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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 ...
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 ...
Antiretroviral therapy improves cognitive impairment in HIV individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa
(American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 2006)
Abstract—Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can improve cognitive performance in some patients
with HIV-associated cognitive impairment in the United States. The effect of HAART on HIV dementia ...
Frequency of and risk factors for HIV dementia in an HIV clinic in sub-Saharan Africa
(American Academy of Neurology, 2007)
Objective: To measure the frequency and associated risk factors of HIV dementia in an HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: We systematically sampled 78 HIV-seropositive (HIV ) patients from an ambulatory HIV ...
Prevalence and factors associated with malaria parasitemia in infants below 6 months of age on the out-patient clinic of Mulago Hospital
(2008-06)
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains the most important parasitic cause of mortality and morbidity in infants in sub-saharan Africa. Previously it had been thought that malaria in infants below six months of age was infrequent in ...