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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 ...
Neurofibromatosis type 1: report of two contrasting cases
(2009)
We present two cases of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1), one a 35 year old male who first recognised his problem at the age of fifteen years and at the time of assessment, satisfied the National Institute of Health (NIH) ...
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 ...
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and the human immunodeficiency virus
(1997)
This review looks at the clinical performance of Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) treated using continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). It also considers the ...
The Emergency Treatment Of Hyperkalaemia By Altering The Transcellular Gradient In Patients With Renal Failure - Effects Of Various Therapeutic Approaches
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
Ngugi N, Mcligeyo S.O., Kayima J.K.:The emergency treatment of hyperkalaemia by altering the transcellular gradient in patients with renal failure - effects of various therapeutic approaches. East African Medical Journal. ...
Pregnancy in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD): a case report.
(1992)
We present what we believe is the first case of pregnancy occurring in a patient on CAPD, and indeed end stage renal disease (ESRD), in Kenya. Pregnancy progressed very well until the thirtieth week when foetal movements ...
Evaluation of Nephrology in East Africa in the last seventy years
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
Evolution of nephrology in east Africa in the last seventy years--studies and practice.
Abstract
Interest in renal disease and practice in East Africa started as far back as the first quarter of this century. Work in ...