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Screening for congenital fetal anomalies in low risk pregnancy: the Kenyatta National Hospital experience
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: Congenital malformations contribute significantly to the disease burden among children globally. A study conducted in Kenya on understanding the burden of surgical congenital anomalies, highlights the need ... -
Screening for cystic fibrosis of the pancreas in African subjects.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1972)No abstract available -
Screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in resource-limited settings
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Diabetic neuropathy is the most common microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus and a major risk factor for diabetes-related lower-extremity complications. Diffuse neuropathy is the most frequently ... -
Screening for HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy in resource-limited settings
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Science, 2013)INTRODUCTION Peripheral neuropathy is the most common neurological complication of HIV but is widely under-diagnosed in resource-limited settings. We investigated the utility of screening tools administered by non-physician ... -
Screening For Hypothyroidism In Elderly Inpatients
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1975)Routine biochemical screening for hypothyroidism in 2000 geriatric inpatients proved valuable and practicable and yielded 46 cases (2.3%). A non-specific clinical picture was particularly common, with less than a third of ... -
Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mombasa, Kenya: Feasibility, Prevalence, and Correlates.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)INTRODUCTION: As adolescents and young women become sexually active, they are at risk of adverse reproductive health outcomes including sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed feasibility and acceptability of ... -
Screening for tuberculosis in pregnancy: do we need more than a symptom screen? Experience from western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Objectives: 1) To explore the utility of tuberculosis (TB) symptom screening for symptoms of ⩾ 2 weeks’ duration in a routine setting, and 2) to compare differences in TB diagnosis between human immunodeficiency ... -
Screening for urinary tract infection in children with cancer
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 1998-05)Neutropaenia and immunosuppression place children on treatment for malignancies at a high risk for infections. We undertook to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children on treatment for cancer ... -
Screening Of some Kenyan medicinal plants using the brine shrimp lethality test
(1999)The latex of two plants and the methanol and petroleum ether extracts of thirty four plants from twenty one families were screened for their biological activity using the brine shrimp lethality test. The plants were selected ... -
Screening of some plants used traditionally for anti-fungal activity in Vihiga district western Kenya
(2005)Fungal infections in humans ha e been on the increase in the recent past mostly due to the treatment with immunosuppresive drugs and the spread of HIVlAIDS epidemic which has led to increased prevalence of diseases caused ... -
Searches for clinically exploitable biochemical differences between normal and cancer cells: glyoxalase system in malignancy and its relation to cellular proliferation
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1978) -
Seasonal trend of Influenza in Kenya from January - October 2013
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Influenza A and B viruses cause annual epidemics of respiratory illness. The Influenza surveillance network in Kenya through its sentinel surveillance sites located throughout the country has established that ... -
Seasonality of Cryptosporidium oocyst detection in surface waters of Meru, Kenya as determined by two isolation methods followed by PCR
(Kenya Methodist University,, 2009)Meru, Kenya has watersheds which are shared by wildlife, humans and domesticated animals. These surface waters can be contaminated by the waterborne pathogen Cryptosporidium. To quantify the seasonality and prevalence of ... -
A second look into the problem of primary infertility in Kenya
(1973)Laparoscopic investigation of primary infertility was performed in 104 women at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Time of admission was during the 2nd half of the cycle in order to determine whether ovulation had ... -
Second look laparotomy--its role in the management of ovarian carcinoma.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1989)Almost 30 years after its introduction into the management of ovarian carcinoma, second-look laparotomy remains controversial. Although its supporters agree on its indications, there is a considerable number of conflicting ... -
A Second Study Of The Use Of Community Leaders In Case-finding For Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1978-12)This is the second study of case-finding activities for tuberculosis suspects undertaken in 2 locations of Machakos District. Three methods were investigated, namely (1) the requestioning of the Community Elders 1 year or ... -
Secondary and tertiary isoquinoline alkaloids from Xylopia parviflora.
(2006)From the secondary and tertiary alkaloidal fractions of the root and the bark of Xylopia parviflora (Annonaceae), the isoquinoline alkaloids, 10,11-dihydroxy-1,2-dimethoxynoraporphine and parvinine were isolated, along ... -
Secondary glaucoma in Paraguay. Etiology and incidence
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1999)Glaucoma is the third-most-frequent cause of blindness in the world, with a total of 5.2 million blind people as a result of this disease; 80% live in developing countries. In Paraguay, after cataract it is the ... -
Secrecy inhibits support: a grounded theory of community perspectives of women suffering from obstetric fistula, in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)AIM: this study aimed to gain understanding of the views of community members in relation to obstetric fistula. DESIGN AND METHOD: a qualitative, grounded theory approach was adopted. Data were collected using ... -
Secrecy, disclosure and accidental discovery: perspectives of diaphragm users in Mombasa, Kenya
(College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2008)The diaphragm is receiving renewed attention as a promising female-controlled method of preventing HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections. It is anticipated that female-controlled technologies will reduce women's ...