School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.)
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Prevalence and factors Associated with Obesity Among Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma Attending Mulago Hospital and Uganda Cancer Institute.
(Makerere University, 2022-12-24)Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common subtype of leukemia accounting for 80% of cases globally. Acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) is the second most common type of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) ... -
Prevalence And Factors Associated with Iron Deficiency Among Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia at Mulago Hospital Sickle Cell Clinic
(Makerere University, 2022-12-01)Background: Iron deficiency (ID) accounts for an estimated 42% of the global anemia burden. In Uganda alone national estimates of 53% have been reported. Equally Uganda has a significant sickle cell disease burden with ... -
Prevalence, factors associated and knowledge of dementia among older adults attending ROTOM Health Center-Mukono, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-08-26)Introduction: Dementia is on the rise due to increasing proportion of old people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although dementia is misattributed to normal ageing or supernatural causes in SSA, it is a brain disease with ... -
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 ... -
Missed Opportunities for Vaccination in children aged 0-23 months attending outpatient services in Wakiso Health Centre IV, Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2022-11-30)ABSTRACT Background: Missed opportunities are a hurdle for achieving full immunization coverage and by reducing it we can increase coverage in a cost-effective manner, improve health service delivery and promote synergy ... -
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 ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Opioid use Disorder Among Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-11-01)Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) among adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) increases their risk of complications such as infections and stroke. A past or current mental illness like depression and anxiety ... -
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and validation of OSA-5 questionnaire among children 2-7 years with severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy in Mulago Hospital
(2022-11-09)Background Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) is the commonest cause of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children. The gold standard for the diagnosis of OSA is polysomnography, however, it is expensive, time consuming and ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among adults on dolutegravir based antiretroviral therapy in Mengo Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-03-30)Introduction Dolutegravir (DTG) based anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimens have been rolled out in Uganda due to their effectiveness in the management of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, reports from developed ... -
The association between maternal periodontitis and occurrence of low birth weight babies amongst postnatal women in Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Introduction: Despite improvements in maternal nutritional status, antenatal supplementation and better treatment of maternal medical conditions, the rate of low birth weight (LBW) continues to be high. This has prompted ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with mastitis among lactating mothers with neonates admitted at Kawempe National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-09)Introduction: Mastitis is inflammation of the breast tissue with prevalence between 2.6% to 33% among lactating women. Lactating women with mastitis suffer from pain, discontinue breastfeeding and their infants are at of ... -
Practices of diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, associated factors, barriers and facilitators among private practitioners in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-11)Introduction: Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality accounting for an estimated 10.0 million new cases and 1.451million deaths in 2018. Uganda is one of the world’s high TB burden countries ... -
“You would not be in a hurry to go back home”: Patients’ willingness to participate in HIV/AIDS clinical trials at a clinical and research facility in Kampala, Uganda
(BMC, 2020)Background: Few studies have examined factors associated with willingness of people living with HIV (PLHIV) to participate in HIV treatment clinical trials in Sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the factors associated with ... -
Prevalence, patterns and associated factors of degenerative cervical myelopathy in degenerative cervical spine patients attending Mulago Hospital Spine Unit
(Makerere University, 2022)Introduction: Degenerative cervical myelopathy is a common cause of progressive spinal cord dysfunction and functional impairment among individuals above 50 years. Its diagnosis is guided by both clinical and radiological ... -
Prevalence, clinicoradiological patterns and influencing factors of acute distal femur fractures among adults presenting with femur fractures at Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-10-06)Background: Distal femur fractures (DFFs) account for 3% to 6% of all femur fractures. They usually result from high energy trauma in the young and low energy trauma in the old. DFFs have a bimodal distribution based on ... -
Post circumcision wound PH variation and its predictors among males at International Hospital Kampala, Uganda: A cohort study post circumcision wound PH variation and its predictors among males at international hospital Kampala, Uganda: a cohort study
(Makerere University, 2022-09-29)Background: Myriads of studies have suggested that a survey of wound pH environment could indicate wound healing activities whereby acidic pH promotes wound healing and alkaline pH delays wound healing. However, studies ... -
Respectful maternity care and associated factors at Kawempe National Referral Hospital: Mothers’ perspectives.
(Makerere University, 2022-09-26)Background. Despite the increasing number of facility-based deliveries and expertise worldwide, the decline in the global maternal mortality is slower than expected with vast inequalities between countries and within the ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with soil-transmitted helminthiasis in infants in Gulu, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-07)Background: At least 1.5 billion people or 24% of the world's population are infested with soil-transmitted helminths globally, majority of cases are in sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, China and East Asia. Close to 1 ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with Modern Contraceptive use among Postnatal Mothers attending Mukongola general referral Hospital, in South-Kivu, Dr Congo
(Makerere University, 2021-11-01)Introduction: Reproductive health is currently considered a priority area worldwide and family planning is one of its essential elements. There is generally limited acceptance of the use of modern contraceptives in sub-Saharan ... -
Outcomes of surgical management of patients with infective spondylodiscitis at Mulago hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-06-23)Background: Infective spondylodiscitis is a very challenging condition to treat even in the hands of the most experienced spine surgeon and it is one of the most significant sources of back pain and a considerable impact ...
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