Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1681-1700 of 1992
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Biochemical changes in stored donor units: implications on the efficacy of blood transfusion
(Journal of Blood Medicine, 2018)Background: Blood transfusion with allogeneic blood products is a common medical intervention to treat anemia or prepare patients for surgical procedures. Generally, the blood units are secured and stored prior to expected ... -
Occurrence of anti-D alloantibodies among pregnant women in Kasese District, Western Uganda
(Journal of blood medicine, 2015)Objectives: This study was undertaken to determine the distribution of ABO/RhD (rhesus D antigen) blood phenotypes, prevalence of anti-D alloantibodies, and the risk factors for alloim-munization among pregnant women in ... -
Bilateral Candida keratitis in an HIV patient with asymptomatic genitourinary candidiasis in Uganda
(Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018-07-17)A 35-year-old male presented with Candida keratitis in the left eye. He was HIV positive with a CD4 of 352 cells/ μL. The eye quickly deteriorated, despite intensive antifungal treatment and was eviscerated. Five months ... -
Maternal red blood cell alloimmunisation in South Western Uganda
(Transfusion Medicine, 2011)Aims/Objectives: To identify the frequency and nature of maternal red blood cell (RBC) alloimmunisation in Uganda and to determine the prevalence of RhD negativity and the rate of RBC alloimmunisation in Ugandan pregnant ... -
Benefits of and Barriers to Male Involvement in Maternal Health Care in Ibanda District, Southwestern, Uganda
(Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021-12-22)Background: Male involvement in reproductive health care has been shown to have positive outcomes on the maternal and newborn’s health as they provide resources and make crucial decisions. However, male involvement in ... -
Institutional and contextual obstacles to sexuality education policy implementation in Uganda
(2019-05-06)The successful implementation of sexuality education policy for young people has been shown to depend on a sound legislative and institutional framework. This article shows that both institutional factors and contextual ... -
Prediction of Risky Alcohol Use among Ugandan Youth
(2019-01-29)Background: Alcohol use imposes a significant global burden of disease among the youth. Objective: We investigated the level and risk factors of alcohol use among the youth seeking health services at Marie Stopes Uganda ... -
Incidence of the Metabolic Syndrome among Patients with Epilepsy Attending a Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda
(International Journal of Current Science Research and Review, 2021)Background & Aims: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a combination of diverse metabolic disorders (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, high triglycerides, increased waist circumference, and low high density cholesterol, HDLc), is a ... -
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Types 1 and 2 Seropositivity among Blood Donors at Mbarara Regional Blood Bank, South Western Uganda
(Leukemia research and treatment, 2016)Background. The human T-cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV 1/2) are retroviruses associated with different pathologies.HTLV-1 causes adultT-cell leukemia/lymphoma(ATL) andHTLV-1-associatedmyelopathy/tropical spastic ... -
Assessment of the diagnostic performance of TrueHb® point-of-care hemometer compared with Sysmex i3 analyzer among patients at International Hospital Kampala, Uganda
(Journal of blood medicine, 2019)Aim/Objective: To assess the diagnostic performance of TrueHb® point-of-care (POC) hemometer compared with Sysmex i3 analyzer at International Hospital Kampala, Uganda. Materials and methods: We analyzed ethylene diaminetetra ... -
Assessment of the clinical transfusion practice at a regional referral hospital in Uganda
(Transfusion medicine, 2010)The aim of this study was to determine the indications for transfusion, blood ordering practices and post-transfusion complications, and to assess the clinical transfusion practice at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital ... -
Aggregate Evaluable Organ Dysfunction Predicts In-Hospital Mortality from Sepsis in Uganda
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2011)We evaluated the association between severity of sepsis and in-hospital mortality in 150 patients with nonsurgical sepsis at a regional referral hospital in Uganda. In-hospital mortality occurred in 5 of 52 (9.6%) patients ... -
The Traditional Medicine Practitioner’s Concept of Cancer, Herbal medicine use and the Patients Perceived benefits (Clinical outcomes) in Selected Districts of Central Uganda: An Exploratory Study Protocol
(Research Square, 2021-10-01)Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, herbal medicine for cancer is dispensed by traditional medicine practitioners (TMPs) to a large extent, who may not have adequate knowledge about the disease and this has been found to ... -
Bacterial contamination of Ugandan paper currency notes possessed by food vendors around Mulago Hospital complex, Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2018-10-25)Introduction: Paper currency notes, exchangeable fomite, that is continuously contaminated because of the poor handling and storage practices. Objective: the general objective of the study was to determine the bacterial ... -
The magnitude of postpartum depression among mothers in Africa: a literature review
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020-09-25)Introduction: postpartum depression (PPD) continues to become one of the major maternal health challenges across the globe but there is a paucity of recent data on its magnitude in Africa. This study was motivated by the ... -
Bacterial Contamination of Blood and Blood Products at Mbarara Regional Blood Bank in Rural South Western Uganda
(Advances in Infectious Diseases, 2013-09)Background: Screening blood donors has practically eliminated viral and bacterial pathogens in blood used for trans- fusion. However, transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis remains an important health-care concern and the ... -
Vaginal microbiome topic modeling of laboring Ugandan women with and without fever
(Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2020)The composition of the maternal vaginal microbiome influences the duration of pregnancy, onset of labor, and even neonatal outcomes. Maternal microbiome research in sub-Saharan Africa has focused on non-pregnant and ... -
Wireless versus routine physiologic monitoring after cesarean delivery to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality in a resource-limited setting: protocol of type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study
(BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2021)Background: Women in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of morbidity and mortality during childbirth globally. Despite increases in facility-based childbirth, gaps in quality of care at facilities have limited ... -
Lived experiences of Ugandan women who had recovered from a clinical diagnosis of postpartum depression: a phenomenological study
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021-12-13)Background: Postpartum depression affects a significant proportion of women of childbearing age. The birth of a newborn baby is normally considered a joyful event, inhibiting mothers from expressing their depressive ... -
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 ...