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Pattern and outcome of abdominal injuries in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)Eighty consecutive admissions of patients with abdominal injuries were recruited into this prospective study conducted over a period of three and half months between November 2004 and mid-February 2005. It involved ... -
Pattern and outcome of bimalleolar fractures at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Ankle fractures account for 10% of all fractures. Their incidence is projected to triple over the next 15 years according to Finnish statistics. Bimalleolar fractures constitute 25% of all ankle fractures ... -
Pattern And Outcome Of Pediatric Cataract Surgery At Kwale Eye Centre
(University of Nairobi, 2018)ABSTRACT Objective To assess the outcome of childhood cataract surgery in Kwale Eye Centre of surgeries performed between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2016; to assess various factors such as pre-and post-operative visual ... -
Pattern and outcome of posterior segment injuries after ocular trauma at the vitreoretinal unit in Kikuyu eye hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Ocular trauma is a significant cause of monocular blindness worldwide. Eye injuries involving the posterior segment have been a matter of concern particularly due to the related poor visual outcome. These ... -
Pattern And Outcome Of Posterior Segment Injuries After Ocular Trauma At The Vitreoretinal Unit In Kikuyu Eye Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Ocular trauma is a significant cause of monocular blindness worldwide. Eye injuries involving the posterior segment have been a matter of concern particularly due to the related poor visual outcome. These ... -
Pattern and Outcomes of Injuries Following Motorcycle Accidents in Children at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(UON, 2021)Background: Motorcycles have progressively become a common means of transport in low- and middle-income countries and with this, motorcycle injuries have increased in number among children and adolescents. This accounts ... -
Pattern and outcomes of Ocular trauma in patients seen at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Background: Trauma to the eye is a major global health problem leading to monocular blindness and visual impairment mostly in the developing countries especially among the lower socio-economic classes. Publ ic awareness ... -
Pattern and Treatment Outcomes of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)BACKGROUND Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common rheumatic disease of childhood. Early diagnosis and appropriate management is important to prevent associated disease damage and disability. OBJECTIVE To ... -
The pattern of gallstone disease as seen in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1988)Fifty three patients were diagnosed as having gallstone disease in a five-year retrospective study (1982-1986), at Kenyatta National Hospital. This gave a yearly average of 10.6 cases. SUrgery for gallstone disease ... -
Pattern of Acute Foot Injuries in Patients Seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background Foot injuries are common worldwide and are among the leading causes of morbidity and disability in the human population. This study’s aim was to establish the pattern of foot injuries seen at Kenyatta National ... -
Pattern of admission, care and outcome of neonates managed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NCIU) at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Back ground: The introduction of NICU has led to a dramatic fall in neonatal mortality and in particular increased survival of the VLBW preterm babies in developed countries. In Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), studies ... -
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 ... -
Pattern of adult HIV infection-associated orofacial lesions and their relatonship with ARV therapy, immune status and tuberculosis in a Nairobi centre.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, 2005-08)Background: Oral lesions, among them Kaposi's sarcoma, oral candidiasis and hairy leucoplakia have been a feature of the HIV infection from the time of the first reports and have been included in the classification of ... -
The pattern of ankle fractures in Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background Ankle fractures are among the most common injuries treated by orthopeadic surgeons.The management is dependent on the extent of bony involement, soft tissue and ligamentous injury. Epidemiology of these ... -
Pattern of bacterial colonization and antimicrobial susceptibility of tracheal aspirates in tracheostomised patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Tracheostomy is an operative procedure that creates a surgical airway in the cervical trachea. Tracheostomy is vital in airway management in both emergency and elective situations. The airway in healthy non tracheotomised ... -
The pattern of bacterial infections in kwashiorkor patients as seen in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiMedicine, 1982)Ninety six patients with kwashiorkor were screened for bacterial infections. 59% of them had bacterial infections. The finding that 41% of patients studied had no bacterial infection speaks against routine use of ... -
Pattern of blood ordering, cross matching and utilization in the surgical suites of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(University of Nairobi, 2005)This was a 3 months prospective study carried out at KNH on pattern of blood ordering, cross matching and utilization. Patients who satisfied the study criteria were recruited from elective theatre list of surgical suites ... -
Pattern of brain tumours in Kenyatta National Hospital: a 3 year cross-sectional study.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background The burden of brain tumours in Kenya is still largely unknown though information from the Nairobi Cancer Registry suggests that they form about 2.3% of all reported male cancers and 0.9% of all female cancers. ... -
Pattern of burns as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1997)This was a hospital based descriptive prospective study of patients admitted to KNH with burns between is" January 2005 and 14thJune 2005. A total of two hundred (200) patients were recruited in the study. Their age, ... -
The Pattern Of Central Nervous System Findings Seen In Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination As Seen In Nairobi.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Diagnostic Imaging And Radiation Medicine, 2008)This is a Descriptive cross sectional study on MRI findings in patients with HIV and clinical CNS symptoms in Nairobi during the period 1st may 2007 to 31st September 200S. A total of 123 patients had CNS MRl scan ...
