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Emergency caesarean section turnaround time and its effect on maternal and newborn health outcomes at University of Nairobi teaching hospitals
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2010)Background: It is widely advocated that the decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) for emergency caesarean section should not exceed 30 minutes. The practicability, justification, anticipated benefit on neonatal outcome and ... -
Emergency contraceptives, knowledge, Attitude and practice at the Kenya Medical Training Centre, Kenyatta
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: Use of regular family planning is high in Kenya (33%) as compared to other African countries. Despite this, Kenya still has a high fertility rate (total fertility rate 4.85 per 1000 population), which as a ... -
Emerging & Re-emerging Arboviral Infections in Patients With Acute Febrile Illness in Two Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background Covid-19 has demonstrated the impact that emerging infections can have on our health, social and economic wellbeing. About three-quarters of emerging infections have a zoonotic origin, and are transmitted to ... -
Empyema Thoracis In Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)This is a combined prospective and retrospective review 'study of empyema thoracis. Twenty patients admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital wards between November, 1980 and April 1981 were studied prospectively. Seventy ... -
Empyema thoracis: Is treatment outcome procedure dependent?
(University of Nairobi.Department of surgery, 2002)The study was a 10 years retrospective study between January 1990 and December 1999. A total of 224 patients were managed for empyema thoracis in surgical and non surgical wards of Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), during ... -
Encysted Subdural Haematoma
(University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Endocervical Microbial Pattern, Antibiotic Sensitivity and Complications Seen With Septic Abortion at Kenyatta National Hospital in 2018.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background:Globally an estimated 56 million induced abortion occur every year(1). WHO estimates that 68,000 women die annually due to complications of unsafe abortion with sepsis as the primary cause of death(2). Microbial ... -
Endocrine function in malnourished children admitted at Kenyatta. National hospital.
(University Of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, 1986)59 children admitted with various degrees of protein energy malnutrition pnd 25 controls who were matched for age and sex were examinedft Serum growth hormone cortisol and insulin levels were assayed by ... -
Endocrine orbitopathyas seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of medicine, 1988)This is a prospective study of endocrine orbitopathy carried out at hospital level in Kenyatta National Hospital in African patients over a period of 15 months from November 1986 - January 1988 inclusive. A total of 52 ... -
Ent/head and neck manifestations in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients as seen at the Mbingo baptist general hospital Cameroon
(University of NairobiDepartment of Surgery, 2010)BACKGROUND: HIV / AIDS is a fatal illness which breaks down the body's immunity and leaves the victim vulnerable to life threatening opportunistic infections, neurological disorders and unusual malignancies. About 80% ... -
Environmental and occupational factors associated with chronic myeloid leukemia: a case control study
(Faculty of medicine, 2010)Background: The relationship between Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and broad range of exposures to occupational, environmental and lifestyle factors known to cause leukemia in general is limited. CML is by and large incurable ... -
Enzymes and proteins in tropical diseases
(1970)Various parameters were measured for two control groups; the African Medical students and the matched controls for the disease Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF). Many differences were observed in these two populations, ... -
Eosinophil counts and leukotriene C4 and D4 levels in adult asthmatics seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(School of Medicine, 1989)Forty four asthmatic patients, 20 females and 24 males with mean age of 40 years (range 18 years - 65 years) were studied during the period 1987 - 1988 as they presented at Kenyatta National Hospital (K.N.H.) casualty ... -
Eosinophil Response To Trauma And Infection
(1981)A prospective study of an aspect of body response to trauma and infection using eosinophil count as a parameter conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a period of eight months is presented. A good correlation ... -
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of posterior urethral strictures as seen at Kenyatta national hospital. 1985-1995.
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Epidemiological and molecular aspects of hepatitis B infection in Kenya
(University of Newcastlemedicine, 1985)Kenya is one of the areas of the world with a high prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. Although much is known about the virus, the modes of transmission in such endemic areas are not fully determined. The aim of ... -
Epidemiology of chloroquine-induced pruritus and its influence on chloroquine utilization in a coastal district of Kenya
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1987)A cohort study of 547 outpatients with a diagnosis 6f clinical malaria was conducted in two health centres ~ in Mombasa DisJrict between October 1986 and March 1987. h There were 307 males and 240 females of ... -
The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Major External Structural Birth Defects in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Major external structural birth defects are defined as developmental abnormalities of intrauterine origin that are present at or soon after birth detectable visually during physical examinations and have ... -
The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Major External Structural Birth Defects in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Major external structural birth defects are defined as developmental abnormalities of intrauterine origin that are present at or soon after birth detectable visually during physical examinations and have ... -
Epidemiology and Genomic Investigation of Clostridioides Difficile in Hospitalized Patients With Nosocomial Diarrhoea
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Clostridioides difficile is associated with hospital-acquired diarrhoea with underreported disease burden from African countries. This study aimed to ascertain the prevalence and the predictors of healthcare ...