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Emergency anaesthesia and surgery at Mulago Hospital: Outcomes and associated factors at 24 hours perioperative. A prospective study
(Makerere University, 2020-08)
Background
Emergency anaesthesia and surgery are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, particularly in resource-limited settings. Identifying the factors influencing the outcome of patients undergoing ...
Clinicians’ malaria diagnostic practices among patients presenting with fever in Kampala : an area of declining malaria transmission
(Makerere University, 2020-01)
Uganda fever management guidelines recommend that all cases of fever should have a laboratory diagnosis for malaria before treatment. We sought to evaluate the clinicians’ malaria diagnostic practices, associated factors, ...
Comparision of outcomes of subsequent delivery among previous vacuum and previous second stage cesarean section delivery mothers at Kawempe National Referral Hospital : a retrospective cohort study
(Makerere University, 2020-07)
Introduction: The increasing trends in cesarean section (CS) with a decrease in operative vaginal deliveries is a major concern in health care system all over the world, particularly in low-resource settings. Studies show ...
Towards a low-resource digital infrastructure to streamline clinicians’ viewing and interpretation of radiographic images: a case study of Nsambya hospital.
(Makerere University, 2020-11-11)
Background:
Picture Achieving and Communication Systems (PACS) are said to improve quality of care
through timely access to radiological images. However, Anecdotal reports suggest that it takes
about 30-40 minutes to ...
An electronic adverse drug reaction reporting system for Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-12-14)
Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major health problem, which impose profound morbidity, mortality and financial burden on patients and health systems. Adverse drug reactions monitoring in Uganda is paper-based, ...
Brain CT scan findings among patients with headache without other neurological features in selected hospitals in Kampala, Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2020-02)
Background:
Headache refers to the pain in the head or face which sometimes includes the upper neck. Pain sensitive structures in the head and face include the skin, bone, structures in the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices associated with oral rehydration therapy among caregivers of children two years or less with diarrhoea in Arua district, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020)
Diarrhea has been considered as a major cause of mortality in children aged less than five years old. It accounted for 526,000 (9%) of all deaths globally in 2015 and Uganda contributed nearly 7000 (8%). Most of these ...
Sonographic estimation of liver volume of healthy students in Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020)
Introduction: The liver is one of the largest organs in the body with multiple functions and hence knowledge of the normal size is paramount in predicting the liver function. Sonography is one of the most frequently requested ...
Participants’ understanding of informed consent for genomic research: a case of the CAfGEN study.
(Makerere University, 2020-07)
Introduction: For informed consent to be valid, prospective participants are required to have adequate understanding of research prior to making decisions about participation. Studies have reported that participants in ...
The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda
(BMC, 2020)
Background: Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden estimations. Contemporary data on severe malaria risks ...