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Spontaneous Subarachnoid Haemorrhage At Kenyatta National Hospital (K.N.H) (A Prospective And Retrospective Study Of Patients Seen In K.N.H. From July 1983 To July 1984 And July 1974 To June 1983 Respectively).
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
A total of 109 patients with spontaneous subarachnoid
haemorrhage were included in this study 80 of
these patients belonged to retrospective group covering
a ten year period from July 1974 to June 1983 and 29
patients ...
A Study of Urea and the Major Electrolytes in Relation to Feeding Patterns in Kenyan African Infants seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1984)
The levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) were measured
in 100 normal infants aged 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks. The infants
were grouped into three feeding patterns: breast fed only,
formula fed only, and combined breast and ...
Epidemiology of group B streptococcus (GBS) carriage in mothers and their neonates at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1986)
Two hundred mothers and their newborn babies were
examined for the presence of Group B streptococcus
(GBS), at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), during a
three month period, between May and August 1985-
Ten of the two ...
Military maladjustment a psychosocial view
(1987)
Disciplinary problems among members of the Armed
Forces appear to be high (Glass et al., 1969; Atkinson, 1971
and Mirin, 1974). Over five years, (1968 - 1972) the U.S.
Army saw increase of 90% administrative discharges ...
A Study Of Malaria On The Kano Plains, Kisumu District, Kenya: A Community Study Of Currrent Knowledge, Attitudes And Control Practises; Parasite And Spleen Rates; Mosquito Bionomics And The Feasability Of Vector-control At The Community Level
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
A Study of Malaria on the Kano Plains, Kisumu District,
Kenya was carried out between April and August, 1985. The
study included the following:-
1. A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey
was conducted, it ...
A study of clinical and laboratory features in stroke patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
This is both a retrospective as well as a prospective study conducted from January 1986 to January, 1987 at KNH involving 72 stroke patients.
Thirty point four per cent of the patients were found to hypertensive. The ...
Craniovertebral Anomalies
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Patients with developmental abnormalities at the craniovertebral junction caught my attention during training at Medical School and when working as a medical officer in Meru. The puzzling note was that, though the anomalies ...
Malignant skin tumours as seen at K.N.H. over a 10 year period (1977-1986)
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
During the period of this study (1977 - 1984) 9886 malignant tumourswere recorded in the Kenya cancer registry. Of these, carcinomaof cervix was the number one tumour. It formed 15% of all tumours.Carcinoma of the skin ...
Carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1985)
Out of the various organs in the body the pancreas is still treated yli th "great respect" by surgeons. This is mainly due to the high morbirlity and mortality resulting froQ diseases of the
pancreas, the surgical ...
Peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal-dialysis Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985-01)
This study was undertaken between January 1980 and
September 1984 and was to try to map out the incidence
of peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal
dialysis at Kenyatta National Hospital and to see how
best to ...