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    Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa 

    Aramburo, A; Todd, Jim; George, Elizabeth C.; Kiguli, Sarah; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Opoka, Robert O; Engoru, Charles; Akech, Samuel O; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Gibb, Diana M; Babiker, Abdel G; Maitland, Kathryn (BMC Medicine, 2018)
    Background: Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during resuscitation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of ...
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    Anaemia and blood transfusion in African children presenting to hospital with severe febrile illness 

    Kiguli, Sarah; Maitland, Kathryn; George, Elizabeth C; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Opoka, Robert O; Engoru, Charles; Akech, Samuel O; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Levin, Michael; Babiker, Abdel G; Gibb, Diana M; Crawley, Jane (BMC Medicine, 2015)
    Background: Severe anaemia in children is a leading cause of hospital admission and a major cause of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, yet there are limited published data on blood transfusion in this vulnerable group. Methods: ...
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    High Frequency of Blackwater Fever Among Children Presenting to Hospital With Severe Febrile Illnesses in Eastern Uganda 

    Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Engoru, Charles; Uyoga, Sophie; Muhindo, Rita; Macharia, Alex; Kiguli, Sarah; Opoka, Robert O; Akech, Samuel; Ndila, Carolyne; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Nteziyaremye, Julius; Chebet, Martin; George, Elizabeth C; Babiker, Abdel G; Gibb, Diana M; Williams, Thomas N.; Maitland, Kathryn (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017)
    Background. In the Fluid Expansion as a Supportive Treatment (FEAST) trial, an unexpectedly high proportion of participants from eastern Uganda presented with blackwater fever (BWF). Methods. We describe the prevalence ...
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    Antimalarial Activity of Aspilia pruliseta, a Medicinal Plant from Uganda 

    Sebisubi, Fred Musoke; Odyek, Olwa; Anokbonggo, William Wilberforce; Ogwal-Okeng, Jasper; Carcache-Blanco, Esperanza J.; Ma, Cuiying; Orjala, Jimmy; Tan, Ghee T. (Planta Medica : Journal of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, 2010)
    Aspilia prulisetaSchweinf. (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant in-digenous to Uganda and the neighboring countries of East Africa.It has been used extensively by the rural population for the treat-ment of fevers and malaria. ...
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    Incomplete reversal of genotypic resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine after a decade of change in malaria treatment policy in Uganda 

    Ocan, Moses; Katabazi, Fred A; Kigozi, Edgar.; Bwanga, Freddie.; Kyobe, Samuel.; Ogwal-Okeng, Jasper; Obua, Celestino. (Reports in Parasitology, 2016)
    Background: The potential re-emergence of Plasmodium falciparum parasites sensitive to chloroquine provides an opportunity for the reintroduction of the drug in patient care. With the recent discovery and spread of artemisinin ...

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    AuthorBabiker, Abdel G (3)Engoru, Charles (3)Gibb, Diana M (3)Kiguli, Sarah (3)Maitland, Kathryn (3)Mtove, George (3)Nyeko, Richard (3)Olupot-Olupot, Peter (3)Opoka, Robert O (3)Akech, Samuel O (2)... View MoreSubject
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    Children (2), Sepsis (1)African child (1)Anaemia (1)Aspilia pruliseta (1)Asteraceae (1)Blackwater fever (1)Blood transfusion (1)Chloroquine (1)... View MoreDate Issued2010 (1)2015 (1)2016 (1)2017 (1)2018 (1)Has File(s)Yes (5)

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