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Prevalence and factors associated with surgical site infection following open reduction and internal fixation of closed fractures in casualty theatre at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: Surgical site infections in orthopedics are a nuisance to both the patient and surgeon. Despite the advances in medicine, surgical site infections have still remained a major issue even in the most ideal of ...
Effect of blood storage age on the resolution of lactic acidosis in children with severe malarial anemia at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background: Severe malarial anaemia requiring blood transfusion is a life threatening condition affecting millions of children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Up to 40% of children with severe malarial anemia have associated lactic ...
Incidence and factors associated with first line antiretroviral treatment failure in children attending the Joint Clinical Research Centre Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background:
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease develops very rapidly among infants and children mainly due to the immature immune system. Without treatment, half of the children die before their second birthday. ...
Prevalence and factors associated with precancerous cervical lesions among HIV- positive women attending Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013-04)
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in low-income countries, including Uganda. Although cervical cancer incidence and mortality is higher in HIV-positive women, resource limitations restrict the ...
Prevalece and factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding among mothers who deliver in Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2011)
Background: The MDG 4 aims at reducing U5MR by 2/3 by 2015 and currently U5MR is at 137/1000 per live birth. Exclusive breast feeding could prevent 15 million child death in 10 years. Breastfeeding within the first hour ...
Prevalence of acute malnutrition and associated factors among children 6 to 59 months that present to Assessment Centre at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013)
INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition has a number of contributing factors which may be dietary, environmental and social, or related to the child’s health. It is important that children grow up in an environment that provides adequate ...
Prevalence and patterns of traumatic foot injuries at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)
Objective:
In this study the main objective was to determine the prevalence and to describe the patterns of foot injuries among patients with mulsculo-skeletal injuries following trauma at Mulago hospital.
Methodology:
This ...
Factors associated with uptake of recommended infant and young child feeding guidelines by caretakers accessing outpatient child health services from health facilities in Kawempe Division, Kampala District: A cross sectional study
(Makerere University, 2014-11-19)
Introduction: Exclusive breast feeding for the first 6months, continued breast feeding for 2 years and appropriate complementary feeding can reduce child mortality by over 13%. Though millennium development goals were set ...
Incidence and factors associated with antenatal HIV seroconversion among women at term presenting in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2011)
Introduction: Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (MTCT) is the leading mode of HIV transmission to children. A combination of antiretroviral medicines and practice of various obstetric care procedures like avoidance of ...
Frontloading versus standard sputum smears for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2011-04)
Introduction: In Uganda, the prevalence of smear positive TB is 4.4 per 1000. Diagnosis of TB in resource limited settings depends on smear microscopy of 2 samples. Frontloading is the examination of two sputum sample ...