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Difficult tracheal extubation due to endotracheal tube malfunction: A challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Tracheal extubation is an aerosol-generating medical procedure. A difficult tracheal extubation results in a serious complication that increases the risk of respiratory aerosol and pathogen spread, especially during the ...
AfHNS fellowship: A model to improve access to head and neck cancer care in Africa and developing countries
(2021-05)
Background: Head and neck cancers occur predominantly in developing countries where access to care is poor. Sub-Saharan Africa has <20 head and neck surgeons for >1 billion people and has only two fellowship training ...
The Role of ICT Tools in the Access of Climate Information by Rural Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
This paper, seeks to explore how rural communities especially women in Kitui county use ICT tools to access localized climate information and how Digital Capital facilitates or impedes the process. Our view is that the ...
Does the Assumption of Exponential Arrival Distributions in Wireless Sensor Networks Hold?
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Wireless Sensor Networks have seen a tremendous growth in various application areas despite prominent performance and availability challenges. One of the
common configurations to prolong the lifetime and deal with the ...
On the performance, availability and energy consumption modelling of clustered IoT systems
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) form a large part of the ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT), hence they have numerous application domains with varying performance and availability requirements. Limited resources ...
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed-methods, multicountry evaluation
(University of Nairobi, 2021-03)
Introduction: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Labour Care Guide (LCG) is a "next-generation" partograph based on WHO's latest intrapartum care recommendations. It aims to optimize clinical care provided to women and ...
Understanding the complexities of unexplained stillbirth in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed-methods study
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Objective: To understand the complexities surrounding unexplained stillbirth for the development and implementation of culturally acceptable interventions to underpin care in Tanzania and Zambia.
Design: Mixed-methods ...
First do no harm: practitioners' ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality
(University of Nairobi, 2021-02)
Healthcare systems across the world and especially those in low-resource settings (LRS) are under pressure and one of the first priorities must be to prevent any harm done while trying to deliver care. Health care workers, ...
Surgical anatomy of sigmoid arteries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)
Background: The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the prevalence of the number of sigmoid arteries (SA) and variations in their origins.
Methods: A thorough systematic search of ...
Delivering Modern Global Health Learning Requires New Obligations and Approaches
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a new look (or modernization) for both the obligations and approaches to achieve best-practices in global health learning. These best-practices have moved beyond traditional, ...