Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2013-09)AIMS: Contrary to elderly patients with ischaemic-related acute heart failure (AHF) typically enrolled in North American and European registries, patients enrolled in the sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) ... -
Polymorphism associated with the Schistosoma mansoni tetraspanin-2 gene.
(ElsevierCenter for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA., 2011)A vaccine against schistosomiasis would contribute significantly to reducing the 3-70 million disability-adjusted life years lost annually to the disease. Towards this end, inoculation with the large extracellular loop ... -
Non-invasive sampling of schistosomes from humans requires correcting for family structure.
(College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest, Western University of Health Sciences, Lebanon, Oregon, United States of America., 2013)For ethical and logistical reasons, population-genetic studies of parasites often rely on the non-invasive sampling of offspring shed from their definitive hosts. However, if the sampled offspring are naturally derived ... -
Impact of integrated family planning and HIV care services on contraceptive use and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.
(Wolters KluwerUnited States Agency for International Development-Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare Partnership, Eldoret, Kenya., 2011)OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of routine care (RC) and integrated family planning (IFP) and HIV care service on family planning (FP) uptake and pregnancy outcomes. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study conducted ... -
Portable spirometry in the deployed setting.
(partment of Allergy-Immunology, Ireland Army Community Hospital, 289 Ireland Avenue, Fort Knox, KY 40121, USA, 2013)Recent studies suggest an increased risk of respiratory complaints associated with deployment. The objective measurement of lung function provided by portable spirometry is likely to improve the ability of military providers ... -
Optimization and validation of chiral high-performance liquid chromatographic method for analysis of a fibrinogen (gpIIb/IIIa) receptor antagonist.
(DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, Wilmington, DE 19880-0353, USA, 1999)A chiral HPLC separation on an alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) column was developed for the separation of roxifiban, a fibrinogen receptor antagonist, from its related chiral impurities. The proposed method was optimized ... -
The effects of prolactin on the responses of the isolated mesenteric artery of the rat to noradrenaline.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1974-02) -
Schistosoma bovis in human stools in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of public health, 1986)No abstract available -
A study of head lice among primary school children in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of public health, 1986)Of 1270 schoolchildren (651 girls and 619 boys) from 33 urban and rural primary schools in different regions of Kenya who were examined for head lice, 17.1% were infested (8% with living lice or nits, 9.1% with dead nits). ... -
A pilot study to investigate transmission of headlice
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public health, 1991)No abstract available -
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use.
(ElsevierFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya., 2001)Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ... -
Spontaneous occurrence of leptomonads in human bone marrow aspirate - case report.
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Are Small-Scale Irrigators Water Use Efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
(SpringerCenter for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter Flex Street, 53113, Bonn, Germany,, 2013)With increasing water scarcity and competing uses and users, water use efficiency is becoming increasingly important in many parts of developing countries. The lake Naivasha basin has an array of different water users and ... -
Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a case report.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1993)A 27 year old female with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis is presented. The clinical features include fever, weight loss, productive cough, splenomegaly and moderate pallor. The initial working diagnosis was pulmonary ... -
BLOOD LOSS AFTER EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION.
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Relationship of cyclosporine and gingival overgrowth
(Wolters KluwerRoyal Medical Services, Jordan-Irbid, Kufur Kefia,, 1996)Cyclosporine is used as an immunosuppressive agent in organ transplantation. It has several side effects including gingival overgrowth. We evaluated 30 renal transplant patients on cyclosporine for the degrees of the ... -
Tuberous sclerosis: two case reports.
(University os NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1978-06) -
Trimethoprim (monotrim) compared with trimethoprim-sulphonamide in the treatment of bacterial urinary tract infection.
(University of Nairobicollege of Health Science, 1991-01) -
Breastfeeding and HIV-1 infection. A review of current literature
(University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics, 2000)No abstract available -
High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Messenger RNA Testing in Physician- and Self-Collected Specimens for Cervical Lesion Detection in High-Risk Women, Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics,, 2013)BACKGROUND: Little is known about the performance of physician-versus self-collected specimens for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) messenger RNA (mRNA) testing or risk factors for hrHPV mRNA positivity in physician- ...