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Nutritional status and short term outcome among children presenting with surgical conditions to Mulago Hospital, Kampala
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
Background: The acute stress due to surgical conditions results in varying degrees of hyper-catabolism and hypermetabolism manifesting as PEM. This, together with pre-existing PEM adversely affects the morbidity and mortality ...
Stunting and school performance among day primary school children aged 6-13 years in Mukono District
(Makerere University, 2013)
Stunting is among the leading causes of death in children under five years in Sub-Saharan Africa. However little is known about stunting in children over five years of age.
Lack of meals in schools has been cited as one ...
Change in haemoglobin concentration of children with severe anaemia at Mulago Hospital: A prospective study
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: Severe anaemia requiring blood transfusion is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Blood transfusion increases the haemoglobin concentration of severely anaemic children during ...
Prevalence and factors associated with stunting and wasting among children aged 6-59 months living along Lake Victoria landing sites in Wakiso District
(Makerere University, 2015-04)
Background: Malnutrition is among the leading causes of death in children less than five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries with the highest number of malnourished children. ...
Serum vitamin D status in children with protein-energy malnutrition admitted to Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background
Vitamin D deficiency is a world-wide epidemic with recent estimates indicating that greater than 50% of the global population is at risk. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is much more likely to be associated ...
Stress hyperglycaemia among children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to Mmwanamugimu Nutrition Unit, Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2016)
Background Stress hyperglycaemia is a transient increase in blood glucose ...