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Assessment of virological failure among Hiv patients on first line antiretroviral at Kenyatta National Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre, Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Background: Kenya has recorded a high burden of HIV with 1.5 million HIV + persons by 2015. With the adoption of 2016 ART guideline in Kenya all PLHIV now qualify for ART irrespective of WHO clinical stage, cd4 count, age ...
Management of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst soldiers, veterans and significant others in USA
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
This work entails systematic literature review regarding the prevalence of psycho- trauma amongst United States of America soldiers in active service and significant others i.e. family members of those involved in direct ...
Dysglycemia among kidney transplant recipients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the commonest cause of end stage renal disease worldwide. There is an increased incidence of DM in the third world countries, Kenya being one of them. Evidence has shown that kidney transplantation ...
Incidence of awareness with explicit recall in patients undergoing general anaesthesia at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Background
Awareness with explicit recall during anaesthesia, also known as intraoperative awareness, is
a rare but debilitating complication of general anaesthesia. It can be anaesthesia related,
surgical related, ...
Risk factors of antepartum haemorrhage at Kenyatta National Hospital: a case control study
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Background
Antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is one of the major causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. It occurs in 3-5% of pregnancies and is one of the major causes of preterm births. It also contributes ...
Experiences of Parents on Kangaroo Mother Care in the Neonatal Clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Introduction:Kangaroo mother care is a practice used to care for premature infants and low birth weight babies. It has been endorsed by the World health organization as a cheap and reliable method of reducing neonatal ...