Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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The Structural Organization And Adrenergic Innervation Of The Hind Limb Arterial System Of Some Selected Artiodactyls; An Illustration Of The Evolutionary And Adaptive Role Of The Cardiovascular System
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Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Binding Of Clostridium Botulinum Neurotoxins Receptors On Synatosomal Membrane Of Rat Brain
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Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003-11)In this single blinded randomised clinical trial, 104 expectant clients were randomised to either receive Misoprostol or Dinoprostone per vaginum for induction of labour. The outcome indicators were amount of drug used, ... -
Acute respiratory infections in rural samia-bugwe county Tororo District, Uganda: knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers, and mortality
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1995-08)A study of 300 mothers who had children aged below five years was carr ied out to descri be their KAP concerning ARI, their heal th seeking behaviour and also describe some risk factors and estimate ARI mortality among ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2004-03)The health care of women encompasses all aspects of medical aspects and therapeutics. The medical needs and concerns vary with a patient's reproductive status, her reproductive potential and her desire to reproduce. ... -
Adolescent fertility: knowledge attitude and practices of out of school adolescents of reproductive health, contraception and their sexual behavior
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1991)This study was based on a sample of 377 never married adolescents (230 males and 147 females) attending Youth Polytechnics in Busia District. This number represented about half the total enrolment in those institutions. ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003-11)Radiotherapy forms the mainstay of management in patients with cancer of the uterine cervix. It has severe adverse effects on the female genital tract leading to psychosexual dysfunction. However, minimal data exists to ... -
Factors associated with body mass index in people living with HIV/AIDS attending Thika district hospital comprehensive care clinic, Kenya
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2009-11)Background: loday despite advanced therapeutic success of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the developed countries, HIV related weight loss still continue to be important co-morbidity in many patients. The ... -
Access to Healthcare by Young People in Thika district (Kenya):Socio-demographic differentials in financial access and the impact on health seeking behaviour
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2007-12)Background: The health problems of adolescents in Africa are associated with socioeconomic conditions characteristic of the region. Adolescents are not adequately accessing and utilizing available health services due to ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003-11)To compare the clinical and histological diagnosis of adnexal masses excised at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The mean age of the patients was 29.5 years with a ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Case Records and Commentaries
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Community perceptions of child displine and its contribitions to child abuse
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 1998-11)A community based cross-sectional study was carried out in a peri-urban slum of Nairobi called Kibera, between August 1997 and November 1997 using both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The study ... -
Case records and long commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2002-02)Norplant is one of the safest hormonal contraceptive methods in use currently. Norplant may be safely used in conditions for which other hormonal contraceptives have been contraindicated. Its use in Kenya has been on the ... -
Economic - social - political aspects of illicit drug use in Kenya
(Department of psychiatry, university of Nairobi, 1997)The issues relating to illicit drug production, trafficking and consumption have been a subject of three major conventions of the United Nations (UN.): the U.N. (1961). Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; later amended ... -
A review of 56 cases of Intracranial Meningioma seen at Kenyatta National Hospital between 1974 and 1979
(University of Nairobi, 1980)62 intracranial meningiomas were operated at the Kenyatta National Hospital Neurosurgical Unit between 1974 and 1979. All except one patient were of African origin. 56 patients whose records were complete are analysed. Their ... -
Gastric motility responses to duodenal stimulation of an in vitro rabbit stomach-duodenum preparation
(Department of Medical physiology, University of Nairobi, 1995)Regulated gastric emptying is necessary for the complete digestion and absorption of intestinal chyme. However, experiments have shown that the extrinsic denervation of stomach and duodenum does not result in a cessation ... -
Gender differentials in tuberculosis case detection in a rural district in Kenya
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1995)Tuberculosis remains a major health problem and it is estimated that each year, between 50 and 100 million people are infected by the tubercle bacillus and of these, 10 - 20 million develop overt disease and 3 million ...
