Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1721-1740 of 1992
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Assessment of nurses knowledge and skills following cardiopulmonary resuscitation training at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2018-06-11)Introduction: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is considered a core emergency skill in which all health care professionals must be proficient. CPR remains a new procedure in developing compared to develop countries. The ... -
Prevalence of the Use of Herbal Medicines among Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
(Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021-05)Background. Although herbal medicines are used by patients with cancer in multiple oncology care settings, the magnitude of herbal medicine use in this context remains unclear. ) e purpose of this review was to establish ... -
Antimicrobial resistance at the human–animal interface in the Pastoralist Communities of Kasese District, South Western Uganda
(Scientific Reports, 2020-09-07)Intensive usage of antimicrobials in the management of animal diseases leads to selection for resistance among microorganisms. This study aimed to assess antimicrobial use and to describe factors associated with the ... -
Antimicrobial resistance profile among bacteria isolated from patients presenting with wounds at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, South western Uganda
(Research square, 2020)Background: Bacterial Wound infection and antimicrobial resistance remains a public health challenge. The challenge remains worse due to nosocomial bacterial infection often characterized by multidrug resistance. Infected ... -
Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated from Out Patients Presenting with Urethral and Vaginal Discharges at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2019-08-16)Background: Gonococcus is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in developing countries and it has become a global health burden, hence a need for effective treatment. However, there is growing trend of ... -
Out-of-pocket payment for surgery in Uganda: The rate of impoverishing and catastrophic expenditure at a government hospital
(PLOS ONE, 2017)Background and objectives It is Ugandan governmental policy that all surgical care delivered at government hospitals inUganda is to be provided to patients free of charge. In practice, however, frequent stockouts and ... -
AmpC-BETA Lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae Isolated at a Tertiary Hospital, South Western Uganda
(British biotechnology journal, 2014)Aim—To characterize AmpC-beta lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates from clinical samples at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Study Design—Laboratory-based descriptive cross-sectional study Place and Duration ... -
Outcome Measurement at a Ugandan Referral Hospital: Validation of the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database
(World journal of surgery, 2020)Background Five billion people lack access to surgery. Accurate and complete data have been identified as essential to the global scale-up of perioperative care. This study retrospectively validates the Mbarara Surgical ... -
Affective and Psychotic Disorders in War-Torn Eastern Part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Psychiatry Journal, 2020-07-25)Background. There is lack of information about prevalence of affective and psychotic disorders triggered by traumatic events among people living in war-affected regions. This study is aimed at determining the prevalence ... -
Non-Proteinuric Preeclampsia: Prevalence, Factors Associated and End-Organ Dysfunction at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(Research Square, 2021)Background: Formerly, preeclampsia was only diagnosed if high blood pressure and proteinuria were present in a gravid woman at or past 20 gestation weeks. Although it is possible to have preeclampsia yet never have ... -
Adverse childhood experiences, adult depression, and suicidal ideation in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional, population-based study
(PLoS Med, 2021-05-12)Background Depression is recognized globally as a leading cause of disability. Early-life adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to have robust associations with poor mental health during adulthood. These ... -
Nonproteinuric Preeclampsia among Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy at a Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda
(Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2021)Background. Preeclampsia is a priority obstetric emergency requiring urgent diagnosis and treatment to avert poor pregnancy outcomes. Nonproteinuric preeclampsia poses even greater diagnostic challenges due to contested ... -
Adenomatous Hyperplasia of the Gallbladder in the Setting of Mirizzi Syndrome, Mimicking Adenocarcinoma of the Gallbladder
(International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021-09-21)Background: Adenomatous hyperplasia (AH) is an uncommon benign lesion of the gallbladder (GB), predominantly seen in men. AH is commonly confused with malignant GB neoplasms in the setting of chronic cholecystitis and ... -
Minor Gynecologic Surgery: A Review of the Training Experience and Skill Building Opportunities for Providers in Low and Middle Income Countries
(pen Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014)Purpose: Minor gynecologic surgery is the cornerstone of gynecologic evaluation and intervention in countries with a well-established medical infrastructure. Surgical training and exposure to minor procedures are not ... -
Knowledge and attitudes about Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination and cervical cancer screening among women in rural Uganda
(Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)Abstract Cervical cancer is one of the major causes of death among women worldwide. There is an established linkage between cervical cancer and Oncogenic Human Papilloma virus (HPV) strains 16 and 18. While cervical cancer ... -
A screening tool for psychological difficulties in children aged 6 to 36 months: cross-cultural validation in Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda
(BMC Pediatrics, 2019-04-12)Background: In low-resource settings, the lack of mental health professionals and cross-culturally validated screening instruments complicates mental health care delivery. This is especially the case for very young children. ... -
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 ... -
Impact of an educational intervention on WHO surgical safety checklist and pre-operative antibiotic use at a referral hospital in southwestern Uganda
(International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2021)Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends adherence to its surgical safety checklist (SSC) to optimize patient safety and reduce cesarean surgical site infection (SSI). Educational interventions combined ... -
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 ... -
A review of various efforts to increase artemisinin and other antimalarial compounds in Artemisia Annua L plant
(Cogent Biology, 2018-08-18)The antimalarial active compounds in Artemisia annua include artemisinin, flavonoids, and aromatic oils. Artemisinin is the main antimalarial compound in A. annua, it used in the formulation of artemisinin-based combined ...