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Diagnostic knee arthroscopy: findings and their correlation with clinical impressions at mulago hospital.
(2009-06)
INTRODUCTION:
A number of patients present to the orthopaedic surgeon with complaints of knee pain. A diagnosis based on clinical examination only is frequently inaccurate and arthroscopy is considered to be the gold ...
Comparison of fine needle aspiration cytology and fine needle sampling without aspiration in the diagnosis of palpable breast lumps in mulago hospital.
(2009-07)
INTRODUCTION:
Open biopsy of the breast used to be the main traditional method of diagnosis of breast lumps. This was traumatic and done under anaesthesia. In 1021, fine needle biopsy (FNB) was introduced by Guthrie in ...
Factors associated with poor outcome in new born babies born before arrival (BBA) admitted in mulago hospital.
(2009-06)
BACKGROUND:
New born care practices in sub-saharan Africa and Uganda in particular have proved to be suboptimal especially if the child is born before arrival (BBA). Neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Uganda is at 27/1000 ...
Impact of decision-operation interval on pregnancy outcomes among mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section at mulago hospital.
(2009-05)
Delay, decision-operation interval, bad pregnancy outcomes.
TITTLE:
Impact of decision-operation interval on pregnancy outcomes among mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section at mulago hospital.
BACKGROUND:
The ...
Effect of smear status on survival of patients previously on HAART in the first 2-months of anti-tuberculosis therapy in mulago hospital.
(2009-10)
INTRODUCTION:
Mortality among TB patients in increased in patients who are co-infected with HIV. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of smear-positive vs. smear-negative PTB + EPTB on mortality. The study ...
Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular hypertrophy among patients with newly diagnosed arterial hypertension in mulago hospital.
(2009-05)
BACKGROUND:
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an early cardiac manifestation of target organ damage in hypertensive patients, its presence being a marker of other target organ involvement. It is a major independent ...
Prevalence and factors associated with oral candidiasis in severely malnourished children admitted to mwanamugimu nutritional unit, mulago hospital.
(2009-05)
BACKGROUND:
Malnutrition, the most common cause of immunodeficiency worldwide is responsible for 5.3 million deaths under 5 years old. It remains the most important risk factor for the burden of disease in developing ...
Risk factors for epilepsy among children attending the paediatric neurology clinic of mulago hospital.
(2009-07)
BACKGROUND:
Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disorder in the world. The world health organisation estimates that there are about 50 million people living with epilepsy and about 80% of these live in ...
Prevalence and factors associated with hyphaema in mulago hospital.
(2009-04)
INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND:
Hyphaema is the presence of red blood cells in the anterior chamber of the eye. Hypahema is most often encountered in children. The available reports in the United States of America indicate a ...
Prevalence and aetiology of bacteraemia among children with lymphomas on cancer chemotherapy at the uganda cancer institute.
(2009-08)
INTRODUCTION:
The prevalence of cancers has been noted to be on the increase worldwide. In Africa, this increase has mainly been attributed to viral infections especially HIV. Lymphomas are currently the commonest childhood ...