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Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya by aminosidine alone or combined with sodium stibogluconate.
(Department of Medical Microbiology and Medical Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1990)The treatment of leishmaniasis, as currently conducted in Kenya with sodium stibogluconate, is unsatisfactory as it is expensive, resistance and relapses may occur, and major adverse effects have been reported. Recently, ... -
Treatment of visceral leishmaniasis using sodium stibogluconate in a dose of 15 mg antimony/kg body weight twice daily for 30 days: a preliminary report.
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1984)No abstract available -
Treatment options in lupus nephritis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1998)Like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) itself, manifestations of lupus nephritis are highly varied in their clinical presentation, ranging from mild proteinuria to rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis causing renal ... -
Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Stroke Patients at Shashemene Referral Hospital, Ethiopia.
(2016-09-09)The 2013 Global Burden of Disease report indicated that 80% of stroke deaths occur in low- and middle-income regions. Although stroke has been consistently reported as one of the three leading causes of morbidity and ... -
Treatment With A Single Dose Of Albendazole Improves Growth Of Kenyan Schoolchildren With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura, And Ascaris Lumbricoides Infections
(University of Nairobi, 1989-07)We studied the growth of primary schoolchildren with hookworm (87%), T. trichiura (97%), and A. lumbricoides (49%) who received a single 400 mg dose of albendazole or an identical placebo. Children were allocated at random ... -
Treatment with Antiretroviral Therapy is Not Associated with Increased Sexual Risk Behaviour in Kenyan Female Sex Workers
(2010-03)OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that sexual risk behavior would increase following initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kenyan female sex workers (FSWs). DESIGN: Prospective ... -
Trends and correlates of HIV testing amongst women : lessons learnt from Kenya : original research
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background: A majority of women in Kenya do not know their HIV status and are therefore unable to take preventive measures or medication in order to prolong their lives. Objectives: This study investigates the key ... -
Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: A case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background Maternal and Child health remains at the core of global health priorities transcending the Millennium Development Goals into the current era of Sustainable Development Goals. Most low and middle-income countries ... -
Trends and seroprevalence of HIV amongst four population groups in Nairobi in the period 1989-1991
(Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992) -
Trends in bloodstream infections among human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults admitted to a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, during the last decade.
(Kenya Medical Research Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2001)Bloodstream infections are a frequent complication in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults in Africa and usually associated with a poor prognosis. We evaluated bloodstream infections across a decade in 3 ... -
Trends in caesarean section rates at a maternity hospital in Mumbai, India.
(University of Nairobi,College of Health Sciences,, 2001-12)The steady rise in caesarean section rates is an emerging area of concern in mother-child healthcare and a matter of international attention, since the trend is no longer confined to western industrialized countries. Crude ... -
Trends in clinical characteristics and outcomes of Pre-ART care at a large HIV clinic in Nairobi, Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: The success of antiretroviral therapy in resource-scarce settings is an illustration that complex healthcare interventions can be successfully delivered even in fragile health systems. Documenting the success ... -
Trends in drug resistance codons in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in Kenyan parasites from 2008 to 2012
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), an antifolate, was r eplaced by artemether-lumefantrine as the first-line malaria drug treatment in Kenya in 2004 due to the wide s pread of resistance. However, SP still remains ... -
Trends in Food Science & Technology
(Department of Biochemistry, 2003) -
Trends in HIV -1 Incidence in a Cohort of Prostitutes in Kenya: Implications for HIV -1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2000)Background: Accurate predictions of HIV-I incidence in potential study populations are essential for designing HIV-I vaccine efficacy trials. Lillie information is available on the estimated incidence of HIV-I in such ... -
Trends in meningococcal meningitis over the past thirteen years at Kenyatta National Hospital 1967-1979.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1980)A retrospective study was made of 419 cases of meningococcal meningitis admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, during the 13 years from 1967 to 1979. These were only 1.6% of the 26 505 cases admitted as meningitis ... -
Trends In Reproductive Health Knowledge Following A Health Education Intervention Among Adolescents In Zimbabwe
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Zimbabwe, 1979-01)BACKGROUND: Unwanted teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and the attendant morbidity and mortality necessitate the need for understanding factors influencing adolescent sexuality and the implementation ... -
Trends in the Delivery of dental health care in Kenya
(Department of periodontology, 1983) -
Trends of acute poisoning cases occurring at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2012)A retrospective study of poisoned patients admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over the period January 2002 to June 2003 was carried out. KNH is a national referral and university teaching hospital and patients ... -
Trends of patients' visit at the University Dental Hospital prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2023)