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Antenatal corticosteroid use in preterm delivery at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Preterm birth is the cause of at least 75% of neonatal deaths that are not attributable to congenital malformations. Antenatal corticosteroids given to mothers at risk of preterm birth between 24 and 34 weeks reduce the ... -
Antepartum Depression and Intimate Partner Violence Experience Among Women in a Low-income Urban Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction: Depression during pregnancy is a ‘silent’ danger found to result in negative outcomes. Globally, antepartum depression associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) in low-income urban settlements has become ... -
Anthropometric And Biochemical Assessment Of The Nutritional Status Of Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients At The Kenyatta National Hospital Critical Care Unit.
(Department of Anaesthesiology, 2010)Background-Nutritional assessment enhances quality of nutritional care, however, its practice bemuses professionals. Malnutrition prevalence among hospitalized adults is approximately 50% and is correlated with prolonged ... -
Anthropometric Measurements And Bone Age In Children With Congenital Heart Disease At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1986)In order to document the growth of children with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in this part of East Africa, anthropometric measurements and bone ages ,of 175 children aged 0 to 12 years with CHD attending the paediatric ... -
Anthropometric measurements of live-born Kenyan infants between gestational ages of 28-42 weeks delivered at Kenyatta national hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1985)Anthropometric measurements - weight, crown-heel length, head circumference, and chest circumference of 249 live-born babies between 28 and 42 weeks of gestation were taken and growth charts plotted. The grm'lth ... -
An Anthropometric Study Of Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia At The Kenyatta National Hospital,Nairobi.
(University of NairobiPaediatrics and child health, 1983)Weights,heights, upper-mid-arm circumference, skin fold-thickness and head circumference measurements were recorded in a cross sectional study of 256 children with sickle-cell anemia aged between 5 months and 14 years. ... -
Anti-thyroid antibodies in primary thyroid disorders
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2004)Autoantibodies to various components of the thyroid gland have been implicated in the causation of primary hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. A study aimed at establishing the association, if any, of the presence of ... -
Anti-viral activities of selected Kenyan medicinal plants against the hepatitis - B virus
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a human pathogen causing serious liver disease. The virus is the major cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. It is endemic in many parts of the world ... -
Antibacterial, Antifungal and Sub-acute Toxicity Properties of Yushania Alpina (African Mountain Bamboo)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)In the recent times, chemotherapy against bacterial and fungal infections has faced a huge challenge because of resistance to antibiotics and antifungal agents and also emergence of new microbial infections which have ... -
Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital: a Point Prevalence Survey
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Background: Antibiotics are commonly prescribed drugs globally but most of their use is irrational. This causes wastage of scarce health care resources, poses increased risk of adverse drug reactions, emergence of resistance ... -
Antibiotic prescribing patterns by clinicians managing neonatal sepsis at kisii level 5 hospital
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Antibiotic prescription pattern and maternal sepsis:a comparative assessment among women who underwent emergency cesarean delivery before and after the initiation of free maternity services at the kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Introduction:in a health system, change of user fees alters access and coverage of services and hence utilization of health services. The introduction of free maternity services in kenya is such a policy. There is need to ... -
Antibiotic prophylaxis in elective caesarean section: single dose Compared to multiple dose antibiotics: a randomized clinical trial
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2011)Backqround The benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in both emergency and elective caesarean section has been demonstrated repeatedly in studies, mostly in western countries. Most of these studies have not demonstrated ... -
Antibiotic treatment in preterm babies born before arrival (bba) at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2011)Neonatal Septicaemia has been a subject of periodic reviews in many parts of the world. An incidence of 1/1000 to 3/1000 live births has been reported in developed countries, compared to 4/1000 to 9/1000 reported in Africa ... -
Antibiotic use in trachoma campaigns: height as proxy to weight in dosing of azithromycin in three Kenyan communities
(Department of ophthalmology, University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness with six out of 32 million Kenyansat risk. It is endemic in 18 of the 73 districts in Kenya, with a total population of 6 million. The worst affected ... -
Anticholinesterase Toxins In Mamba Venoms
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1985)Toxins that are potent inhibitors of cholinesterases from various sources have been isolated from three mamba venoms, Dendroaspis angusticeps (Green mamba), Dendroaspis polylepis (Black mamba) and Dendroaspis viridis ... -
Anticholinesterases: Their Effects On Rabbits
(University of Nairobi, 1980)The percutaneous absorption of three anticholinestaraeas bias studied. All three, Malathion, Ethylparathion and Carboryl were found to be absorbed percutaneously. From the depression of Cholinesterase activity caused by ... -
Antimalarial and Antileishmanial compounds from Kenyan medicinal plants.
(Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 1997) -
Antimicrobial Activity and Constituents of the Root Bark of Loncocarpus Eriocalyx
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Conventional anti- infectives are expensive and in most cases unavailable to the target population. This has led to greater reliance on alternative medicine such as decoctions from plants. Lonchocarpus eriocalyx root ... -
Antimicrobial Activity Of Albizia Grandibracteata Against Neisseria Gonorrheae
(University of Nairobi, 2019)BACKGROUND Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection affecting millions of people worldwide in any given year. In Africa alone, it affects approximately 11.4 million people annually. In Kenya, very few studies ...