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Presentation and immediate outcome of critically ill children presenting to acute care unit, MulagoHospital
(2009)
Background: Each year about eleven million children die before reaching their fifth birthday. About a third of these deaths occur in health units and most of health unit deaths happen within 24 hours of presentation. It ...
Ceftriaxone versus chloramphenicol for the treatment of severe Pneumonia in children at Mulago Hospital: A randomized clinical trial
(Makerere University, 2007)
Background
Acute lower respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
Sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) still recommends intravenous chloramphenicol for the treatment ...
Comparison of buccal midazolam to rectal diazepam in the treatment of prolonged convulsions in children at Mulago Hospital
(2007-04)
INTRODUCTION: Convulsions continuing for five minutes or longer are common in children in sub-saharan Africa and are medical emergencies. We compared the efficancy and safety of rectal diazepam and buccal midazolam in the ...
Prevalence, aetiology, associated factors and immediate outcome of neonatal septicaemia in Mulago hospital
(2003-05)
Background: Neonatal septicaemia is a common problem, which is associated with a mortality rate of more than 50% in some countries. However, its prevalence, causative organisms, and their sensitivity patterns have been ...
The prevalence and presentation of hyposthnuria and proteinuria among adolescents and adults attending the sicklecell clinic in Mulago hospital
(2009)
INTRODUCTION:
The presentation of SCD nephropathy is varied ranging from asymptomatic to include a defect of urine concentration, abnormal proximal and distal tubular function and neptrotic syndrome to overt renal ...
Prevalence, immediate outcome and factors associated with early onset hypothermia in neonatals admitted to the Special Care Unit, Mulago hospital.
(2009-05)
Hypothermia has been recognised as an independent risk factor for death in neonates for the last 40 years, regardless of the gestational age and weight. It is common in developing countries affecting more than half of all ...
Effect of emergency major surgery on CD4 cell count in HIV positive and negative patients in Mulago hospital: A prospective cohort study
(2009-05)
Surgery has a key role in HIV palliative care, specifically in the diagnosis (e.g laparotomy) and treatment (e.g excision of tumor) of HIV related and non related conditions. Yet major surgery, a form of trauma depresses ...
Ceftriaxone versus chloramphenicol for the treatment of severe pneumonia in children at mulago hospital: a randomised control trial.
(2007)
Background: Acute lower respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-saharan Africa. The World Health Organisation (WHO) still recommends intravenous chloramphenicol for the treatment ...
Prevalence and presentation of spinal injury in patients with major trauma admitted in Mulago Hospital.
(2009-07)
BACKGROUND:
Spinal injury is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and long bed occupancy in patients admitted in Mulago hospital. Several studies have reported different incidence and different presentations of spinal ...
Comparison of palpation and ultrasonography in evaluation of cervical lymph node metastases in patients presenting with head and neck cancers at Mulago Hospital.
(2009)
BACKGROUND:
Head and neck cancers include cancers from the nose, ears, paranasal sinuses, oropharyx, nasopharynx, hypo pharynx, laryx and thyroid, parotid and the salivary glands. The presence of a metastatic node on one ...