Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Pattern and outcome of spinal injury at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016)Background: Spinal injuries constitute a significant portion of the injuries sustained after trauma and are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Determination of the current burden of spinal injuries in ... -
The Association Between Pitch Conditions and the Incidence of Injury in Rugby
(2015)Background: Environmental conditions have been shown to influence incidence of rugby injuries. Harsh weather conditions and detrimental effect on poor Kenyan rugby pitches create a unique environment for injury exposure. ... -
Pheochromocytoma in pregnancy: Case report
(2016)This is a case presentation of a 32 year old woman with pheochromocytoma diagnosed at 27 weeks of gestation, she was managed till term, induced and had assisted vaginal delivery. The pheochromocytoma was surgically re-sected ... -
The effects of water quality and sanitation on immunocompromised: A case study of people living with HIV/AIDS in Kibera slum, Kenya
(2016)Background: Closer inspection of the spread of HIV/AIDS and its implications on individuals, communities and societies reveals several significant linkages with water and sanitation. In the context of poverty, malnutrition, ... -
Quality of comprehensive emergency obstetric care through the lens of clinical documentation on admission to labour ward
(2016)Background: Clinical documentation gives a chronological order of procedures and activities that a patient is given during their management. Objective: To determine the level of quality of comprehensive emergency obstetric ... -
Occurence of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in subgingival plaque among patients with periodontal disease at the University of Nairobi Dental Hospital
(2016)Objectives: To determine the occurrence of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in patients with periodontal disease using polymerase Chain Reaction. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional ... -
Topical Fluorouracil After Surgery For Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia In Kenya: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2016-06)Background Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is an aggressive eye tumour particularly affecting people with HIV in Africa. Primary treatment is surgical excision; however, tumour recurrence is common. We assessed ... -
Concordant proficiency in measurement of T-cell immunity in human immunodeficiency virus vaccine clinical trials by peripheral blood mononuclear cell and enzyme-linked immunospot assays in laboratories from three continents.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)The gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay is used routinely to evaluate the potency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine candidates and other vaccine candidates. In order to compare ... -
Orbito-Maxillofacial Cutaneous Anthrax
(2015)Background: Cutaneous anthrax is a zoonotic disease that spreads to humans primarily through exposure to infected animals, animal products or spore infested soil. Microbiological identification of cutaneous anthrax may be ... -
Assessment of the Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Novel Vaccine Platforms for HIV-1 Prevention: A Randomized Trial
(2016)Background: A prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine is a global health priority. Objective: To assess a novel vaccine platform as a prophylactic HIV-1 regimen. Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Both ... -
Clinical Features Associated with Group A Rotavirus in Children Presenting with Acute Diarrhoea at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(2016)Background: Worldwide rotavirus (RV) infection is a major cause of diarrhea in children <5 years of age. Continual monitoring of RV prevalence and its associated clinical characteristics is necessary to estimate the burden ... -
Khat use and khat induced oral white lesions among khat and tobacco users at two sites in Kenya
(2015)Abstract Background: Long term chewing of khat is associated with white lesions on the oral mucosa some of which depict histopathological changes. However, due to the limited number of studies in this area, the clinical ... -
Outcomes of Severely Malnourished Children Aged 6 - 59 Months on Outpatient Management Program in Kitui County Hospital, Kenya
(2015)Severe acute malnutrition is a widely prevalent problem in developing countries and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditionally, children with severe acute malnutrition were rehabilitated within inpatient ... -
Adherence of healthcare practitioners to the adolescent reproductive health and development policy at The Garissa Provincial General Hospital, Kenya
(2015)Background: Kenya’s policies relating to population, family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) receive weak/fluctuating levels of adherence. The Adolescent Reproductive Health and Development (ARH&D) policy gives ... -
Common mental disorder in Nyanza province, Kenya in 2013 and its associated risk factors –an assessment of change since 2004, using a repeat household survey in a demographic surveillance site
(2015)Background Repeat household surveys are useful to assess change in prevalence over time, but there have been no repeat surveys of common mental disorder (CMD) in Kenya, or indeed sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore a repeat ... -
Perception of medical professionalism among the surgical community in the University of Nairobi: a mixed method study
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Professionalism defines the relationship between colleagues, patients and the society as a whole. Furthermore, being a social construct, professionalism is sophisticated to be regarded simply as a single ... -
Factors influencing implementation of the nursing process in Naivasha District Hospital, Kenya
(2016)Background: The nursing process (NP) is a framework that is applicable in all clinical settings to provide quality nursing care. Training curricula for nurses and midwives in Kenya have incorporated the NP as a framework ... -
Pregnancy history and current use of contraception among women of reproductive age in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda: analysis of demographic and health survey data
(2016)Objective To examine the relationship between pregnancy history and the use of contraception among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) in East Africa. Methods Demographic and Health Surveys data from Burundi (2010), ... -
Comparison of qualitative and semiquantitative strain elastography in breast lesions for diagnostic accuracy
(2016)Strain elastography can be purely qualitative or semiquantitative using both strain score and strain ratio. The aim of this study was to establish the accuracy of semiquantitative elastography using both strain score and ... -
Clinical nursing and midwifery research: grey literature in African countries.
(2016)This study reviewed grey literature to assess clinical nursing and midwifery research conducted in southern and eastern African countries over the past decade.The shortage of published nursing research from African countries ...