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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 ...
Effect of post operative Timolol 0.5% on the first day post operative intraocular pressure after uncomplicate small incision cataract surgery
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background:-Raised intraocular pressure is the most common postoperative complication of cataract surgery which is multi factorial .14 In most cases it is transient and return to normal in 95.7% of non glaucomatous patients ...
Evaluation of P-Possum and O-Possum scores in prediction of 30 day mortality rate in patients undergoing resection for Oesophageal cancer
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background
In the last two decades, P- POSSUM has been used for the prediction of post operative mortality rates in general surgery based on certain clinical
parameters. The speciality based O-POSSUM uses, by and large, ...
Prevalence, associated factors and outcome of acute kidney injury among children and adolescents undergoing cardiopulmory bypass surgery in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Acute kidney injury is a serious complication associated with cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. According to the RIFLE system, patients are categorised as being at risk, having injury, and complete failure. The ...
Comparative study of antimicrobial use in HIV infected/exposed and non infected children at Naivasha District Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Antimicrobial use in HIV exposed and infected children aged b~low 5 years is a very frequent occurrence in clinical practice. However, frequent, nnwarranted, and inappropriate use of these drugs has been on the ...
Early functional outcome of distal femoral fractures treated operativeley at Kenyatta National Hospital and P.C.E.A Kikuyu Mission Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
Background: Distal femoral fractures account for 4% to 7% of all femoral fractures': 20,21. They cause considerable morbidity and mortality, especially in the elderly. Locally they occur mainly in the young socio-economically ...