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Outcome and Complications in Women undergoing cervical cerclage in a tertiary hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Objective: To determine the immediate and late complications of women undergoing cervical cerclage, as well as their pregnancy outcomes.
Methods: This was a retrospective study based on traceable patient records over a ...
Image--reality cleavage in development goals.
(1986)
Within a relatively short time since its inception a lot has been said on the concept of 'Health for All' (HFA). Its meaning and implications have been explored from various angles. Some have praised the idea as the very ...
Saudi Arabian type of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in the Netherlands: a case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an imported disease in the Netherlands. The diagnosis of homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease in almost all patients has been made in the country of origin or soon after arrival or birth in the ...
Single-dose ceftriaxone therapy of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum
(University of Nairobi, 1986-01)
Ceftriaxone (125 mg) given as a single intramuscular dose without topical therapy was evaluated in seven infants with smear-positive gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from the eyes of six ...
Early pulmonary lesions caused by dead Dirofilaria immitis in dogs exposed to homologous antigens
(University of Nairobi, 1986-06)
Dead adult D. immitis were inserted into the pulmonary arteries of 10 healthy pups, five of which were given a crude antigenic extract of D. immitis subcutaneously. Two dogs, one from each group were then killed 1, 3, 5, ...
Hepatitis B Virus And Primary Liver Cell Carcinoma. The Application Of Molecular Biology.
(University Of Nairobi, 1986-06)
Worldwide, primary liver cell carcinoma (PLC) is one of the most common tumours. Epidemiological evidence has implicated hepatitis B virus (HBV) in its aetiology and the mechanisms whereby HBV could operate at the genomic ...
Health Outreach and Control of HIV Infection in Kenya
(1986)
This paper highlights the role of mobilization of individuals and community groups and health professionals in prevention of HIV transmission. It traces the educational strategy employed to reach the general population and ...
Effects of the active constituents of catha edulis on the neuromuscular junction
(1986)
-( - )-Cathinone and d-norpseudoephedrine (ONE) in the dose range 0.2-1.2 mg/ml produced a reduction in contractions of skeletal muscle, evoked by direct and indirect electrical stimulation and antagonised the facilitatory ...
Isolation and identification of Haemophilus ducreyi in a clinical laboratory.J Med Microbiol. 1986 Sep;22(2):175-8.
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Routine procedures used to isolate Haemophilus ducreyi in a busy laboratory are reported. Identification was based on colony morphology and nutritional and biochemical properties of 120 fresh isolates of H. ducreyi. These ...
Isolation and identification of Haemophilus ducreyi in a clinical laboratory.J Med Microbiol. 1986 Sep;22(2):175-8.
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Routine procedures used to isolate Haemophilus ducreyi in a busy laboratory are reported. Identification was based on colony morphology and nutritional and biochemical properties of 120 fresh isolates of H. ducreyi. These ...