Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Africa"

Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Africa"

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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; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Levin, Michael; Babiker, Abdel G.; Gibb, Diana M.; Crawley, Jane (BMC, 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: ...
  • Clinical and immunological outcomes of a national paediatric cohort receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Uganda 
    Kiboneka, Andrew; Wangisi, Jonathan; Nabiryo, Christine; Tembe, Juliet; Kusemererwa, Sylvia; Joffres, Michel; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Anema, Aranka; Cooper, Curtis L.; Montaner, Julio S.; Mills, Edward J. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008)
    Objective: We aimed to evaluate clinical and immunological outcomes of paediatric patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) enrolled in The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda national HIV/AIDS ...
  • Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and cost of different methods for the assessment of severe anaemia in hospitalized children in Eastern Uganda 
    Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Prevatt, Natalie; Engoru, Charles; Nteziyaremye, Nteziyaremye; Amorut, Denis; Chebet, Martin; Senyondo, Tonny; Ongodia, Paul; Ndila, Carolyne M.; Williams, Thomas N.; Maitland, Kathryn (F1000Research, 2018)
    Background: Severe anaemia in children requiring hospital admission is a major public health problem in malaria-endemic Africa. Affordable methods for the assessment of haemoglobin have not been validated against gold ...
  • Healthcare-provider perceptions of barriers to oxygen therapy for paediatric patients in three government-funded eastern Ugandan hospitals; a qualitative study 
    Dauncey, Jonathan; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Maitland, Kathryn (2019)
    Background: This study aimed to assess on-the-ground barriers to the provision of oxygen therapy for paediatric patients in three government-funded Eastern Ugandan district general hospitals (DGHs). Methods: Site visits ...
  • Predicting mortality in sick African children: the FEAST Paediatric Emergency Triage (PET) Score 
    George, Elizabeth C.; Walker, Sarah; Kiguli, Sarah; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Opoka, Robert O.; Engoru, Charles; Akech, Samuel; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Berkley, James A.; Mpoya, Ayub; Levin, Michael; Crawley, Jane; Gibb, Diana M.; Maitland, Kathryn; Babiker, Abdel G. (BMC, 2015)
    Background: Mortality in paediatric emergency care units in Africa often occurs within the first 24 h of admission and remains high. Alongside effective triage systems, a practical clinical bedside risk score to identify ...
  • Reagent strips as an aid to diagnosis of neonatal meningitis in a resource-limited setting 
    Burgoine, Kathy; Ikiror, Juliet; Naizuli, Ketty; Achom, Linda; Akol, Sylivia; Olupot-Olupot, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2018)
    Background: Without early recognition and treatment, neonatal meningitis (NM) has a high mortality and morbidity. Although some neonates have features of NM, many do not. In many low-resource settings, the laboratory ...
  • Sudan Ebola virus (SUDV) outbreak in Uganda, 2022: 
    Bwire, Godfrey; Sartorius, Benn; Guerin, Philippe; Tegegne, Merawi Aragaw; Okware, Sam I.; Talisuna, Ambrose O. (BMC Medicine, 2023)
    On 20th September 2022, the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MOH) declared an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever caused by the Sudan Ebola virus (SUDV) following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, ...
  • Transfusion and Treatment of severe anaemia in African children (TRACT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial 
    Mpoya, Ayub; Olupot-Olupot, Peter; Kiguli, Sarah; Opoka, Robert O.; Engoru, Charles; Macpherson, Mallewa; Chimalizeni, Yami; Kennedy, Neil; Kyeyune, Dorothy; Wabwire, Benjamin; M’baya, Bridon; Bates, Imelda; Urban, Britta C,; van Hensbroek, Michael Boele; Heyderman, Robert; Thomason, Margaret J.; Uyoga, Sophie; Williams, Thomas N.; Gibb, Diana M.; George, Elizabeth C.; Walker, Sarah; Maitland, Kathryn (BMC, 2015)
    Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, where infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies are common, severe anaemia is a common cause of paediatric hospital admission, yet the evidence to support current treatment rec ...

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