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Readiness of tuberculosis treatment centres in Masaka district to provide tobacco cessation services.
(2018-08-30)
Background: In Uganda, tobacco use is still significant and has been associated with non-communicable (NCDs) and communicable diseases including tuberculosis. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Frame Work Convention ...
Correlation between serum glucose profiles and injury severity among admitted trauma patients at Mulago hospital.
(2018-07-16)
INTRODUCTION: Blood glucose is highly sensitive to cellular injury secondary to trauma and possesses all properties of an ideal serum marker of systemic injury. Blood glucose levels are positively correlated with severity ...
Morphometric and morphologic study of the human sacra at the galloway osteological collection.
(2018-08-09)
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99.20
, 98.50 and 98.57 among males, females and the whole study population respectively.
The
sample had
a median sacral index of 97.26mm for the
entire sample. There was no
statistically
significant
sex ...
Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with peripheral arterial disease among patients with intermittent claudication at St. Francis Hospital, Nsambya
(2018)
Background: In Uganda, there is limited information on the prevalence, pattern and factors associated with lower limb PAD. The study was conducted to determine the prevalence, describe patterns and identify factors associated ...
Knowledge, attitude and practices of newborn care during the immediate postnatal period among mothers who delivered in jinja regional referral hospital, Eastern Uganda.
(2018-12-03)
Introduction and Background
Neonatal mortality is a major concern all over the world, especially in developing countries including Uganda. Three quarters of all newborn deaths occur in the first week of life with nearly ...
Quality of life of adult intestinal stoma patients in Uganda, A cross-sectional study at Mulago National Referral Hospital
(Makerere University, 2018-08-16)
Introduction; Intestinal stomas remain important life-saving surgical options in a wide range of
gastrointestinal pathologies globally. Knowledge of the effects of any medical or surgical
intervention on the patients‘ ...
Plasmodium falciparum gene mutations that confer resistance to Artemether-Lumefantrine at Kasangati Health Center IV Wakiso District-Uganda
(2018-12-04)
Background: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the mainstay of efforts for treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Artemisinin and its derivatives are the most potent and rapidly acting anti-malarials. ...
Serum Album as a marker of burns injury severity and Hospital stay at Mulago National Refferal Hospital, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2018-12)
Severe burns have been shown to lower serum albumin levels. Burns of TBSA as low as 10% have significant hyper catabolic, hyper metabolic and inflammatory process which lead to reduced albumin production and increased ...
Long term non-progressor-derived CD4+ T Cell In-Vitro susceptibility to HIV-1 infection
(Makerere University, 2018-09-01)
Introduction: World over, there are antiretroviral therapy naïve individuals infected with HIV who maintain their CD4+T cell count above 500 cells/μl over 7-10 years (termed as Long Term Non-progressors, LTNP). A subset ...
Role of integrons in dissemination of carbapenem resistance among pseudomonas aeruginosa and acinetobacter baumanii at Mulago Hospital
(Makerere University, 2018)
Background: Carbapenem Resistance emergence threatens effective antimicrobial therapy of infections involving carbapenemase producing Gram negative bacteria especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. ...