School of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience.
(East African medical journal, 1993-05-01)On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative ... -
Fibrosarcoma of the lung with extrapulmonary manifestations
(East African Medical Journal,, 1995-07-01)A 50-year-old female presented with a five months history of recurrent attacks of dizziness, sweatiness, tremors and fainting with loss of consciousness. These were found to be due to hypoglycaemic episodes with blood ... -
Epstein‐Barr virus in Hodgkin's disease: frequency of a 30‐bp deletion in the latent membrane protein (LMP‐1) oncogene in South African patients
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999-08-20)In recent years, substantial evidence has accumulated implicating Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of Hodgkin’s disease (HD) and some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (Pallesen et al., 1993; Weiss et al., 1989). It has ... -
Paediatric rhabdomyosarcoma: MyoD1 demonstration in routinely processed tissue sections using wet heat pretreatment (pressure cooking) for antigen retrieval.
(Journal of clinical pathology, 1997-01-01)AIMS: To investigate wet heat pretreatment (pressure cooking) as a means of antigen retrieval for demonstration of MyoD1 in paraffin wax embedded tissue. METHODS: Routinely processed tissue sections of transmission electron ... -
Pregnancy in open heart surgical patients at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(East African medical journal, 1999-01-01)In the past, the Kenyatta National Hospital heart unit policy has been to discourage pregnancy among patients following open heart surgery for valve replacement, in view of the adverse effects of warfarin. OBJECTIVE: To ... -
Follow up of patients after open heart surgery.
(East African medical journal, 1998-12)To determine the patient drop out to postoperative follow up for heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital. DESIGN SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study analysed the postoperative attendance of heart patients to the ... -
Epstein‐Barr virus in Hodgkin's disease: frequency of a 30‐bp deletion in the latent membrane protein (LMP‐1) oncogene in South African patients
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999-08-20)In recent years, substantial evidence has accumulated implicating Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of Hodgkin’s disease (HD) and some non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (Pallesen et al., 1993; Weiss et al., 1989). It has ... -
Long term valve-related morbidity following open-heart surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(East African medical journal, 2000)OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of valve morbidity associated with post-operative valve patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. DESIGN: A combined retrospective and prospective study. Restrospective ... -
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nariobi
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Post Oesophagectomy Leakage at Kenyatta National Hospital–Nairobi-Kenya
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2005)Background: Post oesophagectomy leakage is a common postoperative complication. This present review was aimed at documenting the problem of post-oesophagectomy leakage and associated variables at Kenyatta National Hospital ... -
Post-infarction ventricular septal defect in Nairobi: Case report
(Kenya Medical Association, 2015-12)Post infarction ventricular septal defect results from perforation of the ventricular septum secondary to ischaemic injury following myocardial infarction. Ischaemic heart disease till recently was thought to be an uncommon ... -
Follow up pattern for post oesophagectomy patients at a single centre: association with peri-operative variables
(Annals of African Surgery, 2007)BACKGROUND: Though the operative mortality for resection of oesophageal malignancy has fallen significantly over time, the overall postoperative survival has remained fairly constant irrespective of surgical techniques, ... -
Management pathway for congenital heart disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(East African medical journal, 2007)„Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a significant cause of death amongst infants. The timing of treatment in relation to the natural history of the disease correlates with the treatment outcome. Objectives: To ... -
Weight change post oesophagectomy for carcinoma of oesophagus
(East African medical journal, 2007)Objective: To determine the pattern of weight changes observed in postoperative oesophagectomy patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital and evaluate weight change with selected preoperative variables. Design: A prospective ... -
Of lice and men: A case of Bartonella quintana
(SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2007-11-01)Of lice and men: A case of Bartonella quintana -
No evidence for an association between the mitochondrial variant T16189C and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(SA MEDICAL ASSOC, 2007-11-01)No evidence for an association between the mitochondrial variant T16189C and dilated cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis -
Ortner syndrome
(South African Journal of Child Health, 2008)Ortner syndrome, or cardio-vocal syndrome, is a clinical entity characterised by hoarseness (secondary to left-sided recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy) caused by cardiovascular disease. It has been reported in up to 12% of ... -
Rachs-1 system in rist stratification for congenital heart disease surgery outcome
(East African medical journal, 2008-05-28)Background: The Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) system has been used as a benchmark to compare surgical results in developed countries. Its ability to stratify postoperative mortality risk has been ... -
Risk of conjunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(East African medical journal, 2008-12-15)Objectives: To determine the utilisation rate of design specific eye protection by surgeons and to assess the risk of conjunctival contamination with blood splashes during surgery. Design: Cross sectional, observational ... -
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: where are we now in South Africa?: ASAP programme
(The South African Heart Association, 2009)South Africa continues to face unacceptably high rates of rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), despite readily available and inexpensive preventive measures. However, in the past several years, key players ...