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Nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice in the management of acutely ill adult patients, in the general wards at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2010-10)
Introduction: Care of the acutely ill patient has become increasingly challenging due to
demands from external sources to measure the quality and appropriateness of care provided
(Ridley,1998). The more critically ill ...
Are Blind People More Likely to Accept Free Cataract Surgery? A Study of Vision-Related Quality of Life and Visual Acuity in Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 2010-02)
Purpose: To determine possible differences in visual acuity, socio-demographic factors and vision-related Quality of Life (QoL) between people accepting and people refusing sponsored cataract surgery.
Methods: Three hundred ...
The magnitude and pattern of thermal ocular injuries following two major fire incidents in kenya in 2009
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
OBJECTIVE:To describe the magnitude and pattern of thermal ocular injuries following two
major fire incidents in Kenya in the year 2009.
STUDYDESIGN: Cross- sectional analytic study
METHODS: Eighty- eight patients ...
Orthopaedic training in Kenya
(2010-03)
Background: Orthopaedic training in Kenya, like in other East, Central and Southern Africa college of surgeons (COSECSA) countries is varied leading to specialists with varying exposures and competencies. The experience ...
Assessment of correctness of inhalation technique among asthmatic children and Their caretakers at the Kenyatta national Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Background: Asthma is a major cause of morbidity among children throughout the world
and it is currently estimated to affect more than 300 million people. Its diagnosis is
mainly clinical based on history although it can ...
Social stigma and reintegration of obstetric Fistula survivors in west pokot, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a woman develops a hole between the
vagina and rectum or the bladder during delivery. In West Pokot, this condition attracts
social stigma, abandonment, seclusion and ...
Malignant obstructive jaundice: Factors predictive of non Resectability at kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Malignant obstructive jaundice is a rising cause of mortality and morbidity in surgical
patients worldwide. Most patients at time of presentation have advanced disease. Surgery
remains the only curative mode of treatment ...
Assessing the impact of topography on malaria exposure and malaria epidemic sensitivity in the Western Kenya highlands
(2010)
Malaria in the Western Kenya Highland is characterized by unstable and high transmission variability which results into epidemics during periods of suitable climatic conditions. The sensitivity of a site to malaria epidemics ...
The “Psychiatric Masquerade”: The Mental Health Exception in New Zealand Abortion Law
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2010)
Although nearly 99% of abortions in New Zealand are permitted in order to prevent danger or injury to a woman’s mental health (the ‘mental health exception’), the reasons why mental health considerations should effectively ...
Leveraging ICT in the development of a clinical cancer registry – lessons learnt from the Kenya Oncological Research Database
(2010)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that worldwide, by 2020 there will be 15
million new cases of cancer a year, 70% of which will occur in developing countries1. It is feared that
most cases of ...