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Cardiovascular disease in elderly in-patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi-Kenya
(1997)
A prospective study to determine the prevalence and profile of cardiovascular disease in elderly patients admitted into the medical wards, Kenyatta National Hospital, was carried out between July 1991 and January 1992. Two ...
Successful ageing: an ideal developing countries should aim for
(1997)
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Long Distance Truck Driving: Its role in the dynamics of the AIDS/HIV epidemic
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
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, ...
Prevention and control of tuberculosis: a review
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Tuberculosis is again becoming a major public health problem. In order to control this complex disease, case-management, chemoprophylaxis and vaccination are used. The aim of case-management is to virtually stop transmission ...
Prevention and treatment of acute renal failure using diuretics and/or low ("Renal") dose of dopamine: a critical review
(1997)
The currently available evidence suggest that diuretics and/or low dose dopamine increases renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and natriuresis in experimental animals, and limits ATP utilisation and ...
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 ...
Elderly patients should receive all forms of medical treatment: a philosophical argument.
(1997)
The use of old age as a criterion for rationing in medicine seems initially appealing. This is because many of the criteria currently being used for deciding the distribution of funds depend on subjective judgements. Age, ...
Prevention and control of tuberculosis
(1997)
Tuberculosis is again becoming a major public health problem. In order to control this complex disease, case-management, chemoprophylaxis and vaccination are used. The aim of case-management is to virtually stop transmission ...