Cardiovascular disease, the major cause of mortality and morbidity in modern societies, is set to overtake infectious diseases in the developing world as the most common cause of death. The increasing prevalence of major and emerging cardiovascular risk factors accounts for this growing burden....
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...
Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common seizure disorder in childhood. FS and febrile status epilepticus (FSE) are a common presentation at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Despite this, the clinical characteristics of children with FS and the associated causes of fever...
BACKGROUND: Total hip replacement (THR) is one of the most successful orthopaedic procedures performed worldwide (Miller 2008). The number of joint replacements performed in Africa is increasing but outcomes reported in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, are sparse (Dossche 2014)....
Download PDF ↓Blood cross-matching for peri-operative patients is an important component in the management of surgical patients undergoing major operations. Depending on the efficiency of the laboratory, blood bank and delivery system within hospitals, different centers practice either cross matching or group...
Download PDF ↓Adolescent pregnancies are a major health concern in Zambia. Obstetric outcomes of and factors associated with adolescent pregnancies seen at the UTH were not clearly understood, defined and documented. This study explored this aspect. This was a comparative prospective cross sectional study. A...
Download PDF ↓Introduction: Diarrhoea is the second commonest cause of under-five mortality globally (second to Pneumonia) and kills one (10 percent) out of every 10 children who die before their fifth birthday. In Zambia dehydration due to diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among...
Download PDF ↓Prevalence of ocular manifestations of HIV/AIDS among patients attending Adult Infectious Disease Centre (AIDC) of excellence at UTH, Lusaka. HIV and AIDS related ocular manifestations may affect 50-75% of HIV positive patients at some point in the course of their illness. Zambia has an HIV...
Download PDF ↓Prevalence of ocular manifestations of HIV/AIDS among patients attending Adult Infectious Disease Centre (AIDC) of excellence at UTH, Lusaka. HIV and AIDS related ocular manifestations may affect 50-75% of HIV positive patients at some point in the course of their illness. Zambia has an HIV...
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