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Metformin's effectiveness in preventing prednisone-induced hyperglycemia in hematological cancers
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Research has established the development of steroid-induced hyperglycemia as a glucometabolic side effect of high-dose prednisone therapy. Few studies, however, have demonstrated preventative measures that could ... -
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in East Africa: red alert or red herring?
(University of Nairobi, 2019)BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and has resultant important economic and societal costs underscoring the need for accurate surveillance. ... -
A method of constructing an index of obesity
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Human Anatomy, 1985-09)Body density data obtained from underwater weighing, of 458 children and adults aged from 6 to 51 years, in combination with weight (W) and stature (S), have been used to estimate percent body fat (% BF). A model for an ... -
Methodological considerations in implementing the WHO Global Survey for Monitoring Maternal and Perinatal Health
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropica and Infectious Diseases(UNITID), 2008)OBJECTIVE: To set up a global system for monitoring maternal and perinatal health in 54 countries worldwide. METHODS: The WHO Global Survey for Monitoring Maternal and Perinatal Health was implemented through a ... -
Methods and hygiene of infant feeding in an urban area of Uganda.
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Methods and protocols for intrusion-tolerant management of collaborative network groups
(University of Nairobi,College of health sciences,, 2001)Disclosed is a system for managing communications within a network collaboration group. The system comprises: a generator (110) for generating a new nonce value; an incorporator (120) for incorporating an expected nonce ... -
Methods for estimating missing data on migrants in the 1991 British census
(1997)"This paper discusses the use of suppression to protect data in the Special Migration Statistics, a dataset produced from the 1991 [British] Census, and argues that this procedure prevents accurate analysis of the data. A ... -
Methods in Enzymology , Vol
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Methylene blue for acute septic cardiomyopathy in a burned patient.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The objective of the study was to describe the use of methylene blue (MB) in a burned patient with acute septic cardiomyopathy. This case summary is about a 60-year-old Caucasian male who was admitted to the Burn Intensive ... -
Methylsalicylate myopathy in man
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mHealth-based peer mentoring for prevention of alcohol and substance abuse among first year university students: protocol for quasi-experimental intervention
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-05)Objective: The use of psychoactive substances increases university students’ general morbidity and mortality. Universities run programs to prevent psychoactive substance use since they are associated with the risk of poor ... -
Micro- and minisatellite-expressed sequence tag (EST) markers discriminate between populations of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi. Kenya, 2012)Biological differences, including vector competence for the protozoan parasite Theileria parva have been reported among populations of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from different geographic regions. ... -
Micro-organism Isolates From Milk Samples Submitted To The Bacteriology Lab Of Clinical Studies Department-Seminar Presentation
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Microarrays For Public Health: Genomic Epidemiology Of Tuberculosis.
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropica and Infectious Diseases(UNITID), 2002)In response to a large local school-based outbreak of tuberculosis, we have been evaluating the utility of microarray bacterial genomic analysis in outbreak management. After initial comparison of the isolate from the index ... -
Microbial activity and composition of Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. Essential oil from Tanzania.
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Microbial aetiology and diagnostic criteria of Post-partum endometritis in Nairobi, Kenya, Genitourin. Med. 64: 172 -5, 1988
(University of Nairobi, 1988)No abstract available -
Microbial aetiology and diagnostic criteria of postpartum endometritis in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, University of Brussels, Belgium., 1988)Using a protected triple lumen device, Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis, or both, were isolated from the endometriums of five out of 35 women with clinical postpartum endometritis compared with none of a ... -
The microbial and physical quality of recycled gloves
(1997)Plastic surgical gloves reprocessed at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) were tested for microbiological and physical quality, using standard, disposable, factory sterilised surgical gloves as reference. The microbiological ... -
Microbial Contamination Of Commercial Food Products : Fact Or Fiction
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1992) -
Microbial Contamination Of Commercial Food Products: Fact Or Fiction.East Afr Med J. 1992 Mar;69(3):121-2.
(University of Nairobi, 1992)No abstract available