Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Prevention of cross-infection in dental surgeries in East Africa and a review of literature.
(Faculty of Dental Science, 1996)In view of the increase in recent years increase in the number of children and adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) world over, there is an urgent need to respond to this pandemic by strengthening ... -
Acute necrotizing gingivitis: Literature review on clinical features, aetiology and treatment
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Oral Manifestations in HIV infection
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Occurrence of midline diastema and frenum attachments amongst school children in Nairobi, Kenya
(Faculty of Dental Science, 1999)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of midline diastema, tongue tie and frenum attachments amongst school children in Nairobi. A total of 1802 children aged between 4 and 16 years were selected randomly ... -
Prevalence and clinical features of acute necrotizing gingivitis in Nairobi, Kenya
(Faculty of Dental Science, 2000) -
Increased risk of HIV in women experiencing physical partner violence in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2005)As part of a study on etiology of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among 520 women presenting at the STI clinic in Nairobi, data on partner violence and its correlates were analyzed. Prevalence of lifetime physical ... -
HIV-1 acquisition and disease progression are associated with decreased high-risk sexual behaviour among Kenyan female sex workers.
(2006)BACKGROUND: Changes in sexual risk behaviour may occur following HIV-1 infection. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that HIV-1 seroconversion and disease progression are associated with changes in risk behaviours, ... -
Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of HIV-1 acquisition
(2007)We conducted a prospective study among women in Mombasa, Kenya, to determine whether Trichomonas vaginalis infection was associated with an increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. At monthly ... -
No evidence for rapid subtype C spread within an epidemic in which multiple subtypes and intersubtype recombinants circulate
(2005)There are multiple subtypes of HIV-1 circulating worldwide, but recently, subtype C has become highly prevalent, particularly in certain geographic regions. It is unclear whether the dominance of subtype C or other subtypes ... -
Hospital outcomes for paediatric pneumonia and diarrhoea patients admitted in a tertiary hospital on weekdays versus weekends: a retrospective study
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2013)Background: Quality of patient care in hospitals has been shown to be inconsistent during weekends and night- time hours, and is often associated with reduced patient monitoring, poor antibiotic prescription practices ... -
AN EVALUATION OF HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
(Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 2011)Objective: To determine Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) profiles of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study. Setting: Ambulatory out-patient clinics of Kenyatta National ... -
THE GLIVEC INTERNATIONAL PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME: THE NAIROBI EXPERIENCE
(Department of Clinical Medicine and TherapeuticsDepartment of Medicine, 2009)Glivec is a drug used in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISI). It is an expensive drug which would be out of reach for most patients in Kenya. Norvatis Pharmaceutical ... -
Hereditary Gingival Fibromatosis: Report Of Family Case Series
(School of Dental Sciences, 2009)Hereditary gingival hyperplasia (HGF) is a rare condition characterised by hyperplastic, dense fibrous connective tissue with acanthotic gingival epithelium. A family presented at the School of Dental Sciences, University ... -
Development of Orthopaedics in Kenya
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2007)It is difficult to say at what point Orthopaedics in Kenya broke away from general surgery. All over the world, orthopaedics has developed as an off shoot of general surgery. There are various forms of practice of ... -
Circumcision and reduced risk of self-reported penile coital injuries: results from a randomized controlled trial in Kisumu, Kenya.
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2010-07)PURPOSE: Injuries to the penis during intercourse represent a hypothesized mechanism by which uncircumcised men are at increased risk for HIV. There are no published, systematically collected data regarding mild penile ... -
Pediatric stroke in an African country
(Department of Human Anatomy, 2010-01)Background: The pattern of pediatric stroke displays ethnic and geographical variations. There are few reports from black Sub-Saharan Africa, although relevant data are important in prevention, clinical diagnosis, ...
