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Rapid infusion of sodium bicarbonate and albumin into high-risk premature infants soon after birth: a controlled, prospective trial.
(1976)
We conducted a controlled, prospective trial to evaluate the effectiveness of rapidly infusing sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and salt-poor albumin into high-risk, premature infants in the first 2 hours of life. Fifty-three ...
A new design of membrane feeder incorporating an electrical blood stirring device.
(1976)
A selection of the literature illustrating the origin and development of membrane feeding devices is reviewed. A new membrane feeding device-incorporating an electrical stirrer is described and its mode of operation ...
The Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolytic Enzyme Systems in Healthy Adult Africans and Europeans — A Comparative Study
(University of Nairobi, 1973-05)
In a comparative study of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis in healthy adult East Africans and Europeans, the Europeans were found to have some evidence of a relatively hypercoagulable state, and the European male had ...
Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia in Kenyans with chronic liver disease
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Fifty Kenyan patients with chronic liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma were tested for hepatitis B surface antigenaemia by radioimmunoassay. The hepatitis B surface antigen was detected in 77% of the patients with ...
Eb-virus associated serology in malignant disease: antibody levels to viral capsid antigens (vca), membrane antigens (ma) and early antigens (ea) in patients with various neoplastic conditions
(University of Nairobi, 1972)
Two hundred and forty-nine sera derived from African donors suffering from a variety of malignant diseases were examined for EBV-related antibody levels. When divided into three major subgroups (lymphoproliferative tumours, ...
Liver disease in early life in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
A survey of significant pathological abnormalities of liver in the first two decades of life is presented; this is based on biopsy and autopsy specimens received in the histopathology service in Nairobi over five years. ...
Hepatitis-b antigen in colony mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were fed on or inoculated with blood or serum positive for hepatitis-B antigen (HBAg) or allowed to feed on the arm of an HBAg carrier. Pools of mosquitoes were tested by radioimmunoassay at intervals ...
Acute lymphocytic leukaemia complicating the course of hodgkin's disease-a case report of a kenyan african and review of the literature
(1979-10)
This is a case report of a 12-year-old male who developed acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) 8 years after a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) had been made. During the 8 years, intensive radiotherapy and a single dose ...
Gall Bladder Disease and Adult Obstructive Jaundice at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi,
(1976)
A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age. Screening for cases was done ...
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide and alkylating activity in man after intravenous and oral administration.
(1979)
Since cyclophosphamide is used by both oral and i.v. routes in the treatment of hematological and solid malignancies, we designed a randomized, crossover clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of this anticancer ...