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Prevalence and factors associated with helicobacter pylori infection among children aged one month to twelve years in Mulago hospital
(2008-07)
BACKGROUND:
Helicobacter pylori infection is currently estimated to affect at least half of the world’s population and is mostly acquired in early childhood. The magnitude of this infection among children in Uganda remains ...
Socioeconomic predictors of cognition in Ugandan children: implications for community interventions
(Public Library of Science, 2009)
Background: Several interventions to improve cognition in at risk children have been suggested. Identification of key
variables predicting cognition is necessary to guide these interventions. This study was conducted to ...
Causes, associated factors and sonographic patterns of non-traumatic acute abdomen.
(2009-09)
Key words
Non-traumatic acute abdomen, causes, associated factors, sonographic patterns
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:
Non-traumatic acute abdomen (NTAA) is a common abdominal emergency at Mulago Hospital and it is accomplished ...
Factors influencing infant feeding practices among HIV-positive mothers attending the PMTCT program at Gulu regional referral and Lacor hospitals.
(2008-07)
BACKROUND:
Breast feeding is usually the best way to feed infants, yet the advent of HIV has complicated this practice in our mothers today. There is enough evidence that exclusively breastfed infants are more protected ...
Presentation and immediate outcome of critically ill children presenting to acute care unit, Mulago Hospital.
(2009-08)
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 ...
Prevalence of HBV Infection among parturients in Lower mulago.
(2008-04)
INTRODUCTION:
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major health problem with 5% of the world population being chronic carriers. Parts of Africa including Uganda have a higher carrier rate of 10-15%. The causative agent, the ...
The pattern of cardiac disease and aetiology of cardiac failure among patients attending mulago hospital cardiac clinic and medical wards.
(2002-06)
BACKGROUND:
Changes in the socio-demographic characteristics of people in the developing countries are resulting in an increase in non-communicable conditions like cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, because of the ...
The diagnostic accuracy of cervical ultrasound in acute bacterial meningitis in infants at Mulago Hospital.
(2009-05)
INTRODUCTION:
Acute bacterial meningitis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Uganda and worldwide and a noticeable number of survivors (22-28%) are left with marked neurological sequel despite adequate ...
A randomised controlled trial of radiotherapy and metronidazole versus radiotherapy alone in anaemia patients with advanced cervical cancer in Mulago Hospital.
(2009)
INTRODUCTION:
Cancer of the cervix accounts for 60% of gynaecological cancers in Uganda and 40% of patients on radiotherapy in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Only 15.1% are medically eligible for chemoradiation yet ...
Prevalence and factors associated with hyphaema in mulago hospital.
(2009-04)
INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND:
Hyphaema is the presence of red blood cells in the anterior chamber of the eye. Hypahema is most often encountered in children. The available reports in the United States of America indicate a ...