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Recognition of illness in very young infants by inexperienced health workers
(1993)
To determine whether inexperienced health workers can recognize severe infection in infants less than 3 months of age, a study was conducted of 200 infants with cough, fever or 'not feeling well'. The presence or absence ...
Fluoride acquisition on and in fluorotic human enamel after topical application in vitro
(1993)
The uptake of alkali soluble and alkali insoluble fluoride on and in fluorotic enamel was investigated in vitro. Teeth from Kenya, assigned score 3 in accordance with Thylstrup-Fejerskov's fluorosis index, were used. The ...
Bronchiectasis following colectomy for hemorrhagic rectocolitis.
(1993-05)
Pulmonary disease is an uncommon extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. We report the case of a patient in whom colectomy for ulcerative colitis was followed by development of bronchiectasis. A ...
Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a case report.
(1993)
A 27 year old female with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis is presented. The clinical features include fever, weight loss, productive cough, splenomegaly and moderate pallor. The initial working diagnosis was pulmonary ...
Safety issues in voluntary female surgical contraception: peri-operative complications.
(1993)
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Worldwide, voluntary surgical contraception (VSC) is among the most widely employed of family planning methods. Relatively few vasectomies have been reported in Kenya over the last decade, with VSC in the country ...
Weight Gain Of Kenyan School Children Infected With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Is Improved Following Once- Or Twice-yearly Treatment With Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-04)
We studied growth in infected children given one dose (600 mg) or two doses of albendazole per school year. Children were examined and allocated at random within sex by descending hookworm egg count to one of three groups: ...
Surgical contraception: the kindest cut of all?
(1993)
Over 10,000 sterilizations are performed annually in Kenya, 99% of them on women. The mortality associated with female sterilization is only 1/100 that of pregnancy and childbirth, documented in the literature. Sterilization ...
Twice-failed tubal ligation: a case report.
(1993)
The case is presented of a twice-failed tubal ligation in a woman with six previous children. The first failure followed laparoscopic tubal occlusion by silastic falope rings, while the second failure was subsequent to ...
Fluoride and abrasive content in commonly used dentifrices on the Kenyan market.
(1993)
About one decade ago, a heated debate on the appropriateness of fluoride dentifrices in Kenya culminated in the introduction of no-fluoride brands. Analysis of dentifrices that were available on the market in 1989/1990 ...
Behavioural mechanisms in AIDS patients under stress
(University of Nairobi., 1993-01)
Clinical observation at the Kenyatta National Hospital showed unusually rapid deterioration of patients testing seropositive to HIV infection and being moved to a side room for nursing. This pilot study tested the hypothesis ...