dc.contributor.author | Mumbi, Maria G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T12:44:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T12:44:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Masters of Medicine in Ophthalmology, University Of Nairobi | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25447 | |
dc.description | A dissertation submitted in part fulfillment for the
Degree of Masters of Medicine in Ophthalmology,
University Of Nairobi | en |
dc.description.abstract | The study was on the relationship between ocular signs and symptoms and renal
disease. It was a hospital-based study aimed mainly at examining the eyes of renal
patients and relating the ocular signs with renal disorders in black Africans.
Participants were 201 patients pooled from renal out patient clinic and renal unit of
Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya, identified as renal patients by the renal
physicians of the hospital. The main outcome measures were a standardised
questionnaire on ocular and renal disease aspects, slit lamp examination and
fundoscopy coupled with relevant investigations. 165 patients had CRF, 28 ARF, 41
GN, 16 NS and 10 ESRD. 87.1% of the participants had ocular involvement of both
anterior and posterior segments. There were only three blind patients however.
Differences in the various aspects of relation between ocular findings and kidney
disease were related to gender, age, pathology, treatment and control of kidney
disease. 158 patients needed eye care as treatment with drugs or spectacles and
others were referred for follow up and treatment in the hospital eye unit. Therefore
kidney patients in KNH should have scheduled ophthalmic check up. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Ocular changes as seen in black African renal patients at 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 |