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Evaluation of efficacy and safety of labour analgesia by intrathecal morphine with fentanyl compared to morphine with bupivacaine in Mulago Hospital: A double blinded randomized control trial.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Pain during labour is severe and in developed countries, is always treated with methods including neuraxial techniques such as combined spinal epidural analgesia. This improves maternal satisfaction with the birthing ...
Complications and associated factors among patients with open long bone fractures discharged with external fixators from Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Introduction: Open long bone fractures are common worldwide and are associated with significant complications. Due to high numbers of patients in the Mulago orthopaedic trauma ward, the orthopaedic department came up with ...
Prevalence, severity and clinical characteristics of acute kidney injury among children with severe malaria at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: There were 219 million malaria cases reported in 2010, and 660,000 deaths of which 91% were in Sub Saharan Africa. Disordered renal physiology in patients with severe malaria is associated with 45% mortality. ...
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 and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction among children on anthracyclines at Uganda Cancer Institute
(Makerere University, 2015)
Introduction: The harmful side effects of the various chemotherapeutic agents versus their useful anticancer effects present patient management challenges. Left ventricular dysfunction is one of the early and the most ...
Prevalence and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection in adults attending medical outpatient unit at Aden Abdulle Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia
(2016-10)
Background: H. pylori is known to be a highly prevalent infection among persons in
developing countries. It is an established etiologic agent for acute and chronic gastritis
and a predisposing factor in peptic ulcer ...
Emergency obstetric referrals to Mulago hospital: Sources, immediate maternal and fetal outcomes
(Makerere University, 2015-04)
Within 72hrs after admis: Maternal and Child mortality, as largely avoidable causes of death are an important focus of international development, thus millennium development goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. The Uganda maternal mortality ...
Identification of serum biomarker associated with pulmonary mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV infected individuals
(Makerere University, 2015-09)
Background: Accurate active tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis remains a challenge in clinical practice, especially in HIV infected patients. The aim of the study was to determine the serum markers that are associated with pulmonary ...
Bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern in patients with catheter associated urinary tract infections in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014)
Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) still remains the most common infections encountered by clinicians in health settings. Understanding the type of pathogens responsible for CA-UTI, susceptibility and ...
Immunological and clinical profiles of asymptomatic cryptococcal antigenemia in HIV/AIDS patients in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-05)
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM), which is caused by the fungus, Cryptococcus Neoformans, causes life-threatening inflammation of the meninges and sometimes inflammation of the brain parenchyma. Asymptomatic cryptococcal ...