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Oesophageal cancer management guidelines for Uganda.
(Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa, 2009)
In Uganda, Oesophageal cancer is the third commonest malignancy in men and the fourth commonest in women, with an age standardized incidence rate of 13 - 14 per 100,000 of the population1,2. It remains a challenging tumour ...
Knowledge and practices of health care workers on medical waste management in Mityana Town Council, Mubende District
(2005)
Background: Few data are available on MWM in healthcare centres in Uganda yet medical waste is thought to be a sure vector for transmission of HIV, hepatitis and several other Nosocomial infections. Objective: The aim of ...
Incidence of Australia antigen in Ugandan subjects with sickle cell disease
(1973)
Two hundred patients with homozygous S-haemoglobinopathy (HbSS) were assayed for Au-Ag and Au-Ab. Three (1.5%) patients had positive Au-Ag and one (0.5%) was positive for Au-Ag. The results indicate that the incidence of ...
Improving the quality of interpersonal communication skills of clinical officers at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
(2009-08-08)
The way health care providers communicate has been linked to proximate outcomes such as patient satisfaction and recall, and to final outcomes, such as client compliance with treatment regimes and improved health results ...
Influence of M. tuberculosis lineage variability within a clinical trial for pulmonary tuberculosis
(PLoS ONE, 2010)
Abstract Recent studies suggest that M. tuberculosis lineage and host genetics interact to impact how active tuberculosis presents clinically. We determined the phylogenetic lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates from ...
The incidence and associated factors of hypertensive retinopathy among hypertensive patients attending mulago hospital.
(2005)
BACKGROUND Elevated arterial pressure, otherwise known as hypertension, may well be the most important public health problem in developed countries today. It is widespread, asymptomatic, readily detectable, and usually ...
Thyroid hormones profile in students of Makerere College of Health
(Tanzania Health Users' Trust Fund, 2010-01)
Serum concentrations of thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) are used to assess thyroid function. It is recommended that each laboratory or hospital should establish its own reference ...
The spectrum of liver diseases in HIV infected individuals at an HIV treatment clinic in Kampala, Uganda
(Makerere University Medical School, 2008-03)
Background: Liver diseases are common in patients with HIV due to viral hepatitis B and C co-infections, opportunistic infections or malignancies, antiretroviral drugs and drugs for opportunistic infections. Objective: To ...
The prevalence of plasmodium falciparum placental malaria and its association with prenatal sulfadoxime-pyrimethamine prophylaxis among HIV positive mothers in Mulago hospital.
(202-05)
INTRODUCTION:
HIV positive (HIV+) women are more susceptible to malaria infection during pregnancy than their HIV negative (HIV-) counterparts but the actual prevalence of infection in Ugandan pregnant women is not known. ...
Severe sepsis in two Ugandan hospitals: a prospective observational study of management and outcomes in a predominantly HIV-1 infected population
(Public Library of Science, 2009-11-11)
Background: Sepsis likely contributes to the high burden of infectious disease morbidity and mortality in low income countries. Data regarding sepsis management in sub-Saharan Africa are limited. We conducted a prospective ...