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What do nurse managers want computerized? Needs based assessment study of middle and functional level nurse managers at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(2009)
This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among middle and functional level nurse managers at Kenyatta National hospital, Kenya. A purposive sample of 107 nurses’ managers was selected from every department in ...
1988-Varsity hosts first inter-universities paediatric workshop
(University of Nairobi,, 1988)
Biochemical and haematological chanqes in rats administered an aqueous extract of Prunus africana stem-bark at various dosage levels
(2000)
An aqueous extract of Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm. (syn. Pygeum africanum) (Hook. f.) (Rosaceae) was administered daily at dosage rates of 10, 100 and 1000 mglkg body mass to randomized groups of Sprague Dawley rats. ...
Interactions between malaria and HIV infection—an emerging public health problem?
(2002-10)
Recent evidence demonstrates interactions between malaria and HIV infection. HIV-infected people are more likely to experience clinical malaria, and acute malaria can up-regulate HIV replication, leading to higher plasma ...
Serum prostate specific antigen levels in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia and cancer of prostate
(2004)
o determine the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of the
PSA test at the conventional cut-off value of 4 ng/ml.
Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: Nairobi Hospital Laboratory, Nairobi.
Data ...
Declaration on mental health in Africa: moving to implementation.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)
Urgent action is needed to address mental health issues globally. In Africa, where mental health disorders account for a huge burden of disease and disability, and where in general less than 1% of the already small health ...
Clinical and Virologic Manifestations of Primary Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Infection in Kenyan Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a risk factor for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphomas. Characterizing primary infection may elucidate risk factors for malignancy. Methods. To describe ...
Mortality in acute gynecology: a developing country perspective.
(1989)
Over a 20-month period 109 deaths were recorded in the Acute Gynecology Ward, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi; a rate of 5 deaths per month. Forty-one percent of the deaths were directly attributable to pregnancy and ...
Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia
(2008)
T cell large granular lymphocyte (T-LGL) leukemia features a clonal expansion of antigen-primed, competent, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). To systematically understand signaling components that determine the survival of ...
Epigenetic Control Of Irf1 Responses In HIV-exposed Seronegative Versus HIV-susceptible Individuals.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-03)
Not all individuals exposed to HIV become infected. Understanding why these HIV-exposed seronegative individuals remain uninfected will help inform the development of preventative measures against HIV infection. Interferon ...