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Patterns of musculoskeletal injuries in multiple trauma patients admitted at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)
BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries are the commonest injuries sustained following multiple trauma and are a major cause of morbidity, mortality and long bed occupancy in patients admitted at Mulago Hospital. This study ...
Prevalence and outcome of community acquired Clostridium Difficile infection among children admitted with diarrhoea at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2014)
Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially serious emerging infectious disease. CDI is usually considered to be hospital acquired, causing diarrhoea in as high as 15% of children in health care ...
Effect of blood storage age on the resolution of lactic acidosis in children with severe malarial anemia at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background: Severe malarial anaemia requiring blood transfusion is a life threatening condition affecting millions of children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Up to 40% of children with severe malarial anemia have associated lactic ...
Prevalence and factors associated with moderate to severe anaemia among HIV infected children admitted at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2007-05)
Introduction/ background: Anaemia is a commonly encountered haematological complication of HIV infection that has a significant impact on quality of life and clinical outcome. It is estimated that up to 90% of children ...
The prevalence of hypercalcemia and associated factors among adult breast cancer patients in Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2009-05)
Background: Hypercalcemia is among the commonest metabolic disorders associated with neoplasms, occurring in up to 25.7% of USA breast cancers. It is associated with high morbidity, poor quality of life and a grave prognosis. ...
Predictors for delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients admitted in Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2013-05)
Background: Over half of medical admissions at Mulago Hospital present with advanced HIV disease and have not yet initiated antiretroviral therapy (ART). There is increasing evidence from AIDS clinical trials and cohorts ...
Sonographic cytologic correlation of thyroid nodules at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2014-06)
Introduction: Nodular thyroid disease accounts for 82.2% of all the patients referred with thyroid symptoms at Mulago Hosital. Ultrasound(US) is the most sensitive and specific radiologic detection method for thyroid ...
Comparison of Desarda versus Modified Bassini inguinal Hernia repair in Mulago Hospital: A randomized controlled trial.
(Makerere University, 2008-06)
Background: Although the Tension free inguinal hernia repair with a mesh is the standard technique in many developed countries, its use has remained low in the developing world. This has been attributed to initial cost of ...
Prevalence and patterns of deep venous thrombosis in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury at Mulago Hospital.
(Makerere University, 2013)
Background: Spinal cord injured patients are at high risk of developing DVT. This is because spinal cord injury favours two of the Virchow’s triad of factors for DVT; thus endothelial injury (trauma) and immobility (venous ...
Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma among blunt torso injury patients at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2012)
Introduction: Evaluation of patients with torso trauma is often a diagnostic challenge for emergency physicians and trauma surgeons. This is mainly because of large cavities in this part of the body which may theoretically ...