Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Author "Batte, Anthony"
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Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: A prospective cohort study
Batte, Anthony; Starr, Michelle C.; Schwaderer, Andrew L.; Opoka, Robert O.; Namazzi, Ruth; Nishiguchi, Erika S. Phelps; Ssenkusu, John M.; John, Chandy C.; Conroy, Andrea L. (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 ... -
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study from Kampala, Uganda
Nalwanga, Damalie; Musiime, Victor; Kizito, Samuel; Kiggundu, John Baptist; Batte, Anthony; Musoke, Philippa; Tumwine, James K. (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 ... -
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality
Batte, Anthony; Menon, Sahit; Ssenkusu, John M.; Kiguli, Sarah; Kalyesubula, Robert; Lubega, Joseph; Berrens, Zachary; Mutebi, Edrisa Ibrahim; Ogwang, Rodney; Opoka, Robert O.; John, Chandy C.; Conroy, Andrea L. (Elsevier, 2022)Urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a biomarker of acute kidney injury that has been adapted to a urine dipstick test. However, there is limited data on its use in low and-middle-income countries ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with Electrocardiography (ECG) abnormalities among children with congenital heart disease attending Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda
Batte, Anthony (Makerere University, 2014-05)Background: In Uganda, few children with congenital heart disease (CHD) benefit from early corrective cardiac surgery. These children are at high risk of having malnutrition, heart failure and electrolyte imbalances; factors ...