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Weight change post oesophagectomy for carcinoma of oesophagus
(2007-06)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the pattern of weight changes observed in postoperative oesophagectomy patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital and evaluate weight change with selected preoperative variables.
DESIGN:
A ...
Investigation on the prevalence of antimicrobial residues in milk obtained from urban smallholder dairy and non-dairy farming households in Dagoretti Division, Nairobi, Kenya
(2007)
To assess the prevalence and the level of awareness of the risk posed by antibiotic residues among the urban dairy and non-dairy farming households using a household survey and laboratory analysis of milk samples.
A cross ...
Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital,
(2007)
To determine the causes and pattern of lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Descriptive prospective study.
The Kenyatta National Hospital between July 2003 and June 2004.
A total of 77 lower limb ...
Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia at Mater Hospital, Nairobi.
(2007)
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the use of medical therapy in the management of patients with mild, moderate and severe symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
DESIGN:
Prospective study.
SETTING:
Private urology clinic ...
Problems in diagnosing odontogenic myxoma
(2007)
Tumours and tumour-like growths arising from odontogenic tissues constitute a heterogenous group of lesions whose diagnosis can be particularly challenging on the part of both surgeons and pathologists. In children, these ...
Total Sialic acid (TSA) and Hanganutziu and Deicher (HD) antibody in malignant and healthy sera
(2007-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the levels of both TSA and HD antibody in sera of patients with various malignancies and evaluate their potential role as diagnostic and/ or prognostic markers.
DESIGN:
Laboratory based ...
Early response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected Kenyan children.
(2007)
To describe the early response to World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-1-infected Kenyan ...
Soil Erosion Engineering.
(2007)
This article presents a broad review of the physical process of soil erosion, but with the main focus on the approaches, forms of equations, and techniques commonly adopted to quantify the rate of soil detachment in an ...
Feasibility of mulching technology as an alternative to slash-and-burn farming in eastern Amazon: A cost–benefit analysis
(2007)
This paper addresses the question as to whether it is profitable to apply a mechanical mulching technology (MT) in the Bragantina region of Brazil and assesses the technology's feasibility as an alternative to the ...