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A clinical audit of emergency caesarean deliveries at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: The rate of emergency caesarean deliveries is increasing worldwide beyond the recommended rate of 15% of all deliveries in spite of well-documented evidence of increased maternal morbidity and mortality associated ...
Pattern of ocular findings in persons with Albinism in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Aim: The aim of this study was to establish the ocular findings in persons with albinisra in Kenya.
Method
This was a school based cross-sectional study conducted in schools for the blind and integrated education ...
Maternal knowledge and practice of Porridge preparation and storage in the home
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background
Food safety entails all the conditions and measures that are necessary during the production, processing, storage, distribution and preparation of food to ensure that it is safe, sound, wholesome and fit for ...
Blood lead levels among infants and children with Rickets at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background & objectives:
Modem environmental health hazards including lead are becoming a public health issue of increasing concern. Lead, a toxic heavy metal accounts for 0.6 % of the global burden of disease. Centre ...
Effect of body mass index on pregnancy outcome at Kenyatta National Hospital: Cohort Study
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
The increasing population of overweight and obese women world-wide is a major public health concern now reaching epidemic proportions. Two thirds of these women are in the reproductive age which has critical consequences ...
Modification of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic between years 2005-2011
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: The initial ART regimen is widely considered to be the most important regimen in HIV treatment because it is associated with the greatest probability of achieving sustained ! virologic response. Modification ...
Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in children with adenoid or adenotonsillar hypertrophy at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy is a common condition in childhood, whose serious complications of pulmonary hypertension and cor-pulmonale are common and devastating but local prevalence is unknown.
Objectives: ...
A comparative study of cardiovascular response to laryngeal mask airway insertion and endotracheal intubation in elective surgery patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Tracheal intubation is a harmful stimulus that tends to provoke a marked sympathetic response manifested as tachycardia and hypertension which is predominantly deleterious in coronary or cerebral circulation ...
Risk factors for severe dehydration and hypovolaemic shock in children presenting to Kenyatta National Hospital with acute Gastroenteritis
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Background: Dehydration is the most frequent and dangerous complication of acute gastroenteritis which accounts for millions of deaths each year in young children, mostly in developing countries. There remains much to be ...
Anatomical and histological spectra of intracranial meningiomas seen in KNH; a retrospecctive and prospective study
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Introduction: Meningiomas are usually benign. slow-growing tumors. originating from the arachnoid cap cells. They account fix approximately ':2000 of all primary intracranial tumors and they arc the second commonest brain ...