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Orthopaedic aspects of sickle-cell disease at Kenyatta National hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1991-04)A retrospective study of 100 patients with orthopaedic aspects of sickle-cell disease was carried out. Males and females were almost equally affected in a ratio of 1.3: 1.2. A half of the patients (50%) were below 5 ... -
Orthopaedic aspects of sickle-cell disease at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1991)A retrospective study of 100 patients with orthopaedic aspects of sickle-cell disease was carried out. Males and females were almost equally affected in a ratio of 1.3:1.2. A half of the patients (50%) were below 5 years ... -
Osteosacroma At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1980) -
‘our elephants, our neighbours’: a documentary film on the elephant-human relation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)This film, Our Elephants, Our Neighbours‘, came out of a question that is posed on a hill top in Tsavo West National Park, Would you take a bullet for a Jumbo?‗ The film is an attempt to address the social problem of the ... -
Out migrants from Siaya district: Kenya volume and destination
(University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Out-of-pocket health expenditures and household poverty: evidence from kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Background: Out-of-pocket health expenditures leave households exposed to the risk of financial catastrophe and poverty, whenever they entail significant dissaving, borrowing or the sale of key household assets. However, ... -
Outcome of age related cataract surgery at Lighthouse for Christ Eye Centre, Mombasa
(University Of Nairobi, 2014)Objective: To establish the outcome of age related cataract surgery at Mombasa Light House for Christ Eye Centre, from 1st January 2009 to 31st Dec 2011. Methods: This was a retrospective hospital based case series ... -
Outcome of Age Related Cataract Surgery at Mbingo Baptist Hospital Eye Unit, North West Region, Cameroon
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Objective: The overall objective was to assess the outcome of age related cataract surgery at Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Eye Unit, North West Region, Cameroon from the 1st January 2014 till 31st of December 2014 Methods: ... -
The outcome of babies born from pre-eclamptic and eclamptic pregnancies at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1981)This dissertation presents results of a retrospective Study of 156 pre-eclamptic and eclamptic pregnancies at the obstetric unit of Kenyatta National Hospital during a two year period from 1980 to 1981. There were 167 ... -
The outcome of cataract surgery: Extracapsular versus intracapsular cataract extraction for senile cataracts
(University of NairobiDepartment of Ophthalmology, 1991) -
Outcome of childhood cataract surgery as seen at KNH
(Department of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2006)Background: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in children in East Africa. The outcome of surgery is poor, partly because of the inadequate correction of aphakia and also the loss to follow up in patients who ... -
Outcome of childhood cataract surgery at Sabatia eye hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: - Cataract is the most common cause of blindness in children in the developing countries. It is largely reversible and is one of the main targets for treatment in the WHO elimination of preventable blinding ... -
The outcome of chronic subdural haematoma
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2008)Objective: To determine the outcome of chronic subdural haematoma. Study design: Descriptive prospective observational study. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital. This is tertiary referral hospital in the country and ... -
Outcome Of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Surgery In Two Teaching Hospitals In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Background Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is among the most common childhood infections. CSOM is the main cause of hearing loss among children in developing countries including Kenya. Operation Ear drop (OED) ... -
Outcome of compression therapy as an adjunct versus standard treatment in the management of limb cellulitis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background: Cellulitis is a common condition causing significant morbidity. Treatment is mainly by use of antibiotics, limb elevation and analgesics. Compression therapy is not used routinely in management of cellulitis ... -
Outcome Of Conservative Management Of Distal Radial Fractures In Adults As Seen At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background: Fractures of the distal radius are quite common accounting for around one sixth of all fractures seen in the emergency department in the USA. Locally, data on the prevalence of these fractures is scarce. Due ... -
The outcome of conservative management of tibial shaft fractures in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2011)INTRODUCTION Tibial shaft fractures are the most common long bone fractures encountered all over the world, motor vehicles accident being the most common single cause. Closed reduction and cast immobilization has been ... -
Outcome of Covid-19- Infection in Patients Aged 0-12 Years at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: -COVID-19 has caused mortality among the 3,154 children and became the 3rd leading cause of death globally. It’s caused by different strains of SARs-Cov-2-viruses that include omicron which is the novel type. ... -
Outcome of drug management of patients with aids-related Kaposi's Sarcoma in a referral hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health Pharmacology, 2007)Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common malignant complication in patients suffering from human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection. It was recognized in 1994, that the tumour was caused by infection with a human ... -
Outcome of foam versus gauze dressing in negative pressure wound therapy for the management of acute traumatic wounds with soft tissue loss at Kenyatta national hospital.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013)Background: Wounds have provided a challenge to the clinicians for centuries and this scenario persists to the 21st century. Negativepressure wound therapy (NPWT) is one of the latest additions in wound management. It ...