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Wandering spleen: case report
(2010)
Wandering spleens are rare clinical entities found more commonly in women aged 20-40 years. We report one such case found in a 24-year-old nulliparous woman who presented with low abdominal pains of sudden onset and ...
Intestinal Worm Infections and Nutritional Status of School Children in Nairobi province, Kenya
(2010)
Helminthic infections among children are subtle and insidious constraints on normal physical development. They impact negatively on children's genetic potential growth, with clinical consequences of iron.deficiency anaemia ...
Urolithiasis in Nairobi, Kenya
(2010-10)
Background:
Urolithiasis is an emerging problem in Kenya previously thought to be very rare and in which the use of modern methods of treatment has not been widely practiced
Objective:
To review the presentation and ...
Orthopaedic training in Kenya
(2010-03)
Background: Orthopaedic training in Kenya, like in other East, Central and Southern Africa college of surgeons (COSECSA) countries is varied leading to specialists with varying exposures and competencies. The experience ...
Global Burden of Visual Impairment and Blindness
(2012-05)
Vision loss and age-related eye diseases are major global public health problems. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (hereafter referred to as the GBD Study) was commissioned by the World Bank ...
The role of the company secretary in Corporate Governance in Kenyan listed Companies
(2012)
e role of company secretary has gained momentum in recent years more so in the
responsibility it bears in promoting corporate governance especially in the recent rise in
corporate scandals. This research study was aimed ...
Prevalence and characteristics of articular manifestations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
(2010)
Background: Articular manifestations have been reported in HIV infection with a prevalence ranging from 2.5 to 68%.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence, types and characteristics of articular manifestations in the ...
Synthesis and characterization of highly conductive charge-transfer complexes using positron annihilation spectroscopy.
(2012)
Molecular charge-transfer complexes of the tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) with picric acid (Pi-OH), benzene-1,4-diol (QL), tin(IV) tetrachloride (SnCl(4)), iodine, bromine, and zinc chloride (ZnCl(2)) have been synthesized ...
Contraception knowledge and practice among fistula patients at referral centers in Kenya.
(2012)
OBJECTIVE:
To establish knowledge and practice of contraception among patients presenting with a fistula attending fistula care services at 4 centers in Kenya.
METHODS:
In a descriptive cohort study carried out ...
Implementing locally appropriate guidelines and training to improve care of serious illness in Kenyan hospitals: a story of scaling-up (and down and left and right)
(2011)
Inadequate health systems are now widely recognised as major barriers to improved newborn and child survival and achieving Millennium Development Goal 4 that calls for a two-thirds reduction in under 5 mortality in low-income ...