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A survey of laryngeal mask airway use by anaesthesia practitioners at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009)
Background: The LMA is an airway management device that is indicated for achieving
and maintaining control of the airway during routine and emergency anaesthetic
procedures in patients who are not at risk of regurgitation ...
Survival among retinoblastoma patients at Kenyatta National Hospital: A retrospective audit.
(University of Nairobi., 2008)
Aim
The purpose of this study was to estimate the survival of patients with retinoblastoma admitted at
Kenya's national referral hospital, The Kenyatta National Hospital. The information obtained
will provide a good ...
Drug susceptibility pattern of helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspepsia at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The aim of the study was to determine the drug susceptibility pattern of H pylori to
metronidazole, clarithromycin, amoxicillin and tetracycline in patients presenting with
dyspepsia at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
The ...
Incidence of, and risk factors for, hypotension during spinal anesthesia for cesarean section at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(2009)
Objective - This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of, and risk factors for,
hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for Cesarean Section at Kenyatta National
Hospital.
Design - A cross-sectional, prospective, ...
A review of vitreoretinal surgeries done at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009)
Objective: To review vitreoretinal surgeries done at Kenyatta national hospital (KNH)
between 1st October 2000 to 30th September 2007.
Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, the national ...
Management of parasuicide at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
This was a cross- sectional study carried out at the Kenyatta National Teaching and
Referral Hospital, Nairobi. Doctors working in the casualty, medical and surgical
inpatient wards were interviewed in an attempt to ...
Ultrasonographic findings in obstructive jaundice: the ability of ultrasound to accurately determine the site and cause of obstruction
(2008)
The ability of ultrasound to accurately distinguish obstructive jaundice from
nonobstructive jaundice has made sonography the accepted screening procedure in the
jaundiced patient. Determination of the anatomic site of ...
Mental health and substance abuse problems among Juvenile offenders at Getathuru children reception center & rehabilitation school Nairobi; Kenya
(2008)
Background: Researchers, clinicians, and juvenile justice program
administrators have known of the link between drug use (alcohol use), mental
health problems and juvenile crime. In many communities, the majorities ...
A correlation of ultrasound and surgical findings in suspected ectopic pregnancy at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009)
This was a prospective descriptive study carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital from
September 2008 to February 2009, whereby 73 patients who were diagnosed to have an ectopic
pregnancy on the basis of ultrasound, ...
Effect of combining conjunctival fornix irrigation with lid scrubs as a method of pre-operative preparation in cataract surgery-
(2009)
Background: Endopthalmitis following intraocular surgery, although rare (0.1%) could
cause visual loss or loss of the eye. In most of the cases of post-operative endophthalmitis follow"cataract surgery, the source of ...