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Short term clinical outcomes following elective day care primary inguinal hernia repair in Mulago hospital
(2007)
BACKGROUND: Day surgery is steadily growing all over the world. In Uganda, this modality of surgery will expand. Known for its cost friendly approaches, improving surgical outputs and relieveing the burden of disease, day ...
Accuracy of rapid tests as compared with field microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria in adolescents and adult patients in mulago hospital.
(2008-08)
BACKGROUND:
Blood smear microscopy is the recommended gold standard test for laboratory confirmation of malaria. However, due to some limitations associated with microscopy such as being labour intensive and time consuming, ...
Antiretroviral therapy improves cognitive impairment in HIV individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa
(American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 2006)
Abstract—Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can improve cognitive performance in some patients
with HIV-associated cognitive impairment in the United States. The effect of HAART on HIV dementia ...
Risk factors for childhood burn injuries in Kampala.
(2002-07)
INTRODUCTION:
Childhood injury is now a common phenomenon in both high-income countries and low and middle-income countries. Burn injury is among the common causes of childhood injury and results in morbidity and ...
Foot status in diabetic patients attending the mulago hospital diabetic clinic.
(2002-06)
INTRODUCTION:
Foot problems represent the most important of all long term complications of diabetes mellitus (D.M) medically, socially and economically. They have been documented in all parts of the world and extensively ...
In vivo PPD reactivity and associated factors among HIV positive patients on HAART at the Makerere University Infectious Diseases Clinic.
(2009-08)
BACKGROUND:
It is estimated that a third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB).
This epidemic is fueled by HIV, with reactivation rates of 8-10% / year and overall lifetime risk of 30% in HIV ...
Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid and lugol's iodine among women attending the family planning clinic in mulago hospital.
(2008-05)
BACKGROUND:
Cervical cancer is the commonest malignancy among women in Uganda. Over 80% of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer in Mulago hospital present with advanced disease. Cytology based screening services are ...
Surgically treated pelvic abscess: microbial and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns in Mulago Hospital Kampala-Uganda
(2009-05)
Introduction: Pelvic abscess commonly occurs as sequelae of post-abortal sepsis, puerperal sepsis and sexually transmitted infections. Culture and sensitivity are not routinely done in Uganda to determine the microbial and ...
The prevalence and pattern of ocular and orbital tumours in patients attending mulago hospital eye department
(2009-05)
BACKGROUND:
Ocular and orbital tumours present a lot of management problems. Patients over stay in hospital while undergoing a process of making a diagnosis and the treatment that follows.
These tumours are associated ...
Neonatal prevalence of the sickle cell gene at mulago hospital.
(2008-06)
BACKGROUND:
Sickle cell anaemia is a public health problem in Uganda. It contributes significantly to childhood deaths most of which occur during the first year of life. Uganda has one of the highest adult frequencies of ...