 4 years old, with kwashiorkor and given milk, eggs, sugar and vitamins. Dietary treatment increased to normal the initial low values of glutathione-NADPH reductase, glutathione peroxidase, ...
Red-blood-cell potassium as a practical index of potassium status in elderly patients.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 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.
The Olduvai event at Olduvai Gorge
(University of Nairobi,, 1976)
Palaeomagnetic polarity measurements from Beds I and II at Olduvai Gorge are described, and used to define the extent of the Olduvai event in the Olduvai Gorge section. The upper boundary of the event occurs very close to ...