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Costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(2002)
To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission.
DESIGN:
cost data were collected on inpatients enrolled in a linked clinical ...
Filaria dance sign and subclinical hydrocoele in two east African communities with bancroftian filariasis.
(2002)
During population-wide cross-sectional surveys for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia, circulating antigenaemia, and clinical disease in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa in 1998, a portable ultrasound ...
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(2002)
Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ...
Intravenous imipenem prophylaxis in experimental endophthalmitis.
(2002)
PURPOSE:
To determine the effect of prophylactic intravenous imipenem on experimental Staphylococcus aureusendophthalmitis.
METHODS:
The right eyes of 36 New Zealand albino rabbits received an intraocular injection ...
Irritable bowel syndrome in Kenyans.
(2002)
To study the prevalence and clinical presentation of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in black Kenyans.
DESIGN:
A retrospective study.
SETTING:
Nairobi Hospital, an urban private institution.
SUBJECTS:
Case files ...
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2002)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of H. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions in diabetic outpatients with dyspepsia.
DESIGN:
Cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Kenyatta National ...
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis: case report.
(2002)
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare, fulminating opportunistic fungal infection caused by a fungus of the order mucorales. These fungi are ubiquitous, subsisting on decaying vegetation and diverse organic material. Although ...
Therapeutic challenges of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the United States and East Africa
(2002)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) remains the second most common malignant complication in patients with human im-munodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. As we enter the third decade of the acquired immonodeficiency syndrome ...
Childcare practices of commercial sex workers
(2002)
Objective: To determine the childcare practices of commercial sex workers (CSWs). Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted between July and December 2000 during which a structured questionnaire was ...
Presenting complaints of Patients seeking Periodontal treatment
(2002-03)
Presenting complaints (PCs) by patients are important in the management of any disease including periodontal diseases; and they also assist in the planning of health care programs. Limited data is available In Africa ...