Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Tandon, BN"
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Accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography and the role of a second investigation in surgical obstructive jaundice.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (US) was evaluated in delineating the site and cause of biliary obstruction in 59 patients of surgical obstructive jaundice (SOJ). A final analysis of the ultrasonographic data ... -
Acute hepatic failure due to Plasmodium falciparum liver injury
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1986)Nine patients with acute liver failure due to Plasmodium falciparum liver injury admitted to the Rajgarhia Liver Unit of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences during 1982-84 are presented. The liver was palpable in ... -
Amebic liver abscess and circulating immune complexes of Entamoeba histolytica proteins
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1988)An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed to detect amebic antigen in polyethylene-glycol-precipitable circulating immune complexes. Seventy-nine percent of 191 patients with amebic liver abscesses ... -
Anti-pre-S antibodies in different groups of patients with hepatitis B virus infection
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)The anti-pre-S antibody in the samples of sera from normal healthy persons and patients with different clinical types of liver diseases due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was detected by a newly established enzyme-linked ... -
.Bedside ultrasonography. A low-cost definitive diagnostic procedure in obstructive jaundice.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)We evaluated real-time ultrasonography carried out by gastroenterologists for its diagnostic accuracy in 89 patients with obstructive jaundice. The positive predictive values for the site and nature of the obstruction were ... -
Chronic hepatitis in a large Indian hospital.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)BACKGROUND. In developed countries as well as in Southeast Asia, the hepatitis B and C viruses are the main causes of chronic hepatitis. In India, however, there have been no major investigations on the aetiology of chronic ... -
Endoscopic sclerotherapy for active variceal haemorrhage in patients not responding to balloon tamponade & vasopressin
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Entamoeba histolytica: elevated nitroblue tetrazolium reduction activity in polymorphs during amoebic liver abscess.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)Peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) from patients with invasive amoebiasis, i.e. amoebic liver abscess (ALA) and acute amoebic dysentery, showed marked elevation of nitroblue tetrazolium dye (NBT) reduction. ... -
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of IgG and IgM anti-idiotypes directed against anti-HBs molecules.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1987)A simple and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed to detect circulating IgG and IgM anti-idiotypic antibodies directed against anti-HBs molecules using 96-well polyvinyl microtitre plates ... -
Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996)The average estimated carrier rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in India is 4%, with a total pool of approximately 36 million carriers. Wide variations in social, economic, and health factors in different regions may explain ... -
Evaluation of ascitic fluid polymorphonuclear count & ascitic fluid pH in early diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Excess zinc and progressive cholestasis: a new disease?
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996) -
Fibronectin in acute and subacute hepatic failure
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)The mean plasma fibronectin (FN) concentrations in 30 patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and in 10 patients with subacute hepatic failure (SAHF) were 111.2 +/- 70 and 123.5 +/- 46.5 micrograms/ml, respectively, ... -
Fulminant hepatitis in a tropical population: clinical course, cause, and early predict
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996)The profiles of patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) from developing countries have not been reported earlier. The current study was conducted prospectively, at a single tertiary care center in India, to document ... -
Hepatitis B virus replication in patients with chronic liver diseases
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1990)One hundred and seventy five subjects with chronic liver diseases which included patients with chronic active hepatitis (90), liver cirrhosis (31) and asymptomatic hepatitis B carriers (54), were included in the study. ... -
Hepatitis C virus antibody in acute and chronic liver diseases in India
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Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, ... -
Hospital malnutrition: a prospective evaluation of patients during hospitalisation
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)Nutritional Status of 89 patients was assessed during their course of hospitalisation. All patients consumed diet deficit in protein and calories. The mean daily intake of calories was 819 +/- 425 Kcals and of protein was ... -
Large volume paracentesis and intravenous dextran to treat tense ascites
(1992)Forty patients with cirrhosis of the liver and tense ascites were randomized to receive either aldactone 400 mg/day and furosemide 80 mg/day (n = 20) or repeated large volume paracentesis (LVP) and infusion of low molecular ... -
Needle aspiration of amoebic liver abscess
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)OBJECTIVE–To determine the value of needle aspiration in uncomplicated amoebic liver abscess. DESIGN–Randomised case-control study with a minimum follow up of one year, comparing patients treated with drugs alone with those ...
