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Medication Adherence Clubs: a potential solution to managing large numbers of stable patients with multiple chronic diseases in informal settlements.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)OBJECTIVES: To assess the care of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and/or HIV patients enrolled into Medication Adherence Clubs (MACs). METHODS: Retrospective descriptive study was carried out using routinely collected ... -
Medication diaries do not improve outcomes with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Kenyan children
(Department of Paediatrics; University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Background: As highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) becomes increasingly available to African children, it is important to evaluate simple and feasible methods of improving adherence in order to maximize benefits ... -
Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2002)In a follow-up to studies of school-children's medical knowledge among the rural Luo of western Kenya, seven mothers were asked for their knowledge of plant medicine, and the 91 plant remedies mentioned by them were ... -
Medicinal plants used in the treatment of fungal and bacterial infections in and around Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve, western Uganda
(University of NairobiDepartment of Biochemistry, 2008)In Uganda, bacterial and fungal infections are prevalent especially, the sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Because of low socio-economic empowerment, traditional beliefs and cultural barriers, the suffering ... -
Medicine for tomorrow and the position of the nurse
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Medico social Characteristics of Cardiac patients in Obstetrical Unit Of Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Medico-social and socio-demographic factors associated with maternal mortality at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 1991)To identify the most significant determinants of maternal mortality in Kenya, a prospective study involving 49,335 deliveries occurring at Kenyatta National Hospital from January 1978-87 was conducted. There were 156 ... -
MEDICOM-African Journal of Hospital Medicine
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Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Alters The Vaginal Microbiota And Microenvironment In Women And Increases Susceptibility To Hiv-1 In Humanized Mice
(Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Alters The Vaginal Microbiota And Microenvironment In Women And Increases Susceptibility To Hiv-1 In Humanized Mice, 2019)The hormonal contraceptive medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is associated with increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), via incompletely understood mechanisms. Increased diversity in the vaginal microbiota ... -
Meeting report: UNESCO-MERCK Africa research summit 2015- accelerating access and sustaining innovation ‘from Africa for Africa’
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Background: The Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014 was the largest, longest and most devastating in the history of the disease. It demonstrated the social and economic impact an emerging infectious disease can have in ... -
Mefloquine disposition in normals and in patients with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
(Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1989)Mefloquine pharmacokinetics were studied in Kenyan African normal volunteers and in patients with severe acute attack of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Peak concentrations were achieved in both groups at 20-24 hours. The ... -
Megakaryocytic alterations in thrombocytopenia: a bone marrow aspiration study.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2009)CONTEXT: Dysplastic changes are well documented in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, they are also observed in non-MDS hematological conditions. AIMS: To evaluate the megakaryocytic alterations in the bone ... -
Megaloblastic Anaemia In Zimbabwe. 1: Seasonal Variation.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-01)Two hundred and ten patients who were confirmed to have megaloblastic anemia over a 2-year period were grouped according to the month of diagnosis. A distinct seasonal variation was detectable in the occurrence of megaloblastic ... -
Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe. II: Diagnostic significance of red cell indices in
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1990-10)Studies of red cell indices viz: Rbc count, Hb, Hct ratio, MCV, MCH and MCHC were carried out in normal subjects (n = 62) and in patients with: B12 deficiency (n = 34); folate deficiency (n = 17); and B12 and folate ... -
Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: spectrum of clinical and haematological manifestations
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1992-02)An analysis of 100 cases (43 males and 57 females) with confirmed megaloblastic anaemia is presented. The age distribution showed two peaks with 18% in the third and fourth decades and 25% in the seventh decade. Anaemia ... -
Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: the pernicious anaemias
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1990-07)This study of 16 patients with pernicious anaemia (PA) (9 males and 7 females); serves as further evidence that the disease is not as infrequent in Africans as the literature stressing its rarity in the past appears to ... -
Megaloblastic marrow in macrocytic anaemias at Kenyatta national and M P Shah Hospitals, Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1999)Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of megaloblastic marrow in patients with possible vitamin B12 and/or folate deficiency and to look for criteria that could be used in diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency. Design: ... -
Meleney’s Ulcer; A Rare but Fatal Abdominal Wall Disease Complicating Laparatomy
(2014)Meleney’s ulcer or post operative synergistic bacterial gangrene is a rare form of abdominal wall gangrene but has well documented clinical entity. It develops following intra abdominal surgery in the immediate vicinity ... -
The Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome--a report of two cases
(School of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya, 1989-03)Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) is a rare condition with variable presentation. In some cases there is sequential development of clinical features. This report describes the syndrome in two Arab children who showed ...