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Pregnancy and HIV Disease progression in an early infection cohort from five African countries.
(Unuversity of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Understanding associations between pregnancy and HIV disease progression is critical to provide appropriate counseling and care to HIV-positive women. METHODS: From 2006 to 2011, women less than age 40 ... -
Pregnancy and HIV transmission among HIV-discordant couples in a clinical trial in Kisumu, Kenya
(2011)A large proportion of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur in stable HIV-discordant partnerships. In some couples, the strong desire to conceive a child may lead to risky behaviour despite knowledge of discordant ... -
Pregnancy care and delivery management for patients with rheumatic heart diseases
(1979)cute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an illness caused by a reaction to a bacterial infection with group A streptococcus. It causes an acute, generalised inflammatory response and an illness that targets specific parts of the ... -
Pregnancy complications and outcomes among overweight and obese nulliparous women
(University of WashingtonDepartment of Epidemiology, 2001-03)This study examined the associations between prepregnancy weight and the risk of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes among nulliparous women. We conducted a population-based cohort study with 96,801 Washington ... -
Pregnancy gingivitis – The dental surgeon’s role in motivating and advising the pregnant patient.
(Department of periodontology, 1985) -
Pregnancy history and current use of contraception among women of reproductive age in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda: analysis of demographic and health survey data
(2016)Objective To examine the relationship between pregnancy history and the use of contraception among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in East Africa. Methods Demographic and Health Surveys data from Burundi (2010), ... -
Pregnancy in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD): a case report
(Department of Medicine, University of NairobiRenal Unit, Kenyatta National Hospital., 1992)We present what we believe is the first case of pregnancy occurring in a patient on CAPD, and indeed end stage renal disease (ESRD), in Kenya. Pregnancy progressed very well until the thirtieth week when foetal movements ... -
Pregnancy in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD): a case report.
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1992)We present what we believe is the first case of pregnancy occurring in a patient on CAPD, and indeed end stage renal disease (ESRD), in Kenya. Pregnancy progressed very well until the thirtieth week when foetal movements ... -
Pregnancy in effectiveness trials of HIV prevention agents
(University of Nairobi.College of Health science, 2007-12) -
Pregnancy in open heart surgical patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Surgery. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1999)Background: In the past, the Kenyatta National Hospital heart unit policy has been to discourage pregnancy among patients following open heart surgery for valve replacement, in view of the adverse effects of warfarin. ... -
Pregnancy in patients with nephrotic syndrome.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1991) -
Pregnancy incidence and outcomes among women receiving preexposure prophylaxis for hiv prevention
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Importance Antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), using tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and combination emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC+TDF), is efficacious for prevention of human immunodeficiency ... -
Pregnancy outcome and placental weights: their relationship to HIV-1 infection
(Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi, 1993)The relationship between placental characteristics, including weight and inflammation, and pregnancy outcome was examined as part of a case control study looking into the impact of maternal HIV-1 infection on pregnancy ... -
Pregnancy outcome and placental weights: their relationship to HIV-1 infection.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-02)The relationship between placental characteristics, including weight and inflammation, and pregnancy outcome was examined as part of a case control study looking into the impact of maternal HIV-1 infection on pregnancy ... -
Pregnancy outcomein women presenting with obstructed labour in a Rural Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)Background: Obstructed labour still remains a life – threatening catastrophe all over the world but mostly in the developing countries. This, entirely preventable labour complication carrying a very high maternal and ... -
Pregnancy outcomes in mothers with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease.
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, 2009)OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of HIV disease on immediate maternal and foetal outcomes at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Kenyatta National Hospital, ... -
Pregnancy rates among female participants in phase I and phase IIA AIDS vaccine clinical trials in Kenya
(2009)Female participants in AIDS candidate vaccine clinical trials must agree to use effective contraception to be enrolled into the studies, and for a specified period after vaccination, since the candidate vaccines’ effects ... -
Pregnancy rates among female participants in phase I and phase IIA AIDS vaccine clinical trials in Kenya
(2009-09)Background: Female participants in AIDS candidate vaccine clinical trials must agree to use effective contraception to be enrolled into the studies, and for a specified period after vaccination, since the candidate vaccines’ ... -
Pregnancy-preserving myomectomy: preliminary report on a new surgical technique
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Giessen, Germany, 2008)Uterine myomas are found in 0.3-2.6% of pregnant women. In one case out of ten they cause complications. Treatment is primarily conservative but in cases of failure, surgery cannot be avoided. We present a case of a pregnant ...
