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Risk factors and prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers at Kenvatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2003)
Background: Diabetic foot ulcers contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of patients with diabetes mellitus. The diabetic patients with foot ulcers require long hospitalisation and carry risk of limb ...
Hospital services for patients with acute stroke in the United Kingdom: the Stroke Association Survey of consultant opinion.
(University of Nairobi., 1995-11)
A national postal survey of all UK hospital consultant geriatricians, general physicians and neurologists was performed in 1992/3 in order to describe the provision of hospital stroke services in the United Kingdom and to ...
Migraine headaches in a group of medical students at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi., 1996-09)
A survey was carried out on 711 medical students from both the medical school and the Kenya Medical Training Centre on headaches using a closed ended questionnaire. Six hundred and twenty five (88%) of the students reported ...
The prevalence of HbsAg, antiHBs and anti HBC in patients with AIDS
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Thrombocytopenia in Haart naive HIV infected patients attending the comprehensive care clinic at Kenyatta national hospital
(KMA, 2016-09)
Background: Haematological abnormalities are common in HIV infected patients. Thrombocytopenia has been associated with progression of disease. The presence of thrombocytopenia is significantly associated with decreased ...
Efficacy and tolerability of oral sumatriptan in the treatment of acute migraine
(University of Nairobi., 1995-08)
An open prospective study of the efficacy and tolerability of oral sumatriptan in the treatment of acute migraine attacks at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, is presented. Thirty two patients were initially ...
Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a case report.
(1993)
A 27 year old female with AIDS and disseminated histoplasmosis is presented. The clinical features include fever, weight loss, productive cough, splenomegaly and moderate pallor. The initial working diagnosis was pulmonary ...
Quality of sleep and risk for obstructive sleep apnoea in ambulant individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional, comparative study.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
Sleep disorders are common and associated with multiple metabolic and psychological derangements. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is among the most common sleep disorders and an inter-relationship between ...
Platelet functions in patients with meningococcal meningitis at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2002)
Objective: To determine platelet abnormalities in patients with meningococcal meningitis. Design: Case control study. Subjects: Fifty seven cases of meningococcal meningitis based on a cerebrospinal fluid gram stain for ...
Nephrotoxicity of amphotericin b in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients
(2009)
Objectives: To describe the incidence of renal dysfunction, hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis and on amphotericin B treatment. Secondary objective was to determine all-cause ...