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A study of patients attending for surgical management of impacted canines
(University of Nairobi,, 1990)
Health impact of sanitation programme in Kakamega district
(1995-07)
The World Health Organisation estimates that inadequate water
supplies and sanitation are responsible for about 80% of all
diseases and sicknesses. Improved water supplies and sanitation
can have a positive health, ...
Gastric motility responses to duodenal stimulation of an in vitro rabbit stomach-duodenum preparation
(1995)
Regulated gastric emptying is necessary for the complete digestion and absorption of
intestinal chyme. However, experiments have shown that the extrinsic denervation of
stomach and duodenum does not result in a cessation ...
Adolescent fertility: knowledge attitude and practices of out of school adolescents of reproductive health, contraception and their sexual behavior
(1991)
This study was based on a sample of 377 never
married adolescents (230 males and 147 females) attending
Youth Polytechnics in Busia District. This number
represented about half the total enrolment in those
institutions. ...
Gender differentials in tuberculosis case detection in a rural district in Kenya
(1995)
Tuberculosis remains a major health problem and it is estimated that each year, between
50 and 100 million people are infected by the tubercle bacillus and of these, 10 - 20 million
develop overt disease and 3 million ...
Vitamin A Supplementation And Measles Outcome At, Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 1990)
A double blind controlled clinical trial, on the effect of Vitamin A supplementation on the immediate outcome of measles, was carried out at the infectious disease Hospital (IDH), of
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) ...
Case records and commentaries
(University of Nairobi, 1992-11)
The grand multiparous patient has almost dissappeared in the
developed countries due to the advancement in family planning. In
our country grand multiparity and its associated problems still exist.
This study was based ...
The clinical predictors of acute lower respiratory infections and oxygen desaturation in young children
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Two hundred and eighty children aged between 7 days to 36
months with a history of a cough less than 7 days duration were
examined for the presence of acute lower respiratory Infections
(ALRI) and oxygen desaturation. ...
Case records and commentaries for the examination of mastership of medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology
(University of Nairobi, 1990-04)
The Government of Kenya has incorporated antenatal care into
care for some years now. While regular evaluation
services is essential, this has not been quite adequately
partly because antenatal data collection" system ...
A comparative study on efficacy, tolerability, and some metabolic side-effects of propranolol and hydroflumethiazide in adult African patients with mild to moderate hypertension
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
A prospective study to compare propranolol monotherapy and hydroflumenthiazide
monotherapy in adult African patients with essential mild to moderate hypertension was
carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital. 60 men and ...