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Intestinal atresia and stenosis as seen and treated at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(1993-09)
n this retrospective study carried out covering the period, 1978-1991, 62 neonates were seen, diagnosed and treated for intestinal atresia which included: duodenal atresia and stenosis, small bowel atresia and atresia of ...
Menstrual disorders in patients with chronic renal failure
(1993)
Forty females, age 14 to 35 years (mean 28.6 years) with chronic renal failure (CRF) were included in the study. Their menstrual patterns were noted. The function of their hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis was assessed ...
The community pharmacist
(1993)
A community pharmacy has the unenviable task of being a professional, while managing a business. The interplay of interests between patient/customer satisfaction, improving sales, breaking even and inter¬pharmacy competition ...
Experience with the use of human albumin in renal patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1993)
In a 20-month period (May 1990 to December 1991), 34 patients with diuretic resistant oedema due to nephrotic syndrome, 4 patients with severe hypotension during haemodialysis and 3 patients with refractory ascites on ...
Radiation dose as a factor in the choice of routine pre-operative dental radiographs
(1993)
Radiation doses received by patients during dental x-ray examinations were measured in 95 patients referred to the X-ray Department of the Teaching Dental Hospital, University of Nairobi. The mean skin dose for single ...
Calculation of creatinine clearance from plasma creatinine
(1993)
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is commonly assessed by measurement of endogenous creatinine clearance (Ccr). Several formulae have been described to calculate Ccr from plasma creatinine. I have evaluated the effectiveness ...
HIV infection among patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Academic Press Elsevier. Int, 1993)
AIDS continues to exert considerable strain on the economy, as well as social aspects of our lives. Previous studies have identified the categories of people most at risk of contracting and developing HIV infection and ...
Agricultural Land Use Patterns and Malaria Conditions in Kenya
(1993)
This paper studies the problem of malaria control in irrigation and non-irrigation areas in Kenya. Empirical results show that in both areas, households' level of awareness of malaria as a health problem, including its ...
Oxidative phosphorylation characteristics of mitochondria isolated from liver of goats infected with trypanosoma Congolense
(1993)
nvestigation were carried out to asses the oxidative phosphorylation characteristics of mitochondria with trypanosoma congolese the respiratory control ratio RCR of the mitochondria isolated from the infected goats was ...