Browsing Department of Medical Biochemistry by Title

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    • EVALUATION OF THE DETERMINANTS OF CLINICAL MEDICINE TRAINING OUTCOMES IN WESTERN KENYA 

      S. K.Njeru, S.O. Adoka, Dan Onguru's (EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science, 2019)
      Study Objective: To analyze the learner – lecturer / instructor interaction process within the context of theory learned during training put into clinical / medical practice. This was in order to generate limitation in ...

    • Evaluation of the Parasight platform for malaria diagnosis 

      Unknown author (American Society for Microbiology Journals, 2017-03-01)
      The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 500 million malaria tests are performed annually. While microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are the main diagnostic approaches, no single method is inexpensive, ...

    • Evaluation of the relationship between clinical outcome of early neonatal sepsis and HIV exposure in Homabay County Referral Hospital, Western Kenya 

      JM Naulikha, SO Adoka, C Obonyo (East African Medical Journal, 2018)

    • Examining the safety of menstrual cups among rural primary school girls in western Kenya: observational studies nested in a randomised controlled feasibility study 

      Jane Juma, Elizabeth Nyothach, Kayla F Laserson, Clifford Oduor, Lilian Arita, Caroline Ouma, Kelvin Oruko, Jackton Omoto, Linda Mason, Kelly T Alexander, Barry Fields, Clayton Onyango, Penelope A Phillips-Howard (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2017-04-01)
      Objective Examine the safety of menstrual cups against sanitary pads and usual practice in Kenyan schoolgirls. Design Observational studies nested in a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study. Setting 30 primary ...

    • Experimental kwashiokor and obesity 

      Makawiti, DW; Oloowokere, JN; Konji, VN; Omwandho, CA (1991)
      Obesity and kwashiorkor syndrome were experimentally simulated in sprague dawley weaning rats to investigate the changes in energy metabolism and relative organ body weight ratios during over nutrition and under ...

    • Explaining the slowdown in medical spending growth among the elderly, 1999-2012. 

      Salim S Virani, Alvaro Alonso, Emelia J Benjamin, Marcio S Bittencourt, Clifton W Callaway, April P Carson, Alanna M Chamberlain, Alexander R Chang, Susan Cheng, Francesca N Delling, Luc Djousse, Mitchell SV Elkind, Jane F Ferguson, Myriam Fornage, Sadiya S Khan, Brett M Kissela, Kristen L Knutson, Tak W Kwan, Daniel T Lackland, Tené T Lewis, Judith H Lichtman, Chris T Longenecker, Matthew Shane Loop, Pamela L Lutsey, Seth S Martin, Kunihiro Matsushita, Andrew E Moran, Michael E Mussolino, Amanda Marma Perak, Wayne D Rosamond, Gregory A Roth, Uchechukwu KA Sampson, Gary M Satou, Emily B Schroeder, Svati H Shah, Christina M Shay, Nicole L Spartano, Andrew Stokes, David L Tirschwell, Lisa B VanWagner, Connie W Tsao, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, American Heart Association, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, US Census Bureau population estimates: historical data: 2000s, US Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories, National Center for Health Statistics, World Health Organization, National Center for Health Statistics, RN Anderson, HM Rosenberg, DM Lloyd-Jones, Y Hong, D Labarthe, D Mozaffarian, LJ Appel, L Van Horn, K Greenlund, S Daniels, G Nichol, GF Tomaselli, American Heart Association Strategic Planning Task Force and Statistics Committee, American Heart Association, JS Rumsfeld, KP Alexander, DC Goff Jr, MM Graham, PM Ho, FA Masoudi, DK Moser, VL Roger, MS Slaughter, KG Smolderen, American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Stroke Council, CM Shay, HS Gooding, R Murillo, R Foraker, Y Chang, X Guo, Y Chen, L Guo, Z Li, S Yu, H Yang, G Sun, Y Sun, T Laitinen, TT Laitinen, K Pahkala, CG Magnussen, M Oikonen, JS Viikari, MA Sabin, SR Daniels, OJ Heinonen, L Taittonen, O Hartiala, A Younus, EC Aneni, ES Spatz, CU Osondu, L Roberson, O Ogunmoroti, R Malik, SS Ali, M Aziz, T Feldman, L Zhou, L Zhao, Y Wu, Y Wu, X Gao, Y Li, J Mai, Z Nie, Y Ou, M Guo, HM González, W Tarraf, CJ Rodríguez, LC Gallo, RL Sacco, GA Talavera, G Heiss, JR Kizer, R Hernandez, S Davis, A Spahillari, S Talegawkar, A Correa, JJ Carr, JG Terry, J Lima, JE Freedman, S Das, R Kociol, S de Ferranti, AR Folsom, H Yatsuya, JA Nettleton, PL Lutsey, M Cushman, WD Rosamond, ARIC Study Investigators, CJ Murray, C Atkinson, K Bhalla, G Birbeck (RTI International, 202-03-03)
      The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports on the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core ...

    • Expression profiling of Trypanosoma congolense genes during development in the tsetse fly vector Glossina morsitans morsitans 

      Erick O Awuoche, Brian L Weiss, Paul O Mireji, Aurélien Vigneron, Benson Nyambega, Grace Murilla, Serap Aksoy (BioMed Central, 2018-12)
      The tsetse transmitted parasitic flagellate Trypanosoma congolense causes animal African trypanosomosis (AAT) across sub-Saharan Africa. AAT negatively impacts agricultural, economic, nutritional and subsequently, health ...

    • External quality control performance in clinical chemistry: experience in Kenya. 

      MJ Mbiti, PJ Ojwang, DA Orinda (East African medical journal, 1993)
      Analysis of eleven biochemical laboratory tests was done during an International External Quality Assessment Scheme (IEQAS) in which the clinical chemistry laboratory at Kenyatta National Hospital participated. Technicon ...

    • Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya. 

      Onyango, EO; Ayodo, G; Watsierah, CA; Were, T; Okumu, W; Anyona, SB; Raballah, E; Okoth, JM; Gumo, S; Orinda, GO; Ouma, C (Pub Med Central, 2012-06)
      Background Over the years, reports implicate improper anti-malarial use as a major contributor of morbidity and mortality amongst millions of residents in malaria endemic areas, Kenya included. However, there are limited ...

    • Factors Associated with Substance Abuse by Students in Medical Training Colleges in South Nyanza Region, Kenya 

      Daniel K. Kurui, James H. Ombaka, Lilian Ogonda (British Journal of Medical Health Research, 2020)
      Substance abuse is a worldwide public health challenge with college youth being among those affected. An estimated 10-15 % of students in medical training institutions risk substance abuse in their lifetime as they are ...

    • Factors underlying stigmatization of epilepsy: A comparative case study of Suba and Meru Central Districts, Kenya 

      Tiberry DO Nyakwana, Jemimah A Simbauni, James O Jowi (American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2014)
      Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder known to mankind. It is shrouded in mystery and associated with supernatural forces resulting in social stigma, systematic discrimination and psychological morbidity to the ...

    • Family history as a risk for early-onset type 2 diabetes in Kenyan patients. 

      Kiraka, G. N.; Kunyiha, N.; Erasmus, R.; Ojwang, P. J. (EBSCO Industries, Inc, 2014)
      Early-onset type 2 diabetes is regarded as disease occurring before the age of 40 years. It is well described, and increasing in prevalence, but there is little information from Africa. We therefore assessed the prevalence ...

    • Fibrosarcoma of the lung with extrapulmonary manifestations 

      McLigeyo SO, Mbui J, Kungu A, Amayo E, Ogendo SW (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 ...

    • Follow up of patients after open heart surgery. 

      SW Ogendo (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 ...

    • Follow up pattern for post oesophagectomy patients at a single centre: association with peri-operative variables 

      SW Ogendo (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, ...

    • Functional characterization and protein–protein interactions of trypanosome splicing factors U2AF35, U2AF65 and SF1 

      Vazquez, Martin P; Mualem, David; Bercovich, Natalia; Stern, Michael Z; Nyambega, Benson; Barda, Omer; Masiga, Dan; Gupta, Sachin K; Michaeli, Shulamit; Levin, Mariano J (Elsevier, 2009-04-01)
      Early in the assembly of the spliceosome of eukaryotes the branch-point binding protein (BBP, also called SF1) recognizes the branch point sequence, whereas the heterodimer U2AF consisting of a 65 and a 35 kDa subunit, ...

    • Functional haplotypes of Fc gamma (Fcγ) receptor (FcγRIIA and FcγRIIIB) predict risk to repeated episodes of severe malarial anemia and mortality in Kenyan children. 

      Ouma, C; Davenport, GC; Garcia, S; Kempaiah, P; Chaudhary, A; Were, T; Anyona, SB; Raballah, E; Konah, SN; Hittner, JB; Vulule., JM; Ong'echa, JM; Perkins, DJ (Pub Med Central, 2012-02)
      Development of protective immunity against Plasmodium falciparum is partially mediated through binding of malaria-specific IgG to Fc gamma (γ) receptors. Variation in human FcγRIIA-H/R-131 and FcγRIIIB-NA1/NA2 affect ...

    • Functional promoter haplotypes of interleukin-18 condition susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and childhood mortality 

      Anyona, SB; Kempaiah, P; Raballah, E; Ouma, C; Were, T; Davenport, GC; Konah, SN; Vulule, JM; Hittner, JB; Gichuki, CW; Ong'echa, JM; Perkins, DJ (Pub Med Central, 2011-12)
      Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children residing in regions where Plasmodium falciparum transmission is holoendemic. Although largely unexplored in children with SMA, ...

    • Fusion of the Medial Clavicular Epiphysis in the South African and Kenyan Populations. 

      DO Marera, KS Satyapal (International Journal of Morphology, 2019)
      : Age estimation from clavicular ossification has been studied by many researchers based on the pattern and degree of the epiphyseal union through the use of dry bone specimens, radiographs, CT and MRI. These studies found ...

    • Fusión de la Epífisis Clavicular Medial en las Poblaciones de Sudáfrica y Kenia 

      DO Marera, KS Satyapal (Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía, 2019)
      Age estimation from clavicular ossification has been studied by many researchers based on the pattern and degree of the epiphyseal union through the use of dry bone specimens, radiographs, CT and MRI. These studies found ...