A5051432832- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Global Health Care Issues
- Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Aga Khan University Nairobi
2024
Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi
2022
Among therapeutic options for severe and critical COVID- 19 infection, dexamethasone six milligrams once daily ten days has demonstrated mortality benefit is guideline recommended at this dose. In practice, variable doses of steroids have been used, especially in care settings. Our study aimed to determine the pattern steroid dosing outcomes terms mortality, occurrence dysglycaemias, superadded infections patients with COVID-19.
Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a well-recognized technique of renal replacement therapy (RRT), with similar efficacy as well survival outcomes hemodialysis (HD). Despite its advantages including prolonged preservation residual function, potentially lower cost and advances automated techniques, commercialization more biocompatible solutions, the overall prevalence patients treated PD still very low in developed countries even so Africa low-middle income like Kenya. According to our...
This was a case of 39-year-old gentleman known to have diabetes mellitus since February 2021 on insulin glargine (Lantus) 16 units nocte and sitagliptin/metformin 50/500 mg once day who presented tertiary teaching hospital in Kenya May with three-week history vomiting diarrhea. He had been previously admitted different facility acute alcoholic pancreatitis. His examination nonremarkable except for mild dehydration pallor. moderate metabolic acidosis deranged renal function. Prior this, his...