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Morbidity, Mortality, and Associated factors among Preterm babies in the first seven days at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2021-05-01)
Introduction: Preterm birth complications are responsible for a third of pediatric deaths under
five years. In Uganda, the preterm birth rate is estimated at 13.6 per 1000 live births. There is a
greater need to generate ...
30 day in-hospital patient mortality after ICU discharge and associated factors : a retrospective cohort study in selected tertiary hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-01-25)
Background: Intensive care medicine is rapidly growing because critical illness is a major component of the global burden of disease especially in LMICs. We retrospectively evaluated the 30 day In-hospital patient mortality ...
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study from Kampala, Uganda
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Mortality among children under 5 years of age admitted to malnutrition units in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. The burden of HIV infection, a major risk factor for mortality among patients with severe acute ...
Predictors of in-hospital mortality amongst chest trauma patients admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital; A prospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Background: Chest trauma has a high mortality. Although many studies have attempted to determine the predictors of mortality in chest trauma patients, there has been no uniformity in their findings. This study aimed to ...
Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: A prospective cohort study
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a consequential clinical complication in children with severe malaria. However, approaches to estimate baseline creatinine (bSCr) are not standardized in ...
Outcomes of intestinal stoma reversals at Mulago National Referral Hospital; A retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-10)
Background: The reversal of a temporary intestinal stoma is an eagerly awaited procedure by patients and is often considered a simple procedure by many surgeons, but the procedure has been shown in some studies to be ...
Treatment outcomes and associated factors for patients with empyema thoracis managed at Mulago national referral hospital: a retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-11-24)
Background: Worldwide, the treatment outcomes of empyema thoracis patients remain unacceptably poor despite advances in management techniques. Recent data from the Western population indicate rising incidence and worsening ...
Association of surgical procedure start time and post operative outcomes following emergency abdominal surgery at Mulago National Referral Hospital - A five year retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022)
Background: Emergency abdominal surgeries are among the high-risk procedures with unacceptably high morbidity and mortality rates in the whole world, despite advances in surgical techniques and intensive care services. ...
Effect of perioperative blood transfusion on complications following emergency non-trauma laparotomy: A prospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2024)
Introduction: Blood transfusion may be required in the management of patients undergoing emergency non-trauma laparotomy. However, retrospective cohort studies involving patients undergoing emergency laparotomy have ...