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Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 2013-09)AIMS: Contrary to elderly patients with ischaemic-related acute heart failure (AHF) typically enrolled in North American and European registries, patients enrolled in the sub-Saharan Africa Survey of Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) ... -
Reappraisal of the dimensions of the diaphragma sellae
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 2012){ Morphometric dimensions of diaghragma sellae influence the extent of instrumentation and tumour exposure in the hypophyseal fossa, and the degree of compression of visual fibres from an expanding pituitary tumor. The ... -
Reappraisal Of The Structure Of Arterial Tunica Adventitia And Its Involvement In Atherosclerosis
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Tunica adventitia was previously considered an inert fibrous layer only involved in nutritional and physical support of the arterial wall. Recent studies reveal that it is an important dynamic layer actively involved in ... -
A Reasoned Action Model of Male Client Involvement in Commercial Sex Work in Kibera, A Large Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(2014)A Reasoned Action Model of Male Client Involvement in Commercial Sex Work in Kibera, A Large Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya Eric Abella Roth, Elizabeth Ngugi, Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson, and Helga ... -
Reasoning and deciding PMTCT-adherence during pregnancy among women living with HIV in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics, 2011-08)This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women ... -
Reasons for Change of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Drugs: Local Experience
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) reduces morbidity and mortality in HIV/AIDS infected patients. HAART is used indefinitely and the regimens are changed over the course of treatment due to resistance, ... -
Reasons for ineligibility in phase 1 and 2A HIV vaccine clinical trials at Kenya Aids vaccine initiative (KAVI), Kenya
(2011)With the persistent challenges towards controlling the HIV epidemic, there is an ongoing need for research into HIV vaccines and drugs. Sub-Saharan African countries--worst affected by the HIV pandemic--have participated ... -
Reasons for Ineligibility in Phase 1 and 2A HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials at Kenya Aids Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Kenya
(1/21/2011)Background: With the persistent challenges towards controlling the HIV epidemic, there is an ongoing need for research into HIV vaccines and drugs. Sub-Saharan African countries - worst affected by the HIV pandemic - have ... -
Reasons for Ineligibility in phase 1 and 2A HIV Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Kenya
(School of nursing science, University of Nairobi, 2011)With the persistent challenges towards controlling the HIV epidemic, there is an ongoing need for research into HIV vaccines and drugs. Sub-Saharan African countries - worst affected by the HIV pandemic - have participated ... -
Reasons for Non-use of Contraception by Post-abortion Women at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi,Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,, 1998) -
The reasons for the epilepsy treatment gap in Kilifi, Kenya: using formative research to identify interventions to improve adherence to antiepileptic drugs
(2012)Many people with epilepsy (PWE) in resource-poor countries do not receive appropriate treatment, a phenomenon referred to as the epilepsy treatment gap (ETG). We conducted a qualitative study to explore the reasons for ... -
Reasons for the non-use of contraception by Post-abortion women at Kenyatta National hospital. J. Obst. Gyn East. Central. Afr. 1999: 14, 89-96 Citation:
(University of Nairobi, 1999)No abstract available -
Reasons to study dentistry: present attitudes and career goals among university of Nairobi dental students.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Dental Science, 2003-11) -
Reasons underlying failure to seek dental treatment among Nairobi University students
(Faculty of Dental Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1996-05)A survey of 272 University of Nairobi undergraduate students was undertaken to assess their dental chairside experience and what reasons they gave for failing to seek dental treatment. Most respondents considered dental ... -
Reasons underlying patients' decisions to change oral health care providers
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2004) -
Rebound tenderness in the clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
(Department of surgery, University of Nairobi, 1995-08) -
Recent Development In The Management Of Opportunistic Infections In AIDS.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1996)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Recent Developments in Rationally Designed Multitarget Antiprotozoan Agents
(2013)Protozoan infections are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among parasitic infections of humans, accounting for approximately 800 thousand mortalities and a loss of more than 30 million disability-adjusted life ...