Lynda Isaaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 7771435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynda Isaaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynda |
| FAMILY NAME | Isaaka |
| SIGNATURE | ISAAKA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenya Medical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1589-4134 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Characteristics of children readmitted with severe pneumonia in Kenyan hospitals
Children readmitted with severe pneumonia account for a substantial proportion of pneumonia hospitalisations and deaths. Further research is required to develop evidence-based approaches to screening, case management, and follow-up of children with severe pneumonia, prioritising those with underlying risk factors for readmission and mortality
Clinical epidemiology of Covid-19 among hospitalized children in rural western Kenya
The epidemiology of pediatric COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of fecal-oral transmission in SARS-CoV-2 are poorly understood. Among children and adolescents in Kenya, we identify correlates of COVID-19 infection, document the clinical outcomes of infection, and evaluate the prevalence and viability of SARS-CoV-2 in stool. We recruited a prospective cohort of hospitalized children aged two months to 15 years in western Kenya between Ma…
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of essential and advanced critical care for Covid-19 patients in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Case management of symptomatic COVID-19 patients is a key health system intervention. The Kenyan government embarked to fill capacity gaps in essential and advanced critical care (ACC) needed for the management of severe and critical COVID-19. However, given scarce resources, gaps in both essential and ACC persist. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of investments in essential and ACC to inform the prioritisation of investment…
Employing learning health system principles to advance research on severe neonatal and paediatric illness in Kenya
We have worked to develop a Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya as an early form of learning health systems (LHS) focused on paediatric and neonatal care that now spans 22 hospitals. CIN’s aim was to examine important outcomes of hospitalisation at scale, identify and ultimately solve practical problems of service delivery, drive improvements in quality and test interventions. By including multiple routine settings in research, we aimed t…
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Modelling the cost-effectiveness of essential and advanced critical care for Covid-19 patients in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Case management of symptomatic COVID-19 patients is a key health system intervention. The Kenyan government embarked to fill capacity gaps in essential and advanced critical care (ACC) needed for the management of severe and critical COVID-19. However, given scarce resources, gaps in both essential and ACC persist. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of investments in essential and ACC to inform the prioritisation of investment…
Employing learning health system principles to advance research on severe neonatal and paediatric illness in Kenya
We have worked to develop a Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya as an early form of learning health systems (LHS) focused on paediatric and neonatal care that now spans 22 hospitals. CIN’s aim was to examine important outcomes of hospitalisation at scale, identify and ultimately solve practical problems of service delivery, drive improvements in quality and test interventions. By including multiple routine settings in research, we aimed t…
Clinical epidemiology of Covid-19 among hospitalized children in rural western Kenya
The epidemiology of pediatric COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of fecal-oral transmission in SARS-CoV-2 are poorly understood. Among children and adolescents in Kenya, we identify correlates of COVID-19 infection, document the clinical outcomes of infection, and evaluate the prevalence and viability of SARS-CoV-2 in stool. We recruited a prospective cohort of hospitalized children aged two months to 15 years in western Kenya between Ma…
Characteristics of children readmitted with severe pneumonia in Kenyan hospitals
Children readmitted with severe pneumonia account for a substantial proportion of pneumonia hospitalisations and deaths. Further research is required to develop evidence-based approaches to screening, case management, and follow-up of children with severe pneumonia, prioritising those with underlying risk factors for readmission and mortality
Medicine (4 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Pediatrics (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Malnutrition (2 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (1 works) · Chest radiograph (1 works) · Cohort (1 works) · Cohort study (1 works) · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (1 works)