Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Risk factors for diarrheal duration
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-11)To identify child feeding behavior and household hygiene practices that are risk factors for prolonged diarrheal illness, a longitudinal community study was conducted over a 14-month period among 920 children aged 3-37 ... -
Practical therapeutics: an approach to the management of dilated congestive cardiomyopathy
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1983) -
Anaesthesia for bronchoscopy in children with inhaled solid foreign body: a review of thirty-six cases
(Department of Surgery,University of Nairobi, 1987) -
Is your patient taking treatment as prescribed?
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-09) -
Cardiac abnormalities in children with malignancies at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi.Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, 1997-11)This was a cross-sectional survey in which 80 children with malignancies were studied at the Kenyatta National Hospital to determine cardiac status before and during cancer therapy. An equal number of age and sex matched ... -
Financing Medical Care Through Insurance: Results from a Facility and Household Survey in Kenya, in Improving Health Policy in Africa
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Effects of Cost-Sharing on Health Services Utilization in Kenya:
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, 2004) -
Screening for urinary tract infection in children with cancer
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 1998-05)Neutropaenia and immunosuppression place children on treatment for malignancies at a high risk for infections. We undertook to determine the prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children on treatment for cancer ... -
The demand for medical care in Kenya: An application of quantile regression, in Improving Health Policy in Africa
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Performance Of The Integrated Management Of Childhood Illness Algorithm For Diagnosis Of Hiv-1 Infection Among African Infants.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine (Paediatrics), 2012)Objectives: Early infant HIV-1 diagnosis and treatment substantially improve survival. Where virologic HIV-1 testing is unavailable, integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) clinical algorithms may be used for ... -
Childhood cancers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 1999-01) -
Antiepileptic therapies in the Mifi Province in Cameroon
(Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-04)PURPOSE: To evaluate the availability and accessibility of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in two health districts in Cameroon. METHODS: The study included 33 patients with epilepsy, 26 physicians, 13 private pharmacists, ... -
Practical therapeutics: an approach to the diagnosis and management of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1983) -
Where do developing World clinicians obtain evidence for practice: a case study on pneumonia
(University of Nairobi.Department of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197. Nairobi, Kenya, 2000-07)There are few data on the practice of evidence based medicine in the developing world, nor on the actual sources of evidence that clinicians use in practice. To test the hypothesis that there was variation between and ... -
Infant Feeding Modes And Determinants Among Hiv-1-infected African Women In The Kesho Bora Study
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine (Paediatrics), 2013)OBJECTIVE: To assess breastfeeding modes and determinants in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission study. DESIGN: HIV-1-infected pregnant women from 5 sites in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and South Africa were enrolled ... -
Retrospective study on adult patients with idiopathic cardiomegaly presumably due to congestive cardiomyopathy admitted to medical units of the Kenyatta National Hospital, (June 1965 - March 1977).
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1983-04) -
Patient compliance
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1983-10) -
Meningococcal infections in Scotland 1972-82
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1984-10) -
Clinical trials and medical ethics
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1985-01) -
Contribution of pharmaceutical organizations to medical education and research in Kenya--which is the best way
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1985-11)
