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Diabetic ketoacidosis: risk factors, mechanisms and management strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a review
(2005-12)
Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is the most common hyperglycaemic emergency in patients with diabetes mellitus, especially type 1 diabetes. It carries very high mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, both in the treated patients ...
Drug susceptibility pattern of helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspepsia at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2005-12)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine drug susceptibility pattern of Helicobacter pylori to metronidazole, clarithromycin, amoxicillin and tetracycline in patients presenting with dyspepsia at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
DESIGN: ...
Lipid profile of ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2005-12)
BACKGROUND:
Patients with type 2 diabetes are at high of cardiovascular events because they have abnormal lipid status compared to their non-diabetic counterparts.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the quantitative lipid profile ...
Dietary patterns and nutritional status of pre-school children in Nairobi.
(2005)
To determine the dietary patterns and nutritional status of pre-school children in Nairobi, Kenya.
DESIGN:
A cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Pre-schools in Nairobi, Kenya.
SUBJECTS:
Three hundred and four ...
Diabetic ketoacidosis: clinical presentation and precipitating factors at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2005)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the clinico-laboratory features and precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
DESIGN:
Prospective cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Inpatient ...
Longitudinal assessment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific gamma interferon responses during the first year of life in HIV-1-infected infants.
(2005)
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection results in different patterns of viral replication in pediatric compared to adult populations. The role of early HIV-1-specific responses in viral control has not been ...
Arrhythmias in an athlete: the effect of de-training
(2005)
A 53 year old athlete with a history of severe palpitations and lightheadedness presented for a second opinion. He was found to exhibit very frequent atrial ectopy, frequent runs of symptomatic atrial tachyarrhythmia, and ...
Transcriptional regulation of two stage-specifically expressed genes in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
(2005)
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii differentially expresses two distinct enolase isoenzymes known as ENO1 and ENO2, respectively. To understand differential gene expression during tachyzoite to bradyzoite conversion, ...
Modified vaccinia Ankara expressing HIVA antigen stimulates HIV-1-specific CD8 T cells in ELISpot assays of HIV-1 exposed infants[star]
(2005)
Recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara expressing HIV-1 antigens (MVA.HIVA) was used in ELISpot assays to monitor HIV-1-specific T cell responses in infants. Responses to MVA.HIVA and HIV-1 peptides were examined in ...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Nairobi Hospital: a personal experience with 42 cases
(2005)
BACKGROUND:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a recent entry in the treatment of gall bladder disease in Kenya and is slowly gaining acceptance. Like all new techniques, it has generated considerable controversy and debate ...