Background: Some 4,200 caesarean sections were done at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka between September 2015 to September 2016. A 2007 study cited pain was as one of the complications. However, the incidence and possible associated factors to pain after a caesarean section was not...
Download PDF ↓Burnout is a psychological syndrome that results from chronic exposure to job stress. Anaesthesia is internationally recognised as one of the most inherently stressful medical disciplines and this is often compounded by unique challenges within the anaesthetic care provider’s working environment....
Download PDF ↓Diagnosis of abortion in Zambia relies on clinical findings coupled with ultrasound examination. The treatment of choice in the first trimester is manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Reducing the physical pain and anxiety during MVA is the ultimate goal of management for which, several drugs have...
Download PDF ↓Diagnosis of abortion in Zambia relies on clinical findings coupled with ultrasound examination. The treatment of choice in the first trimester is manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Reducing the physical pain and anxiety during MVA is the ultimate goal of management for which, several drugs have...
Download PDF ↓Despite low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) being the regions of the world with the greatest gap in access to safe surgical and anaesthetic services, there are fewer published data for these countries on perioperative mortality indices. Global trends are that perioperative mortality has...
Download PDF ↓Having pain relief is a basic human right. This thesis provides a descriptive profile of pain before and during the first 72 hrs after a laparotomy at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, from July 2014 to January, 2015. The objective was to identify independent risk factors associated...
Preoperative hypothermia is a recognized risk in surgery with adverse effects on patient outcome. Children are no exception and are more susceptible because of their anatomy and physiology. To determine the incidence of perioperative hypothermia and associated risk factors in pediatric patients...
In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) the maintenance of standards relating to the transport and storage of blood may be more difficult to achieve. Bacteria contamination and hyperkalemia represent two significant risks. The objectives of this study were to assess the viability of transfused...
Download PDF ↓Background: Surgery in the groin region is commonly performed in paediatric patients at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). Intramuscular (IM) Diclofenac and wound infiltration, with lignocaine, are the commonest analgesics administered intra-operatively. The aim of this study was to...
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