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With the increasing availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), people are living longer with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV has resulted in a great reduction of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related...

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...

Malaria causes about 1-3 million deaths annually in the world, out of which, more than 90% occur in Africa (World Health Report, 2012). Studies have shown that high incidence of malaria has been exacerbated by the effects of variations in climatic factors (Murray, et al. 2013). Despite the huge...

ABSTRACT Background-.Post-natal care assisted by a skilled attendant ensures the survival and health of the mother and her new-born. Despite the improvement in hospital deliveries, most postnatal mothers do not attend postnatal care for the recommended number of visits. A skilled attendant is an...

A partograph is a graphic pre-printed paper that provides visual display of recorded observations carried-out on a mother and foetus during labour for early detection of abnormalities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advocated and recommended compulsory use of partograph in the monitoring...

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complication of general anaesthesia. There are documented risk factors associated with PONV which include female gender, non-smoker, and history of motion sickness, use of opioids and surgery duration of more than 60 minutes. Other...

Introduction: The immune system of patients with haematological malignancies is suppressed during chemotherapy. This renders them vulnerable to frequent infections especially bacterial. Timely diagnosis of these infections is difficult, because a severe infection may be asymptomatic or manifest...

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...

Background Supracondylar fractures of the humerus are the second most common fracture in children at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH). The average age of occurrence being between 5 to 6 years. Gartland type III fractures pose management challenges hence are treated operatively, using either...