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The abdominal sonographic features of burkitt's lymphoma in patients seen at Uganda Cancer Institute, Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(2009-10)INTRODUCTION: Burkitt lymohoma is a B-cell lymphoma presenting in three main clinical variants: the endemic, the sporadic and the immunodeficiency-associated variants. In Uganda, Burkitt’s lymphoma represents 50-70% of ... -
Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid and lugol's iodine among women attending the family planning clinic in mulago hospital.
(2008-05)BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the commonest malignancy among women in Uganda. Over 80% of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer in Mulago hospital present with advanced disease. Cytology based screening services are ... -
Accuracy of rapid tests as compared with field microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria in adolescents and adult patients in mulago hospital.
(2008-08)BACKGROUND: Blood smear microscopy is the recommended gold standard test for laboratory confirmation of malaria. However, due to some limitations associated with microscopy such as being labour intensive and time consuming, ... -
Adherence and associated factors to postnatal follow up in the program for the prevention of mother to child transimission of HIV at Mulago hospital
(2007-08)TITTLE: Adherence and associated factors to postnatal follow up in the program for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV at mulago hospital. BACKGROUND: The scale up of the diagnosis of HIV in pregnancy ... -
The aetiology of exudative pleural effusion and its association with HIV infection in Mulago hospital.
(2002-05)The aetiology of exudative pleural effusion (PE) and its association with HIV infection in mulago hospital. BACKGROUND: An increased number of exudative PE on the medical wards has been observed. Many patients are ... -
The aetiology of pulmonary infections among AAFB sputum smear negative HIV adults presenting to Mulago hospital
(2000)Background: Pulmonary infections are an important cause of complications in up to 60% of HIV infected patients during the course of their disease. Tuberculosis (TB) is a common cause of such infections. Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
The application of teleradiolgoy (using A 3 Dimensional ultrasound telemedicine equipment) at Mulago Hospital.
(2002-07)BACKGROUND: Most of the telemedicine experience to-date has been in the industrialized world. During the past years, due to an extraordinary pace of technological innovations and development, telecommunication services ... -
Cardiac arrhythmias and underlying cardiac conditions in patients attending the Uganda Heart Institute, Mulago Hospital, Uganda.
(2001-05)BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrhythmias are an important factor for morbidity and mortality among cardiac patients in Mulago hospital. The most important underlying condition to cardiac arrhythmia is a cardiac disease. Furosemide ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with sickle cell disease
(1974)Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sickle cell patients selected from the Sickle Cell Clinic, Cardiac Clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital form the basis of this dissertation. It starts ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with Sickle Cell Disease
(1974)SUMMARY Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sick cell patients selected from the sickle cell clinic cardiac clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital from the basis of this dissertation. It ... -
Case records and commentaries presented in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of masters of medicine of obstetrics and gynaecology of Makerere University Kampala.
(2001)New Mulago Hospital, the national referral hospital o Uganda is situated 3 kms from the centre of the capital city Kampala. Opened in 1962 by the royal highness the Duchess of Kent, it was thereafter amalgamated with Mulago ... -
Case records and commentaries submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of masters of medicine degree (obstetrics and gynaecology) of makerere university.
(2001)GENERAL INTRODUCTION Mulago hospital complex is the national, referral and one of the teaching hospitals in Uganda. It is situated about two kilometers from the city center and has abed capacity of 1200 beds. It provides ... -
Causes, associated factors and sonographic patterns of non-traumatic acute abdomen.
(2009-09)Key words Non-traumatic acute abdomen, causes, associated factors, sonographic patterns BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Non-traumatic acute abdomen (NTAA) is a common abdominal emergency at Mulago Hospital and it is accomplished ... -
Ceftriaxone versus chloramphenicol for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children at mulago hospital: a randomised control trial.
(2007)Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-saharan Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) still recommends intravenous chloramphenicol for the treatment ... -
Children's anxiety and depression and parent's HIV status.
(2008-01)This study set to investigate the levels of anxiety and depression among children of parents living with HIV/AIDS. Across-sectional study design using a comparative approach was used. Translated revised children’s manifest ... -
Clinical amd immunological markers of virologic failure in patients taking antiretroviral therapy at joint clinical research centre.
(2008-09)About 33.2 million adults and children are living with HIV/AIDS and of these, 22.5 million live in Sub- Saharan Africa. The Uganda government is providing free voluntary counselling and testing and antiretroviral therapy ... -
Clinical and electroencephalographic profiles of patients with epilepsy in Mulago Hospital medical neurology clinic.
(2002-06)BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a common neurological problem in Uganda and specifically in the neurology clinic of Mulago hospital. Whereas knowledge of seizure types and etiology are important in the management of patients with ... -
Clinical outcome of manual dilation of the anus (MDA), for anal fissure at Mulago Hospital
(2005-06)Background: The modern treatment of chronic anal fissure is aimed at reducing the resting anal pressure. This can be achieved either by a conservative approach as the first line of clinical management or surgery, if the ... -
Clinical pattern, prevalence and factors associated with immune reconstitution syndrone in children on HAART attending joint clinical research institute.
(2008-04)INTRODUCTION: The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has markedly decreased the rate of opportunistic infections, the progression to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and overall mortality ...