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African Clinicians' Prioritization of Needs in International Breast Cancer Partnerships

Gyan K., Kyei I., Susick L.L., Chen Y., Davis M.B., Salem B., Newman L.A.

2019

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.4208

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Are some Women More at Risk of Obstetric Fistula in Uganda? Evidence from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

Hoque N, Sagna M. L, Sunil T

2011

With only four years left for the Millennium Development Goal's 2015 deadline for reducing poor maternal health outcomes; developing countries are still bearing a huge burden of maternal morbidity worldwide. …

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Impact of an electronic decision support rule on ESR/CRP co-ordering rates in a community health system and projected impact in the tertiary care setting and a commercially insured population

Juskewitch JE, Norgan AP, Johnson RD, Trivedi VA, Hanson CA, Block DR

2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.01.009

Introduction: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are common laboratory assays used as markers of inflammation. ESR suffers from higher false positive and false negative rates than CRP. …

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Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes in a young Ugandan patient, a rare form of secondary diabetes

Kibirige D, Mutebi E, Kibudde S

2012

DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-622

Background: Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes is an infrequent type of secondary diabetes due to chronic tropicalnon alcoholic calcific pancreatitis. It has been widely described exclusively in developing tropical countries. Adiagnosis is …

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A theoretical framework on the antecedents of e-medicine sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: A mixed approach

Isabalija Stephen Robert

2011

Although e-medicine, just as with all information technology (IT), was developed and piloted in developed countries, it has not been successfully applied to address pressing medical problems in SSA (Mbarika …

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Mechanisms of paediatric trauma at a rural hospital in Uganda.

Hulme P.

2010

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Umbilical artery doppler abnormalities and associated factors in women with pre-eclampsia at Mulago Hospital- a cross sectional study

Gimei P., Busingye R. B., Nakabembe E., Byanyima R. K.

2017

AJOL Abstract: Background: Umbilical artery (UA) Doppler velocimetry detects foetuses at risk of asphyxia from IUGR before changes in the CTG and biophysical score are evident. This has made it …

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Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Pipo MT, Tshilanda MB, Byamungu LN, Masekela R, Jeena PM, Pillay A, Gachuno OW, Kinuthia J, Ishoso DK, Amoako E, Agyare E, Agbeno EK, Martyn-Dickens C, Sylverken J, Enimil A, Jibril AM, Abdullahi AM, Amadi O, Umar UM, Sigwadhi LN, Hermans MP, Otokoye JO, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Zumla A, Sewankambo NK, Aanyu HT, Musoke P, Suleman F, Adejumo P, Noormahomed EV, Deckelbaum RJ, Fowler MG, Tshilolo L, Mills EJ, Umar LW, Kruger M, Rosenthal PJ, Mellors JW, Mofenson LM, Siedner MJ, Smith G, African Forum Res Educ Hlth AFREhl, Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, Rabie H, van der Zalm MM, Redfern A, Dramowski A, O'Connell N

2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6436

IMPORTANCE Little is known about COVID-19 outcomes among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, where preexisting comorbidities are prevalent.OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical outcomes and factors associated with outcomes among …

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Outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Among Miners in Kamwenge and Ibanda Districts, Uganda, 2007

Adjemian J, Farnon EC, Tschioko F, Wamala JF, Byaruhanga E, Bwire GS, Kansiime E, Kagirita A, Ahimbisibwe S, Katunguka F, Jeffs B, Lutwama JJ, Downing R, Tappero JW, Formenty P, Amman B, Manning C, Towner J, Nichol ST, Rollin PE

2011

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir312

Marburg hemorrhagic fever was detected among 4 miners in Ibanda District, Uganda, from June through September, 2007. Infection was likely acquired through exposure to bats or bat secretions in a …

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Apabetalone downregulates fibrotic, inflammatory and calcific processes in renal mesangial cells which may contribute to reduced cardiac events observed in ckd patients

Gilham D., Fu L., Rakai B., Wasiak S., Tsujikawa L., Halliday C., Sarsons C., Stotz S., Jahagirdar R., Johansson J., Sweeney M., Wong N., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Kulikowski E.

2021

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab078.008

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …

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