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Prevalence of tardive dyskinesia among psychiatric in-patients at Mathari Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi., 2002)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of tardive dyskinesia among psychiatric in-patients. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, the main psychiatric referral hospital in Kenya. SUBJECTS: ...
Characterization of protective antigens from the midgut of Amblyomma variegatum ticks
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Separation of midgut membrane proteins from the tick, Ambylomma variegatum, using a nonionic detergent (Triton X-114), resulted in two protein fractions, namely DET (detergent) and AQ (aqueous). In immunoblotting analysis ...
Phenytoin pharmacokinetics and clinical effects in African children following fosphenytoin and chloramphenicol co-administration
(University of Nairobi., 2002-12)
AIMS:
Some children with malaria and convulsions also have concurrent bacterial meningitis. Chloramphenicol is used to treat the latter whereas phenytoin is used for convulsions. Since chloramphenicol inhibits the ...
Non-typhi salmonella in children with severe malaria
(University of Nairobi., 2002-12)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the association between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and non-typhi Salmonella in children.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional hospital based study.
SETTING:
Kilifi District Hospital (KDH) between ...
Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer--collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58,515 women with breast cancer and 95,067 women without the disease.
(2002)
Alcohol and tobacco consumption are closely correlated and published results on their association with breast cancer have not always allowed adequately for confounding between these exposures. Over 80% of the relevant ...
Anatomy and pathology of coronary artery in adult black Kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2002-06)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of coronary arterial anatomy and prevalence of postmortem coronary pathology in adult Kenyan Africans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: The Nairobi City Mortuary and the Department ...
From conjunctivitis to glaucoma. When is a red eye an alarm signal?
(2002)
A red eye is mostly a relatively harmless sign of simple conjunctivitis. Viral conjunctivitis may be extremely contagious. If no improvement is seen after ten days of treatment, referral to an ophthalmologist is indicated. ...
Opportunity for prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Kenyan youth: results of a population-based survey
(University of Nairobi, 2002-12)
Backround:Data from sentinel serosurveillance are useful to estimate HIV infection in populations but may not be representative of the general population. General population-based surveys attempt to avoid selection bias ...
Minimising antibiotic resistance to Staphylococcus aureus in developing countries
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde in Kenia - Auswirkungen demographischer Parameter
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
Background: In the time of evidence based medicine the analysis of the influence of demographic parameters and different environmental factors on the treatment concepts in a country is often neglected. This is also true ...