Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Subject "Trauma"
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Citywide trauma experience in Kampala, Uganda: a call for intervention
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2002)Objectives: To describe injuries and their emergency care at five city hospitals. Setting: Data were collected between January and December 1998 from casualty departments of the five largest hospitals of Kampala city, ... -
Correlating initial venous acid-base levels and anion gap with early outcome of major trauma patients at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2012)Background: Trauma remains a tremendous cause of morbidity and mortality in most countries .Mortality from trauma still remains a major challenge despite substantial improvement in acute trauma care. In Mulago Hospital ... -
Correlation between serum glucose profiles and injury severity among admitted trauma patients at Mulago hospital.
(2018-07-16)INTRODUCTION: Blood glucose is highly sensitive to cellular injury secondary to trauma and possesses all properties of an ideal serum marker of systemic injury. Blood glucose levels are positively correlated with severity ... -
Injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2001)Objectives—To describe and contrast injury patterns in rural and urban Uganda. Settings—One rural and one urban community in Uganda. Methods—Community health workers interviewed adult respondents in households selected by ... -
Outcome of blunt abdominal trauma in Mulago hospital.
(2006)Background This study was conducted at Mulago hospital, a 1500 bed National referral and teaching hospital that is situated in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The A&E Unit of this hospital handles over 4,700 trauma ... -
Prevalence and patterns of traumatic foot injuries at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)Objective: In this study the main objective was to determine the prevalence and to describe the patterns of foot injuries among patients with mulsculo-skeletal injuries following trauma at Mulago hospital. Methodology: This ... -
Serum lactate as a predictor of early outcome among trauma patients in Uganda
Background: Trauma is the leading cause of death in the developed world. Accurate assessment of severity of injuries is critical in informing treatment choices. Current models of assessing severity of injury are not ... -
Short term outcome of haemorrhagic shock in trauma at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013-06)Background: More than 3000 deaths occur daily around the world due to road traffic injury, 85% of which are in low and middle income countries. Haemorrhage is the leading cause of death in trauma patients worldwide with ... -
Vulnerability to high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) following exposure to war trauma as seen in post-conflict communities in eastern uganda: a qualitative study
(Biomed Central, 2011)Background: Much of the literature on the relationship between conflict-related trauma and high risk sexual behaviour (HRSB) often focuses on refugees and not mass in-country displaced people due to armed conflicts. There ...