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Hyphema study at Kenyatta National Hospital East.
(1982)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of Xerophthalmia among Kenyan children aged four to seven years in high risk using Conjuctival Impression Cytology and transfer. DESIGN: A cross sectional community based study. ...
Problems with a Renal Replacement Programme in a Developing Country. Postgraduate Medical Journal 648 (56): 783-786, 1988
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Since August 1984 patients with end-stage renal disease in Kenya have been started on haemodialysis with a view to renal transplantation. In a two year period (August 1984-August 1986) 77 patients mean age 29.6 years (49 ...
Lymphocyte enzyme activities in East African blacks: decrease in 5'nucleotidase and possible relation to immunosuppression
(University of Nairobi,, 1983)
Microanalysis of subcellular organelle marker enzymes was applied to cryopreserved lymphocytes (obtained and processed in the field) from East African blacks with moderate to severe malnutrition and subject to locally ...
Pulse oximetry in preterm infants
(University of Nairobi,, 1987-09)
One hundred and twenty five measurements of arterial oxygen saturation (Stcao2) obtained with a transcutaneous pulse oximeter were compared with direct arterial oxygen tension (Pao2) in 13 preterm infants with predominantly ...
Gene deletion as the molecular basis for the Kenya-G gamma-HPFH condition.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
DNA was isolated from the white cells of a subject with the Hb S-Kenya-G gamma-HPFH condition, and digested with the restriction endonucleases Bg1 II, Xba I, and Eco RI. The resulting fragments were identified by standard ...
Hypertensive and catecholamine response to tracheal intubation in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension
(University of Nairobi, 1989-10)
The pressor and catecholamine responses to laryngoscopy and intubation were studied in nine patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and in eight normotensive controls. Five of the PIH patients had received oral ...
Cardiotoxicity of Kenyan green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) venom and its fractionated components in primary cultures of rat myocardial cells.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
The cardiotoxic actions of Kenyan green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) venom have been investigated using primary myocardial cell cultures isolated from neonatal rat hearts. The cardiotoxic actions of the whole venom and ...
Migration-induced changes in blood pressure: a controlled longitudinal study.
(1985)
A longitudinal study of the effects of migration on blood pressure and related factors is being carried out in members of a black Kenyan population who migrate from a traditional rural community to an urban environment. ...
Cardiotoxicity of Jamesoni's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) venom and its fractionated components in primary cultures of rat myocardial cells.
(University of Nairobi, 1988-08)
Primary cultures of spontaneously beating myocardial cells isolated from neonatal rat hearts were used to screen the cardiotoxic effects of Jamesoni's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) venom and components isolated from the ...
The efficacy of 22,23-dihydroavermectin B1 (Ivermectin) acting singly or in combination with a benzodiazepine on microfilariae of Onchocerca species and Brugia pahangi (an in vitro study)
(University of Nairobi., 1989-07)
An in vitro study of the antinematodal action of two groups of compounds which act on the receptor complex of the inhibitory neurotransmitter, Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in mammalian systems is described. The compounds, ...