Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Swahili translation and validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression scale in the Kenyan head and neck cancer patient population
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2006)BACKGROUND: Depression is an important predictor of post therapy quality of life (QOL) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients. In addition, depression rates may vary among cultures. OBJECTIVE: As part of a larger ... -
A study of haemorrhoids as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital with special reference to asymptomatic haemorrhoids.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1991-05)Eighty random patients were examined over a 9-month-period to determine the incidence of asymptomatic haemorrhoids at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The incidence of asymptomatic was found to be 21% all being first ... -
Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1993-05)On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative ... -
Warfarin-related bleeding following open heart surgery in Nairobi
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2001-03)OBJECTIVES: To review anticoagulant-related bleeding in heart valve patients on warfarin at the Kenyatta National Hospital and to determine the variables associated with anticoagulant-related bleeding. DESIGN: A ... -
Follow up of oesophageal cancer therapy at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2001-12)OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of follow-up for oesophageal cancer patients following hospital discharge and reviewing followup results of the different treatment modalities with emphasis on oesophagectomies. DESIGN: ... -
Post-infarction ventricular septal defect in Nairobi: case report.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2005-12)Post infarction ventricular septal defect results from perforation of the ventricular septum secondary to ischaemic injury following myocardial infarction. Ischaemic heart disease till recently was thought to be an uncommon ... -
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2001-10)OBJECTIVE: To determine the thirty-day mortality of open-heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi from June 1973 to October 2000 and; to look at likely variables related to mortality. DESIGN: A ... -
Weight change post oesophagectomy for carcinoma of oesophagus
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007-06)OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of weight changes observed in postoperative oesophagectomy patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital and evaluate weight change with selected preoperative variables. DESIGN: A ... -
Risk of conjunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2008-09)OBJECTIVES: To determine the utilisation rate of design specific eye protection by surgeons and to assess the risk of conjunctival contamination with blood splashes during surgery. DESIGN: Cross sectional, ... -
Parental awareness of hearing impairment in their school-going children and healthcare seeking behaviour in Kisumu district, Kenya
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2006-03)BACKGROUND: Hearing-impaired children who are identified early and appropriately managed have improved outcomes in speech, language, cognitive and social development. Enhanced parental awareness of their child's hearing ... -
Pattern of congenital neck masses in a Kenyan paediatric population
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2010-01)BACKGROUND: The distribution of congenital neck masses varies between countries and is important in diagnosis and treatment modalities. Data from Africa is scarce, and altogether absent from Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To ... -
Hand injury: association of handedness with cause and site of injury
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007)BACKGROUND: Most people have a dominant hand: right or left. The dominant hand for most purposes is that which is used for writing. The performance, reflex activity and exposure of these hands differ. Due to this asymmetry, ... -
Stakeholders' perception of the desired Master's program for Kenya in community health nursing: areas of competency
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2008-06)INTRODUCTION: After the World Health Assembly approved the WHA 45.5 in 1992, which addressed the nursing shortage by refocusing nurses and midwives to meet community health needs, community demands for educated nurses ... -
Agricultural Land Use Patterns and Malaria Conditions in Kenya
(1993)This paper studies the problem of malaria control in irrigation and non-irrigation areas in Kenya. Empirical results show that in both areas, households' level of awareness of malaria as a health problem, including its ... -
Where will this illness take me? Reactions to HIV diagnosis from women living with HIV in Kenya
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2011-04)The purpose of our study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the reactions of 40 urban and rural HIV-infected Kenyan women to HIV diagnosis. We employed narrative inquiry principles to guide this qualitative ... -
Grappling with HIV transmission risks: narratives of rural women in eastern Kenya living with HIV
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2012-09)As people live longer and more productively with HIV infection, issues of agency in reducing HIV risk are particularly important for HIV-infected women living in high prevalence, underresourced countries such as Kenya. ... -
Clinical competence of Nursing Graduates in Kenya.
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2009-04-17)The objective was to compare the clinical competence of nurse graduates of two curricula tracts. At the time of the study Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) had an innovative skillslab-integrated curriculum for Kenya ... -
An update on the treatment of advanced prostate cancer
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007-09)OBJECTIVE: To obtain an update of the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. DATA SOURCE: Review of all published literature on advanced prostate cancer was carried out through medline and index medicus ... -
Clean intermitent catheterisation in the management of urethral strictures
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007-11)OBJECTIVE: To compare clean intermittent self-catheterisation and urethral dilatation with sounds in the management of recurrent urethral strictures. Design: A prospective randomised control trial between repeated ... -
Cancer of the penis: case report.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2009-04)Two patients with penile carcinoma are presented after management at a district hospital in Kenya. Both had undergone ritual circumcision as teenagers and presented late. HR was a 73 year old who presented with a fungating ...
