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Magnitude and pattern of eye diseases in Korogocho slum, Nairobi AUTHORS
(2007-08)
Objective: To estimate the magnitude and pattern of eye diseases in residents of
Korogocho slum Nairobi.
Design: Community based survey
Setting: Korogocho slum Nairobi, Kenya; July and August 2002
Results: One thousand ...
Open simple prostatectomy and blood transfusion in Nairobi
(2007-09)
BACKGROUND:
Open simple prostatectomy has long been associated with large blood losses; hence allogeneic blood transfusion in this procedure is a standard practice world over. A review of literature suggests significant ...
Delays in diagnosis, referral and management of head and neck cancer presenting at Kenyatta National Hospital, 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 ...
Distant metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2001-12)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the frequency and site of distant infraclavicular metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), the stage of the primary tumour at presentation of metastasis and the histological trends. To ...
Risk of conjunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2008-09)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the utilisation rate of design specific eye protection by surgeons and to assess the risk of conjunctival contamination with blood splashes during surgery.
DESIGN:
Cross sectional, ...
Warfarin-related bleeding following open heart surgery in Nairobi
(2001-03)
OBJECTIVES:
To review anticoagulant-related bleeding in heart valve patients on warfarin at the Kenyatta National Hospital and to determine the variables associated with anticoagulant-related bleeding.
DESIGN:
A ...
Post-infarction ventricular septal defect in Nairobi: case report.
(2005-12)
Post infarction ventricular septal defect results from perforation of the ventricular septum secondary to ischaemic injury following myocardial infarction. Ischaemic heart disease till recently was thought to be an uncommon ...
Follow up of oesophageal cancer therapy at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2001-12)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the pattern of follow-up for oesophageal cancer patients following hospital discharge and reviewing followup results of the different treatment modalities with emphasis on oesophagectomies.
DESIGN: ...
Frequency of adenotonsillectomy in some Nairobi hospitals
(2001-07)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the frequency of adenotonsillectomy in a sample of Kenyan hospitals and to review indications, timing and complications in 97 cases of adenotonsillectomy done by the authors.
DESIGN: ...
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(2001-10)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the thirty-day mortality of open-heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi from June 1973 to October 2000 and; to look at likely variables related to mortality.
DESIGN:
A ...