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Emergency contraceptives, knowledge, Attitude and practice at the Kenya Medical Training Centre, Kenyatta
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Background: Use of regular family planning is high in Kenya (33%) as compared to other African countries. Despite this, Kenya still has a high fertility rate (total fertility rate 4.85 per 1000 population), which as a ...
Infant feeding counseling in programmes to prevent mother to child transmission of hiv (PMTCT) in Nairobi, Kenya
(2006)
Background: Infant feeding in the context of HlV poses complex challenges to PMTCT
programsin Sub-Saharan Africa. A 2003 report of the evaluation of UNICEF supported pilot sites
singledout infant feeding counseling as ...
The pattern of CT-Scan findings in black stroke patients as seen at 2 imaging centres in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, CHS, 2006)
Introduction:
Stroke lesions are known to show significant racial and regional variations. Several workers in Africa have found haemorrhagic stroke to make up a much larger proportion of stroke lesions than that reported ...
A prospective randomised controlled study comparing intra-operative and post-operative analgesic efficacy of clonidine with bupivacaine for caudal block in paediatric surgical procedures at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2006)
Caudal analgesia is the most popular and commonly used regional block in
paediatric surgery. It continues to offer a safe and effective intra and postoperative
analgesia for many surgical procedures in the region of the ...
Determination of acute complications of head and neck radiotherapy, their impact on treatment and quality of life
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Radiotherapy is in common use for managing head and neck cancer
(HNC). As much as it has proven benefits, it also has many adverse
side effects. These side effects may lead to treatment interruption
and a deterioration ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of registered nurses on scientific nursing research at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(2006)
Scientific Nursing Research is defined as the systematic process of investigating phenomena
related to nursing with the aim or adding to the nursing body of knov, ledge, to improve practice
and for better health care ...
Premedication in elective adult general surgical patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(2006)
Objective: To evaluate the practice of preoperative premedication in adult
elective general surgical patients in Kenya.
Design: Cross sectional study.
Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital.
Subjects: Seventy five adult ...
Determination of the reliability of Computerised Tomography (CT) for diagnosing intracranial gliomas
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Back ground: Brain imaging was rcvolutioniscd by the introduction of cornputcriscd
tomography (CT) by Hounscfield in 1973. While more novel imaging modalities such as
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single photon ...
The impact of partial kangaroo mother care on growth rates and duration of hospital stay of low birth weight infants In Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
lntrod uction:
Neonatologists Rey and Martinez in Bogota, Colombia introduced kangaroo
mother care in order to cope with the overcrowding, recurrent nosocomial
infections and scarcity of resources in hospitals caring ...
Pattern of firearm injuries seen in patients admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a two-year period, with emphasis on injuries to the maxillofacial region
(2006)
Introduction: The widespread and indiscriminate use of firearms has drawn increasing concern
especially in the past decade, though global data on the impact of these weapons on health remains
scanty. Available data suggest ...