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Management of nasal foreign bodies at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2006)A prospective crossectional descriptive study was carried out on 279 patients with nasal foreign bodies at the Ear, Nose and Throat clinic and casualty of Kenyatta National Hospital for seven months from 1SI August 2005 ... -
Management of parasuicide at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2003)This was a cross- sectional study carried out at the Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital, Nairobi. Doctors working in the casualty, medical and surgical inpatient wards were interviewed in an attempt to ... -
Management of penetrating colon injuries at Kenyatta National Hospital: a critical review of primary closure versus colostomy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1993-04)This is a review of 45 consecutive cases of penetrating injuries of the colon treated at Kenyatta National Hospital from 1986 to 1992. The records of 42 male and 3 female patients (mean age, 28.8 years) were analysed. ... -
Management of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the British Army
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Psychotrauma ensues after a traumatic incident, and the incident may involve an array of different occurrences such as witnessing grim physical injury, actual death of an individual(s), sexual abuse, rape, assault, a risk ... -
Management of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst soldiers, veterans and significant others in USA
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This work entails systematic literature review regarding the prevalence of psycho- trauma amongst United States of America soldiers in active service and significant others i.e. family members of those involved in direct ... -
Management Of Psychosocial Complications Associated With Diabetes Mellitus Among Adult Patients At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Introduction: diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic illness that causes diverse psychosocial impact on the patients. Patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus require psychosocial support right from the day when the diagnosis ... -
Management of second trimester abortions at kenyatta national hospital: a five-year cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background Abortion is the spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancy before fetal viability. The world health organization (who) defines it as termination prior to 22 weeks gestation or a fetus weighing less than ... -
Management of severe head injury at the Kenyatta national hospital critical care unit; Review of practice among critical care Practitioners
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)Severe head injury represents a major contributor to patients in the CCU where their care falls under a multi-disciplinary team requiring immense resource utilization. Currently about 20% of mortality in the Kenyatta ... -
Management Of Severe Tetanus At Kenyatta National Hospital
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The management of traumatic haemothorax and haemopneumothorax by closed tube thoracostomy as practised in Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2005)This is a prospective study conducted between tenth of February and tenth of ovember 2004. A total of ninety-five patients with posttraumatic pleural collections with pncumothoraxancl/ or haemothorax were recruited. ... -
Management outcome of adult urinary fistulae at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) (1994 -1998)
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2002)The study was carried out between January 1994 and December 1998. This was a retrospective study in which data was retrieved from the patient's files at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) medical records department. The ... -
Management Outcome Of Wilms' Tumour In Kenyatta National Hospital (a Ten-year Retrospective Study)
(University of NairobiFaculty of Medicine, 2001)A total of 119 patients with Wilms tumuor were reviewed and analyzed. The ages at diagnosis varied from 4 months to 15 years. There were more male than female patients(male:female = 1.9: 1). The age incidence decreased ... -
Manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus infected children at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2008-10)Objective: To compare the prevalence of various dermatological conditions between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) - naive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - infected children and HIV uninfected children at ... -
Manifestations of HIV and aids in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck region in adults at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of surgery, 2006)Aim: To determine the range and pattern of Head and Neck otorhinolaryngological manifestations of HIV and AIDS. Settings: ENT -HN unit, Medical wards and eee of Kenyatta National Hospital. Methodology: A descriptive ... -
Markers of Microbial Translocation in Hiv-infected and Hiv-negative Adults in a Kenyan Urban Centre: a Cross-sectional Comparative Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The incidence of non-communicable diseases in persons infected with HIV has been on the increase, due to persistent chronic immune activation and inflammation despite effective HAART. Passage of microbes from the ... -
Mass Spectrometric Quantification and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Lipstick and Eye Shadow Products in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Heavy metal presence in lipsticks and eye shadows is of public health concern since the contamination poses potential health risks and environmental pollution. Some of the deleterious effects of these metals include damage ... -
Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(University of Nairobi,Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2007-02)Background In 2005 AIDS claimed another 3 million lives and it relentlessly threatens millions more. Despite global and national efforts to quell the pandemic, 40.3 million people are currently living with HIV - the ... -
The maternal and fetal outcomes among women with obstetric emergencies referred to the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Background: Obstetric performance is assessed in terms of maternal and neonatal morbidity and early perinatal and maternal mortality. The known cases of maternal mortality in our set-up are namely haemorrhage, obstructed ... -
Maternal and neonatal outcome following caesarean section under spinal versus general Anesthesia in Kenyatta National Hospital maternity theatre
(Department of surgery-university of Nairobi, 2009)The risk of maternal death with caesarean section is four times that associated with all types of vaginal Birth. Poor maternal and neonatal outcome are more commonly associated with general anesthesia for cis as compared ... -
Maternal and perinatal outcome in Patients with eclampsia at Kenyatta national hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2011)Background: Eclampsia is defined as pre-eclampsia complicated with convulsions and/or coma. The incidence of eclampsia is 0.2%-0.5% of all deliveries globally 2. It is a common obstetric emergency in Kenya and it ...