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Prevalence, factors associated and immediate outcomes of delirium among children admitted at Acute Care Unit, Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022)
Background: Delirium is one of the medical/psychiatric emergencies that is often unrecognized and undermanaged hence being associated with increased mortality and morbidity rates. Delirium is independently associated with ...
Prevalence and factors associated with malnutrition among children aged 5- 17 years living in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Isingiro district.
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: Hunger and malnutrition are rampant among refugees and displaced populations, many of whom are infants and children. These suffer from one or more of the multiple forms of malnutrition. Nakivale Refugee Settlement ...
Prevalence and factors associated with acute kidney injury among children aged 6 months – 12 years passing dark urine admitted at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-11)
Background: Acute kidney Injury (AKI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality especially in low resource settings. Early recognition of patients with possible AKI prior to onset of clinical manifestation is ...
Prevalence and factors associated with microalbuminuria in children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Mulago and Nsambya Hospitals in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2022-03)
Background: Type 1 Diabetes mellitus (T1D) causes profound impact on children and families worldwide. There’s a risk of poor growth, development, and macrovascular and microvascular complications among long term survivors. ...
Retrospective analysis of concurrently wasted and stunted children 6-59 months in the outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Karamoja: burden, characteristics, detection, response to treatment and outcomes
(Makerere University, 2022-01-11)
Background: Children with wasting and stunting at the same time (WaSt) are an emerging public health priority group. They have a comparable risk of death to children with severe wasting. However, evidence is needed to ...
Prevalence and factors associated with stunting in children and adolescents 1- 18 years with nephrotic syndrome attending the Renal Clinic at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-10)
Background: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is the most common glomerulopathy in children aged 2-18 years. It occurs at an annual incidence of 2-7 per 100,000 cases worldwide, 5.6 per million children in Tropical Africa and is ...
Prevalence of intestinal stoma complications and associated factors among children at Mulago National Referral Hospital, a cross sectional study
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Background: Intestinal stomas are a common procedure performed in children with over 165 stomas placed annually at Mulago hospital. Associated complications range from 28-81% in countries like Nigeria, Tanzania and India ...
Prevalence, pattern and factors associated with ocular manifestations in malnourished children attending Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2022-12)
Introduction: Ocular manifestations are among a wide range of systemic manifestations associated with malnutrition. Children with malnutrition have micro-nutrient deficiencies which impair the body systems including ocular ...
The prevalence and clinical presentation of inpatient malaria in children between five and fifteen years old in a malaria endemic area after the scale up of malaria control interventions
(Makerere University, 2022)
Introduction: Malaria is a disease that affects all age groups but more especially children under five years’ old, pregnant women, and school going children of all ages. Increasing success in lowering the level of malaria ...