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Urinary iron loss and physical fitness of Kenyan children with urinary schistosomiasis
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1985)Daily urinary iron loss and physical fitness were determined in Kenyan primary school children who had low-medium (16-177 eggs/10 ml adj) or high (200-1,194 eggs/10 ml adj) S. hematobium egg counts compared with a matched ... -
The urinary levels of catecholamines, aldosterone and cortisol in hypertensive East Africans: a pilot study.
(2000)This pilot project studies the prevalence of hypertension among unique social groups in Kenya, as well as the hormonal profiles accompanying the hypertensive and normotensive states in these populations. The purpose of ... -
Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment.
(Oxford Journals, 2009)Schistosoma haematobium soluble egg antigen (SEA) secreted in urine can be assayed to determine egg tissue load and hence morbidity in infected individuals. A cohort of 158 infected children aged 4-18 years was followed-up ... -
The Urinary Tract and The Kidney in HIV/AIDS
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2003) -
Urinary tract infection in patients with short-term indwelling
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1996)Seventy patients (44(62.9%) females) requiring short-term urinary bladder catheterisation at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi formed the study population. Their mean ages +/- SD was 41+/- 26 years (range 13-100 ... -
Urinary tract stone disease in Nairobi
(Department of Surgery, 1998)At the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and other private hospitals in Nairobi urinary stone disease is not being correctly diagnosed. Over a 15 year period (1980-1995) only 56 patients have been confirmed to have urinary ... -
Urine as a transport medium for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1984) -
Urine Biomarker Assessment of Infant Adherence to Isoniazid Prophylaxis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)We assessed adherence in an infant tuberculosis prevention trial in Kenya with a urine isoniazid metabolite-detecting dipstick. Ninety-seven infants had 155 assays performed; 77 (49.7%) were found to be positive despite ... -
Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in asphyxiated neonates: a prospective cohort study
(Springer, 2015)Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common complication of perinatal asphyxia. Recent research indicates that urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is an early marker for AKI; yet, there is a paucity ... -
Urine TB lipoarabinomannan (LAM) predicts mortality in hospitalized HIV-infected children.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite diagnostic performance limitations, urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) predicts death in HIV-infected adults with TB. Pediatric data are limited. Among 137 hospitalized HIV-infected children, mortality was 4.9-fold ... -
Urogenital ascariasis: case report
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1978) -
Urogenital myiasis: a case report.
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Science, 1986-10) -
Urolithiasis
(1990)Inguinal varicocelectomy was performed on 27 selected infertile males with Grade III varicoceles. Follow up was effected for eighteen months. 18 (66%) patients recorded improvement in sperm count to above (20 X 10(6)/ML). ... -
Urolithiasis in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 2010-10)Background: Urolithiasis is an emerging problem in Kenya previously thought to be very rare and in which the use of modern methods of treatment has not been widely practiced Objective: To review the presentation and ... -
Ursodeoxycholic acid–new drug for liver diseases
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed-methods, multicountry evaluation
(University of Nairobi, 2021-03)Introduction: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Labour Care Guide (LCG) is a "next-generation" partograph based on WHO's latest intrapartum care recommendations. It aims to optimize clinical care provided to women and ... -
Usage of community-based chloroquine treatment for malaria in Saradidi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1987-04)A survey was done in June 1983 in Saradidi, Kenya, one year after the inception of a community-based malaria control programme to determine if people were obtaining malaria treatment from volunteer village health helpers ... -
Use of a modified Alvorado score in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Human Anatomy, 2003-08)The negative appendicectomy rates have remained high. The integration of clinical scores into the diagnostic process in acute appendicitis has had the purposes of improving decision making and reducing the negative rates ...