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Patterns of skeletal trauma in children seen at the Orthopaedic Department of Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2011)
Skeletal trauma is very common in children constituting 10 – 25% of all pediatric trauma worldwide. In developed countries, except for the first year of life, mortality from accidents is the leading cause of death in ...
Patterns of musculoskeletal injuries in multiple trauma patients admitted at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)
BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries are the commonest injuries sustained following multiple trauma and are a major cause of morbidity, mortality and long bed occupancy in patients admitted at Mulago Hospital. This study ...
Prevalence and outcome of community acquired Clostridium Difficile infection among children admitted with diarrhoea at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially serious emerging infectious disease. CDI is usually considered to be hospital acquired, causing diarrhoea in as high as 15% of children in health care ...
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 ...
Predictors for delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients admitted in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013-05)
Background: Over half of medical admissions at Mulago Hospital present with advanced HIV disease and have not yet initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART). There is increasing evidence from AIDS clinical trials and cohorts ...
Sonographic cytologic correlation of thyroid nodules at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014-06)
Introduction: Nodular thyroid disease accounts for 82.2% of all the patients referred with thyroid symptoms at Mulago Hosital. Ultrasound(US) is the most sensitive and specific radiologic detection method for thyroid ...
Prevalence and patterns of deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: Spinal cord injured patients are at high risk of developing DVT. This is because spinal cord injury favours two of the Virchow’s triad of factors for DVT; thus endothelial injury (trauma) and immobility (venous ...
Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma among blunt torso injury patients at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)
Introduction: Evaluation of patients with torso trauma is often a diagnostic challenge for emergency physicians and trauma surgeons. This is mainly because of large cavities in this part of the body which may theoretically ...
A case control study to determine predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus among antenatal women at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014-04)
Introduction: Gestational diabetes is rising globally and it is associated with poor pregnancy outcome. The WHO recommends selective screening in resource limited settings. There is need to determine factors strongly ...
Causes, outcomes and associated factors of adult in-hospital cardiac arrest in Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014-05)
Background – Since the introduction of CPR in the 1960s, research on cardiac arrest has considerably increased; guidelines for resuscitations have been implemented at international level and have undergone several changes. ...