| dc.contributor.author | Mureithi, Christopher Jobs Muchiri | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T10:03:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T10:03:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Masters of Medicine | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24800 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 70 adult patients presenting with pleural effusions
at Kenyatta National Hospital, and Infectious Diseases
Hospital, Tuberculosis Unit (KNH,IDH) adult service were
studied and their findings are discussed. The commonest
cause of pleural effusion was tuberculous infection.
Congestive cardiac failure, malignant disease, empyema,
renal disease and liver cirrhosis ,were the other causes.
Few complications were encountered following pleural
biopsy using Abram's needle. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Pleural Effusions In Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi - Prospective Study | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
