Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Subject "Anaemia"
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The association between maternal periodontitis and occurrence of low birth weight babies amongst postnatal women in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Introduction: Despite improvements in maternal nutritional status, antenatal supplementation and better treatment of maternal medical conditions, the rate of low birth weight (LBW) continues to be high. This has prompted ... -
Cardiovascular findings in patients with Sickle Cell Disease
(1974)SUMMARY Fifty homozygous sicklers and ten heterozygous sick cell patients selected from the sickle cell clinic cardiac clinic and inpatients on the medical wards of Mulago Hospital from the basis of this dissertation. It ... -
Change in haemoglobin concentration of children with severe anaemia at Mulago Hospital: A prospective study
(Makerere University, 2013)Background: Severe anaemia requiring blood transfusion is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Blood transfusion increases the haemoglobin concentration of severely anaemic children during ... -
Incidence of Blood Transfusion and Associated Practices during Major Elective Surgery at Mulago Hill Hospitals
(Makerere University, 2023-10-02)Background: The goal of care to safe surgery is to control surgical bleeding and directed resuscitation, and blood components are required in resuscitation (White et al., 2015). Significant morbidity is associated with ... -
Iron status in patients with plasmodium falciparum malaria and anaemia in Mulago hospital
(2002)Malaria is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda. It is associated with a wide range of complications including severe anaemia especially in children. Anaemia impairs motor and cognitive development in ... -
Malaria hospitalisation in East Africa: age, phenotype and transmission intensity
(BMC, 2022)Background: Understanding the age patterns of disease is necessary to target interventions to maximize cost-effective impact. New malaria chemoprevention and vaccine initiatives target young children attending routine ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months attending Nakaseke General Hospital, Nakaseke District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)Background: Anaemia is a common health problem in children and is one of the leading causes of death in low income countries. It is most common between the ages of 6 to 59 months where it is found to be associated with ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with early postpartum anemia among women delivered by caesarean section at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Introduction Early postpartum anemia (48 hours after delivery) is a global problem with deleterious consequences. It remains unacceptably high despite various interventions. There is scarcity of data on the prevalence ... -
Prevalence And Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Among Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia at Mulago Hospital Sickle Cell Clinic
(Makerere University, 2022-12-01)Background: Iron deficiency (ID) accounts for an estimated 42% of the global anemia burden. In Uganda alone national estimates of 53% have been reported. Equally Uganda has a significant sickle cell disease burden with ... -
Some aspects of malaria in Mulago Hospital
(1974)Thirty patients with malaria were studied. Seven had cerebral malaria, ten severe and thirteen non-severe malaria. Age ranged from seven weeks to eight years with equal sex distribution. All were febrile except two infants ...