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Ultrasonic diagnosis of abdominal hydatid disease in Kenya.
(1981)
Hydatid disease is common in Kenya. Established diagnostic methods are not entirely satisfactory and this study was undertaken to show the value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of abdominal hydatid disease. The sizes, numbers ...
Branhamella catarrhalis as a cause of pneumonia in a patient with miliary tuberculosis
(University of Nairobi, 1989-05)
Branhamella catarrhalis is increasingly reported as a cause of pneumonia in the immunocompromised host. The authors here report what they believe to be a unique case of B catarrhalis bronchopneumonia in a patient who had ...
Comparison of slow release frusemide lasix retard and bendrofluazide in the treatment of moderate hypertension in kenyan negroes
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
The relative efficacy and the risk of producing biochemical disturbances by bendrofluazide, 10 mg once daily and slow-release frusemide (Lasix Retard) 60 mg once daily, during treatment of moderate hypertension in Kenyan ...
Why patients go the traditional healers
(1982-03)
Even in cines where western medicine is accessible and available patients consult traditional medical practitioners (waganga), often postponing or dis¬continuing medical treatment to do so (1,2). A large measure of the ...
Characterization of chromosomes with hybrid genes for Hb Lepore-Washington, Hb Lepore-Baltimore, Hb P-Nilotic, and Hb Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1987-09)
This study concerns the characterization of chromosomes with hybrid genes for Hb Lepore-Washington (44 chromosomes), for Hb Lepore-Baltimore (5 chromosomes), for Hb P-Nilotic (8 chromosomes), and for Hb Kenya (7 chromosomes) ...
Measurement of plasma catecholamine concentrations. An assessment of anxiety
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
This study was designed to assess the value of measurement of plasma catecholamine concentrations as an objective index of anxiety. A preliminary study was undertaken on 11 healthy volunteers (medically qualified), to ...
Baroreflex function in endurance- and static exercise-trained men.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
The effect of exercise training mode on reflex cardiovascular control was studied in a cross-sectional design. We examined the cardiovascular responses to progressive incremental phenylephrine (PE) infusion to maximal rates ...
Placebo-controlled trial of potassium supplements in black patients with mild essential hypertension.
(University of Nairobi, 1989-08)
Forty-eight black patients with mildly increased blood pressure (BP) that had not yet been subjected to treatment took part in a double-blind clinical trial of the efficacy and tolerability of oral potassium supplements ...
Guillain-Barre syndrome in Kenya: a clinical review of 54 patients
(, University of Nairobi, 1988-09)
During an 8-year period, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) was diagnosed in 54 Kenyans. Overall, the outcome was poor. Only 26 patients (48%) walked unaided within 3 month of the height of their paralysis. Five patients (9%) ...
Anaemia in a patient population at a provincial hospital in Western Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1980-06)