Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 41
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about STD/HIV/Aids education among primary and secondary public school teachers in Nairobi and Machakos districts, Kenya
(2001)
Children aged less than 15 years comprise 50% of Kenya's population while
adolescents aged 10-19 years are 20% of the total population. Youth between 10-14
years comprise the population that is relatively free of AIDS ...
Case Records and Long Commentaries
(University of Nairobi, 2001-11)
An audit of Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) biopsy of palpable breast lesions at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)
(University of Nairobi,, 2001)
Objective: To audit the FNA biopsy in the diagnosis of palpable breast lesions and
assessthe influence of the technique on patient management.
Methods: This was a retrospective study of 215 FNA biopsy results of palpable ...
Bacteraemia and urinary tract infection complicating malarial infection in children admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2001)
Background: Morbidity and mortality from malaria remains high, even with
appropriate treatment. Complicating pathologies may contribute to this state. There is
laboratory evidence of altered immune function at different ...
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) treated at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over a ten-year period (1990-1999)
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
This is a retrospective study of 74 cases of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP)
treated at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) over a ten-year period (1990-1999). The
peak age group at presentation was 2-3 years ...
Extent Of Myocardial Damage After Open-heart Surgery As Assessed From Serial Plasma Enzyme Levels
(University of Nairobi., 2001)
Open-heart Surgery with all its associated complex equipment, techniques for myocardial
preservation and improved surgical technique, is largely still considered to be in its
infancy. Morbidity and mortality as a result ...
Prevalence Of Influenza Virus Infection In Asthmatic Children Presenting With An Acute Exacerbation At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
There is limited local data on the prevalence of influenza viral infection in children and no
local data on the prevalence of influenza infection in asthmatic children. In temperate
countries where influenza infection ...
Cardiovascular risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus as seen at the Kenyatta National Hopital
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2001)
Background:
There is an emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in developing countries with rising associated morbidity and mortality. Diabetes has its greatest impact throughout the vascular ...
The prevalence of chlamydiae in late onset neonatal pneumonia in the newborn unit - Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
Fifty-two neonates who presented with late onset pneumonia were sequentially recruited for this study, whose study objective was:- to determine the prevalence of Chlamydiae colonization of the upper respiratory tract in ...