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Self-medication practices by caretakers for children under five years in Tororo District.
(Makerere University, 2013)
BACKGROUND Majority of caretakers in Uganda prefer to initiate treatment for children with common childhood illness at home. Inappropriate and unregulated use of medicinal agents by self-medication has been widely attributed ...
Histological subtypes and distribution of ovarian epithelial carcinoma as seen in the department of pathology, Makerere University, college of health sciences, Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2013-07)
Background
Malignant ovarian neoplasm is the sixth most common malignancy among Ugandan women. Globally, ovarian epithelial carcinoma accounts for 90% of all malignant ovarian neoplasms. Routine microscopic examination ...
Prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia and performance of the lateral flow assay for detection of cryptococcal antigen.
(Makerere University, 2013-05)
Introduction: Cryptococcal infection is a common opportunistic infection and is a leading cause of death among HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Cryptococcal antigenemia is predictor of cryptococcal meningitis ...
High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda: results of a population-based survey.
(BMC Public Health, 2013-08)
Background: Worldwide 2 billion people are exposed to hepatitis B infection, 350 million have chronic infection,
65 million in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is highly endemic with 10% national prevalence of hepatitis B ...
Prevalence, clinical features and discharge outcomes of acute kidney injury among adult patients admitted with sepsis in mulago hospital.
(Makerere University, 2013-05)
Background: Sepsis is a commonly encountered syndrome in both patients admitted in hospitals and patients presenting to the emergency department. Severe sepsis can be complicated by development of multiorgan damage of which ...
Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac diseases among patients with chronic kidney disease attending the nephrology outpatient clinic in Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2013-04)
Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a risk factor for development of cardiac and other cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CKD. Local ...
Serum lactate and phosphate as biomarkers of intestinal ischemia in a Ugandan tertiary hospital: aA cross-sectional study.
(Springer, 2013)
Abstract
Background: Intestinal ischemia is a common complication of intestinal obstruction and arises from impaired
perfusion. The resultant local and systemic inflammatory response and bacterial translocation come with ...
Encephalopathic syndrome of trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: Incidence, risk factors and predictive cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count at Lwala Hospital, Uganda
(2013-06)
Background: Encephalopathic syndrome (ES) of HAT is defined as occurrence of CNS signs and symptoms in a patient previously without them (or development of new ones, or exacerbation of existing ones), after initiation of ...