| dc.contributor.author | Makomba, Richard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T12:46:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T12:46:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1982 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Masters of Medicine (Paediatrics) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24917 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A 3 - month survey on meconium staining of
amniotic fluid and meconium aspiration syndrome,
was done. 1103 infants were born, 140 (12.7%)
had passed meconium in utero and 9(0.82%) developed
meconium aspiration syndrome. 8(88.9%) of
meconium aspiration syndrome babies had had tracheal
suction. 4 babies died, giving a mortality
rate of 44:4% of the infants who developed
meconium aspiration syndrome. There was a
higher incidence of abnormal foetal heart rates
and low Apgar scores in the meconium stained
infants than among the controls. The caesarean
section rate was 2 times higher in the meconium
group than among the controls. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | A survey of meconium staining of amniotic fluid and meconium aspiration syndrome in Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |
