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Manual vacuum aspiration saves lives
(University of Nairobi., 1993)
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In Kenya, where abortion remains illegal except in cases where the mother's life is in danger, incomplete illegal abortion accounts for over 25% of all hospital admissions. In Kenyatta National Hospital's 100-bed ...
Response of falciparum malaria to chloroquine and three second line antimalarial drugs in a Kenyan coastal school age population.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-10)
Ambulatory rural school children in the Mombasa area with P. falciparum parasitaemia were examined and randomly assigned to treatment with one of three second-line antimalarials--amodiaquine, pyrimethamine/sulphadoxine ...
New foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley
(1993)
Active case detection and investigations of sandfly resting places in suspected transmission sites of cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Kenya and the Rift Valley resulted in the identification of several foci of the disease ...
Influence of beta-blockade with beta-1-selectivity or intrinsic sympathomimetic activity on some cardiorespiratory responses to exercise
(University of Nairobi,, 1993)
Possession of beta-1-selectivity and intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA) by beta-adrenergic blocking drugs have been found to modify the effects of these drugs on heart rate, blood pressure and pulmonary airway ...
Physical Fitness, Growth And Appetite Of Kenyan School Boys With Hookworm, Trichuris Trichiura And Ascaris Lumbricoides Infections Are Improved Four Months After A Single Dose Of Albendazole.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-06)
We studied physical fitness with the Harvard Step Test, growth, and appetite in primary school boys infected with hookworm (96% baseline prevalence), Trichuris trichiura (98% prevalence) and Ascaris lumbricoides (41% ...
A preliminary open trial on interferon stimulator (SNMC) derived from Glycyrrhiza glabra in the treatment of subacute hepatic failure
(1993)
The efficacy of the interferon stimulator named Stronger Neo Minophagen-C (SNMC) derived form the plant G. glabra was studied at a dose of 40 or 100 ml daily for 30 days followed by thrice weekly intravenously for 8 wk in ...
Role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis of breast lumps at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
During 1990-1991, all patients seen at the surgical out-patient clinic at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with breast lumps had a fine-needle aspiration biopsy for diagnosis prior to open biopsy. Out of 105 that had ...
In vitro evaluation of carbamazepine 200 mg tablets
(1993)
A comparative in-vitro performance of carbamazepine 200mg tablet products available on the Kenyan market was evaluated. The products which include the innovator product, Tegretol, have similar quality consonant with ...
Child battering in Nairobi, Kenya.
(1993)
A survey of battered children was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi between 1st May 1989 and 30th April 1990. Twenty eight cases were identified and compared with twenty six controls, matched for age and ...
Anterior tooth relations in Kenyan Africans
(1993)
Dental plaster casts of 235 Maasai, 116 Kikuyu and 61 Kalenjin children aged 3-16 yr were studied to determine the incidence and magnitude of diastemas, overbite, overjet and anterior open bite. The highest prevalence of ...