Elizabeth Kibaru

Caregivers’ Beliefs on Herbal Medicine Use among Children under the Age of Five Years in Silibwet Sub-Location, Bomet County

Fridah Kiptui, Miriam Miima, Elizabeth Kibaru

The Declarations of Alma Ata and Astana recognized traditional medicine as part of primary health care. About 80% of people in the world today depend on traditional medicine to meet their health needs, because they are considered easily accessible, safe, cost-effective, and …

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Influence of Husband Involvement during Antenatal Clinic on Knowledge of Neonatal Danger Signs among Mothers Attending Well Baby Clinics in Nakuru County-Kenya: A Quasi Experimental Study

Elizabeth Kibaru, Amos M. Otara

Introduction: Male involvement is associated with improved maternal and newborn outcomes as they play a vital role in decision making in health seeking. Objective: To determine the influence of husbands’ accompaniment to the antenatal clinic on maternal knowledge of neonatal danger signs …

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External validation of inpatient neonatal mortality prediction models in high-mortality settings

Timothy Tuti, Professor Gary S. Collins, Mike English, George Mbevi et autres

BACKGROUND: Two neonatal mortality prediction models, the Neonatal Essential Treatment Score (NETS) which uses treatments prescribed at admission and the Score for Essential Neonatal Symptoms and Signs (SENSS) which uses basic clinical signs, were derived in high-mortality, low-resource settings to utilise data …

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Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol

Timothy Tuti, Jalemba Aluvaala, Lucas Malla, Grace Irimu et autres

BACKGROUND: Medication errors are likely common in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In neonatal hospital care where the population with severe illness has a high mortality rate, around 14.9% of drug prescriptions have errors in LMICs settings. However, there is scant research …

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Antenatal Dexamethasone for Early Preterm Birth in Low-resource Countries

O.T. Oladapo, Joshua P. Vogel, Gilda Piaggio, Miki Nguyen et autres

(N Engl J Med. 2020;383:2514–2525) Antenatal glucocorticoids are a common intervention in preventing adverse outcomes associated with preterm birth. The evidence supporting this intervention is based on trials in high-resource settings, however, and a 2015 trial in low-resource countries found scaling up …

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Growth and Malnutrition Assessment of Neonates Admitted to a Government Hospital in Nakuru, Kenya

Melissa Thoene, Nora Switchenko, Anya Morozov, Elizabeth Kibaru et autres

Background and Aims: Inadequate nutrient provision causes neonatal growth failure and malnutrition. Therefore, this study aimed to 1) quantify infant growth velocity from birth to hospital discharge, 2) determine the incidence of neonatal malnutrition at the time of discharge from a government …

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Implementation of a Bubble CPAP Treatment Program for Sick Newborns in Nakuru, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Nora Switchenko, Elizabeth Kibaru, Pamela Tsimbiri, Peter H. Grubb et autres

Introduction. Respiratory distress (RD) contributes to common causes of neonatal mortality. Bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) is a safe, low-cost therapy for RD; however, adoption of bCPAP programs remains challenging. Aim. To increase the percentage of neonates with RD treated with …

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Knowledge of neonatal danger signs among mothers attending well baby clinic in Nakuru Central District, Kenya: cross sectional descriptive study

Elizabeth Kibaru, Amos M. Otara

BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality has remained high in Kenya despite various efforts being applied to reduce this negative trend. Early detection of neonatal illness is an important step towards improving new born survival. Toward this end there is need for the mothers to …

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Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on hematological indices among HIV-1 infected children at Kenyatta National Hospital-Kenya: retrospective study

Elizabeth Kibaru, Ruth Nduati, Dalton Wamalwa, Nyambura Kariuki

BACKGROUND: HIV infected children experience a range of hematological complications which show marked improvement within 6 months of initiating anti-retroviral therapy. The Objectives of the study was to describe the changes in hematological indices of HIV-1 infected children following 6 months of …

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Baseline Haematological Indices among HIV-1 Infected Children at Kenyatta National Hospital

Elizabeth Kibaru, Ruth Nduati, Dalton Wamalwa, Nyambura Kariuki et autres