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Infection Control And Prevention Practices In Public Maternity Units In Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2005)
Study objective was to establish the status of infection control and prevention
practices in maternity units within public hospitals in Nairobi, Kiambu and Thika
districts of Kenya.
Study design was descriptive ...
Case records and commentaries in obstetrics and gynaecology
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The prevalence of epilepsy in a malaria endemic region of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disorder and is one of the world's
most prevalent non-communicable disorders. Studies examining the epidemiology of
epilepsy in the developing world are scarce. In Africa ...
Conjuctival normal flora among kenyans
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
SUMMARY
Background: The most dreaded complication of intraocular surgery is endophthalmitis an
ophthalmic emergency and the commonest organisms responsible for this infection are
Staphylococcus sp. and Streptococcus sp. ...
A Study to determine the incidence of chemotherapy - related tumour Lysis Syndrome at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Tumour Lysis Syndrome (TLS) is a common occurrence following cancer
treatment. It affects the treatment of both haematological and nonhaematological
tumours with a biochemical incidence of 42% among the acute
leukemias ...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among The Heads Of Households Of Ethnic Clashes Survivors In The Rift Valley Province, Kenya: A Comparative Study
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
The Rift Valley Province, the largest of Kenya's eight provinces,
and which runs along the Great Rift Valley from the Kenya-Ethiopian border in the north
to the Kenya-Tanzania border in the south, was before colonialism ...
The prevalence and pattern of irritable bowel syndrome among Nairobi University workers
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
INTRODUCTION;
IrritableBowel Syndrome is a prevalent functional bowel disease in the west.
In Africa less research has been done on the subject and in Kenya only one
studyhas been done on IBS.
OBJECTIVES;
To determine ...
Pattern of scrotal disease as seen at ultrasonography at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2005-07)
Objective; To determine the pattern of scrotal disease among male
patients presenting for scrotal ultrasonography at DDR and US
department KNH.
Method; A cross sectional descriptive study was done. A total of 138
patients ...
Occurrence and management of Keloids in surgical patients seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2005)
INTRODUCTION
This is a hospital based descriptive prospective study aimed at determining
the pattern, management and complications following treatment of patients
seenwith keloids at Kenyatta National Hospital's Plastic ...
The prevalence of acute pancreatitis in HIV positive medical in-patients presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with acute upper abdominal pain
(University of Nairobi, 2005-09)
Background: AP is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas with variable involvement
of remote organ systems. There are various theories put forward to explain the
pathogenesisof acute pancreatitis, which remains ...