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FALL FROM 8TH FLOOR OF A BUILDING: CASE REPORT OF A FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL
(2014)
Falling is part of the normal development of a child , while most falls are of little consequence some go beyond the resilience of a child’s body; making falls the 4th largest cause of unintentional injury and death in ...
Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans.
(NEJM, 2019-06-20)
The prevalence of hypertension among black African patients is high, and these patients usually need two or more medications for blood-pressure control. However, the most effective two-drug combination that is currently ...
Healthy Heart Africa-Kenya: A 12-Month Prospective Evaluation of Program Impact on Health Care Providers' Knowledge and Treatment of Hypertension.
(2019-03-14)
Given the rising burden of hypertension in Africa, the Healthy Heart Africa program was developed to improve access to quality hypertension care in the primary care setting. The Healthy Heart Africa program provides a ...
Association of lifestyle modification and pharmacological adherence on blood pressure control among patients with hypertension at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
(BMJ, 2019-01-17)
OBJECTIVE:
Association of lifestyle modification and pharmacological adherence among patients with hypertension attending a national referral hospital in Kenya.
DESIGN:
Descriptive, cross-sectional.
SETTING:
Medical ...
Pattern of adult appendicular skeleton fractures at a teaching and referral hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)
BACKGROUND: Trauma is a public health burden resulting in increased morbidity, mortality
and disability for the survivors. Musculoskeletal trauma results in dramatic, distracting and
life threatening injuries. No study ...
Training needs assessment for forensic nursing in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Introduction: Forensic nursing has not been adopted in Kenya despite the fact that nurses work in settings that require this knowledge. The national Bachelor of Science in nursing syllabus calls for lectures in forensic ...
Global and Local Strategies to Increase Nursing Educational Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-08)
There is a critical shortage of nurses in the developing world with an average of only 11 nurse per 10,000 population. Efforts to increase the number of nurses are hampered in part because of a lack of facility, material, ...
African Midwifery Students' Self-assessed Confidence in Antenatal Care: a Multi-country Study
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Background: Evidence-based antenatal care is one cornerstone in Safe Motherhood and educated and confident midwives remain to be optimal caregivers in Africa. Confidence in antenatal midwifery skills is important and could ...
Effects of patient's factors and wound care practices on wound healing among Orthopedic inpatients in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Background: Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process of restoring cellular structures and tissue layers. The wound healing process is affected by several factors among them, local factors such as patient characteristics ...
Clinical nursing and midwifery research priorities in eastern and southern S African countries: Results from a delphi survey.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
BACKGROUND:
Because of the profound shortage of nurse and midwifery researchers in many African countries, identification of clinical nursing and midwifery research is of highest priority for the region to improve health ...