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Abagusii Traditional Environmental Knowledge and HIV/AIDS Management: Implications for English Language Teaching
(International Ecolinguistics Association, 2021)Multidisciplinary and multisectoral interventions are necessary for the management of chronic conditions such as HIV/AIDS. One such intervention is the promotion of socially responsible teaching. Anchored within an ... -
Abnormal Intra-aural Pressure Waves Associated with Death in African Children with acute Nontraumatic Coma.
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)BACKGROUND: We explored the relationship between tympanic membrane displacement (TMD) measurements, a tool to monitor intracranial pressure noninvasively, and clinical features and death in children with acute coma in ... -
Acetyl salicylic acid attenuates cardiac hypertrophy through Wnt signaling
(Springer Verlag, 2015)Ventricular hypertrophy is a powerful and independent predictor of cardiovascular morbid events. The vascular properties of low-dose acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) provide cardiovascular benefits through the irreversible ... -
Acne vulgaris in general population of rural western Kenya: cross-sectional community survey
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Acute Medical Conditions in under Five Year Old Children at a Public Hospital in Kenya.
(East African Medical Journal, 2010-08)OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of childhood preventable and treatable medical conditions and the parent's/guardian's knowledge about the conditions and their management. DESIGN: A descriptive cross-sectional ... -
Alcohols and Denaturants Hand Rub Sanitizers Used to Curb COVID-19 Pandemic in Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research in ________Chemical Sciences___________________ Research Paper., 2022)The coronavirus disease outbreak in 2019 (COVID-19) became a pandemic that led to tremendous increase in the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers globally. Governments and public health agencies across the world advocated ... -
The Anterior Curve of the Adult Femur in a Kenyan Population and its Mismatch with Available Intramedullary Nails
(AJOL, 2016)Background: There are currently no studies which have documented the anterior femoral curvature in Kenya or elsewhere in Africa, and compared it to the curvature of the available intramedullary nails. Objective: To ... -
Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of the Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated from Africa Inland Church Hospital Kijabe, Kenya
(International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research, 2019)The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is primarily due to excessive and often unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans and animals. A study done in low and middle income countries showed a considerable increasing ... -
Antimicrobial resistance patterns among E. coli isolates from children presenting with diarrhoea at a cosmopolitan hospital in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-08)Diarrhoea is a serious infection that kills at least 2 million children globally. Children under the age of 5 years are particularly predisposed to diarrhoea especially if the surrounding environment is contaminated or ... -
Antimicrobial Resistant Pattern among Foodhandlers in Nairobi (Kenya)
(2007)Antibiotic resistance represents a serious problem for clinicians, veterinarians, community and government at large. This involves cost implications as far as treatment is concerned. Multiple drug resistance as a result ... -
Arboviruses and Blood Meal Sources in Zoophilic Mosquitoes at Human-Wildlife Interfaces in Kenya
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2020)Background: Zoophilic mosquitoes play an important role in the transmission of arboviruses of medical importance at human-wildlife interfaces, yet arbovirus surveillance efforts have been focused mostly on anthropophili ... -
Assessment of voiding function in inhabitants infected with Schistosoma haematobium.
(Tropical Pediatrics, 2011-08)Voiding function of Schistosoma haematobium infected students was evaluated in 45 schoolboys in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya, using a questionnaire and uroflowmetry. Sixty-eight schoolboys who were S. haematobium ... -
Association of FCgamma receptor IIA (CD32) polymorphism with malarial anemia and high-density parasitemia in infants and young children.
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Atypical Cervical Cytomorphologic Predictors: a Descriptive Study of Pre-Cervical Cancer Patients of Low Education in Kenya
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019)Introduction: high risk HPV is the perpetrator of cervical cancer disease, however screening and vaccination is not included in cervical cancer prevention program within public hospitals in Kenya. This descriptive study ... -
Bacterial Agents Causing Food Poisoning among Patients Attending Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)Food poisoning is caused by the ingestion of contaminated food or water that contains microbial agents that cause illness or release their toxins onto the food. Examples of these microbial agents are Staphylococcus aureus, ... -
Barriers to antiretroviral initiation in HIV-1-discordant couples.
(JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2011-11-01)BACKGROUND: In Kenya and much of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly half of all couples affected by HIV are discordant. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) slows disease progression in HIV-1-infected individuals and reduces transmission ... -
Barriers to Availability of Surgical Equipment in Kenya: A Surgical Equipment Journey Approach
(Global Clinical Engineering, 2019)Background & Objective: The need for surgery is currently not met in Sub-Saharan Africa, requiring both extra workforce and surgical equipment. Currently, there is a gap in the availability of surgical equipment which, ... -
Barriers to safe motherhood: the morbidity pattern amongst patients presenting with incomplete abortion at Kenyatta National hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2012)Objectives: To determine the morbidity pattern amongst patients presenting with incomplete abortion at Kenyatta National hospital. Materials: All patients admitted with a diagnosis of incomplete abortion between 1st ... -
Baseline Blood Count Levels Increase Odds Of Cytopenia among CML Patients in Kenya: A Case Control Study
(Research square, 2021)Imatinib is the gold standard for the treatment of all phases of Philadelphia positive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). During treatment, patients may develop cytopenia. We aimed to study the baseline characteristics and ... -
A Bottle Extracted from the Peritoneal Cavity: A Case Report
(2012)Foreign bodies inserted in the peritoneal cavity are rare in gynecologic practice. More often, they are inserted in an attempt to induce abortion and their sizes are generally small/narrow. Presence of foreign bodies in ...
