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Health-related quality of life and social support among women treated for abortion complications in western Uganda
(Health and quality of life outcomes, 2013)
Background: While the impact of abortion complications on clinical outcomes and healthcare costs has been reported, we found no reports of their impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), nor the role of social ...
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 ...
Association between Duration of Second Stage of Labour and Perinatal Outcomes among Mothers admitted in Labour at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2016)
About four million babies die in the first 4 weeks of life annually. Most of the neonatal deaths occur in the first week mainly on the first day after delivery. The objective of our study was to determine the factors ...
A Functionality and Acceptability Study of Wireless Maternal Vital Sign Monitor in a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Rural Uganda
(Journal of Women’s Health and Gynecology, 2017)
Background: He emergence of wireless technologies and advancements in on-body sensor design can provide continuous physiological data with the potential to reduce the need for human resources.
Objective: To test the ...
Association between Prior Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Ectopic Pregnancy at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Western Uganda
(Obstetrics and gynecology international, 2018)
Background. Increase in the number of ectopic pregnancy is attributed to increase in the incidence of pelvic infections. Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for most of the sexually transmitted bacterial infections. If ...
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, ...
Teaching by Teleconference: A Model for Distance Medical Education across Two Continents
(Open journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2015)
Introduction—In Uganda, an estimated 120 obstetrician/gynecologists serve a population of 30 million people demonstrating the need to train additional skilled clinician leaders in reproductive health. In 2012, a partnership ...
Uterine rupture in a teaching hospital in Mbarara, western Uganda, unmatched case- control study
(Reproductive health, 2013)
Background: Uterine rupture is one of the most devastating complications of labour that exposes the mother and foetus to grave danger hence contributing to the high maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in Uganda. ...
Validation of an Electronic Surgical Outcomes Database at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(World journal of surgery, 2018)
Background: Accurate, complete and sustainable methods of tracking patients and outcomes in low-resource settings are imperative as we launch efforts to improve surgical care globally. The Surgical services QUality Assessment ...
The Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Associated Factors among Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Lower Mulago Hospital, Uganda
(American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 2016)
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) complicates 2-14% of pregnancies. If not treated in pregnancy it may progress to symptomatic urinary tract infection in 25 % of the cases. Some of the complications of untreated ASB in pregnancy ...