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Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in developing countries: prevalence, management, and risk factors.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-09)
Despite mortality due to communicable diseases, poverty, and human conflicts, dementia incidence is destined to increase in the developing world in tandem with the ageing population. Current data from developing countries ...
Variant anatomy of the anterior cerebral artery in Adult Kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Knowledge of the variant vascular anatomy of the subhepatic region is important for hepatobiliary surgeons in limiting operative complications due to unexpected bleeding. The pattern of arterial blood supply of 102 ...
Prevalence of anti-thyroid antibodies in patients with primary thyroid disorders.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-09)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine prevalence of thyroid antimicrosomal and antithyroglobulin antibodies among patients with primary thyroid disorders.
DESIGN:
Descriptive cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National Hospital, ...
Pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of lorazepam in children with severe malaria and convulsions.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-01)
AIM:
To investigate the pharmacokinetics and clinical efficacy of intravenous (i.v.) and intramuscular (i.m.) lorazepam (LZP) in children with severe malaria and convulsions.
METHODS:
Twenty-six children with severe ...
The need for a national cancer policy in Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Cancer is causing a lot of suffering and death in Africa but is not considered a
major health problem in Africa. This needs to change. Cancer should be given
equal emphasis to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. A ...
Lipid nanoparticles for parenteral delivery of actives.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The present review compiles the applications of lipid nanoparticles mainly solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN), nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) and lipid drug conjugates (LDC) in parenteral delivery of pharmaceutical ...
Investigation of monovalent and bivalent enantioselective molecular recognition by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
In this work is described the investigation of bivalent versus monovalent enantioselective molecular recognition in the context of enantioselective separations. Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem ...
Cardiovascular therapeutics
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)
Cardiology is an expanding area, with a strong evidence base for many of the interventions used. When prescribing for a patient with cardiovascular disease, it is essential to check the diagnosis (several drugs can be used ...
The art of prescribing
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)
Most junior doctors are unaware of the sizeable contribution that prescribing aberrations make to hospital adverse events and medicolegal activities. The incidence of drug-related adverse events in patients in hospital ...
Anatomical variations of the carotid arteries in adult Kenyans
(University of Nairobi., 2008-05)
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the topography and anatomical variations of the carotid arteries among Kenyans.
DESIGN:
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi.
SUBJECTS: ...