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Immediate postoperative pain management in adult patients following orthopaedic surgery at the Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Background: Postoperative pain is a major challenge in the care of surgical patients yet pain therapy is a central medical task and a legal duty and optimum pain control is a fundamental right for all patients.
Objective: ...
Histomorphometry of the left anterior descending coronary artery among Kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) is the most affected vessel in coronary atherosclerosis.The incidence of this pathology is high in the developed world but low and rising in Africa.Intrinsic vessel factors ...
Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practice on home based care of HIV/AIDS patients in Butula division, Busia district
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2007)
In Busia District, Western Kenya, the estimated HIV prevalence is 14.2% (NASCOP, 2005), with 90% of people living in rural areas where access to medical facilities is inadequate. The number of people falling ill as a result ...
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(2007-02)
The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and contraception
use among HIV infected women attending Comprehensive Care Center at Kenyatta National
Hospital.
This was a hospital based cross-sectional ...
Post thyroidectomy recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi-Kenya
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2007)
Background:
Iatrogenic injury of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is one of the most serious concerns in thyroid surgery. I carried out a prospective study aimed at determining the prevalence of RLN paralysis, its ...
Analysis of costs of providing maxillofacial surgical services at the operating theatre of the University of Nairobi dental hospital in the year 2005/2006.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Objective: To determine the costs and sustainability of providing surgical services at an
operating theatre of a teaching hospital providing maxillofacial surgical services.
Study Design: Retrospective top-down cost ...
Clinical utility and cost effectiveness of CSF TB BACTEC MGIT cultures in the evaluation of HIV Patients with meningoencephalitis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2007)
Background:
The spread of HIV epidemic has contributed immensely to an increase in the annual incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) and especially of extra-pulmonary TB in Kenya.' The diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis (TBM) ...
Outcome of Pneumonia in children admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2007)
Background:
Acute lower respiratory tract infections cause considerable morbidity and mortality in children under- 5 years of age especially in developing countries. This is unlike in developed countries where outcome ...
The Human Rectus Sheath: Formation And Microscopic Organisation
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Background: The pattern of formation of the rectus sheath from the aponeuroses of external oblique, internal oblique and transversus abdominis muscles shows regional variations. The prevalence and location of the arcuate ...
To evaluate the prevalence of primary and secondary phenotypic resistance to nevirupine among the infected patients at the comprehensive clinic of the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, CHS, Kenya, 2007)
Objective: while transmission of nevirapine resistance when given as monotherapy in PMTCT is well established, prevalence of nevirapine resistance in drug naive and nevirapine experienced is not known in the presence of ...