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Middle Ear Effusion in Children With Cerebral Palsy: a Case-control Study at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Background: Otitis Media with Effusion remains an important cause of preventable hearing loss in children. This condition negatively affects a child’s speech and language development. Children with developmental difficulties ... -
Military maladjustment a psychosocial view
(Department Of Psychiatry, 1987)Disciplinary problems among members of the Armed Forces appear to be high (Glass et al., 1969; Atkinson, 1971 and Mirin, 1974). Over five years, (1968 - 1972) the U.S. Army saw increase of 90% administrative discharges ... -
Minor Complications Of Anaesthesia
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Minor complications of anaesthesia were studied in three hundred in-patients by interviewing them post-operatively. This was done to determine their incidence and relationship to age, sex and duration of anaesthesia. Nausea ... -
Misoprostol administration for the Management of retained placenta
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2011)Background: Postpartum hemorrhage due to retained placenta remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. Manual removal of retained placenta is an element of basic EmOC but ... -
Missed diagnosis of malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months attending health care at the Mbagathi District Hospital
(Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 2013)ABSTRACT Background Malnutrition remains a challenge worldwide and more so in the developing countries. Malnutrition is associated with more than 60% of childhood mortality in these countries¹. Studies have shown that ... -
Missed opportunies for immunisation in Nairobi province
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2010)Background: Vaccination is one of the most effective Public Health interventions. In spite of this, immunization coverage in Kenya has remained below the WHO recommended thresholds. This low coverage is seen not only in ... -
Missed Opportunities for Cardiac Evaluation in Term Newborns With Hypoxemia at KNH-NBU - a Cross-sectional Study
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Study Background: There are many children with congenital cardiac abnormalities who are either diagnosed late or miss an opportunity to be diagnosed and present their cases when they are too advanced for intervention. Many ... -
Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis of Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 1-23 Months at Paediatric Emergency Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: In children under the age of five years acute malnutrition has remained a major health concern, with poor progress made towards achieving the desired reduction in prevalence. Currently 17 million children ... -
Missed Opportunities for Early Diagnosis of Hiv in Hiv Exposed Infants and Children 0-18 Months at Kiambu Level V Hospital
(UON, 2021)Introduction: Without treatment only half of perinatally infected children celebrate their second birthday. Early detection of HIV infection, and initiation of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) treatment by 7 weeks of life has ... -
Missed opportunities for implementation of national guidelines on HIV retesting in labour/delivery and postpartum at Pumwani maternity hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Introduction: Vertical transmission of HIV is still a major challenge in developing countries. Mother-to child- transmission (MTCT) makes up for 90% of HIV infections/disease in children(1). WHO and NASCOP/MOH Guidelines ... -
Missed Opportunities for Prenatal Ultrasound Diagnosis of Major Congenital Anomalies in Infants Presenting Postnataly With Major Congenital Anomalies at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Congenital anomalies also known as birth defects are functional or structural abnormalities that occur during foetal development and are present at birth. They occur in approximately 3% of all pregnancies and ... -
Mixed-effects Modeling of Association of Syndemics With Hiv Viral Loads in Nairobi Sex Workers Cohort on Antiretroviral Therapy
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background: Sex workers are amongst the key populations substantially burdened by HIV/AIDS. However, there is definitive proof that antiretroviral therapy (ART), if consistently used, has individual and public health ... -
Mode of presentation and end results of management of haematogenous osteomyelitis at the orthopaedic unit Kenyatta National Hospital over a five year period
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)A retrospective study comprising of 101 patients seen between 1st January, 1976 and 31st December 1980 was carried out. The data was obtained from the Orthopaedic Unit, Kabete which deals with all the orthopaedic problems ... -
Model-based Fully Conditional Specification and Predictive Mean Matching: Application to Hiv Risk Factors Among Female Sex Workers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: HIV disproportionately a ects sex workers. It is important to continually evaluate sex work, given it’s uid and dynamic nature. Missing data is a common complication to HIV research, especially where accurate ... -
Modeling of CD4 counts change and survival times of HIV naive patients on ARVs
(University of Nairobi, 2007)This study was a longitudinal study on 400 ARV naive HIV positive patients started on ARVS.. The study was aimed at modeling of cd4 counts change and survival times of these patients. 66.7% of the study participants were ... -
Modeling Socio-demographic Factors as Covariates for Choice of Modern Family Planning Method Among Women of Reproductive Age 15-49 Years a Multinomial Logistic Regression Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Introduction: Family planning refers to information, ways and methods to help people decide whether to have children and also do it at the right time. It comprises of a varied array of contraceptives and they include pills, ... -
Modeling the Trend of Malaria Reported Cases in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Although there has been an extensive scale up of Malaria interventions in Kenya, Malaria infections persist at unacceptably high levels in some of the regions. Even with renewed calls to eradicate the disease ... -
Modelling of Factors Associated With Perinatal Mortality Rates in Tanzania-analysis of Tanzania Demographic Health Survey 2015-16 Using Bayesian Approach
(Uon, 2021)Background: Perinatal mortality is a big problem facing child survival in Tanzania. The problem has been empirically associated with numerous factors. The challenge which exists is the statistical association of these ... -
Modelling Survival In Hiv/aids Treatment: Cox Proportional Hazard Versus Accelerated Failure Time Models.
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)Background: Researchers in medical sciences often tend to prefer Cox semi-parametric instead of parametric models for survival analysis because of fewer assumptions but under certain circumstances, parametric models give ... -
Modelling The Health And Economic Impact Of The Influenza Vaccine In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: There is substantial burden of seasonal influenza in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, national rates of influenza-associated respiratory illness were considerable during the emergence of the 2009 influenza pandemic. ...