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Adolescent fertility: knowledge attitude and practices of out of school adolescents of reproductive health, contraception and their sexual behavior
(1991)
This study was based on a sample of 377 never
married adolescents (230 males and 147 females) attending
Youth Polytechnics in Busia District. This number
represented about half the total enrolment in those
institutions. ...
Case records and commentaries
(University of Nairobi, 1992-11)
The grand multiparous patient has almost dissappeared in the
developed countries due to the advancement in family planning. In
our country grand multiparity and its associated problems still exist.
This study was based ...
The clinical predictors of acute lower respiratory infections and oxygen desaturation in young children
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Two hundred and eighty children aged between 7 days to 36
months with a history of a cough less than 7 days duration were
examined for the presence of acute lower respiratory Infections
(ALRI) and oxygen desaturation. ...
Case records and commentaries for the examination of mastership of medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology
(University of Nairobi, 1990-04)
The Government of Kenya has incorporated antenatal care into
care for some years now. While regular evaluation
services is essential, this has not been quite adequately
partly because antenatal data collection" system ...
A comparative study on efficacy, tolerability, and some metabolic side-effects of propranolol and hydroflumethiazide in adult African patients with mild to moderate hypertension
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
A prospective study to compare propranolol monotherapy and hydroflumenthiazide
monotherapy in adult African patients with essential mild to moderate hypertension was
carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital. 60 men and ...
Complications of vascular access in patients- undergoing haemodialysis at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Between July, 1990 and February, 1991, a total of thirty seven (37) patients
on intermittent. haemodialysis were studied for vascular access complications and
difficulties. Twenty-three (62.0%) wet e males and Ioui teeu ...
Bone tumour diagnosis; a comparison of roentgenography and histopathology in the diagnosis of bone tumours: a study at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,, 1995-07)
Bone tumours can either be primary or secondary. The secondary bone tumors are
malignant deposits from other tissues. Primary bone tumours are either benign or malignant.
This study was done to determine what percentage ...
The pattern of emergency laparotomies in the division of surgery at Kenya-tta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1991-04)
371 patients' files for patients who had undergone emergency
laparotomy in the division of surgery Kenyatta National
Hospital between 1st July 1989 and 30th June 1990 were reviewed
to determine the pattern of indications ...
The clinical pattern and factors that influence the short term outcome of upper gastrointestinal bleeding at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
A prospective study is reported of 97 consecutive patients admitted
to the Kenyatta National Hospital due to upper gastrointestinal
haemorrhage. A positive endoscopic diagnosis was made in 90 (93%)
cases. Three major ...