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Family planning in Siaya district, western Kenya: an analysis of factors influencing fertility levels. Olenja JM. Camb Anthropol. 1990;14(3):54-67
(University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract available -
Family planning through private practitioners: characteristics of Kenyan contraceptive acceptors.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)Kenya has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. Innovative programs are therefore called for to help curb the fast population growth rate. The Kenya Medical Association started a new program of involving ... -
Family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS
(1996)Integration of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV/AIDS control efforts into family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa offers the potential to reach women of childbearing age when the risk of exposure to STDs ... -
Family study of Kenyan children with school refusal
(Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Science, University of Nairobi., 1990-02)The problem of school non-attendance is an increasing one in our setting and yet its cause has not been established. This paper presents data of work done through interviews with parents and observations of the home ... -
Family-Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low-Resource Settings-A Two-Arm Interventional Feasibility Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Introduction: Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings, with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The Family-Assisted Severe Febrile Illness ... -
FAMM Flap in Reconstructing Postsurgical Nasopharyngeal Airway Stenosis
(2014)Postsurgical nasopharyngeal airway stenosis can be a challenge to manage. The stenosis could be as a result of any surgical procedure in the nasopharyngeal region that heals extensive scarring and fibrosis. Objective. To ... -
Famotidine in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux.
(1994)Famotidine has been used for the treatment of peptic ulcers and Zollinger Ellison syndrome and is also useful in reflux and erosive oesophagitis. To evaluate the effects of Famotidine 20 mg given twice daily in the symptomatic ... -
Fanconi's anaemia; Chromosome breakage in a large African family
(Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, 1980-12)A boy with Fanconi's anaemia (FA), his parents and nine living brothers and sisters were serially investigated during a period of 5 years. As the illness progressed the propositus showed high, successively increasing ... -
Fanconi's anemia with associated acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
(School of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1988-11) -
Fanconi's aplastic anaemia: a case report of an affected African child and a review of the literature
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1975)No abstract available. -
Fasciculins from Dendroaspis angusticeps venom and their effects on cholinesterases.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1985) -
Fast track extubation in paediatric cardiothoracic surgery in developing countries.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In recent years, low-dose, short-acting anesthetic agents, which replaced the former high-dose opioid regimens, offer a faster postoperative recovery and decrease the need for mechanical ventilatory support. In this study, ... -
Fasting insulin levels in normal Kenyan Africans and a case report on insulinoma
(1989)The mean fasting insulin level in 30 apparently normal Kenyan Africans was determined by Radio-Immuno Assay (RIA) technique based on coat A-count. The mean value was found as 16.33 microIu/ml with a standard deviation (s.d) ... -
Fat Body Triacylglycerol Lipase in Solitary and Gregarious Phases of Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 1998-01)The activities of the fat body triacylglycerol lipase were determined using 14C-trioleoylglycerol. Resting activities were estimated at 1.98 ± 0.24 and 1.95 ± 0.53 nmol free fatty acid (FFA)/hr/mg protein for gregarious ... -
A Fatal Case of Infant Oral Mutilation Practice
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Infant oral mutilation (IOM) is a traditional dental practice where traditional healers enucleate primary canine tooth buds in children in the hope of preventing or curing childhood illness. The method applied is heinous, ... -
Fatal falciparum malaria and the availability of parenteral antimalarial drugs in hospitals.
(University of Nairobi,College of Humanities Sciences, 1982) -
Fatal pneumococcal septicaemia in an adult with a congenitally small (11.2 gm) spleen
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
Fatal reactivation of chronic hepatitis B.
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1986) -
Fate of atrazine in sandy soil cropped with sorghum
(2001)A field study was conducted to determine the fate of atrazine (6-chloro-N2-ethyl-N4-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) within the root zone (0 to 90 cm) of a sandy soil cropped with sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] ... -
Fate of atrazine in sandy soil cropped with sorghum : J Environ Qual. 2001 Jan-Feb;30(1):71-7
(University of Nairobi, 2001)No abstract available