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Symptom screen: diagnostic usefulness in detecting pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya
(University of NairobiDiagnosting imaging and radiation medicine, 2011-12)Objective: To determine the diagnostic usefulness of tuberculosis (TB) symptom screening to detect active pulmonary TB among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected pregnant women in two PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child ... -
System and Process Factors That Contribute to Insulin Related Medication Errors in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients in Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Introduction Insulin provides the greatest flexibility in the management of diabetes in hospital settings. It is categorized as a high risk medicine because of its low therapeutic index. Insulin medication errors can ... -
A Systematic Evaluation of Regulations for Radiopharmacy Practice in Kenya in Comparison to International Guidelines
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: Radiopharmacy is a branch of nuclear medicine that involves the preparation and dispensing of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic, therapeutic or research applications. It combines the skills involved in ... -
A systematic review of neonatal treatment intensity scores and their potential application in low-resource setting hospitals for predicting mortality, morbidity and estimating resource use.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Treatment intensity scores can predict mortality and estimate resource use. They may therefore be of interest for essential neonatal care in low resource settings where neonatal mortality remains high. We ... -
Systematic Variance Correction Methods for Peptide Microarray Data
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Protein/peptide microarrays are high throughput (HT) methods with the potential of investigating tens to thousands of probes in a single experiment. However, technical variance creates an inevitable challenge for their ... -
A Teachers’ Perspective of School-based Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Girls in Kitui County: Knowledge, Acceptability, Facilitators, Barriers & Opportunities
(University of Narobi, 2014)Background Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Two effective Human papillomavirus vaccines are available as means of preventing the disease. ... -
Technological Dynamics In Nursing And Their Challenges On Nurse Practicing Skills In Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Title -Technological dynamics in nursing and their challenges on nurse practicing skills in Kenyatta national hospital. Background- Technological trends in nursing have affected the practice of nursing and have brought ... -
The Ten Day rule and Its Implementation at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Of all sources of ionising radiation, medical radiation contributes the greatest amount of man made radiation. With the discovery of X-rays in 1895 (publicly announced in the press, January 4th, 1896) by Professor ... -
The Ten Day Rule and its implementation at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1983)A prospective study was carried out at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) between June 1987 and September 1988 to look at some aspects of obstructive jaundice in patients above 12 years of age. Screening for cases was done ... -
A ten year retrospective study on encephaloceles as seen and managed at Kenyatta National Hospital (January 1992-December 2001)
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2002-11)This is a retrospective study of patients with cranial encephaloceles seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital over a period of ten years from 1st January 1992 to 31st December 2001. Eighty-nine patients with cranial ... -
A ten year retrospective study on therapeutic management and clinical outcomes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia among children at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(clinical pharmacy, University of Nairobi, 2012)In the past three decades, leukemias were considered rare hematological cancers because cases were sporadic and in places like Africa, where data were lacking, were even considered nonexistent. Of all types of Leukemia, ... -
A ten year review of the mortality among tetanus patients admitted to the intensive care unit at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1991)A ten year retrospective study, running from 1980 to 1989; both years included, was undertaken at the Kenyatta National Hospital (K.N.H). This study was undertaken to find the mortality and assess the management of the ... -
Terrorist bomb explosion in Nairobi Kenya 7th August 1998. an analysis of soft tissue and other injuries sustained and their management
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Medicine, 2002)Terrorist bombings are ugly acts of the modern world that are usually politically motivated. The explosives used range from home made devices to conventional explosives such as grenades and bombs, with materials such as ... -
Test Performance of Cervical Spine Radiography as Compared to Computed Tomography in Diagnosing Traumatic Cervical Spine Injuries In adults With Head Injury at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background:Cervical spine injuries pose a significant challenge in resource-limited settings, particularly in Africa, due to their high mortality and morbidity rates. Different regions of the world have different approaches ... -
Testicular cancer. A retrospective study of cases seen and recorded in Kenyatta national hospital 1983 – 1997 (15 year period).
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Testicular tumours in Kenyatta national hospital.
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Therapeutic management of breast cancer patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiDepartment of Pharmacy, 2009-11)Background: The incidence of breast cancer (BC) has been reported to be lower in resource poor regions, with patients generally presenting with late stage disease at diagnosis. These patients have poorer prognosis. It is ...