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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 ... -
The use of a recombinant baculovirus expressing a chitinase from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis and its potential application as a bioacaricide for tick control
(College of Health Sciences, University of NairobiNational Research Center for Protozoan Disease, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan, 2006)Baculoviruses are specific insect pathogens used as selective biological insecticides on lepidopteran insects. We have tested a recombinant baculovirus expressing a chitinase gene for its efficacy as a tick bioacaricide. ... -
The use of animals in research and ethical considerations.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1996) -
Use of antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic drugs in preterm births in 29 countries: an analysis of the who multicountry survey on maternal and newborn health
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Despite the global burden of morbidity and mortality associated with preterm birth, little evidence is available for use of antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytic drugs in preterm births in low-income and middle-income ... -
Use of antibiotics in the management of periodontal disease
(Faculty of Dental Science, 1996) -
Use of Artemisinin (Qinghaosu) derivatives in the treatment of malaria
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998-02)Derivatives of the Chinese herbal remedy ginghaosu (artemisinin) are useful in the treatment of multiple-drug resistant malaria. This review covers the discovery, development, clinical pharmacology and toxicology of these ... -
Use of aspirin in preeclampsia
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1995-11)One hundred and twenty consecutive patients above 12 years of age with dyspepsia were studied from June 1993 to September 1994. They underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to find the mucosal lesions which were associated ... -
Use of AUDIT, and measures of drinking frequency and patterns to detect associations between alcohol and sexual behaviour in male sex workers in Kenya
(2011)Background: Previous research has linked alcohol use with an increased number of sexual partners, inconsistent condom use and a raised incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, alcohol measures have ... -
Use of biometric embryonic growth parameters as indicator of exposure to a teratogen.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Veterinary Anatomy, 1997-01)Disturbances in embryonic growth were studied in 233 foetuses harvested on day 14.5 of gestation, after the administration of various doses of 5 Fluoro-2' deoxyuridine (FUdR) to pregnant mice on day 11.0 of gestation. ...
