Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Mucociliary Clearance Time in Patients with and without Rhinitis.
(2014)Background: Rhinitis may be allergic or non allergic. Allergic rhinitis, intermittent or persistent is the most common type of rhinitis, affecting approximately 20% of the population while nonallergic rhinitis affects ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in First Aid Management of Epistaxis by Accident and Emergency Clinical Staff at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(2014)Background: Epistaxis is one of the commonest emergencies in Accident & Emergency and Ear, Nose & Throat departments. A vast majority of these patients settle with simple standard first aid measures. The aim of this study ... -
Tibialization of the fibula in a child with chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia: a case report
(2013)A case of a ten year old patient on treatment for chronic osteomyelitis of the right tibia is presented. After undergoing multiple sessions of debridement and sequestrectomy, first at a district hospital then at Kenyatta ... -
Proximal row carpectomy in a 23 year old female with kienböck’s disease: a case report
(2013)Kienböck’s disease is a rare disorder of the lunate bone resulting from vascular compromise to the bone. We describe a 23 year old female with a 6 year history of non traumatic left wrist pain and swelling. Radiography and ... -
Experience with treatment of clavicle fractures at an African tertiary referral hospital
(2013)Background: Clavicle fractures are common with the middle third being most frequently involved. Treatment of displaced fractures is controversial with both non-operative and operative management being advocated ... -
Current approaches to prevention of venous thromboembolism following major orthopaedic surgery: a review of recommendations by international guidelines
(2014)Objectives: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality amongst patients who undergo major orthopaedic surgical procedures. The perioperative use of thromboprophylactic agents with or ... -
MRI evaluation of patients with shoulder pain at three imaging Centres in Nairobi
(2014)Background: Shoulder pain is a common reason for visiting a physician. It is the third most common cause of musculoskeletal complaint after low back pain and cervical pain in the USA. No data is available on MRI findings ... -
Venous thromboembolism in orthopaedics
(2014)Over the past decade venous thromboembolism has become a topic of growing interest for the orthopaedic surgeon as a preventable disease which contributes to morbidity and mortality among hospitalised patients especially ... -
Comparative Study on the Efficacy of Two Regimens of Single-Shot Spinal Block for Pain Relief in Women Presenting in Established Labour
(KMA, 2013)Background: Most women experience moderate to severe pain during labour and delivery, often requiring some form of pharmacologic analgesia. The lack of proper psychological preparation combined with fear and anxiety can ... -
Left Ventricular Inflow Obstruction by Giant Atrial Septal Aneurysm in a Neonate with Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome: Case Report
(KMA, 2013)Atrial septal aneurysm remains a rare congenital cardiac malformation. In the neonatal age group it can occur as an isolated cardiac malformation or in association with complex hypoplastic cardiac malformations of the right ... -
Global disparity in childhood dental caries: Is there a remedy?
(KMA, 2013)Objective: To determine risk factors associated with childhood caries, their association with the widening childhood caries gap between developed and less developed nations and proposition on how the gap could be bridged. Data ... -
Parents’ and healthcare providers perspectives about hospitalised children being visited by other children in Nairobi, Kenya
(KMA, 2013)Background: Throughout history, visitation of the hospitalised child has always been restricted. The subject of whether hospitalised children should be visited by other children has been accorded minimal attention. Objective: ... -
Measuring fecal testosterone in females and fecal estrogens in males: comparison of RIA and LC/MS/MS methods for wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)The development of non-invasive methods, particularly fecal determination, has made possible the assessment of hormone concentrations in wild animal populations. However, measuring fecal metabolites needs careful validation ... -
A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate on Detection of Plasma and Cervical HIV-1 in Women Initiating and Continuing Antiretroviral Therapy
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use among HIV-1 infected women may increase transmission by increasing plasma and genital HIV-1 RNA shedding. We investigated associations between DMPA use and HIV-1 RNA in plasma ... -
Right from primary school, I liked science: understanding health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa through Kenyan training experiences.
(2014)Defining research career paths that enable Africans to address local and global health issues is essential for population health. This study was conducted to better understand how international health training programs ... -
Kenyan Women Medical Doctors and Their Motivations to Pursue International Research Training
(Wolters Kluwer, 2013)There is a need to understand the factors that influence African women medical doctors to pursue international health research training because they remain under-represented in research fields but increasingly represented ... -
Postpartum weight change among HIV-infected mothers by antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant feeding modality in a research setting.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between infant feeding, triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis and weight from 2 weeks (baseline) to 6 months postpartum among HIV-infected mothers in a mother-to-child transmission ... -
Intermittent Phototherapy Versus Continuous Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice
(University of Nairobi, 2009-06-16)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effect of intermittent phototherapy compared with continuous phototherapy on the incidence of kernicterus and ... -
Evaluating the level of adherence to Ministry of Health guidelines in the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition at Garissa Provincial General Hospital
(2014)Half of Kenya's high infant and under five mortality rates is due to malnutrition. Proper implementation of World Health Organization's (WHO) Evidence Based Guidelines (EBG) in management of severe acute malnutrition can ... -
Topical Microbicides For Prevention Of Sexually Transmitted Infections
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Background Two decades of research on topical microbicides for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have had limited success. However, new microbicide randomised controlled trial (RCT) data have recently ...
