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Tetralogy of fallot repair: optimal z-score use for transannular patch insertion
(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.
(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
(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.
(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
(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
(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.
(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
(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. ... -
Therapeutic radiological interventional procedures in hepatocellular carcinoma
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)BACKGROUND: To improve the survival rate of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in whom surgery is not possible, various methods have been developed employing angiographic and percutaneous techniques. We analyzed ... -
Therapeutic results after different plastic operation methods in chronic osteomyelitis
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Thesis for the University of Nairobi, Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1989.
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Thin-layer chromatographic study of the metabolites of erythromycins in the wistar rat
(1988)The metabolites of erythromycin A, anhydroerythromycin A, N-demethylerythromycin A and erythromycin B in the Wistar rat were studied by thin-layer chromatography. In some experiments germ-free rats, rats with a cannulated ... -
Thinking ahead--the rising tide of AIDS orphans.
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, 2005-09)No abstract available -
Thiopentone infusions for neurosurgery in a developing countr
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The third permanent molar eruption in Kenyan Africans and Asians.
(Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1985)Data on third permanent molar eruption was obtained from a cross-sectional study of 1343 African and 1092 Asian students aged 13-23 years attending various schools in Nairobi and the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Africans ... -
A Third Study Of Case-finding Methods For Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Kenya, Including The Use Of Community Leaders
(University of NairobiRespiratory Diseases Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 1981-06)Five methods of identifying tuberculosis suspects were investigated in the Machakos District of Kenya by: (1) 3-monthly interrogation of the Community Elders, (2) interrogation of household heads, (3) identifying suspects ... -
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2001-10)OBJECTIVE: To determine the thirty-day mortality of open-heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi from June 1973 to October 2000 and; to look at likely variables related to mortality. DESIGN: A ...
