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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 ...
Pattern of occurrence of head and neck cancer presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2006-05)
BACKGROUND:
Currently there is a dearth of data on the pattern of occurrence of head and neck cancers in Kenya.
OBJECTIVE:
To provide a comprehensive analysis of the pattern of occurrence of head and neck cancers ...
Causes of calf mortality in peri-urban area of Nairobi, Kenya
(2010)
Abstract The study reported data from 507 post-mortem
records in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and
Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Nairobi, Kenya. The records were from carcasses ...
Simulation of Decadal Precipitation over Nairobi in Kenya
(Sultan Qaboos University, 2008)
In investigating Kenya rainfall variability and its relationship to other climatic
elements it has become imperative to analyze the irregularly distributed rainfall events in time.
To meet this requirement, this study ...
Distribution strategies pursued by food processing firms in Nairobi
(2007-09)
The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution strategies pursued by food
manufacturing companies with particular focus in Nairobi. The objectives of the study
were to establish the distribution strategies ...
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotype O111:HNT isolated from preterm neonates in Nairobi, Kenya
(1989-06)
This investigation was initiated as a consequence of several cases of diarrhea in a nursery ward for preterm babies in Nairobi, Kenya. Ten lactose-positive colonies were isolated from the stools of each of 30 neonates, ...