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Incidence of Post Dural puncture headache in elective cesarean section patients following spinal anesthesia at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009-05)
Title
Incidence of PDPH in elective cesarean section patients undergoing spinal
anesthesia at KNH.
Background
Post dural puncture headache (PDPH) is an iatrogenic complication of
neuraxial anesthesia and results from ...
Factors influencing Glycemic control of adolescents (10 -19 years) with type 1 diabetes mellitus attending Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009-10)
Background:
Diabetes is a worldwide silent epidemic that claims as many lives each year as Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS). Much attention is focused on infectious diseases
such as malaria, tuberculosis and ...
Prevalence of HIV infection in patients with head and neck abscess and their bacteriology pattern at KNH
(2013-06-10)
Introduction: Head and neck space infection continue to be reported despite the availability of modern antibiotics. The HIV epidemic has brought new challenges in the diagnosis and management of most infective conditions ...
The level and pattern of anti-tuberculous drug resistance at the Kenyatta national hospital
(2007)
ABSTRACT
Background The Kenyatta National Hospital continues to receive an increasing number of
patients who have been diagnosed to have tuberculosis (pulmonary and extra pulmonary) as
reflected by the number of new ...
Corrected QT interval in patients with epilepsy attending Kenyatta National Hospital and the Kenya association for the welfare of people with epilepsy clinics in Nairobi
(2013-06-10)
Background: Patients with epilepsy have a mortality rate two to three times that of the
general population. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)is a
major cause in studies of mortality in epilepsy. SUDEP is defined ...
A survey of legionella pneumophila among pneumonia patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2008-06)
legionellae has a worldwide distribution though the actual statistics especially in the
tropics has not been established. In human history, numerous infectious diseases have
emerged and re-emerged. Understanding the ...