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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 ...
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 ...
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
(East African medical journal, 2003)
Reduced interferon (IFN)-α conditioned by IFNA2 (− 173) and IFNA8 (− 884) haplotypes is associated with enhanced susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and longitudinal all …
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality in holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas. Although dysregulation in cytokine production is an important etiology of SMA, ...
Interleukin (IL)-13 promoter polymorphisms (-7402 T/G and -4729G/A) condition susceptibility to pediatric severe malarial anemia but not circulating IL-13 levels
(Springer, 2013)
In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas such as western Kenya, severe malarial anemia [SMA, hemoglobin (Hb) < 6.0 g/dL, with any density parasitemia] is the most common clinical manifestation of severe ...
The Global Burden of Severe Falciparum Malaria: An Immunological and Genetic Perspective on Pathogenesis
(Springer, 2012)
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality of infectious disease origin. Here, we focus largely on P. falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa since this geographic region bears the ...
Reduced systemic bicyclo-prostaglandin-E2 and cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression are associated with inefficient erythropoiesis and enhanced uptake of monocytic hemozoin in children with severe malarial anemia
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012)
In holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas, severe malaria primarily occurs in children aged <48 months and manifests as severe malarial anemia [SMA; hemoglobin (Hb) < 6.0 g/dL]. Induction of high levels of ...
Duffy Antigen/Receptor for Chemokines (DARC): Is There a Role in Prostate Cancer?.
(science direct, 2005)
Introduction: The Duffy blood group antigens function as chemokine receptors and as receptors for several species of malarial parasites. Approximately 70% of African Americans are Duffy negative as a result of a single ...