Prevalence and Predictors of Malnutrition in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

We assessed the prevalence and predictors of malnutrition in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Sixty cases and 123 controls matched for age and gender were included. Bio-data, dietary history, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), ideal body weight, and serum albumin levels were recorded.

Demography and histologic pattern of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in kenya.

Background. Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a common head and neck cancer worldwide. Objective.

Prevalence of hearing loss in children following bacterial meningitis in a tertiary referral hospital.

Background: This study aimed to examine hearing function in a group of children aged between the ages of six months and twelve years admitted with bacterial meningitis so as to determine the prevalence and degree of sensorineural hearing loss in them. This prospective study was conducted in the audiology unit and paediatric wards of Kenyatta National Hospital, KNH.

Methods: The study involved 83 children (49 males and 34 females) between the ages of six months and twelve years admitted with bacterial meningitis.

Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Children following Bacterial Meningitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital.

Objective. This study aimed to examine hearing function in children admitted with bacterial meningitis to determine the risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss. Setting.

Bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) in children in Garissa district, Kenya: a point prevalence study.

Objectives: To identify by type and sensitivity to drugs the bacteria found in ears of school-going children with chronic otitis media in Garissa district.

Study Design: This was a descriptive prevalence study of CSOM bacterial flora in eligible ears conducted among a cohort of children attending public and private primary as well as Islamic religious schools, screened for chronic ear discharge in Garissa district, Kenya. Procedure and bacteriological techniques: We used sterile swab-sticks to collect a specimen of the discharge from eligible ears of consenting pupils at the induction stage of the zinc supplementation trial for treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media conducted between January and July 2010.

Cigarette smoking and alcohol ingestion as risk factors for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma at kenyatta national hospital, kenya.

Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is strongly linked to cigarette smoking. It is estimated to account for more than 70% of laryngeal SCCs and up to 89% in combination with alcohol. We wished to determine the prevalence of cigarette smoking and alcohol ingestion among patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma and estimate risk attributed to cigarette smoking and alcohol ingestion.

Topical quinolone vs. antiseptic for treating chronic suppurative otitis media: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare a topical quinolone antibiotic (ciprofloxacin) with a cheaper topical antiseptic (boric acid) for treating chronic suppurative otitis media in children.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting And Participants: A total of 427 children with chronic suppurative otitis media enrolled from 141 schools following screening of 39 841 schoolchildren in Kenya.