title: CT findings in head scans at Moi Teaching and Referral hospital.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The first CT scanner in western Kenya was launched on 20th February, 1998.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the pattern of CT findings in head scans.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study over a one year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and ninety five consecutive patients who underwent CT head scans.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intracranial haemorrhage was the leading disorder with 17.8%, followed by brain infarcts at 10.5%, hydrocephalus at 6.3% and brain tumours at 5.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intracranial disorders secondary to trauma, stroke and their sequelae are major causes of head disease in western Kenya.
authors.affiliation: Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Elias
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D009017:Morbidity; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012621:Seasons; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*