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The co-morbidity of substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders among patients admitted at Butabika hospital.
(2002-03)
BACKGROUND:
Research done mainly in europe and north ameria has shown high rates of co-morbidity substance use disorders among patients admitted with primary psychiatric disorders. These dual diadgnosis patients have been ...
Prevalence and presentation of spinal injury in patients with major trauma admitted in Mulago Hospital.
(2009-07)
BACKGROUND:
Spinal injury is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and long bed occupancy in patients admitted in Mulago hospital. Several studies have reported different incidence and different presentations of spinal ...
Social support, resilience and social reintergrationof formerly abducted children.
(2009-08)
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between social support, resilience and social reintegration of formerly abducted children. Based on the review of previous research, it was hypothesised ...
Comparison of palpation and ultrasonography in evaluation of cervical lymph node metastases in patients presenting with head and neck cancers at Mulago Hospital.
(2009)
BACKGROUND:
Head and neck cancers include cancers from the nose, ears, paranasal sinuses, oropharyx, nasopharynx, hypo pharynx, laryx and thyroid, parotid and the salivary glands. The presence of a metastatic node on one ...
Effect of HIV-Infection on parasite clearance in pregnant women with severe malaria in Lacor and Gulu hospitals, Northern Uganda.
(2009-05)
TITTLE:
Effect of HIV infection on parasite clearance in pregnant women with severe malaria in Lacor and Gulu hospitals, Northern Uganda.
INTRODUCTION:
Malaria and HIV/AIDS share determinants of vulnerability and have ...
Aetiology of low back pain in Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2005)
Background: Low back pain exists in epidemic proportions in the western world and is on the increase. Its cause is mostly non-specific. Not much is known about it in the developing world because the data is scanty. This ...
Risk factors in hospital deaths in severely malnourished children in Kampala, Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2006-03-16)
Background: Although the risk factors for increased fatality among severely malnourished children have been reported, recent information from Africa, during a period of HIV pandemic and constrained health services, remains ...
Prevalence and morphologic types of anemia among adult patients admitted to the meidcal emergency ward in mulago hospital.
(2008-07)
INTRODUCTION:
Anaemia is a common condition worldwide although the burden is highest in the developing countries where nutrient deficiencies and chronic infections are prevalent. The tends in prevalence and causes of ...
Prevalence and factors associated with microalbuminuria among children with sickle cell anaemia attending the sickle cell clinic in mulago hospital.
(2008-07)
BACKGROUND:
Sickle cell anaemia is by far the commonest hereditary haemolytic disease in Uganda; it is a chronic disease with multi organ complications.
Chronic renal failure is one of the most serious complications of ...
Risk factors for non-adherence to follow-up among patients treated for trypanosomiasis in Terego County, Arua District
(2003-06)
Background: About 60 million people are at risk of infection with Trypanosomiasis in 36 tsetse fly-infested sub-Saharan countries. Uganda is the only country known to have both species, distributed in two foci. The northern ...