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Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID‑19 lockdown
(Scientific reports, 2024)Use of alcohol and other substances remains a major health concern among higher learning institutions. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of alcohol and other substance use among students at Busitema University ... -
Retrospective Descriptive Study of an Intensive Care Unit at a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital
(World journal of surgery, 2016)Background: We describe delivery and outcomes of critical care at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, a Ugandan secondary referral hospital serving a large, widely dispersed rural population. Methods: Retrospective ... -
The outbreak and control of Ebola viral haemorrhagic fever in a Ugandan medical school
(Tropical Doctor, 2002)Uganda has just experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) ever recorded'. Mbarara UniversityTeaching Hospital (MUTH) is responsible for training approximately one-third of Uganda's doctors. Mbarara ... -
Benefits and Barriers to Increasing Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Limited Settings
(Dovepress, 2020)Abstract: Safe and accessible surgical and anesthetic care is critically limited for over half of the world’s population, particularly in Sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asian countries. Increasing the use of regional ... -
Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and surgical swab and instrument counts at a regional referral hospital in Uganda – a quality improvement project
(The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, 2015-07-29)The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist is a cost-effective tool that has been shown to improve patient safety. We explored the applicability and effectiveness of quality improvement methodology to ... -
Laparotomies under lumbar spinal Anaesthesia: a feasibility study
(Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2016-09)Background & Objectives: Laparotomies are normally performed under general anaesthesia (GA). Inadequate human resource, inconsistencies in drug supplies coupled with inadequacies in the available equipment in low resource ...
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