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Further Mortality declines in kenya:
(1998)
There is no doubt the Kenya has experienced rapid mortality decline over the past twenty years. This is especially so regarding infant and child mortality. Infant mortality has declined from an estimated 180 births per ...
Follow up of patients after open heart surgery
(1998-12)
Objective: To determine the patient drop out to postoperative follow up for heart patients at
the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Design setting and participants: The study analysed the postoperative attendance of heart
patients ...
Drug utilization and cost patterns in selected health care facilities in Kenya
(1998)
Purposive sampling in 4 public and private health care facilities in Coast and Nyanza provinces, Kenya was conducted to determine the variations in the duration of hospitalization, number of therapeutic agents used in ...
Colonoscopic findings in Kenyan African patients
(1998)
To determine the types and prevalence of colonic diseases in Kenyan African patients referred for colonoscopy with lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms.
DESIGN:
A cross sectional survey conducted over a two year ...
Trauma deaths outside the hospital: Uncovering the typology in the Kenyan Capital
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
BACKGROUND:
Immediate trauma fatality is not amenable to trauma care and primary prevention is the key. The published profiles of deaths due to trauma differ in different regions. Injury mortality rates are higher in ...
Lupus anticoagulant syndrome: case report.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A twenty seven year old female was referred to our department with deep vein thrombosis, abnormal activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ratio 1:60 and prothrombin time (PT) INR of 3:11. She had history of loss of ...
Assessment of intraindividual variability of coronary flow reserve in angiographically normal coronary arteries in transplant recipients: a study with intracoronary Doppler and intravascular ultrasound
(1998)
The development of transplant coronary artery disease (TxCAD) is the major factor limiting long term survival after heart transplantation (HTx). In addition to the morphologic evaluation of TxCAD by angiography and ...
Preventing abortion and repeat abortion with the Gynefix intrauterine implant system--preliminary results
(University of Nairobi, 1998-06)
The provision of immediate post-abortal contraception is important to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies and the number of repeat abortions. Immediate post-abortal insertion of an IUD has many advantages and is an ...
Systematic analysis of STD control: an operational model.
(University of Nairobi, 1998-07)
BACKGROUND:
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) enhance HIV transmission, and improved management of STD in primary health care decreases HIV incidence. In resource poor countries, those responsible for planning and ...
[Eye involvement in Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). 1996/1997 studies in Paraguay]
(1998)
Last year's pilot study, which examined for the first time a representative group of patients with Chagas disease, showed that in this parasitosis changes in the ocular fundus can be expected in the form of defects of the ...