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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Versus Standard of Care Recovery for Emergency Cesarean Deliveries at Mbarara Hospital, Uganda
(International Anesthesia Research Society, 2020)BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) expedites return to patient baseline and functional status by reducing surgical trauma, stress, and organ dysfunction. Despite the potential benefits of enhanced recovery ... -
Relationship between renal ultrasonographic, CD4 cell count and proteinuria findings in HIV infected adult patients in Jos, Nigeria
(African Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2021)This study intends to describe renal sonographic outcomes in matured patients with HIV/AIDS in Plateau State capital Jos and relate the outcome with proteinuria and the subjects’ CD4 cell count. The 504 subjects were ... -
The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections
(MDPI, 2021)Novel therapies for the treatment of COVID-19 are continuing to emerge as the SARSCov- 2 pandemic progresses. PCR remains the standard benchmark for initial diagnosis of COVID- 19 infection, while advances in immunological ... -
The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections
(Life, 2021-07-31)Novel therapies for the treatment of COVID-19 are continuing to emerge as the SARS-Cov- 2 pandemic progresses. PCR remains the standard benchmark for initial diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, while advances in immunological ... -
Safety of Drinking Water from Primary Water Sources and Implications for the General Public in Uganda
(Hindawi, 2019-03-25),ere is scarcity of information about the quality and safety of drinking water in Africa. Without such vital information, sustainable development goal number 6 which promotes availability and sustainable management of ... -
Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 IgG in Juba, South Sudan, 20201
(Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program—Virtual Workshop, 2021)Relatively few coronavirus disease cases and deaths have been reported from sub-Saharan Africa, although the extent of its spread remains unclear. During August 10–September 11, 2020, we recruited 2,214 participants for ... -
Sociodemographic factors associated with acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and clinical trials in Uganda: a cross-sectional study in western Uganda
(BMC Public Health, 2021)Background: Health experts agree that widespread use of safe and effective vaccines will rapidly contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The big question is whether these vaccines can easily be accepted by their end-users. Our study ... -
A study on Visual, Audio and Tactile Reaction Time Among Medical Students at Kampala International University in Uganda.
(Kabale University, 2018)Background: Reaction time (RT) is an indicator of neural activity, however, its variation due to visual (VRT), audio (ART) and tactile (TRT) in African medical students has not been investigated. The aim of the study was ... -
Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria
(The Pan African Medical Journal., 2019)Introduction: Superbugs are pathogenic microorganism and especially a bacterium that has developed resistance to the medications normally used against it. As the superbug family increases, the need for appropriate diagnostic, ... -
Synergistic action of propolis with levodopa in the management of Parkinsonism in Drosophila melanogaster
(Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, 2020)Background: The Phosphatase and tensin-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1B9) mutant for Drosophila melanogaster is a key tool that has been used in assessing the pathology of Parkinsonism and its possible remedy. This ... -
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Human African Trypanocide Resistance
(MDPI., 2022-09-25)Background Human African trypanocide resistance (HATr) is a challenge for the eradica- tion of Human African Trypansomiaisis (HAT) following the widespread emergence of increased monotherapy drug treatment failures against ... -
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Knowledge Attitude and Practices on African Animal Trypanocide Resistance
(Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022-08-23)Background: African trypanocide resistance is an emerging public health emergency whose control requires a revisit on farmer’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices in developing countries. African animal trypanocide ... -
Tamarindus Indica Ameliorates Behavioral and Cytoarchitectural Changes in the Cerebellar Cortex Following Prenatal Aluminum Chloride Exposure in Wistar Rats.
(Kabale University, 2022)Aluminium exposure has been linked with developmental neurotoxicity in humans and experimental animals.The study aimed to evaluate the ameliorative effect of Tamarindus indica on the developing cerebellar cortex, neurobehavior, ... -
Taurine Prevented Biochemical Alterations in Chronic Restraint-Stressed Wistar Rats
(FUW Trends in Science & Technology Journal, www.ftstjournal.com, 2022)Stress has the potential of altering physiological homeostasis. The body’s ability to cope under stressful stimuli is a vital determinant of health and disease conditions. In this study, Wistar rats were weighed and ... -
Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era
(BMC Surgery, 2023)Abstract Background Tracheostomy is a life-saving procedure whose outcomes may vary between hospitals based on dis- parities in their existing expertise. We aimed at establishing the indications, early tracheostomy-related ... -
Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll
(Health Policy and Planning, 2021)Although increasing public spending on health worker (HW) recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process ... -
ucumeropsis mannii seed oil protects against Bisphenol A- induced testicular mitochondrial damages
(Food Science & Nutritution, 2022)here has been increasing search for the ameliorative properties of seed oils against toxicants. bisphenol A acts as an estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemical capable of causing male infertility. This study aimed to ... -
University Lecturers and Students Could Help in Community Education About SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Uganda.
(Kabale University, 2020)Bac kground: The World Health Organization has placed a lot of attention on vulnerable communities of Africa due to their chronically weak health care systems. Recent findings from Uganda show that medical staff members ... -
An Update on African Trypanocide Pharmaceutics and Resistance.
(Kabale University, 2022)African trypanosomiasis is associated with Trypanosoma evansi, T. vivax, T. congolense, and T. brucei pathogens in African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) while T. b gambiense and T. b rhodesiense are responsible for chronic ... -
Urethral mucosa prolapse in a post-partum patient
(2019)A 23 year old Ugandan, Black, Mukiga, mother of two presented to us one year after delivery with severe lower abdominal pain, failure to pass urine, slight vaginal bleeding and a mass protruding from her vagina. Vaginal ...
