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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Kenyatta National Hospital. Factors that influence the Short Term Outcome.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1994) -
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic experience at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Faculty of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1979-12) -
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 2002)OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of H. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions in diabetic outpatients with dyspepsia. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Kenyatta National ... -
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Nairobi, 2002)Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of H. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions ... -
Upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions in dyspeptic patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in Kenya.
(1998)A case controlled study comprising 51 patients with homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease who complained of dyspepsia and 41 age and sex matched non-HbSS control dyspeptic patients was carried out, to look at upper ... -
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopic findings in 709 Africans Patients Endoscoped at KEMRI – May 1987
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1987) -
Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.
(2016)In Africa, recent surveillance has demonstrated a high burden of influenza, but influenza vaccine is rarely used. In Kenya, a country with a tropical climate, influenza has been shown to circulate year-round, like in other ... -
THE UPTAKE OF ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC ACTIVmES AMONG FEMALE'SEX WORKERS AND IMPACT ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR: INSIGHTS FROM, AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT IN NAIROBI, KENYA.
(Department of Community HeaLth, College of HeaLth Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)Introduction: The growing rate of HIV infection particularly among women in 'subSaharan African region suggests the need tor a. broader framework for prevention and care efforts. In particular, the socio-economic context ... -
Uptake of isoniazid preventive therapy and its associated factors among HIV positive patients in an urban health centre, Kenya
(KMA, 2016-10)Background: Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) is an effective intervention for prevention of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV positive patients, and its use is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Unfortunately ... -
Urbanisation and the nutrition transition: a comparison of diet and weight status of South African and Kenyan women
(2012)To determine and compare the extent of the nutrition transition between Kenyan and South African women. A nationally representative sample of women aged ≥15 years (n=1008) was assessed in Kenya. Weight, height, and waist ... -
Ureteric injuries at KNH (6 years experience) Assoc. of Surgeons of E.A. proceedings Dec. 1985
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Urethral infection in a workplace population of East African men: evaluation of strategies for screening and management
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)Transport workers (n = 504) in Mombasa, Kenya, were screened for urethral infection by history, clinical examination, and laboratory testing of urethral swabs and first-catch urine specimens. The prevalence of Neisseria ... -
Urethral infection with Haemophilus ducreyi in men
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1988)Carriage of Haemophilus ducreyi has not been adequately investigated in men, and its role in urethritis is unknown. In this study 456 men with H. ducreyi-culture positive genital ulcers were investigated. Among these men, ... -
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Urethral strictures at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(School of Health science,University of Nairobi, 1984) -
Urethral strictures, treatment by one stage urethroplasty
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1978) -
Urethral Trichomonas vaginalis infection and HIV-1 transmission.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1997)The authors' previous study of 504 male workers in Mombasa, Kenya, provides further documentation of an association between urethral infection and increased shedding of HIV in semen. In this study, Trichomonas vaginalis ... -
Urgent need to prevent abortion-related maternal deaths in Africa.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 1999)Not Available