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Compound Depressed Fractures Of The Skull At The Kenyatta National Hospital
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Compressive lessions of the spinal cord in kenya as seen and treated in the neurosurgical department in kenyatta national hospital,
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1985)The results of a retrospective study of 100 patients with proven compressive spinal cord lesions, operated on in the Neurosurgical Unit at Kenyatta Nctioncl Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, between January ... -
Computed tomography scan findings in low back pain at Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1998-06)A retrospective review of Lumbo-saral spine CT scans done from January 1994 to March 1998 was done. The pattern of abnormal findings was analyzed. In the study period 277 CT Scans of the spine were done. Of these, about ... -
Computerized tomography in acute head injury the Nairobi experience
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1992-07)Head Injury is a common problem in Kenya. CT Scanning is known to be a useful imaging modality for the evaluation of this problem. It provides a more informative way of investigating this condition than plain films of ... -
Computerized Tomography In Urology
(Cairo UniversityMedicine, 1983)The subject of this essay is computrized tomography in urology the work in this machine had started at the sixties but the first machine was installeted by 1973. The scanner consist basically of an x-ray rigidly ... -
A Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Analysis of Root and Canal Morphology of Mandibular Premolars in a Selected Kenyan Population
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Successful root canal therapy requires knowledge and visualization of the detailed canal anatomy to avoid missed canals, inadequate instrumentation, and other iatrogenic errors. Traditional methods used to study ... -
Conjuctival normal flora among kenyans
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)SUMMARY Background: The most dreaded complication of intraocular surgery is endophthalmitis an ophthalmic emergency and the commonest organisms responsible for this infection are Staphylococcus sp. and Streptococcus sp. ... -
Consumer Profiling and Quality Characteristics of Commercially Traded Orange- Fleshed Sweetpotato Puree Bread in Kenya
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Consumption patterns of health-promoting preparations in an urban area (Nairobi) and comparison of their cost to that of locally available natural foods
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Technology and Nutrition, 1988)In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the consumption of 'alleged' health promoting preparations (HPP)*. Studies citnd in the literature ... -
Continuing Professional Development on Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (Emonc): Assessment,training Intervention and Its Outcome in Embu and Merulevel 5 Hospitals, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Introduction and Background Each year, more than 536,000 women worldwide die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth – that is one woman die every minute (Mirkuzie et al 2014). The complications include Antepartum ... -
Contraception, Reproduction and Veneral Diseases:a dolescent Knowledge and the Effect of Education in Kitale Municipality
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A controlled study of the role of blood transfusion in causing hepatitis in the paediatric population in Kenya
(1982)263 children from Luhya and Luo connuni t.ies in IJairobi, wor-e studied for Serum SGPI' levels and HBV markers, to compare t r-ansfused groups with non transfused groups with SeD and those having Hb AA. Sickle cell ... -
Conventional pap smear and human papilloma virus DNA co-testing in HIV infected women attending comprehensive care Centre in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide with 85% of cases occurring in developing countries. People living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have substantially higher risk ... -
The cornea in Kwashiorkor
(University of East AfricaDepartment of surgery, 1968)The resistance of the cornea to infection is lowered in Kwashiorkor. There is more morbidity of the cornea among children who have been malnourished. Thus among 1,000 well-nourished children examined, there were only 2 ... -
Coronavirus 2019 Preventive Protocols and Cancer-care- Experiences and Perspectives of Adult Cancer Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital Cancer Treatment Centre
(UON, 2021)Background: This study was conducted in the month of September, 2021 to explore adult cancer patients' experiences and perspectives on cancer care during implementation of COVID-19 prevention protocols. The rationale was ... -
Corrected QT interval in patients with epilepsy attending Kenyatta National Hospital and the Kenya association for the welfare of people with epilepsy clinics in Nairobi
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013-06-10)Background: Patients with epilepsy have a mortality rate two to three times that of the general population. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)is a major cause in studies of mortality in epilepsy. SUDEP is defined ... -
Correlates of abortion, level of education, marital status and hiv seropositive status in Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in Kenya. In 2012, the induced abortion rate was at 48 abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age (MOH, 2013). Each year in the developing ...