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The Formulation Of Stable Adrenaline Eye Drops For Use In The Management Of Glaucoma
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)The different factors affecting the stability of adrenaline in solution have been examined with a view to producing a pharmaceutically active eye drop prep~ration of adrenaline. It was important that such a formulation ... -
Eosinophil Response To Trauma And Infection
(1981)A prospective study of an aspect of body response to trauma and infection using eosinophil count as a parameter conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a period of eight months is presented. A good correlation ... -
Typing methods for the genus Klebsiella for use in clinical bacteriology.
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Epidemiology And Urological Complications Of Schistosomiasis Haematobium
(medicine, 1981)The literature review covered tile development of knowledge about Schistosomiasis from the discovery of the worm by Bilharz in Egypt, the disovery of the intermediate host by Miyairi and Suzuki in Japan to the recent ... -
Juvenile-mature correlations in selected Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] provenances and progenies
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Growth and branch characteristics of thirteen year old Douglas-fir trees were analysed with the objectives of partitioning the variance into additive and non-additive, estimating heritabilities, and estimating juvenile-mature ... -
Radiographic Assessement of renal size in adults
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)A radiographic method of assessing renal size in adults is presented by an analysis of 230 patients with normal renal function as judged by Intravenous Urogram and Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN). The long axes of the kidneys ... -
Childhood Asthma: A Look At Some Clinical And Immunological Aspects
(1981)This is a prospective study done over a period of six months to evaluate some clinical and immunological aspects of childhood asthma. 104 asthmatic children and a control group of 40 children between 2 and 10 years were ... -
Case cecords and commentaries for the examination of medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology
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Management Of Severe Tetanus At Kenyatta National Hospital
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Platelet functions, plasma fibrinolytic activity and coagulation screen findings in Africans with nephrotic syndrome without uraemia, as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1981)In a nine months period,from March 1987 to November 1987, inc1usiv€, studies on p1ac21et functions, pla$ma fibrinolytic activity and coagulation screen were carried out in 40 patients (30 males and 10 females) with ... -
Food Intake and Nutritional Status of Pregnant Women in a Poor Urban Community and the respective Birth Weights of their Infants
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Some workers have found that birth weights increased as the quality of the diet, height, weight gain during pregnancy, age, and parity of the mother increased) while others found contrary results. One objective of the ... -
Investigation Of The Effects Of Excess Ethylenediamine On The Chemical Stability Of Aminophylline Injections
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Aminophylline injections contain theophylline combined with ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ration and the injections are used for various purposes (9, 10, 12) - The official compedia specify the addition of ethylendiamine ... -
The nature and function of social interactions between infant and adult male yellow baboons (papio cynocephalus)
(University Of Chicago, 1981)Interactions between infants and adult males were observed for one year in a group of yellow baboons in Amboseli National Park. Adult males spent a larger proportion of their time in proxim ... -
Empyema Thoracis In Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)This is a combined prospective and retrospective review 'study of empyema thoracis. Twenty patients admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital wards between November, 1980 and April 1981 were studied prospectively. Seventy ... -
Anaemia as seen in children admitted to the paediatric observation ward of the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobipaediatrics and child health, 1981)In this prospective study, the pattern of anaemia seen in children admitted to the paediatric observation ward (POW) of Kenyatta National Hospital was investigated, between November,1979 and March, 1980. There were ... -
Mode of presentation and end results of management of haematogenous osteomyelitis at the orthopaedic unit Kenyatta National Hospital over a five year period
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)A retrospective study comprising of 101 patients seen between 1st January, 1976 and 31st December 1980 was carried out. The data was obtained from the Orthopaedic Unit, Kabete which deals with all the orthopaedic problems ... -
Renal manifestations in children with sickle cell anemia
(1981)Twenty one children admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital with sickle cell anaemia were studied with the aim of detecting the renal defects associated with this haemogloblnopathy. In a controlled study investigation ... -
Nutritional Problems And Policy In Kenya, With Special Reference To Child Health
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Undernutrition is a major pubric health prgblem ·in Kenya. Among ," the"most important nutritional deficiency diseases are PEM, nutritional anemiasjendemic goiter and vitamin A deficiency. Other common but less "\ " , ...