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An update on viral hepatitis

Irshad, M; Acharya, KS (Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)

Upper Arm Disability after Axillary Surgery for Early Breast Cancer

Mbaabu, K; Wasike, R. (Annals of African Surgery, 2020-09-15)

Background: The treatment of early breast cancer includes surgical removal of the tumor and evaluation of axillary lymph nodes. Axillary lymph node surgery is associated with upper arm morbidity. The impact of this upper ...

Upper Arm Disability after Axillary Surgery for Early Breast Cancer.

Mbaabu, K.; Wasike, R. (Annals of African Surgery, 2020-09-15)

Background: The treatment of early breast cancer includes surgical removal of the tumor and evaluation of axillary lymph nodes. Axillary lymph node surgery is associated with upper arm morbidity. The impact of this upper ...

Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Kenyatta National Hospital. Factors that influence the Short Term Outcome.

Obiero, E.T; Ogutu, E.O (University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1994)

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic experience at Kenyatta National Hospital.

Wankya, B M; Shah, M V; Gitau, W; Gatei, D G; Adamali, N; Raja, R S (Faculty of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1979-12)

Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Wafula, J.M; Lule, G.N; Otieno, CF; Nyong'o, A,; Sayed, S.M (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

Lule, Godfrey N (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.

Maende, JA; Ogutu, EO; Nyong'o, A; Aluoch, JR (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

Okoth, F; Ogutu, E.O; Lule, G.N; Were, J.B.O; Gatei, D; Kinoti, S.N (University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1987)

Upper gastrointestinal tract in chronic renal failure as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.

Joshi, MD; Lule, GN; Otieno, LS (1988)

Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.

Katz, MA; Lebo, E; Emukule, GO; Otieno, N; Caselton, DL; Bigogo, G; Njuguna, H; Muthoka, PM; Waiboci, LW; Widdowson, MA; Xu, X; Njenga, MK; Mott, JA; Breiman, RF (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.

Odek, W; Costigan, A; Ngugi, Elizabeth N; Oneko, M; Plummer, F (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

Omesa, EN; Kathure, IA; Masini, E; Mulwa, R; Maritim, A; Owiti, PO; Takarinda, KC; Ogutu, Omondi; Kosgei, RJ; Galgalo, T (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 ...