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Delayed presentation of breast cancer patients
(. ;Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1991)Objective: To determine the extent and nature of delayed presentation of patients treated for breast cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Design : Prospective cross sectional study. Setting: Kenyatta National ... -
Delayed presentation of breast cancer patients.
(Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2010)To determine the extent and nature of delayed presentation of patients treated for breast cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Prospective cross sectional study Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) which is a tertiary, ... -
Delayed recovery of adrenocortical and testicular function after chemotherapy of human trypanosomiasis.
(Zoology, University of Nairobi, 1994)The following indicators of pituitary, adreno-cortical and testicular function were measured in 58 male African trypanosomiasis patients from Western Kenya; plasma cortisol, luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone levels. ... -
Delaying Sexual Debut As A Strategy For Reducing Hiv Epidemic In Kenya.
(University of NairobiVeterinary Anatomy and Physiology, 2013-06-17)The study purpose was to determine the association between sexual debut and HIV sero-status, and factors contributing to a positive HIV sero-status. Retrospective cross-sectional data from the Kenya Demographic and Health ... -
Delays in diagnosis, referral and management of head and neck cancer presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2006-04)BACKGROUND: The most important prognostic factor in head and neck cancer is the stage of the disease at presentation. Early cancer has an excellent prognosis following treatment. Unfortunately most patients present ... -
Delays in diagnosis, referral and management of head and neck cancer presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2006)The most important prognostic factor in head and neck cancer is the stage of the disease at presentation. Early cancer has an excellent prognosis following treatment. Unfortunately most patients present with late disease ... -
A Deletion Defining A Common Asian Lineage Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Associates With Immune Subversion.
(University of NairobiInstitute of Tropica and Infectious Diseases(UNITID), 2006-10)Six major lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis appear preferentially transmitted amongst distinct ethnic groups. We identified a deletion affecting Rv1519 in CH, a strain isolated from a large outbreak in Leicester U.K., ... -
Delivering CME in Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1999) -
Delivering Modern Global Health Learning Requires New Obligations and Approaches
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a new look (or modernization) for both the obligations and approaches to achieve best-practices in global health learning. These best-practices have moved beyond traditional, ... -
Delivering post-rape care services: Kenya's experience in developing integrated services.
(WHODepartment of Pathology, University of NairobiLiverpool VCT, Care & Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya.Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, 2009-07)Problem Comprehensive service delivery models for providing post-rape care are largely from resource-rich countries and do not translate easily to resource-limited settings such as Kenya, despite an identified need and ... -
Delivery of paediatric care at the first-referral level in Kenya.
(University of NairobiPaediatrics and child health, 2004-11-30)We aimed to investigate provision of paediatric care in government district hospitals in Kenya. We surveyed 14 first-referral level hospitals from seven of Kenya's eight provinces and obtained data for workload, outcome ... -
Delivery outcomes and patterns of morbidity and mortality for neonatal admissions in five Kenyan hospitals.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A cross-sectional survey was conducted in neonatal and maternity units of five Kenyan district public hospitals. Data for 1 year were obtained: 3999 maternal and 1836 neonatal records plus tallies of maternal deaths, ... -
Delta agent superinfection. Rapidly progressive liver disease in a hepatitis B virus carrier
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1985)Abstract We report a case of rapidly progressive chronic active hepatitis (CAH) following acute delta infection in a previously asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carrier. Serologic evidence of delta superinfection coincided ... -
Delta hepatitis in the Los Angeles area: a report of 126 cases
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1986)Abstract We describe the clinical course in 126 patients with delta hepatitis who have been evaluated in Los Angeles since 1967. In approximately two thirds of all patients, delta infection was associated with chronic ... -
The demand for medical care in Kenya: An application of quantile regression, in Improving Health Policy in Africa
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Dementia in Africa: Current evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In tandem with the ever-increasing aging population in low and middle-income countries, the burden of dementia is rising on the African continent. Dementia prevalence varies from 2.3% to 20.0% and incidence rates are 13.3 ... -
The demise of the Hopewellian moundbuilders: a plausible conjecture
(Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 1975) -
Demographic And Socio-economic Patterns Among New Admissions To Mathari Mental Hospital, Nairobi.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1988-05) -
Demographic characteristics of oral sqamous cell carcinoma as seen in some Nairobi hospitals
(University of NairobiFaculty of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002) -
Demographic characteristics of patients attending for surgical treatment of unerrupted canines
(University of Nairobi.School of Dental Science, 2002)