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Is General Surgery on the Verge of Demise?
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2012)
Although general surgery remains one of the most respected residencies available to medical students today, it is facing terrible pressures, including less attraction to surgery as a profession, increasing interest in ...
Mortality Prediction using Possum Scoring System for Laparotomy Patients in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
(University of Papua New Guinea, 2012-03)
Prediction of serious complications is an essential part of risk management in surgery. Knowing which patient to operate and those at high risk of dying contributes significantly to the quality of surgical care and cost ...
A Descriptive Epidemiological Study on Stroke in Kampala, Uganda: A Hospital Based Study
(Pan African Association of Neurological Sciences, 2012)
Background Basic stroke features are hardly known in sub-Saharan countries, and no data are available in Uganda.
Objective To characterize patients presenting with clinical stroke to Mulago Hospital.
Design Descriptive ...
Poststroke Hypertension in Africa
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS , TWO COMMERCE SQ, 2001 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, USA, PA, 19103, 2012-09-25)
Background and Purpose—Little is known about the frequency of hypertension and related knowledge in Africans who have had a stroke. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of hypertension, its control, ...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Safe Motherhood Care Among Obstetric Providers in Bugesera, Rwanda
(Wiley, 2012)
Objective
To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of obstetric care providers (OCPs) in Bugesera District, Rwanda, crucial to the delivery of safe motherhood services.
Methods
A quantitative descriptive ...
Augmenting surgical capacity in resource-limited settings
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2012)
Deficiencies in access to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries are well recognised. Despite the awareness and benchmarks generated by the Millennium Development Goals, 1 most sub-Saharan African nations ...
Prune-Belly Syndrome: A Case Report from Rwanda
(The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), 2012-07)
Background: Prune-Belly syndrome, Eagle-Barret syndrome and triad syndrome, all refer to congenital anomalies involving abdominal musculature, urinary tract and testicles. The syndrome consists of a triad of abdominal ...
Perinatal death audits in a peri-urban hospital in Kampala, Uganda
(African health sciences, 2012-12)
Background: The perinatal mortality of 70 deaths per 1,000 total births in Uganda is unacceptably high.
Perinatal death audits are important for improvement of perinatal care and reduction of perinatal morality. We ...