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Thyroid hormone profiles in patients with chronic renal failure on conservative management and regular haemodialysis.
(1992)
Patients with chronic non-thyroid illness (NTI) generally show biochemical features of hypothyroidism despite their being clinically euthyroid. Using assays that employ the antibody coated tubes technique, we measured ...
Platelet function in nephrotic syndrome patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1990)
Platelet function was assessed in 40 patients with nephrotic syndrome but without renal failure in order to establish whether or not there is any haemostatic disorder lending to hypercoagulable state. The findings were ...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria among diabetics attending Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1996)
Significant asymptomatic bacteriuria is an important cause of pyelonephritis and gram negative septicaemia among certain predisposed individuals, such as diabetics. We investigated the incidence of asymptomatic urinary ...
Management of lupus nephritis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(1990)
In 7 years (1981-1988) at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was made in 67 patients. In 23 of these patients lupus nephritis complicated the SLE. Lupus nephritis ...
Urinary tract stone disease in Nairobi
(1998)
At the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and other private hospitals in Nairobi urinary stone disease is not being correctly diagnosed. Over a 15 year period (1980-1995) only 56 patients have been confirmed to have urinary ...