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Compassion fatigue: a study among the staff working i at the critical care areas of Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry University Of Nairobi, 2007-06)Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of compassion fatigue among the critical area workers of Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Design This was a descriptive cross sectional ... -
Competence of midwives in prevention and management of postpartum Haemorrhage at Kiambu District Hospital labour ward, Kiambu County
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction: Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and is responsible for 34% of maternal deaths in Africa. It is defined as blood loss of more than 500 ml following vaginal ... -
Competencies in Ecg Interpretation Among Newly Graduated Medical Students at the University of Nairobi School of Medicine
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Introduction: ECG is vital in screening, diagnosis and monitoring treatment of cardiovascular diseases. ECG interpretation accuracy influences the sensitivity and specificity of ECG utility in clinical practice. ECG ... -
Complementary and alternative medicine for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Role of medicinal herbs
(Journal of Diabetes and EndocrinologyDepartment of Medical Physiology, 2012-10)Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with glucose-lowering effect is increasingly being sought by patients and health care professionals. Its use is estimated at 17 to 80% among diabetic patients. Not only is this ... -
Complete Genome Analysis of Lytic Phages and Identification of Hypothetical Phage Proteins Targeting Major Protein Complexes of Staphylococcus Aureus
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Background: Bacteriophages (phages) are obligate parasites of bacteria. Phages are grouped according to their life cycle as lytic, temperate (lysogenic), pseudo-lysogenic and chronic phages. Lytic phages have been applied ... -
Compliance to Guidelines and Role of Patients in Management of Type 2 Diabetes Among Patients in Vihiga County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Introduction: The incidence of diabetes is increasing in Kenya, and poor diabetic related outcomes such as complications, high blood sugar levels have resulted due to inadequate management of the condition. However, the ... -
Complications of thyroid operations:A study at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1987)A retrospective study fran case notes of one hundred. and six patients who had thyroid operations between January 1982 and December 1985 was done. A report is given on age, sex, laryngoscopic results, types of operation, ... -
Complications and outcome of supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2003)Supracondylar fracture of the humerus is a common elbow injury in children. The main objective of this retrospective study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics, complications and outcome of supracondylar ... -
Complications associated with cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery: prospective study, Kenyatta National Hospital, February 2002-February 2003
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2003)The advent of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has revolutionised cardiac surgery over the past three decades. CPB has come to be appreciated as an essential component of cardiac surgery, facilitating operations in a bloodless ... -
Complications of vascular access in patients- undergoing haemodialysis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1991)Between July, 1990 and February, 1991, a total of thirty seven (37) patients on intermittent. haemodialysis were studied for vascular access complications and difficulties. Twenty-three (62.0%) wet e males and Ioui teeu ... -
Complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital: a prospective study September 2001-February 2002
(University of Nairobi, 2003)A prospective study of 76 patients operated on for non-tumour hydrocephalus by Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion was carried out at the Kenyatta National Hospital between 1st September 2001 and 28th February ... -
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 ... -
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. ...