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Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching Hospital in Uganda: An observational study
(Medknow Publications, 2009-07-18)
Background: Adverse transfusion reactions can cause morbidity and death to patients who receive a blood transfusion. Blood transfusion practices in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda is analyzed to see if and when these ...
Accuracy of raepid tests as compared with field microscopy, for diagnosis of Malaria in adolescents and adult patients in Mulago Hospital
(2008)
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 labor intensive and time consuming, ...
Umbilical cord sepsis among neonates admitted to Mulago Hospital: Bacterial aetiology, prevalence and immediate outcome
(Makerere University, 2012-07)
Background: Uganda is one of the ten countries with the highest under five mortality rate
globally. Progress of the fourth Millennium Development Goal is currently hampered by the slow decline in neonatal mortality rate ...
Assessment of patient delay among women presenting with breast cancer at Mulago Hospital: Magnitude and factors.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: In Uganda, the majority of patients with breast cancer present with advanced disease which is majorly attributed to late presentation and this is associated with low survival rates. The aim of this study was ...
Timing and reasons for coming late for the first antenatal care visit by pregnant women at Mulago hospital, Kampala Uganda.
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Abstract
Background: Mothers who attend antenatal care late miss the opportunity of early detection of HIV and STDs,
malaria and anaemia prophylaxis, health education and treatment or prevention of complications. Whereas ...
Levels of Bifurcation of the Sciatic Nerve among Ugandans at School of Biomedical Sciences Makerere and Mulago Hospital Uganda
(East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 2010)
Background: The sciatic nerve is derived from the lumbo-sacral plexus, It is the thickest nerve in the whole body, it exits the gluteal region through the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen, it is the
main innervator ...
Waiting time for triaged children with emergency signs in Emergency Paediatric Unit of Mulago National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: Triage is an essential tool for early recognition of very sick participants, rapid initiation of treatment and has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in high-income countries. In Low-income countries ...
The efficacy of zinc as adjunct therapy in the treatment of severe pneumonia in children admitted to Mulago Hospital
(2007)
Acute respiratory tract infection(ARI) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in children less than 5 years worldwide. It accounts for 10-30% of all childhood deaths. The burden of lower respiratory infections ...
Nurses' knowledge and preventive practices on cross infection during nursing care in Mulago Hospital, Kawempe Division, Kampala District, Uganda
(2007-06)
BACKGROUND: The striking feature about cross infection is that it occurs to patients, healthcare workers (HCW) and other person in health centres. It involves introducing an effective organism from an infected person/equipment ...
Safety and efficacy of prophylactic ephdrine in preventing hypotension following spinal anesthesia in parturients undergoing caesarean section at Mulago Hospital
(2007-06)
Hypotension following spinal anesthesia is a wee recognized complication, in the parturient undergoing caesarean section, which poses a great threat to the well being being of both the mother and foetus. The prevalence of ...