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Radiation protection and the unborn child
(1988-11)
A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age. Screening for cases was done ...
Effects of chlorthalidone, oxprenolol, and their combination in hypertensive blacks: a randomized double-blind crossover study
(1989)
One hundred twenty black patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension participated in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of the efficacy and tolerability of slow release oxprenolol versus chlorthalidone ...
AUVDT recommendations for management of gonorrhoea and genital ulcers in Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 1984-03)
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The African Union Against Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses (AUVDT), inaugurated in 1979, held its 3rd biannual conference in Nairobi in March 1983 with local participants and participants from 15 English and ...
Problems and approaches in the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted agents associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 1980-12)
The problems in surveillance of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Africa are numerous and are based mainly on socioeconomic barriers. Policies for controlling STD are either inadequate or nonexistent in many African ...
Single-dose therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum with ceftriaxone
(1986)
We conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing a single intramuscular dose of 125 mg of ceftriaxone with a single intramuscular dose of 75 mg of kanamycin followed by topical gentamicin for seven days, and with a single ...
Suppression of T-cell proliferative response in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients--preliminary results.
(1989)
We report suppression of T-cell proliferative responses to P.falciparum specific antigen and mitogens. T-cells derived from malaria patients were co-cultured with P.falciparum antigen or mitogens and the T-cell activity ...
Infection after depressed fracture in the west of Scotland.
(1980)
Of 216 compound depressed fractures of the skull seen between the years 1974-1978, nine (4%) became infected. This is significantly less than the 10% found in previous years. Efforts are being intensified to train primary ...
Postpartum upper genital tract infections in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiology, etiology, and risk factors.
(1987)
We investigated the frequency of clinically defined upper genital tract infection (UGTI) and its relation to sexually transmitted diseases and other risk factors among 1,013 women initially studied while in labor at a ...
.Bedside ultrasonography. A low-cost definitive diagnostic procedure in obstructive jaundice.
(1987)
We evaluated real-time ultrasonography carried out by gastroenterologists for its diagnostic accuracy in 89 patients with obstructive jaundice. The positive predictive values for the site and nature of the obstruction were ...
An epidemiological study of osteogenic sarcoma in Kenya: the variations in incidence between ethnic groups and geographic regions, 1968-1978.
(, 1985)
Kenya is a country of marked environmental and ethnic diversity. A study of osteogenic sarcoma occurring in Kenya from 1968 to 1978 revealed 251 cases, representing between 89% and 100% of the predicted number. Variations ...