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Influence of Urbanisation on Minimum and Maximum Temperature characteristics over Nairobi City
(Journal of Climate Change and Sustainability, 2018-04)
Urban Heat Island being the most investigated aspect of urban climate is not prominently investigated in
tropical African urban areas. This paper seeks to address the influence of urbanization on outdoor
temperature ...
Housing strategies in Kenyan towns and dweller-initiated transformations-Case estates from Nairobi
(2011)
Housing demand in Nairobi city has exceeded her rapid population growth culminating in
shortage, contributory to informal settlements, and now increasingly attributed to dweller-initiated
transformation in formal housing. ...
The occurrence of aflatoxin in poultry tissues collected in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2000)
106 (80 from poultry slaughterhouse and 26 from sick birds) chicken liver samples collected during October 1997 were analysed to determine the extent of aflatoxin B1 in poultry tissues. Analysis of aflatoxin B1 was done ...
Demography and seasonal variation of acute necrotising gingivitis in Nairobi, Kenya
(1999)
The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of Acute Necrotizing gingivitis (ANG), its sex and age distribution, ethnicity and seasonal variations among patients at the Dental Unit of Kenyatta National ...
Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience
(1993-05)
On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative ...
Warfarin-related bleeding following open heart surgery in Nairobi
(2001-03)
OBJECTIVES:
To review anticoagulant-related bleeding in heart valve patients on warfarin at the Kenyatta National Hospital and to determine the variables associated with anticoagulant-related bleeding.
DESIGN:
A ...
Post-infarction ventricular septal defect in Nairobi: case report.
(2005-12)
Post infarction ventricular septal defect results from perforation of the ventricular septum secondary to ischaemic injury following myocardial infarction. Ischaemic heart disease till recently was thought to be an uncommon ...
Follow up of oesophageal cancer therapy at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2001-12)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the pattern of follow-up for oesophageal cancer patients following hospital discharge and reviewing followup results of the different treatment modalities with emphasis on oesophagectomies.
DESIGN: ...
Frequency of adenotonsillectomy in some Nairobi hospitals
(2001-07)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the frequency of adenotonsillectomy in a sample of Kenyan hospitals and to review indications, timing and complications in 97 cases of adenotonsillectomy done by the authors.
DESIGN: ...
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2001-10)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the thirty-day mortality of open-heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi from June 1973 to October 2000 and; to look at likely variables related to mortality.
DESIGN:
A ...