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Prediction modelling of inpatient neonatal mortality in high-mortality settings.
(BMJ, 2020)
Objective: Prognostic models aid clinical decision making and evaluation of hospital performance. Existing neonatal prognostic models typically use physiological measures that are often not available, such as pulse oximetry ...
An Audit of Dorsal Morphology of 30 Adult-Paired Cadaveric Calcaneal Specimen – An Osteological Study
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background: The calcaneus exhibits variations of
articular facets and calcaneal sulcus width. These
variations influence occurrence of osteoarthritic
conditions, which have significant prevalence in our
setting, ...
Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Africa is the world's most genetically diverse, second largest, and second most populous continent, with over one billion people distributed across 54 countries. With a 23% lifetime risk of stroke, Africa has some of the ...
Chewable Antacid Tablets: Are Disintegration Tests Relevant?
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
A recently published FDA guidance on chewable tablets has addressed the quality attributes of this class of dosage forms. This study evaluated disintegration as a quality attribute for a number of commercially available ...
Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: A case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background
Maternal and Child health remains at the core of global health priorities transcending the Millennium Development Goals into the current era of Sustainable Development Goals. Most low and middle-income countries ...
Gender Differences in the Pattern of Socio-Demographics Relevant to Metabolic Syndrome Among Kenyan Adults with Central Obesity at a Mission Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a risk factor for cardiovascular-related morbidity and mortality. Although the risk factors for MetS are well documented, differences in gender-based demographics ...
Bioprospecting Staphylococcus Phages with Therapeutic and Bio-Control Potential.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious threat to the public health. This is also true for Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococci. Staphylococcus phages Stab20, Stab21, Stab22, and Stab23, were ...
Unusually Low Arcuate Artery in a Kenyan Cadaver
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-02-07)
The arcuate artery is one of the two major branches of the dorsalis pedis artery that supply the dorsum of the foot including interdigital spaces. The artery’s origin varies but in almost all cases it branches in the ...
A case report on an unusual elongation of the Sustentaculum tali
(Anatomy Journal of Africa, 2020-04-05)
The sustentaculum tali, as a horizontal shelf of the calcaneus serves as an attachment point for the
ligamentous support of the foot. Any variations on it has therefore been linked to instability factors of
the ankle ...
Management of Maxillofacial Osteosarcomas in Kenya
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-01)
Background: Though not common, maxillofacial osteosarcomas present a unique challenge in management due to a multitude of factors, such as difficulty in diagnosis and local complex anatomy, making surgical excision difficult ...