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Perceived parenting behaviour and its relationship to early sexual initiation among adolescents in urban secondary schools in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction: Parents play an important role in shaping their children‟s character and are considered an important determinant in several aspects of their children‟s outcome including initiation of sex. Adolescents in Kenya ... -
Perceived Stress Among Caregivers of Adolescents on Hiv Treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital Comprehensive Care Centre
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Introduction: Studies done to investigate the impact of caring for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected persons on a caregiver have reported that sides physical exhaustion, the psychological well-ing of the ... -
Perception of women with ovarian cancer admitted at Kenyatta national hospital towards health care service utilization.
(University Of Nairobi, 2013-11)Problem statement: Ovarian cancer is the third commonest cause of cancer death from gynecologic tumors in Kenya (Cheserem 2013). Globally ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer among women. It ranks fifth in ... -
Perceptions of nurses and family relatives towards family witnessed resuscitation in critical care units of Kenyatta National Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Background: Resuscitation is the restoration of vital signs by mechanical, physiological and pharmacological means in the event of an abrupt cessation of cardiac activity. Witnessed resuscitation is the process of active ... -
Perceptions, Attitudes, Experience and Key Challenges to Research by Postgraduate Medical Residents in Kenya - a Single Center Study Survey
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Study background: Scientific research experience among doctors during medical education plays a fundamental role in instilling high-quality diagnostic and analytical skills to enhance efficient evidence-based clinical ... -
Percutaneous 17/18-gauge Coaxial Ct Guided Core Needle Biopsies of Lung Nodules and Masses at Kenyatta National Hospital: Diagnostic Yield, Complication Rates and Radiological Pattern of Histologically Proven Primary Lung Cancer Histological Subtypes
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Percutaneous 17/18-gauge coaxial CT guided core needle biopsies of lung nodules and masses at Kenyatta National Hospital: diagnostic yield, complication rates and radiological pattern of histologically proven primary lung ... -
Perforation of the oesophagus: a retrospective study of the aetiological pattern, presentation and management of patients admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi 1981-1987.
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1988)During a 7-year period from January 1981 to December 1987 forty-two patients with perforation of the oesophagus (13 of the upper third, 15 of the middle third and 13 of the lower third) were studied at the Kenyatta ... -
Performance characteristics of loop mediated isothermal amplification (lamp) assay for rapid diagnosis of typhoid infections at city clinics in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background Enteric fever continues to be a major public health burden in Kenya as it is in other developing countries. The current diagnostic options are limited with the recent phasing out of the Widal serological test ... -
Performance Characteristics of the 50 Gram Glucose Challenge Test Compared to the 75 Gram Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Gestational Diabetes Screening at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Introduction: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2015 estimated that, 16.2% of livebirths were complicated with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy(1), 81.5% due to GDM(1). The prevalence of GDM at Kenyatta National ... -
Performance of a modified respiratory index of severity in children (RISC) score to predict poor outcomes in children admitted with lower respiratory tract infections at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Respiratory tract infections including pneumonia are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children under five years of age. A large burden of these cases is in Africa. Clinical prediction scores such ... -
Performance of Public Hospitals in Kenya: the essential role of management
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Most African governments have made commitments to provide universal health coverage as a human right and to reduce inequalities in health outcomes among their citizens. Achieving these goals requires increased ... -
Performance of the cockcroft-gault and modification of diet in renal disease equations compared to 24 hour creatinine clearance in Africans with chronic kidney disease at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009)The worldwide rise in the number of patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure is threatening to reach epidemic proportions over the next decade. The Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is traditionally ... -
Performance of the patient health questionnaire and Edinburgh postnatal depression scale as screening tools for antepartum depression.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Depression during pregnancy or antepartum depression (APD) is a condition of great public health concern with a high prevalence globally and locally. It has also been shown to lead to postpartum depression ... -
Peri operative anaesthetic challenges on live related renal transplant patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)Background The perioperative period is a critical time and impacts on the outcome/ survival of the renal graft. Over half of the patients undergoing kidney transplant surgery have at least one comorbid condition, most ... -
Peri Partum Depression in Africa, a Review of Studies
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Peri-operative Blood Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Resection of the Prostate in Kenyatta National Hospital
(Uon, 2021)Background: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the most performed surgical procedures for Benign Prostate Enlargement (BPE) in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in the urological unit. Even with the slightly ... -
Peri-operative management of patients with carcinoma of the oesophagus at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1991)A descriptive retrospective study was done on 308 patients managed at The Kenyatta National Referral Hospital with a suspected diagnosis of Carcinoma of These patients had been managed during the five year ... -
Perinatal Depression and Maternal-infant Bonding Disorders in Mothers of Full-term Normal Infants
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: The periods during pregnancy and postnatal are known to be vital for the commencement and progression of mother–infant bonding. A mother suffering from depression in the course of any of these stages may have ... -
Perinatal morbidity and mortality among babies born to women attending Antenatal clinic at Naivasha District Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Perinatal mortality, defined as death occurring after 28 weeks gestation up to one week of life, remains the biggest contributor to infant mortality. The magnitude of mortality in Kenya is mostly described ... -
Perinatal morbidity and mortality among babies delivered by caesarean section at Pumwani Maternity Hospital
(2009)Background: The rate of caesarian sections globally has increased significantly in the past 20 years. Significant poor perinatal outcome has been documented in increased rates and World Health Organization has recommended ...