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A Survival Analysis Approach to Determine the Predictors of Time to Hiv Partner Notification in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Introduction: Globally, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has registered the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence with over 50% of seropositive individuals unaware of their HIV status. Assisted Partner Services ...
Prevalence Determination and Trend Analysis of Major Transfusion Transmissible Infections Among Blood Donors in Nairobi Regional Blood Transfusion Centre
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Background: Blood is one of the therapeutic products for terminal ailments and most medical emergencies in hospital situations involve blood transfusion as utmost remedy, however, it has the risk of transfusion-transmissible ...
Systematic Variance Correction Methods for Peptide Microarray Data
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Protein/peptide microarrays are high throughput (HT) methods with the potential of investigating tens to thousands of probes in a single experiment. However, technical variance creates an inevitable challenge for their ...
A five year retrospective study and a six months prospective study of traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
This study was done in two parts.
Part I is a retrospective study from Jan 1995 to December 1999 of patients who were
admitted in Kenyatta National Hospital with traumatic posterior dislocation of the hip.
89 patients ...
Effectiveness of intermitent preventive treatment with sulphadoxinepyrimethamine and insecticide treated nets on the prevention of malaria in pregnancy in non-malarial endemic area
(2010)
Background
Malaria prevention strategies significantly reduced the prevalence of malaria in pregnant
women in several studies done in malaria endemic regions. We assessed the effectiveness
of Intermittent preventive ...
Management of severe head injury at the Kenyatta national hospital critical care unit; Review of practice among critical care Practitioners
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Severe head injury represents a major contributor to patients in the CCU where their care falls under
a multi-disciplinary team requiring immense resource utilization. Currently about 20% of mortality in
the Kenyatta ...
Impact of HIV infection on cervical neoplasia in a peri-urban population in Tigoni, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
BACKGROUND
Cervical cancer is both a preventable and potentially curable disease. It is preventable by vaccination and screening, and curable by treatment at an early stage. The single most important factor that has made ...
Outcomes of controllled ovarian hyperstimulation for assisted reproduction
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)
Background
Infertility affects more than 80 million people worldwide with rates varying from less than 5%
to more than 30% (1). The success ofIVF treatment depends on adequate follicle recruitment
which is achieved ...
Early functional outcome of Operative treatment of displaced Femoral neck fractures in two Kenyan Orthopaedic centres
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Background: Worldwide, the incidence of fracture neck of femur (FNF) has been
projected to increase significantly. FNF increases both morbidity and mortality especially
to the elderly. Locally, majority of these fractures ...