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Learners’ Attitudes and Performance in Science Subjects in A-Level in Secondary Schools, in Mbarara, Uganda
(Journal Of Educational Research, 2018)
This research study aimed at investigating the learners’ attitudes and performance in science.
The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between learner’s attitudes and
performance in science ...
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Producers in Gram-negative Urine Isolates at MBN Clinical Laboratories, Kampala Uganda
(Archives of Microbiology & Immunology, 2018)
Introduction: Occurrence of Extended Spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBLs) producing bacteria have presented
impediment in treatment choices for urinary tract infections. ESBLs embody a major cluster of lactamases
accountable ...
Equitable Access to Health Professional Training in Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study
(Annals of global health, 2018)
Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the ...
Impact of Mental Health Training on Mental Well-being of Lay Counselors in Northern Uganda
(Jacobs Journal of Community Medicine, 2018)
Data on the impact of mental health first aid training on the mental well-being of lay counselors is limited despite a wealth of research on the training of lay counselors. We tested the hypothesis that mental health first ...
Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa
(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 ...
Student self-assessment after Essential Surgical Skills training for final-year medical students at Gulu University, northern Uganda
(East And Central African Journal of Surgery, 2018)
Background
Medical practice depends on a set of essential clinical and surgical skills, yet inadequate attention is given to training these skills
in medical school. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Essential ...
Case Report: Swallowed toothbrush in the stomach of a 56 year female at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Uganda [version 1; referees: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
(AAS Open Research, 2018)
Toothbrush swallowing is a rare occurrence. Toothbrush swallowing presents a
risk of impaction and perforation along the gastrointestinal tract. This case
report describes a 56 year old female that presented to the ...
Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce pelvic infection in women having miscarriage surgery – The AIMS (Antibiotics in Miscarriage Surgery) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Trials, 2018)
Abstract
Background: The estimated annual global burden of miscarriage is 33 million out of 210 million pregnancies. Many
women undergoing miscarriage have surgery to remove pregnancy tissues, resulting in miscarriage ...
Nodding syndrome in Uganda is a tauopathy
(Acta neuropathologica, 2018)
Nodding syndrome is an epidemic neurologic disorder of unknown cause that affects children in the subsistence-farming
communities of East Africa. We report the neuropathologic findings in five fatal cases (13–18 years of ...