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Neonatal haematology in Zimbabwe. I: The platelet parameters
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1994-04)Platelet parameters were determined in 600 full term healthy Zimbabwean neonates using a Coulter Counter Model S Plus. The mean +/- s.d. values obtained with ranges were: Platelet count 235 +/- 67 (range 100-410) x 10(9) ... -
Neonatal haematology in Zimbabwe. II: The red cell and white cell parameters.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1995-03)Red cell and white cell parameters were determined in 600 (310 male and 290 female) normal Black Zimbabwean neonates with a mean +/- sd birth weight of 3.0 +/- 0.4 (range 2.04 to 4.50, median 3.0) kg using a Coulter Counter ... -
Neonatal mortality in Kenyan hospitals: a multisite, retrospective, cohort study
(University of Nairobi, 2021-05)Background: Most of the deaths among neonates in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be prevented through universal access to basic high-quality health services including essential facility-based inpatient ... -
Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Paediatric & Microbiology, 1984-04) -
Neonatal nitrition and later outcomes of very low birth weight infants at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2007-06)A total of 296 episodes of bacteremia due to Enterobacter occurred in 281 patients with cancer between 1972 and 1986. The majority of these episodes were caused by Enterobacter cloacae. Seventy-four percent of the patients ... -
Neonatal nutrition and later outcomes of very low birth weight infants at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2007)Background: Extensive research in developed countries has established that very low birth weight (VLBW) infants are particularly vulnerable to the effects of early nutritional deficiencies. There is, however, little ... -
Neonatal septicaemia in low birth weight infants at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(KMADepartment of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi,, 2005)Objective: To quantify the burden of infection among low birth weight (LBW) infants at the new born unit (NBU) of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), identify any risk factors, causative organisms and their antibiotic ... -
Neonatal survival of infants less than 2000 grams born at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(Department of Paediatrics, 2002)Background: Survival of patients is regularly used as a measure of the level and appropriateness of medical care provided by institutions. Newborn services have been evaluated in this manner since the 1960s. Though Kenyatta ... -
Neoplastic cells of Hodgkin's disease show differences in EBV expression between Kenya and Italy.
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1996-03)The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Hodgkin's disease (HD). However, the association of EBV with this disease varies greatly from series to series and from country to country. Epidemiological ... -
Nephroblastoma: an example of cancer curable by appropriate intervention even in developing countries.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1987-12) -
Nephropathy in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus in black Africans
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2002)Background: Albuminuria is long recognised as a sign of renal disease in diabetes. In type 1 diabetes, renal disease occurs after a longer duration of diabetic state. In type 2 diabetes, it is more variable. Objective: ... -
Nephrotic syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1990) -
Nephrotic syndrome associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: A case report with a review of literature. Nairobi Medical Journal 16(2): 28-32, 1990.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract available -
Nephrotic syndrome in adult Africans in Nairobi
(Department of Pathology, University of Nairobi, 1972)The adult nephrotic syndrome as met with in Nairobi is predominantly encountered in young sophisticated African women, most of whom began to use skin-lightening creams containing mercury before the symptomatic onset of ... -
Nephrotic syndrome in the tropics
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1990) -
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Nephrotoxicity Induced By Mamba Venoms In Cultured Rat Cortical Epithelial Cells. Tissue Culture Ass.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1987)Abstract Not Available -
Nephrotoxicity of amphotericin b in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)Objectives: To describe the incidence of renal dysfunction, hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis and on amphotericin B treatment. Secondary objective was to determine all-cause ... -
The Nephrotoxicity of Netilmicin and Gentamicin
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Nerve conduction abnormalities in Gullain Barre syndrome in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)
