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Anaesthesia in urinary tract disease
(1990)
Surgical management of renal patients is a fascinating challenge requiring a detailed knowledge of anaesthetic techniques and a careful selection of the technique most
compatible with each patient's condition. A knowledge ...
The incidence of nosocomial urinary tract infections: Kenyatta national hospital - intensive. Care unit
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Urinary tract infections (UTI’s) are the most common nosocomial infections in both acute care settings and long-term care facilities. Each year millions of urethral catheters are put in place in these facilities across the ...
Prevalence, perceptions, and correlates of pediatric HIV disclosure in an HIV treatment program in Kenya.
(2012)
Disclosure to HIV-infected children regarding their diagnosis is important as expanding numbers of HIV-infected children attain adolescence and may become sexually active. In order to define correlates of pediatric disclosure ...
Factors influencing application of evidence-based practice among nurses
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves the application of care that is based on scientific evidence, to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. Generally, there is a dearth of documentary evidence on the evolution of ...
Impact of genetic targets on cancer therapy in acute myelogenous leukemia.
(2013)
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of the cells of myeloid origin. It can present at all ages, but is more common in adults. It is one of the most common leukemias in adults and ...
HIV/AIDS and Debt Crises: Threat to human survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa*
(2003)
Whether originating from the African primates in the Central African forest, or from polio vaccine trials by some western scientists, there is no doubt that HIV/AIDS poses the greatest single challenge to the marginalized ...
The Equity Objective in the Kenyan Health Policy: An Interpretation.
(1998)
The main ethical basis for equity concerns in Kenya's health sector is the view that health care is an individual's right. Analysis of policy pronouncements for their equity content reveals four possible implicit interpretations ...
Evaluating patients with cirrhosis for hepatocellular carcinoma: value of clinical symptomatology, imaging and alpha-fetoprotein.Oncology
(2007)
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess the value of clinical symptomatology, abdominal ultrasound (US), triple-phase CT (TPCT) and serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) estimation in predicting presence of hepatocellular ...
The history of the formation of the Pan African paediatric surgical Association (PAPSA).
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Political change in the 1990s in Southern Africa influenced the long awaited formation of a children's surgical association in Africa. Here, within is the historical account of the formation of the Pan African Association ...