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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 ...
Association between RBC folate levels with breast cancer in patients seen at Mulago National Referral Hospital: A case-control study.
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background: Folate has been shown to play a complex but unclear role in carcinogenesis, with, some studies showing that low folate intake protects against early while high folate intake promoting advanced carcinogenesis. ...
Prevalence of triple negative breast cancer and its associated clinico-histopathological characteristics among women with primary breast cancer at Mulago hospital.
(Makerere University, 2012)
Background Globally, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed life threatening cancer and leading cause of cancer death among women. In Uganda, breast cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer after Kaposi’s ...
Clinicopathological analysis and health-related quality of life among patients with ovarian cancer at Mulago Hospital
(2012-05)
Background: Ovarian cancer is the 6th commonest in women and the 2nd commonest gynecological cancer. Clinically, it is ambiguous and majority of patients are identified in the advanced disease stages. Surgery causes loss ...
Risk of post caesarean wound infection among women managed by open versus closed dressing in Mulago Hospital: A randomised controlled trial.
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
Introduction: Surgical wound infection is the most common maternal complication following caesarean section (CS) worldwide. It accounts for considerable morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospitalization and increased ...