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Improved maternal–fetal outcomes among emergency obstetric referrals following phone call communication at a teaching hospital in south western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)
Background: Emergency obstetric referrals develop adverse maternal–fetal outcomes partly due to delays in offering appropriate care at referral hospitals especially in resource limited settings. Referral hospitals do not ...
Health Care Workers’ Experiences, Challenges of Obstetric Referral Processes and Self-Reported Solutions in South Western Uganda: Mixed Methods Study
(Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022)
Introduction: In resource limited settings, the highest burden of adverse maternal-fetal outcomes at referral hospitals is registered from emergency obstetric referrals from lower health facilities. Implementation of ...
Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Vulva Intraepithelial Neoplasia (VIN) among HIV Positive Women at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)
Background: Vulva intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a noninvasive potential precursor of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva. VIN is more prevalent in HIV-positive than HIV-negative women and if not identified and treated ...
Acceptability of Phone-Based Communication Intervention by Healthcare Workers as an Adjunct to Routine Referral Form: A Qualitative Study in South Western Uganda
(Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023-02-27)
Introduction: A functional maternal referral system should encompass a feasible communication system between health facilities. In Uganda, the current paper-based patient referral form is associated with inadequate patient- ...
Incidence of postpartum infection, outcomes and associated risk factors at Mbarara regional referral hospital in Uganda
(BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2018)
Background: There is a paucity of recent prospective data on the incidence of postpartum infections and associated risk factors in sub-Saharan Africa. Retrospective studies estimate that puerperal sepsis causes approximately ...
Antimicrobial-resistant infections among postpartum women at a Ugandan referral hospital
(PLOS ONE, 2017)
Puerperal sepsis causes 10% of maternal deaths in Africa, but prospective studies on incidence, microbiology and antimicrobial resistance are lacking.
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We performed a prospective cohort study of 4,231 Ugandan women ...
Risk Factors for Vaginal Colonization and Relationship between Bacterial Vaginal Colonization and In-Hospital Outcomes in Women with Obstructed Labor in a Ugandan Regional Referral Hospital
(International Journal of Microbiology, 2018)
Introduction. (e proportion of women with severe maternal morbidity from obstructed labor is between 2 and 12% in resource-limited settings. Maternal vaginal colonization with group B streptococcus (GBS), Escherichia coli, ...
Prevalence and Factors Associated With Histological Chorioamnionitis among Term Women Delivering From Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)
Background: Chorioamninitis (CAM), is an acute inflammation of the membrane and chorion of the placenta which can either be clinical or histological. At Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital the prevalence and factors associated ...