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Evaluation of efficacy and safety of labour analgesia by intrathecal morphine with fentanyl compared to morphine with bupivacaine in Mulago Hospital: A double blinded randomized control trial.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Pain during labour is severe and in developed countries, is always treated with methods including neuraxial techniques such as combined spinal epidural analgesia. This improves maternal satisfaction with the birthing ...
Complications and associated factors among patients with open long bone fractures discharged with external fixators from Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Open long bone fractures are common worldwide and are associated with significant complications. Due to high numbers of patients in the Mulago orthopaedic trauma ward, the orthopaedic department came up with ...
Prevalence, severity and clinical characteristics of acute kidney injury among children with severe malaria at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: There were 219 million malaria cases reported in 2010, and 660,000 deaths of which 91% were in Sub Saharan Africa. Disordered renal physiology in patients with severe malaria is associated with 45% mortality. ...
Assessment of functionality of quality improvement teams and linkage of HIV positive mothers into HIV chronic care in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013-11)
Introduction: The rapid scale up of HIV/AIDS services in Uganda has put more demand on the health units which calls for health unit based teams to regularly identify gaps in service delivery and find possible solutions. ...
B- and T- cell responses to novel schistosoma mansoni skin-stage antigens among infected individuals in Entebbe – Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Background: Schistosoma mansoni is the second major parasitic cause of morbidity and mortality after P. falciparum. Early after transformation, the skin larval stage (also known as the skin schistosomulum) is a major target ...
Histological subtypes and distribution of ovarian epithelial carcinoma as seen in the department of pathology, Makerere University, college of health sciences, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Background
Malignant ovarian neoplasm is the sixth most common malignancy among Ugandan women. Globally, ovarian epithelial carcinoma accounts for 90% of all malignant ovarian neoplasms. Routine microscopic examination ...
Knowledge of, attitudes towards and factors associated with diabetes mellitus prevention practices among adults (18-35 years) in Kampala Central Division, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-01)
Introduction: Non Communicable Diseases including Diabetes are the leading cause of mortality in the world In Uganda in 1972, only 254 people were diagnosed. In 2009, the prevalence was at about 1.5 million. This emerging ...
Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction among children on anthracyclines at Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: The harmful side effects of the various chemotherapeutic agents versus their useful anticancer effects present patient management challenges. Left ventricular dysfunction is one of the early and the most ...
Prevalence and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection in adults attending medical outpatient unit at Aden Abdulle Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia
(2016-10)
Background: H. pylori is known to be a highly prevalent infection among persons in
developing countries. It is an established etiologic agent for acute and chronic gastritis
and a predisposing factor in peptic ulcer ...
Factors affecting male involvement in family health days at places of worship in Fort Portal Municipality, Kabarole District, Western Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014-11-25)
Introduction/background: Uganda has a high maternal and child mortality and is struggling to achieve millennium development goals 4 and 5 by 2015 and one of the reasons for this is low male partner involvement in Reproductive, ...