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    • Tension -Band wiring for fractured patellae 

      Mbindyo, BS; Jeshirani, MK; Heda, PM (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1981)

    • TENSION-BAND WIRING OF OLECRANON FRACTURES 

      Jeshrani, M K; Mbindyo, B S; Heda, P M (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985)
      Fractures of the olecranon may be caused in two ways (Benjamin 1976): 1 by a sudden violent contraction of the triceps, as when attempting to preserve balance after a fall on the outstretched hand. This usually causes ...

    • Terrorist Bombing At The USA Embassy In Nairobi: The Media Response 

      Njenga, F.G; Nyamai, C; Kigamwa, P (2003)
      On 7th August 1998, a terrorist bomb destroyed the American Embassy in Nairobi, killing and injuring thousands of people. To describe the media component of the (larger) mental health response, and evaluate the impact ...

    • test 

      Apolot, Okalebo Faith (University of Nairobi,, 2010)

    • Testicular cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. 

      Opot, E N; Magoha, G A (Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 2000-02)
      Objective: To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, management methods and prognosis of testicular cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: Retrospective case study of testicular cancer patients over ...

    • Testicular Cancer in Nigerians 

      Magoha, G A (1995)
      This is a report of prospective study of eight patients with testicular tumours seen at the Urology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a five-year period (1979-1983). The mean age was 32.7 years. Four ...

    • Testicular Injuries 

      Magoha, G A (2007-08)
      In recent years, several reports have underlined the possible existence of chronic appendicitis. Up to 38% of spontaneously resolving acute appendicitis may recur. We studied 41 patients operated on between July 2000 and ...

    • Testicular neoplasms in Kenyan Africans 

      Zimmerman, R. R.; Kung'u, A. (University of Nairobi,, 1978)
      Over a 9-year period 40 testicular and paratesticular neoplasms were seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Their incidence rate was 0.08 per annum per 100,000 Kenyan males. This low incidence was largely ...

    • Testicular torsion rate in Nigerians 

      Magoha, G A; Osegbe, D N; Ogunkua, O (School of Health SciencesLagos University Teaching Hospital, 1987-10)
      In a prospective study, from July 1980 to December 1983, 122 patients–i.e. 35 per year–were treated for testicular torsion at a Lagos Hospital. Of these, torsion had previously occurred in the opposite testis in 17 (14%) ...

    • Testicular torsion salvage rate in Nigerians in Lagos 

      Magoha, G A (1989-05)
      Eighty-one Nigerian patients with testicular torsion presented at the Urology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital between May 1983 and May 1985. The majority (62%) were young adults of 21 years and above with a ...

    • Testing the EPDS and PHQ-9 Among Peripartum Adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya: a Mixed-Methods Study 

      Madeghe, Beatrice; Unutzer, Jurgen; Shekhar, Saxena; Mary, McKay; Kumar, Manasi; Huang, Keng Y; Othieno, Caleb (University of Nairobi, 2021)
      Background: Cognitive interviewing is a well-recognised methodology to identify clinical and commonsensical relevance of mental health questionnaire items by our research participants. Depression is amongst the most common ...

    • Tetracycline resistance genes in Kenyan hospital isolates of Salmonella typhimurium. 

      Kariuki, S; Mirza, NB; Wasteson, Y; Senerwa, D; Gathuma, JM; Olsvik, O. (Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1992)
      All 97 strains of Salmonella typhimurium isolated from patients at a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, during 1988-90 were resistant to tetracycline. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed a large distribution range ...

    • Tetralogy of fallot repair: optimal z-score use for transannular patch insertion 

      Awori, M N; Leong, W (2013)
      Transannular patching is used to relieve significant pulmonary annular stenosis during tetralogy of Fallot repair. Although recent literature has focused on the deleterious effects of pulmonary regurgitation, inadequate ...

    • Text messaging for maternal and infant retention in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services: A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Kenya. 

      Odeny, TA; Hughes, JP; Bukusi, EA; Akama, E; Geng, EH; Holmes, KK; McClelland, RS (University of Nairobi, 2019)
      BACKGROUND: Timely diagnosis of infant HIV infection is essential for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. In a randomized controlled trial, we found the Texting Improves Testing (TextIT) intervention (a theory-based ...

    • Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention: a randomized controlled trial 

      Odeny, TA; Bailey, RC; Bukusi, EA; Simoni, JM; Tapia, KA; Yuhas, K; Holmes, KK; McClelland, RS (2012)
      Following male circumcision for HIV prevention, a high proportion of men fail to return for their scheduled seven-day post-operative visit. We evaluated the effect of short message service (SMS) text messages on attendance ...

    • Texting improves testing: a randomized trial of two-way SMS to increase postpartum prevention of mother-to-child transmission retention and infant HIV testing. 

      Odeny, TA; Bukusi, EA; Cohen, CR; Yuhas, K; Camlin, CS; McClelland, RS (University of Nairobi, 2014)
      OBJECTIVE: Many sub-Saharan African countries report high postpartum loss to follow-up of mother-baby pairs. We aimed to determine whether interactive text messages improved rates of clinic attendance and early infant ...

    • Theileria parva: Isolation of macroschizonts from in vitro propagated lymphoblastoid cells of cattle 

      Nyormoi, O; Bwayo, JJ; Hirumi, H (ScienceDirectInternational Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, 1981)
      A method for purifying macroschizonts of Theileria parva from bovine lymphoblastoid cells, propagated in vitro, was developed. This method involved three steps. First, the macroschizonts were liberated by disrupting host ...

    • Therapeutic challenges of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the United States and East Africa 

      Mwanda, W. Otieno; Banura, Cecily; Katongole-Mbidde, Edward; Johnson, John L.; Mahmoud, Ghannoum; Dowlati, Afshin; Renne, Rolf; Arts, Eric; Whalen, Christopher; Lederman, Michael M.; Remick, Scot C. (Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi. Nairobi. Kenya, 2002)
      Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) remains the second most common malignant complication in patients with human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. As we enter the third decade of the acquired immonodeficiency syndrome ...

    • Therapeutic efficacy of FTY720 in a rat model of NK-cell leukemia. 

      Liao, A; Broeg, K; Fox, T; Tan, SF; Watters, R; Shah, MV; et al (Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA, 2011)
      NK-cell leukemia is a clonal expansion of NK cells. The illness can occur in an aggressive or chronic form. We studied cell lines from human and rat NK-cell leukemias (aggressive NK-cell leukemia) as well as samples from ...

    • Therapeutic potential of folate uptake inhibition in Plasmodium falciparum 

      Nzila, AM; Kokwaro, G; Winstanley, PA; Marsh, K; Ward, SA (University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 2004)
      Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to the combination sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine are spreading in Africa, particularly in East Africa. This is a matter of concern because there are no other affordable drugs available. ...