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    • Weekly miscarriage rates in a community-based prospective cohort study in rural western Kenya 

      Stephanie Dellicour, George Aol, Peter Ouma, Nicole Yan, Godfrey Bigogo, Mary J Hamel, Deron C Burton, Martina Oneko, Robert F Breiman, Laurence Slutsker, Daniel Feikin, Simon Kariuki, Frank Odhiambo, Gregory Calip, Andreas Stergachis, Kayla F Laserson, Feiko O Ter Kuile, Meghna Desai (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2016)
      Objective: Information on adverse pregnancy outcomes is important to monitor the impact of public health interventions. Miscarriage is a challenging end point to ascertain and there is scarce information on its rate ...

    • Weight change post oesophagectomy for carcinoma of oesophagus 

      SW Ogendo (East African medical journal, 2007)
      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 prospective ...

    • Wound dressing techniques and costs at a county hospital 

      Pamela Amatta Odhiambo, Kennedy Omondi (The Surgical Society of Kenya, 2019)
      Wound management is one of the commonest procedures conducted in surgical departments across health facilities in Kenya.

    • Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis presenting as giant gluteal abscess 

      Zablon Bett (Elsevier, 2020)
      Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare chronic suppurative granulomatous infection of the kidney associated with renal obstruction and progressive renal parenchymal destruction. We present an unusual clinically ...