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Black market trade:
(1995)
Provision of mortuary services free of char ge in a government hospital in rural Kenya is found to have led to a black market trade in these services. The principal participants in the market were the mortuary attendants ...
Efficacy and tolerability of oral sumatriptan in the treatment of acute migraine
(University of Nairobi., 1995-08)
An open prospective study of the efficacy and tolerability of oral sumatriptan in the treatment of acute migraine attacks at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, is presented. Thirty two patients were initially ...
STD Partner Notification and Referral In Primary Level Health Centers in Nairobi, Kenya
(1995-04)
BACKGROUND: Controlling sexually transmitted diseases requires that partners of patients with a sexually transmitted disease be notified and treated. However, many countries in the developing world lack the infrastructure ...
Prospective study of plasma fibronectin in fulminant hepatitis: association with infection and mortality
(1995)
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Plasma fibronectin is an opsonic glycoprotein, normally synthesized by the liver, which decreases subsequent to severe liver damage and low levels of which may contribute to reticuloendothelial system ...
Prevalence of persistent diarrhoea in children aged 3-36 months at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(U, 1995)
Three hundred and eighty four children aged 3-36 months admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) with diarrhoea were studied for persistent diarrhoea (PD), defined as diarrhoea lasting more than 14 days. To ...
Bacteriology and sensitivity patterns of pyogenic meningitis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(1995)
A descriptive cross sectional study on bacteriology and sensitivity patterns of laboratory-proven pyogenic meningitis was carried out over a six month period. A total of 92 patients (52 adults, 40 children) were studied. ...
Quality of intravenous infusion fluids manufactured in Kenya
(1995)
The incidence and nature of microbial contamination of intravenous fluids prepared by four manufacturing establishments in Kenya was evaluated using the European Pharmacopoeia membrane filtration method for sterility ...
Testicular Cancer in Nigerians
(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 ...
Cancer of the male genital tract
(1995)
Partial penectomy is effective in the treatment of T1 and T2 penile carcinoma with 80% five-year survival rates in the absence of inguinal metastases, and the residual stump is serviceable for upright micturition and sexual ...
Radiological behaviour of the thymus in chest infection in the underfives
(1995)
The thymus in the paediatric chest will often give radiological appearances of very intriguing nature. It Is known to react dramatically to stress factors such as infection or trauma. Gross hypertrophy following atrophy ...