Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Encephalopathy in patients with extrahepatic obstruction after lienorenal shunts
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Thirty patients with portal hypertension resulting from extrahepatic portal vein obstruction were studied. Evidence of postshunt encephalopathy was sought using neurological and psychometric tests and visual evoked potentials. ... -
Immune response to hepatitis B virus surface antigen peptides during HBV infection.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1992)Antibody responses of patients with acute (n = 73), fulminant (n = 30) and chronic (n = 51) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as well as recovered individuals (n = 7) were studied against three synthetic peptides, Pre-S1 ... -
Ursodeoxycholic acid–new drug for liver diseases
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Pancreatic abscess: is there a role for conservative therapy?
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)Pancreatic abscess is a serious complication of acute pancreatitis and non-operative management has been reported to carry a mortality of nearly 100%. We present five patients with pancreatic abscess, who were successfully ... -
Hepatic coma as a presenting feature of constrictive pericarditis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
Nitric oxide: significance for the gastroenterologists.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
A preliminary open trial on interferon stimulator (SNMC) derived from Glycyrrhiza glabra in the treatment of subacute hepatic failure
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993)The efficacy of the interferon stimulator named Stronger Neo Minophagen-C (SNMC) derived form the plant G. glabra was studied at a dose of 40 or 100 ml daily for 30 days followed by thrice weekly intravenously for 8 wk in ... -
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics: explosion of information.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
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 ... -
Pathology of subacute hepatic failure
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Should we redefine acute liver failure?
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1993) -
A prospective randomized study to evaluate propranolol in patients undergoing long-term endoscopic sclerotherapy
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)J Hepatol. 1993 Sep;19(2):291-300.Click here to read Links A prospective randomized double-blind study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of propranolol in patients with portal hypertension undergoing long-term endoscopic ... -
Pharmacotherapy in refractory ascites due to cirrhosis; the search continues.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
Etiological role of hepatitis E virus in sporadic fulminant hepatitis
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)Non-A, non-B hepatitis viruses have been implicated as the etiological agent(s) in up to 60% of patients with fulminant hepatitis. These agents are reported to induce a higher mortality than other causes of fulminant ... -
Antitubercular and Phytochemical Investigation of Methanol Extracts of Medicinal Plants Used by the Samburu Community in Kenya
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Liver failure; varied manifestation and confusing classification.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B.Indian J Gastroenterol
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Management of hepatic metastases: hope for the hopeless
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994) -
The epidemiologic significance and clinical pattern of HCV induced chronic hepatitis in India.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)Hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) was tested for in a group of 16 defined non-B chronic hepatitis patients using specific reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). These were chosen from amongst ... -
Role of fibronectin and complement in immunopathogenesis of acute and subacute hepatic failure.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)The present study describes the plasma levels of soluble fibronectin (FN), C3d, the breakdown product of C3 complement and Ba, the breakdown product of properdin factor B, in 30 patients of uncomplicated acute viral hepatitis ...