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AIDS/HIV infection and management among young people:Youth opinion
(University of Nairobi,, 1998-08)
Duodenal perforation following blunt abdominal trauma: case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A case of severe duodenal injury in a 20-year-old female due to blunt abdominal trauma secondary to road traffic accident is presented. The difficulty and hence delay in making a diagnosis of duodenal injury is discussed.
Outpatient experience with oesophageal endoscopic dilation.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Between March 1990 and August 1997, outpatient endoscopic balloon dilation was performed for oesophageal strictures which developed secondary to malignancies, peptic strictures, post surgical narrowing, achalasia cardia, ...
Upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions in dyspeptic patients with homozygous sickle cell disease in Kenya.
(1998)
A case controlled study comprising 51 patients with homozygous sickle cell (HbSS) disease who complained of dyspepsia and 41 age and sex matched non-HbSS control dyspeptic patients was carried out, to look at upper ...
Ear, nose and throat/head and neck medical services in developing countries: challenges and future perspectives.
(University of Nairobi., 1998-06)
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Financing rural health services in Kenya
(1998)
The paper analyzes household expenditure on medical care and the willingness to contribute towards service improvements at government health facilities. The analysis is based on survey data from two rural districts in Kenya ...
Pharmacological Activities of Psiadia punculata
(1998)
A 70% methanol extract of leaves of Psiadia punculata caused a fall of blood pressure in anaesthetised rats. After a 10 µg dose of the extract, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures fell by 16, 13 and 14%, respectively, ...
Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Kenyans with dyspepsia
(1998)
Dyspepsia and intestinal worm infestation are both common clinical conditions in a developing country like Kenya and thus this study was designed to look at the correlation between the two in a referral gastroenterology ...