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Clinical presentation and outcome of acute leukemias in children at uganda cancer institute.
(2008-03)INTRODUCTION: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are the commonest acute leukemias in children. Over the past three decades, significant progress has been made in the treatment of children ... -
The clinical presentation and outcome of diabetic patients admitted to medical wards of Mulago Hospital Kampala, Uganda
(2002)BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism presenting with both acute and chronic complications which if not addressed early or managed poorly can lead to debility and ... -
Clinical profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of pneumococcal bacteremia among febrile patients admitted to the emergency medical ward at Mulago Hospital.
(2007)INTRODUCTION: Streptococcus pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide more especially in the immunocompromised individuals. An estimated 50-60% of in-patients on the medical wards of Mulago hospital ... -
Clinical profile and Thyroid function of Patients Attending New Mulago Hospital Thyroid Clinic.
(2001-05)INTRODUCTION: Thyroid diseases are common endocrine diseases in the whole world. These diseases are also common in Uganda since its in an iodine deficiency region but the prevalence of different disorders and their related ... -
The clinical, radiological and laboratory features of tuberculosis in children at Mulago Hospital.
(2002)The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) In Uganda is 150-200/100,000 of the population and an estimated incidence of smear positive adult cases of > 110/100,000 of the population. About a half of the ugandan population was ... -
The co-morbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders among patients admitted at Butabika hospital.
(2002-03)BACKGROUND: Research done mainly in europe and north ameria has shown high rates of co-morbidity substance use disorders among patients admitted with primary psychiatric disorders. These dual diadgnosis patients have been ... -
Community knowledge on drugs commonly used for self-medication in Mbarara District
(2000-11)Introduction: There is a concern that the high level of self-medication may be contributing to a large disease burden as a result of inadequate treatments and drug resistance. The study therefore aimed at assessing the ... -
A Comparative study of the clinical features of major depression between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at Butabika and Mulago hospitals.
(2008-06)INTRODUCTION: HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest health crises the world faces today with sub-Saharan Africa, being the worst affected. In Uganda, a recent demographic survey found a prevalence of 7%. Patients with HIV/AIDS ... -
A Comparison of aspiration and non- aspiration fine needle techniques in providing standard amount of follucular cells for cytodiagnosis of thyroid nodules at Mulago hospital
(2007-07)Introduction: Fine needle cytology is recommended as the initial evaluation of thyroid nodules. Its main limitation are inadequate cellular harvest and indeterminate results. Unpublished cytology results of January 2006 ... -
Comparison of buccal midazolam to rectal diazepam in the treatment of prolonged convulsions in children at Mulago Hospital
(2007-04)INTRODUCTION: Convulsions continuing for five minutes or longer are common in children in sub-saharan Africa and are medical emergencies. We compared the efficancy and safety of rectal diazepam and buccal midazolam in the ... -
Comparison of fine needle aspiration cytology and fine needle sampling without aspiration in the diagnosis of palpable breast lumps in mulago hospital.
(2009-07)INTRODUCTION: Open biopsy of the breast used to be the main traditional method of diagnosis of breast lumps. This was traumatic and done under anaesthesia. In 1021, fine needle biopsy (FNB) was introduced by Guthrie in ... -
Comparison of palpation and ultrasonography in evaluation of cervical lymph node metastases in patients presenting with head and neck cancers at Mulago Hospital.
(2009)BACKGROUND: Head and neck cancers include cancers from the nose, ears, paranasal sinuses, oropharyx, nasopharynx, hypo pharynx, laryx and thyroid, parotid and the salivary glands. The presence of a metastatic node on one ... -
Comparison of rectal suppository and injectable diclofenac in post operative pain control following inguinal herniorrhaphy in mulago hospital.
(2002-03)BACKGROUND: Fundamental to a rapid post-operative recovery and good quality care of a surgical patient in adequate pain control. Injectable diclofenac is used in the control of mederate and severe post operative pain, but ... -
D-xylose absorption in Ugandan patients with fever
(1973)Using 25gm oral dose D-xylose tolerance test was performed on 19 normal subjects and 24 subjects with fever. In the normal subjects, blood D-xylose levels showed a peak between one and two hours and then declined gradually ... -
Description of stroke subtypes and known associated risk factors among adult stroke patients at mulago hospital.
(2007-11)BACKGROUND: Stroke is the second commonest cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide after ischemic heart disease. Despite the high morbidity and mortality, there is limited data on the stroke subtypes and known associated ... -
The diagnostic accuracy of cervical ultrasound in acute bacterial meningitis in infants at Mulago Hospital.
(2009-05)INTRODUCTION: Acute bacterial meningitis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda and worldwide and a noticeable number of survivors (22-28%) are left with marked neurological sequel despite adequate ... -
Diagnostic knee arthroscopy: findings and their correlation with clinical impressions at mulago hospital.
(2009-06)INTRODUCTION: A number of patients present to the orthopaedic surgeon with complaints of knee pain. A diagnosis based on clinical examination only is frequently inaccurate and arthroscopy is considered to be the gold ... -
Dissertation barriers to timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected children admitted to mulago hospital paediatric wards.
(2007-08)BACKGROUND: The median survival of HIV infected children in the absence of treatment is 2 years, thus early initiation of ART is desirable. In Uganda, ART is now being provided free of charge. However, some children still ... -
Early candida colonization of preterm neonates admitted to special care unit Mulago Hospital, prevalence, associated factors and early outcome
(2009)BACKGROUND: Candida species are the third most frequent cause of septicaemia after 72 hours of life among pattern neonates with an estimated incidence of 1.6-15% in neonatal intensive care units. Candida colonization is ... -
Early clinical outcome of modified retropubic versus transvesical prostatectomy in management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A randomized clinical trial.
(2008-04)TITTLE: Early clinical outcome of modified retropubic prostatectomy versus transvesical prostatectomy in management of BPH: Arandomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVES: To determine the early clinical outcome of modified ...