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Clinical, radiological and biochemical evidence of renal osteodystrophy in patients with chronic renal failure at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1989)Between May 1988 and January 1989 40 patients with established diagnosis of chronic renal failure (CRF) on either maintenance dialysis or conservative management were studied to determine the incidence and ..the nature ... -
Clinical, Sociodemographic and Placental Histologicalfeatures in Preterm Births With Placental Malaria and Hiv Coinfection in Bungoma County Referral Hospital, a Retrospective Cohort Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background Prematurity is the largest killer of children under 5 years of age. Malaria and HIV are both associated with prematurity due to partial maternal vascular malperfusion. This may be due to the altered angiogenesis ... -
Clinical-pathological Characteristics and Factorsassociated With Mortality in Patients Managed Forgestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia in Kenyatta Nationalhospital,2012 – 2020. A Cross-sectionalstudy
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Background: Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) comprises of invasive mole (IM),choriocarcinoma(CCM),placentalsitetrophoblastictumour(PSTT)andepithelioidtrophoblastic tumour (ETT). Choriocarcinoma is the most common ... -
Clinically manifest ocular lesions among hiv infected patients at kamenge university hospital, burundi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Over 33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide and around 22 million are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, where access to medical treatment and care is poor. The disease is associated with a wide variety ... -
Clinically manifest ocular lesions among HIV infected patients at Kamenge University Hospital, Burundi.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Over 33 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide and around 22 million are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, where access to medical treatment and care is poor. The disease is associated with a wide variety ... -
Clinically Significant Potential Drug-drug Interactions Among Adult Diabetic Hypertensive Outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension are common comorbidities in the developing and developed world. Management of these patients requires combination pharmacotherapies which may lead to polypharmacy ... -
Clinicians knowledge, prescribing patierns, toxicity and efficacy of amphotericin B in HIV positive patients at Kenyatta national hospital
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2010)Introduction-Amphotericin B is a drug used to treat cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS patients. It is associated with many adverse drug reactions such as nephrotoxicity, cardiotoxicity and anemia. The prevalence of these ... -
Clinico-histopathologic variations and aetiological factors associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma at two hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2009-08)Objective: To determine the clinico-histopathologic variations and aetiological factors associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Patients and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study was ... -
Clinico-Pathological characteristics and outcomes of gastric cancer among patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Despite a decrease in new cases, gastric cancer (GC) is the third-highest cause of death from cancer around the world. According to the Globocan data 2012, Kenya is estimated to have the highest incidence of ... -
Clinico-pathological Characteristics, Management, and Survival of Patients Treated for Cancer of the Vulva at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya- 2012- 2017
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Introduction: Cancer of the vulva (CV) is the fourth most common gynecologic cancer in high economic countries and it causes about 5-6% of the all the female genital tract malignancies. Among the types of histologic vulvar ... -
Clinico-pathological Pattern Of Odontogenic Neoplasms At Two National Referral Centres In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Odontogenic neoplasms (ONs) are lesions with insidious progress but tend to cause disfigurement and high surgical morbidity. The prevalence in Africa is about 9-69%. Knowledge of their trend and pattern of ... -
Clinico-pathological profile and treatment of multiple myeloma at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a chronic B-cell malignancy that involves proliferation of neoplastic clonal plasma cell in the bone marrow with circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins or constituent chains in serum ... -
Clinico-pathological Profile of Sinonasal Masses as Seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Sinonasal masses present a spectrum of lesions found in the sinonasal tract ranging from non-neoplastic to neoplastic lesions but may have similar clinical presentation with significantly different histopathological ... -
Clinico-radiological aspects of maxilla-mandibular neoplasms with osseous manifestations at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) - Nairobi
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Clinicopathologic survey and predisposing factors of diseases of domestic rabbits in selected areas in Kenya
(2014)A cross sectional study was used to obtain data from sixty one (61) randomly selected rabbit farms in Nairobi, Central, Eastern and Rift valley regions of Kenya in order to characterize production systems and determine the ... -
The clinicopathological presentation of connective;-tissue diseases at kenyatta national hospital.:a prospective study: 1985 - 1986
(University Of NairobiCollege of Health sciences, 1986)In a prospective study of Connective Tissue Diseases presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital within a period of one year (lgS5 - 1986), there were 20 patients seen with systemic lupus erythe- matosus, 10 ~ith systemic ... -
Clinicopathological Features and Early Surgical Outcome of Posterior Cranial Fossa Tumours in Children at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Study Background: Posterior cranial fossa (PCF) tumours account for 54 – 70% of brain tumours in children. The pattern of presentation is variable and is dependent on the location of tumour within the PCF, however, a triad ... -
Clinicopathological Features of Malignant Melanoma of the Skin Among Patients Seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Background: Malignant melanoma (MM) originates in the pigment-producing melanocytes of the skin. Although once considered uncommon worldwide, the annual incidence has increased over the last few decades. It is curable when ...