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Kidney transplantation: recent medical experiences from the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(1996)
Renal transplantation is not readily available in the majority of countries in Africa. It is expensive and difficult to sustain on the meagre funds allocated to health. We report our short experience with fifteen living ...
Platelet function in nephrotic syndrome patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1990)
Platelet function was assessed in 40 patients with nephrotic syndrome but without renal failure in order to establish whether or not there is any haemostatic disorder lending to hypercoagulable state. The findings were ...
Urinary tract infection in patients with short-term indwelling
(1996)
Seventy patients (44(62.9%) females) requiring short-term urinary bladder catheterisation at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi formed the study population. Their mean ages +/- SD was 41+/- 26 years (range 13-100 ...
The Prevalence Of Proteinuria, Haematuria, Other Urinary Abnormalities And Hypertension In Secondary School Students In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Four hundred and three teenage secondary school students (50.6% males) from two girls' and two boys' Nairobi City Schools, selected by stratified sampling, were screened to determine the prevalence of proteinuria, haematuria, ...
Management of lupus nephritis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1990)
In 7 years (1981-1988) at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was made in 67 patients. In 23 of these patients lupus nephritis complicated the SLE. Lupus nephritis ...
Evolution of nephrology in east Africa in the last seventy years--studies and practice
(1993)
Interest in renal disease and practice in East Africa started as far back as the first quarter of this century. Work in this colonial era concentrated on establishing the existence of renal diseases and identifying the ...
Proteinuria, other selected urinary abnormalities and hypertension among teenage secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya
(1997)
our hundred and three teenage secondary school students (50.6% males) from two girls' and two boys' Nairobi City Schools, selected by stratified sampling, were screened to determine the prevalence of proteinuria, haematuria, ...
Treatment of hyperkalaemia by altering the transcellular gradient in patients with renal failure: effect of various therapeutic approaches
(1997)
Ten patients with acute and 60 with chronic renal failure (both groups having hyperkalaemia), were managed at Kenyatta National Hospital in the medical wards and Renal Unit between August, 1995 and January, 1996. They were ...
The Emergency Treatment Of Hyperkalaemia By Altering The Transcellular Gradient In Patients With Renal Failure - Effects Of Various Therapeutic Approaches
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Ngugi N, Mcligeyo S.O., Kayima J.K.:The emergency treatment of hyperkalaemia by altering the transcellular gradient in patients with renal failure - effects of various therapeutic approaches. East African Medical Journal. ...
Evaluation of Nephrology in East Africa in the last seventy years
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
Evolution of nephrology in east Africa in the last seventy years--studies and practice.
Abstract
Interest in renal disease and practice in East Africa started as far back as the first quarter of this century. Work in ...