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Autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic renal failure
(1994-04)
Autonomic nervous function was assessed in twenty two patients (16 males and 6 females) with chronic renal failure on conservative management. The presenting symptoms were postural dizziness in 10(45%), impotence in 4(18%) ...
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease - a systemic disorder.
(1998)
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease [ADPKB] is one of the commonest genetic diseases. Apart from the involvement of the kidneys, several other organs, viz. the liver, the central nervous system, the pancreas, the ...
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 ...
Emerging conceipts about the renin-angiotensin system - Present and future clinical applications
(University of Nairobi, 1996-09)
This review article looks at the emerging concepts about the renin angiotensin system. The specific aspects it covers include angiotensin II receptors, angiotensin receptor antagonists and alternative enzymatic pathways ...
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 ...
Smoking--an emerging risk factor for renal diseases
(1998)
The health, economic and social costs of smoking are enormous and well known to physicians. Smoking results in a lot of morbidity and mortality mainly related to cardiovascular disease, cancer and pulmonary disease. The ...
Polycystic kidney disease in tuberous sclerosis complex: case report.
(1998)
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an inherited neurocutaneous disorder characterised by seizures, mental retardation, cutaneous lesions and visceral harmatoma. We describe a 4 1/2-year old boy in whom in addition to the ...
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 ...