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Factors Associated With Contraceptive Ever- Use Among Women Who Present With Induced Abortions In Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: In Uganda, 297,000 induced abortions are carried out annually with half of these by untrained professionals. More than 500,000 Ugandan women have unintended pregnancies annually and a sizeable proportion is ...
Comparison of Ackers culture to Inpouch culture for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis among Symptomatic Females at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere university, 2015-10)
Background: Trichomoniasis is the most curable sexually transmitted Infection (STI) in the world, caused by the genital Trichomonas vaginalis infection. The Trichomona vaginalis is a single celled flagellated eukaryote ...
Factors associated with empathy among midwives working in obstetrics and gynecology department of Mulago hospital Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-08)
Introduction: Empathy is an essential component of a caring relationship and especially critical to the provision of quality midwifery care. It enables health care professionals to identify and understand patient‘s ...
Where is students’ research in evidenceinformed decision-making in health? Assessing productivity and use of postgraduate students’ research in lowand middle-income countries: a systematic review
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017)
Background: Investing in research that is not accessible or used is a waste of resources and an injustice to human subject participants. Post-graduate students’ research in institutions of higher learning involves considerable ...
Knowledge, attitudes and utilization of premarital sickle cell disease screening among primigravida mothers at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Background: Sickle cell anemia remains the most frequent and traumatizing genetic disease which continues to devastate the families of sickle cell patients both mentally and economically in Uganda with an average of 33,000 ...
Comparison of bacteria isolated from surface swabs to bacteria isolated from core tonsilar tissue of patients undergoing tonsillectomy at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction and background; Tonsillitis is a common condition among ENT patients, with raw data showing up to 10 patients with tonsillitis seen daily in the Mulago hospital ENT OPD. The throat swab has been the main ...
A case control study on maternal serum 25- hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and the risk of very early onset neonatal sepsis in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-06)
INTRODUCTION
Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 levels in pregnancy have been associated with an
increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes including an increased risk of early-onset-neonatalsepsis
in the full-term infant. ...
Factors associated with diagnostic and referral delay of patients with epidemic kaposi sarcoma for care at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Background: Epidemic Kaposi sarcoma (EKS) is the most prevalent cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, EKS patients generally present with advanced stage disease, which is associated with poor treatment response and ...
The prevalence and factors associated with umbilical arterial doppler abnormalities in women with pre-eclampsia at Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2015-06)
Introduction: Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry detects fetuses at risk of asphyxia from IUGR before changes in the CTG and biophysical score are evident. This has made it a primary fetal surveillance tool in pre-eclampsia ...
Time to pulmonary tuberculosis relapse and its association with chest radiograph in Kawempe division, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2017-11-20)
Introduction: In Uganda, 5.19% of new tuberculosis cases are relapses with a prevalence and
incidence of 0.159% and 0.161% respectively. Few studies have assessed factors that act as
biomarkers for relapse at the initial ...