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Feighner's symptom profile of alcoholism in a Kenyan general hospital.
(1984-05)
Eighty-three consecutive first-ever admissions to the general medical wards at the Kenyatta National Hospital ( KNH ), were screened for alcoholism using the Feighner's Research Diagnostic Criteria for Alcoholism ( FRDCA ...
Clinical malaria in Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
PIP: Malaria is the most prevalent and devastating public health problem in Africa despite much research and control effort over the last two decades. In most parts of Africa, individuals should take 200 mg of Proguanil ...
Blood pressure and associated factors in a rural Kenyan community.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1984)
Blood pressure (BP) and associated factors were determined in 1737 men in a remote Kenyan agricultural community. Systolic BP showed no significant rise with age until after 54 years; diastolic BP showed a small rise with ...
The treatment of sickle cell disease. A historical and chronological literature review of the therapies applied since 1910.
(1984)
The available literature is reviewed with reference to earlier and present therapies. When possible, methods used in clinical trials with different substances are briefly described, also giving their historical background. ...
Kinetics, distribution, and efficacy of ceftriaxone versus cefazolin in open heart surgery.
(1984)
The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with hypothermia and systemic heparinization on ceftriaxone disposition were evaluated in seven male patients. A bolus dose of drug (14 mg/kg of body weight) was given, and blood ...
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide in Kenyan African children with lymphoma.
(1984)
The pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide have been extensively studied in adult man (Grochow et al., 1979). A few studies have been done to compare the pharmacokinetics of this important anticancer agent in children and ...
Practical therapeutics:some investigations of the toxic effects of the alkaloids extracted from Strychnos henningsii (Gilg) "muteta
(1984)
The effect of alkaloids extracted from strychnos henningsii plant were studied on the normal mice following the intraperitoneal administration on the isolated innerverted skeletal muscles of the rat diaphragm as well as ...
Evaluation of commercially available radioimmunoassays for the determination of luteinizing hormone in serum and urine. Application for the detection of endogenous rise of luteinizing hormone in a in vitro fertilization program.
(1984)
Three commercially available RIA kits for serum and urinary LH were assessed for their usefulness to detect endogenous LH rise in patients receiving ovarian stimulation as part of an in vitro fertilization treatment for ...
Fulminant delta hepatitis in chronic hepatitis B infection.
(University of Nairobi,, 1984)
Two male homosexual patients, one an intravenous (IV) drug abuser, had hepatitis B surface antigen-positive fulminant hepatitis. On the basis of tests for IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) and for IgM and ...
Cefotaxime treatment of Haemophilus ducreyi infection in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 1984-12)
The authors conducted a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing single-dose cefotaxime (1 g im) plus daily placebo injections with cefotaxime (1 g im on each of three days). Each regimen was given with probenicid ...