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Assessing Health Literacy in Promotion of Self-management Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Attending Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health problem with a prevalence of 11 to 14% globally. CKD progresses slowly, causing a reduction in the renal function. The patient needs to adopt effective self-management strategies ...
Utility of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background: Intensive diabetes therapy goal is to avert diabetes related complications, improve quality of life and reduce health cost burden. Local diabetic population have poor glycemic control with at least one diabetes ...
Factors Associated With Time Taken From Histologic Diagnosis to Initiation of Radiotherapy in Women With Cervical Cancer at the Kenyatta National Hospital;Cross-sectional Study
(Uon, 2021)
Background: Cervical cancer is the second most diagnosed cancers of women after breastcancer. Time taken from histological diagnosis to initiation of radiotherapy is considered as a measure of the quality of care. However, ...
Assessment of the Effects of Use of Good Agricultural Practices on Irish Potato Production and Marketing in Kenya
(Uon, 2021)
The current trends of Irish potato production in Kenya are characterised by low yields that do not meet the increasing demand, especially in urban areas. This condition has been aggravated by using basic farming techniques, ...
Analgesic Activity, Acute Oral Toxicity and Phytochemical Screening of Crude Extracts of Mystroxylon Aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. (Celastraceae.)
(Uon, 2021)
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage. Analgesics i.e. Opioids and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) used ...
Prevalence and Factors That Affect Transition From Paediatric to Adult Services Among Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease in Webuye County Hospital
(Uon, 2021)
Background: New advances in medicine in the last thirty years have made it possible for children with sickle cell disease to live past their childhood period. Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are now surviving well ...
Assessment of Voice Handicap in Total Laryngectomy Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Uon, 2021)
Background
Surgical treatment for advanced laryngeal cancer entails total laryngectomy and an initial loss of voice. This has an expected negative impact on quality of life as patients lose their main mode of communicat ...
Formulation Development and Evaluation of Loperamide Solid Dispersions
(Uon, 2021)
Background
Loperamide is classified as an essential drug in both the 2019 World Health Organization and Kenya essential medicines lists. It is an opioid mu receptor agonist used in the control and relief of acute non-specific ...
Factors Associated With Delay in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Cancer at Two Referral Centres in Nairobi
(Uon, 2021)
Background: Most patients seen at the University of Nairobi Dental hospital and Kenyatta National hospital present with advanced stage of cancer. There is also a considerable number that visit early enough but do not get ...
Peri-operative Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Kenyatta National Hospital
(Uon, 2021)
Background: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the most performed surgical procedures for Benign Prostate Enlargement (BPE) in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in the urological unit. Even with the slightly ...