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Plasma catecholamine concentrations--changes after infiltration with local anaesthetic solutions and adrenaline during bat-ear surgery
(University of Nairobi,, 1988-06)
Plasma catecholamine concentrations were measured in 12 patients who had bilateral bat-ear surgery following infiltration of each ear with 2 ml 2% lignocaine with adrenaline 1:100,000. Venous blood samples were withdrawn ...
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 ...
Prevalence and Magnitude of HIV-1-specific Lymphocyte Responses in Breast Milk from HIV-1 Seropositive Women. J Infect Dis. 2003:188:1
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
No abstract available
Should women with HIV-1 infection breastfeed their infants? It depends on the setting.
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Breastfeeding is the ideal infant food—it provides both optimal nutrition and numerous factors that contribute to infant immunity, growth, cognition, and health. It also enhances maternal–infant bonding and child-spacing ...
Adolescent sexuality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1991-02)
Adolescent sexuality has become a major problem all over the world. This review paper describes the main problems encountered in Kenya with regards to adolescent sexuality. The role of the Government and some non-governmental ...
Overcoming Barriers to Family Planning through Integration: Perspectives of HIV-Positive Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2013)
This study explored barriers to and facilitators of using family planning services among HIV-positive men in Nyanza Province, Kenya. From May to June 2010, in-depth interviews were conducted with 30 men receiving care at ...
Validity of the vaginal discharge algorithm among pregnant and non-pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2000-02)
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the validity of different algorithms for the diagnosis of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among pregnant and non-pregnant women consulting health services for vaginal discharge in Nairobi, ...
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. II. Humoral immune responses to filarial antigens in selected individuals from an endemic community
(University of Nairobi., 1994-04)
Humoral immune responses to filarial infection were investigated in 162 individuals, covering the full clinical and parasitological spectrum of bancroftian filariasis as seen in an endemic community of Kwale District, ...
Stroke at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi., 1990-07)
Seventy two patients presenting with stroke to Kenyatta National Hospital were studied between January 1986 and January 1987. The majority were from the rural areas. There were about equal numbers between left and right ...
Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors.
(University of Nairobi., 2008-01)
BACKGROUND:
Few large-scale studies of epilepsy have been done in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of, treatment gap in, and possible risk factors for active convulsive epilepsy in Kenyan people ...