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Traumatic Experiences of Kenyan Secondry School Students
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2007)Background: There is no information on the socio-demographic variations and determinants of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Kenyan adolescents. Objectives: To describe the traumatic experiences of ... -
Traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behavior in relation to injury among University of Nairobi students in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and types of injuries in relation to traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behaviors among university students in Kenya. METHOD: A ... -
Traumatic fistula resulting from sexual violence: a case study in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2011-10-21)Gender-based violence is any violence that exploits distinctions between individuals of different sexes. Sexual violence in the form of rape or mass rape is traumatic for the victim but can have significant physical ... -
Traumatic grief in Kenyan bereaved parents following the Kyanguli School fire tragedy
(1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi,2 African Medical Research Foundation, 2004-02)Following the death of 67 boys in a fire tragedy at Kyanguli School in rural Kenya, the level of traumatic grief was assessed in a sample of 164 parents and guardians whose sons died in the fire. The study was cross-sectional. ... -
Traumatic near amputation secondary to hippopotamus attack: lessons for surgeons.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)A 34-y-old man presented to Naivasha District Hospital (NDH) in Naivasha Town, Kenya, with near-complete below-knee amputation and hemorrhage after a hippopotamus attack. Residents from the University of Washington (UW), ... -
Traumatic pneumatoceles of the lung. apropos of a case.
(Department of Human Pathology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)Pneumatocele, a special form of lung injury, is characterized by intrathoracic images of cavities detected on X-ray films. These cavities develop immediately after a trauma of the thorax, disappear rapidly and have a ... -
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Treatable factors associated with severe anaemia in adults admitted to medical wards in Blantyre, Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2005-08)Severe anaemia is a common presentation in non-pregnant adults admitted to hospital in southern Africa. Standard syndromic treatment based on data from the pre-HIV era is for iron deficiency, worms and malaria. We prospectively ... -
Treating bleeding peptic ulcer with sustained achlorhydria
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)A controlled randomized study and a subsequent prospective therapeutic trial have demonstrated the efficacy of an intensive therapy comprising hourly intravenous injections of 100 mg of cimetidine along with a continuous ... -
Treating chancroid with enoxacin
(Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, 1988)Increasing resistance of Haemophilus ducreyi to antimicrobials necessitates further trials of new antimicrobial agents for treating chancroid. Enoxacin has excellent in vitro activity against H ducreyi, and a randomised ... -
Treatment and Outcome of Herniated intervertebral Disk in A Referral Hospital in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, 2009)Background: Prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disk (PID) disease can be managed conservatively or surgically with different outcomes. Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the management and outcomes of slipped ... -
Treatment and prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
(1994)Malaria is the most prevalent and devastating public health problem in Africa despite much research and control effort over the last two decades. In most parts of Africa, individuals should take 200 mg of Proguanil daily ... -
Treatment compliance among psychiatric outpatients in Kenya.
(Department of Psychiatry, College of Health Science, University of Nairobi., 1987-03)One hundred psychiatric outpatients discharged from mental hospital in Kenya were studied to estimate the treatment compliance after 3 months. The relatives and patients were interviewed separately to assess treatment ... -
Treatment interruption among head and neck cancer patients undergoing radical radiotherapy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi., 2009-12)Objective: To determine the incidence of treatment interruption among head and neck cancer patients undergoing radical radiotherapy. Design: Prospective study Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi. Subjects: ... -
The treatment of ankylostomiasis
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Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia at Mater Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Surgery, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of medical therapy in the management of patients with mild, moderate and severe symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Private urology clinic ... -
Treatment of Burkitt lymphoma in equatorial Africa using a simple three-drug combination followed by a salvage regimen for patients with persistent or recurrent disease.
(Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., 2012-09)Prior to the introduction of the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR) protocol INCTR 03-06, survival of patients with Burkitt lymphoma at four tertiary care centres in equatorial Africa was ... -
Treatment Of Cervicitis Is Associated With Decreased Cervical Shedding Of Hiv-1. AIDS
(School of medicine, 2001-01-05)OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cervical mucosal shedding of HIV-1 RNA and HIV-1 infected cells decreases following successful treatment of cervicitis. DESIGN: Prospective interventional study. SETTING: Sexually Transmitted ... -
Treatment of Chacroid with a 5-day Low Dose Erythromycin Regimen.
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Treatment of chancroid by clavulanic acid with amoxycillin in patients with beta-lactamase-positive Haemophilus ducreyi infection.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medicine, 1982-09)Multiresistant strains of Haemophilus ducreyi, the aetiological agent of chancroid, are prevalent in Nairobi, Kenya, where tetracyclines and sulphonamides are no longer very effective in the treatment of chancroid. The ...
