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Cost of care for preterm babies in low resource settings: A case of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in East Central Uganda
(2018)
Introduction:
Preterm birth is still a global health burden especially in Africa and South Asia. Complications arising from preterm birth are a significant contributor to under five mortality in Uganda. Despite it being ...
30 day in-hospital patient mortality after ICU discharge and associated factors : a retrospective cohort study in selected tertiary hospitals in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021-01-25)
Background: Intensive care medicine is rapidly growing because critical illness is a major component of the global burden of disease especially in LMICs. We retrospectively evaluated the 30 day In-hospital patient mortality ...
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: a prospective cohort study from Kampala, Uganda
(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 ...
Predictors of in-hospital mortality amongst chest trauma patients admitted at Mulago National Referral Hospital; A prospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Background: Chest trauma has a high mortality. Although many studies have attempted to determine the predictors of mortality in chest trauma patients, there has been no uniformity in their findings. This study aimed to ...
Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: A prospective cohort study
(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 ...
Outcomes of intestinal stoma reversals at Mulago National Referral Hospital; A retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-10)
Background: The reversal of a temporary intestinal stoma is an eagerly awaited procedure by patients and is often considered a simple procedure by many surgeons, but the procedure has been shown in some studies to be ...
Treatment outcomes and associated factors for patients with empyema thoracis managed at Mulago national referral hospital: a retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-11-24)
Background: Worldwide, the treatment outcomes of empyema thoracis patients remain unacceptably poor despite advances in management techniques. Recent data from the Western population indicate rising incidence and worsening ...
The presentation, surgical management and mortality of neonates with intestinal atresia in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2016)
ABSTRACT
Background: Intestinal atresia is one of the commonest causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction. Survival of neonates with intestinal atresia has improved in many developed countries but in low and middle income ...
Gastroschiasis: Maternal/Neonatal characteristics, mortality and associated factors in Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2015-07)
Introduction; Gastroschisis is a congenital anomaly characterized by a defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which abdominal contents protrude. Gastroschisis is increasing throughout the world for unknown reasons. ...
Mortality among children under five years admitted for routine care of severe acute malnutrition: A prospective study from Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018)
Background:
Mortality among children admitted to the malnutrition unit at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda has reduced according to a recent randomised control trial. Anecdotal reports from the unit, however, report high ...