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Methylene blue for acute septic cardiomyopathy in a burned patient.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The objective of the study was to describe the use of methylene blue (MB) in a burned patient with acute septic cardiomyopathy. This case summary is about a 60-year-old Caucasian male who was admitted to the Burn Intensive ...
Efficacy of phone based counselling in supporting primi-parous women to exclusively breastfeed.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
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acid supplements (IFA), among others. The proportion of women who had attended 4 ANC visits during ...
Adverse drug reactions
(2015)
Incidental pathology and anatomic variations in oral and maxillofacial cone-beam computed tomographic scans
(2015)
Aims: To determine the occurrence of incidental pathological and anatomical findings in CBCT scans. Study Design: Retrospective cross sectional descriptive study which was done at a private imaging center from 2010 to 2012. ...
Association between male circumcision and incidence of syphilis in men and women: a prospective study in HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual African couples
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)
Background
Male circumcision is a primary HIV-1 prevention intervention for men, but whether the procedure reduces the risk of syphilis among men and their female partners is uncertain. We aimed to assess whether male ...
Genetic Diversity of Human Enterovirus 68 Strains Isolated in Kenya Using the Hypervariable 3′- End of VP1 Gene
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Reports of increasing worldwide circulation of human enterovirus-68 (EV68) are well documented. Despite health concerns
posed by resurgence of these viruses, little is known about EV68 strains circulating in Kenya. In ...
Characteristics and outcomes of HIV-infected youth and young adolescents enrolled in HIV care in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background::
The number of youth and adolescents (10-24 years) with HIV infection has increased substantially presenting unique challenges to effective health service delivery.
Methods::
We examined routinely collected ...
Correlates of age at attainment of developmental milestones in HIV-infected infants receiving early antiretroviral therapy
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: Infant HIV-1 infection is associated with impaired neurologic and motor development. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has the potential to improve developmental outcomes but the relative contributions of pre-ART ...
Relationship between anthropometric measures and early electrocardiographic changes in obese rats.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
BACKGROUND:
The degree of cardiovascular function impairment parallels the degree of obesity and obese subjects have abnormal changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early ECG changes in obesity have not been previously ...
Psychiatric morbidity among HIV -infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community
(Routledge, 2012)
The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of
Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric
morbidity ...