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Prevalence Of Lifestyle Risk Factors Among Diabetic Patients At Kenyatta National Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya)
(2008)Introduction Modification of lifestyle risk factors like exercise, diet, alcoholism and smoking is important in management of diabetes (5,6). Urbanisation in Kenya is likely to affect adherence to lifestyle changes. No ... -
Adoption of radio frequency identification technology in university libraries: A Kenyan perspective
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in handling and supporting information services and activities in Kenyan university ... -
Obstetric And Gynaecological Case Records And Commentaries
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Anaemia In Pregnancy At Coast Province General Hospital(CPGH), Mombasa : A Descriptive Study
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Nutritional anaema is defined by W.H.O. as, "A condition in which the haemoglobin concentration of blood is below the accepted normal value, due to a deficiency of one or more nutrients essential for erythropoiesis, ... -
Minor Complications Of Anaesthesia
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Minor complications of anaesthesia were studied in three hundred in-patients by interviewing them post-operatively. This was done to determine their incidence and relationship to age, sex and duration of anaesthesia. Nausea ... -
Assessment Of Factors Associated With Breast Cancer Among Women In Nyeri County, Kenya - A Case Control Study
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Kenya (Mulemi, 2010) andthe second most common cancer among women in Nyeri County (HISR 2009), only second tocervicalcancer. It is the most common cause ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Regarding Malaria Treatment And Drug Resistance Among Health Workers In Pulblic Health Facilities In Kilifi District, Coast Province
(2007)Malaria is a disease caused by blood infection with protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which are transmitted from one human to another by the bite of infective female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria affects ... -
Epidemiology Of Acute Gastroenteritis In Early Childhood In Selected Urban Areas Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Assessing the extreme events is crucial in financial risk management. All risk managers and financial institutions want to know the risk of their portfolio under rare events scenarios. This means there is not only a need ... -
Compound Depressed Fractures Of The Skull At The Kenyatta National Hospital
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Case Records And Commentaries.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)Kenyatta National Hospital, formerly King George vi Hospital, was initially built to cater for the colonial military personnel and the indigenous people during the colonial period. It stands now as an integrated body and ... -
Case Records And Commentaries.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)Kenyatta National Hospital, formerly King George vi Hospital, was initially built to cater for the colonial military personnel and the indigenous people during the colonial period. It stands now as an integrated body and ... -
Additional Cooking Fuel Supply And Reduced Global Warming Potential From Recycling Charcoal Dust Into Charcoal Briquette In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)Rising demand for energy is one of the major challenges facing the world today and charcoal is a principal fuel in Kenya. Faced with energy poverty many poor households turn to briquette making. This study assessed the ... -
Female genital mutilation/cutting – towards abandonment of a harmful cultural practice
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Globally, the prevalence of, and support for, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is declining. However, the entrenched sense of social obligation that propagates the continuation of this practice and the lack of ... -
Female Genital Cutting among the Somali of Kenya and Management of its Complications
(University of Nairobi, 2005-02)The Somali community living in Kenya (and in their native Somalia) has practised the severest formof female genital cutting (FGC), infibulation, for centuries. To understand the context within which the practice takes ... -
Contribution of obstetrics and gynecology societies in East, Central, and Southern Africa to the prevention of unsafe abortion in the region
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Maternal mortality and morbidity rates are very high in Africa. A large proportion of these deaths is attributed to unsafe abortion. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, in collaboration with its ... -
Case Records And Commentaries
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Depression among university students in Kenya: Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Background Depression is a common cause of morbidity but prevalence levels among Kenyan university students are poorly understood. A better understanding of depression and its correlates is essential in planning for ... -
Impact of parenting styles on pre-school children's attendance in Starehe District, Nairobi County- Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This study sought to find out the impact of parenting styles on pre-school children's attendance in Starches District, Nairobi County. It also sought to establish parenting style in Starehe district, determine different ... -
A Prospective Study On Crush Foot Injuries At Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)Crush Foot Injury is a common injury seen at Kenyatta National Hospital. Most of these injuries result from road traffic accidents and objects falling on the person’s feet. Most of them result in extensive soft tissue ... -
Histopathology Of Various Organs In Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome {AIDS}.
(University of Nairobi, 1990-05)The significance of histological patterns with accompanying laboratory data seen in thirty patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome at Kenyatta National Hospital are described in relation to symptom and sign ...
