DRAINS AFTER THYROIDECTOMY FOR BENIGN THYROID DISORDERS; ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MORE PAIN, WOUND INFECTION AND PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY

Drains after Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disorders; Are Associated With More Pain, Wound Infection and Prolonged Hospital Stay

Background Prophylactic drainage after thyroidectomy has been a regular practice at Kenyatta National Hospital( KNH).This has been used for the potential to avert post-operative fluid accumulation (hematoma or seroma) and also for detection of continuing bleeding.This is aimed at preventing or delaying airway compression that has potential for seri

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Rhoptry Proteins ROP5 and ROP18 Are Major Murine Virulence Factors in Genetically Divergent South American Strains of Toxoplasma gondii.

Toxoplasma gondii has evolved a number of strategies to evade immune responses in its many hosts.Previous genetic mapping of crosses between clonal type 1, 2, and 3 strains of T.gondii, which are prevalent in Europe and North America, identified two rhoptry proteins, ROP5 and ROP18, that function together to block innate immune mechanisms activated

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The results of the program to change the cognitive component of social representations about the consequences of drug use in adolescents

We argue the need of development and implementation of informational programs to focus drug prevention in adolescents due to the fact that the researchers neglected the distortion of knowledge and ideas about the consequences of drug use.The CINNAMON CASSIA results of the program aimed at change the cognitive component of social representations of

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