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Pre‑hospital exposures to antibiotics among children presenting with fever in northern Uganda: a facility‑based cross‑sectional study
(BMC Pediatrics, 2022)
Abstract
Background: The rise in the indiscriminate use of antibiotics has become a major global public health problem and
presents the biggest global health challenge in the twenty-first century. In developing countries, ...
HIV-free survival among breastfed infants born to HIV-positive women in northern Uganda: a facility-based retrospective study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2020)
Introduction: the HIV-free survival rate is the gold-standard measure of the effectiveness of interventions towards prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in any setting. However, data on HIV-free survival among ...
Lactose intolerance among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea admitted to the nutrition unit, Mulago hospital, Uganda
(BMC Pediatrics, 2010)
Background: Lactose intolerance is a common complication of diarrhoea in infants with malnutrition and a cause of
treatment failure. A combination of nutritional injury and infectious insults in severe protein energy ...
Treatment outcome among children underfive years hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in St. Mary’s hospital Lacor, Northern Uganda
(BMC Nutrition, 2016)
Background: Severe malnutrition contributes to more than 60 % of deaths in children in developing countries. The
minimum international standard set for management of severe acute malnutrition is a cure rate of at least ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children: missing the FEAST data
(Bmj, 2014)
The World Health Organization recommendations on
management of common childhood illnesses affect the lives of
millions of children admitted to hospital worldwide. Its latest
guidelines,1 released in May 2013, continue ...
WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children : Authors’ reply to Southall
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2014)
Southall made several points about our recent article.1 2
He suggests that “lethal hyperchloraemia” secondary to use of
normal saline in FEAST (for boluses or maintenance) resulted
in excess mortality. However, he did ...
Oral–visceral iatrogenic Kaposi sarcoma following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report and review of the literature
(Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022)
Background: There have hardly been any reported cases of children presenting with Kaposi sarcoma as a second
malignancy following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia outside a transplant setting.
Case presentation: ...
Anti-malarial drug use, appropriateness and associated factors among children under-fve with febrile illnesses presenting to a tertiary health facility: a cross sectional study
(Malaria Journal, 2023)
Background Malaria is endemic in 95% of Uganda and constitutes the country’s most signifcant public health prob lem—being the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among children under fve years of age. The ...
Knowledge and compliance with Covid-19 infection prevention and control measures among health workers in regional referral hospitals in northern Uganda: a cross sectional online survey [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
(F1000Research, 2021)
Background: Infection prevention and control (IPC) has increasingly
been underscored as a key tool for limiting the transmission
of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and safeguarding health
workers from infections ...
Prevalence, Treatment Outcomes and Factors Associated with Upper-Gastrointestinal Bleeding Among Adult In-Patients Receiving Care in Amolatar District.
(Lira University, 2023)
Background: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a very prevalent condition and its prevalence
in Uganda is about 20.3%. Many studies have not yet identified prevalence, treatment outcome
and factors associated with upper ...