Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1441-1460 of 1992
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Multiple Measures Reveal Antiretroviral Adherence Successes and Challenges in HIV-Infected Ugandan Children
(PLoS ONE, 2012-05-09)Background: Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) among children in developing settings is poorly understood. Methodology/Principal Findings: To understand the level, distribution, and correlates of ART adherence ... -
Multidrug resistance among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae carried in the gut of out-patients from pastoralist communities of Kasese district, Uganda
(PLoS ONE, 2018-07-17)Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide public health emergency that requires urgent attention. Most of the effort to prevent this coming catastrophe is occurring in high income countries and we do not know ... -
Selecting candidate predictor variables for the modelling of post-discharge mortality from sepsis: a protocol development project
(African health sciences, 2016)Background: Post-discharge mortality is a frequent but poorly recognized contributor to child mortality in resource limited countries. The identification of children at high risk for post-discharge mortality is a critically ... -
Pharmacognostic, antiplasmodial and antipyretic evaluation of the aqueous extract of Vernonia amygdalina leaf
(Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci., 2011)The impeding safety challenges to the use of herbs have made qualitative and quantitative evaluation of herbal preparations a necessity. This study was aimed at evaluating the pharmacognostic and pharmacological properties ... -
Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda
(Environmental Health, 2019-08-20)Background: Most of the global burden of pollution-related morbidity and mortality is believed to occur in resource-limited settings, where HIV serostatus and sex may influence the relationship between air pollution exposure ... -
Persistent immune activation and carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-infected Ugandans receiving antiretroviral therapy
(The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022)Background. Human immunodefificiency virus (HIV) infection and associated immune activation predict the risk of cardiovascular disease in resource-rich areas. Less is known about these relationships in sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Periodontal conditions, low birth weight and preterm birth among postpartum mothers in two tertiary health facilities in Uganda
(BMC Oral Health, 2014-04-28)Background: Literature reports have indicated an increase in research evidence suggesting association between periodontal disease and the risk of pre-term birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW). Periodontal diseases in ... -
Suboptimal Antiretroviral Drug Levels and Virologic Failures among PLHIV at a Rural Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda: A Descriptive Crosssectional Study.
(Research square, 2020)Background: Achieving favorable HIV treatment outcomes is a major challenge, particularly due to non-adherence and consequent sub-therapeutic plasma antiretroviral drug levels. This is often complicated by the development ... -
Successful implementation of Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive programsÐAn Utstein formula for newborn and maternal survival
(PloS one, 2017)Globally, the burden of deaths and illness is still unacceptably high at the day of birth. Annually, approximately 300.000 women die related to childbirth, 2.7 million babies die within their first month of life, and 2.6 ... -
Supportive supervision and constructive relationships with healthcare workers support CHW performance: Use of a qualitative framework to evaluate CHW programming in Uganda
(Human resources for health, 2018)Background: While evidence supports community health worker (CHW) capacity to improve maternal and newborn health in less-resourced countries, key implementation gaps remain. Tools for assessing CHW performance and evidence ... -
Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Africa: A Continent-Wide Review of Intervention Practices, Barriers to Care, and Adjuvant Therapy
(Journal of Global Oncology, 2017)Breast cancer has emerged as a leading cancer among women in Africa, necessitating improved understanding of its management across the continent. Although previous studies have described regional trends in therapy, this ... -
Performance of a histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic test, paracheck pf ® , for detection of malaria infections in Ugandan pregnant women
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012)Improved laboratory diagnosis is critical to reduce the burden of malaria in pregnancy. Peripheral blood smears appear less sensitive than Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2–based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) ... -
Mortality Among Patients Admitted in a Psychiatric Facility: A Single-Centre Review
(Clinical Audit, 2021-06-08)Background: There is higher global mortality among persons living with mental illness than the general population, attributed to the risky behaviors associated with mental illness, medical comorbidities, or side effects ... -
Monosodium Glutamate Maintains Antioxidant Balance in the Neuro-Retinal Axis of Male Wistar Rats
(Research square, 2021-05-17)Purpose: Information on monosodium glutamate (MSG) safety in the eye-brain axis remains scarce. The objective of the study was to establish changes in calcium (Ca2+) concentrations, catalase activity, Malondialdehyde (MDA) ... -
Molecular Characterization of Salmonella from Human and Animal Origins in Uganda
(International Journal of Bacteriology, 2017-05-28)Sporadic Salmonella outbreaks with varying clinical presentations have been on the rise in various parts of Uganda. The sources of outbreaks and factors underlying the different clinical manifestation are curtailed by ... -
Microalbuminuria and Traditional Serum Biomarkers of Nephropathy among Diabetic Patients at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in South Western Uganda
(Journal of Diabetes Research, 2019-12-16)Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a common finding in diabetic patients. Microalbuminuria is the earliest clinical evidence of DN. Early detection of microalbuminuria is very important; it allows timely interventions ... -
Micro Research in East Africa: Opportunities for Addressing Gender Inequity
(Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada, 2015) -
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda
(Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2019-03-10)Whereas Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen, it colonizes healthy people as normal flora without causing any symptoms or illness. Probably because of greater exposure, healthcare workers (HCWs) are more colonized, serving ... -
Emergency management: microbial keratitis
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Electrocardiographic Evidence of Cardiac Disease by Sex and HIV Serostatus in Mbarara, Uganda
(Global heart,, 2020-12)