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Pleural effusion and human immunodefeciency virus infection in adult Zambians : a clinical and laboratory study
(2012-08-02)A Clinical and laboratory study was carried out on 80 adult Zambian patients with pleural effusion in order to determine common features and to establish any association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ... -
Plumonary candidiasis in a sixteen year old Zambian African Girl
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1976-06)Pulmonary Candidiasis is amongst the rare fungal infections of the bronchopulmonary system encountered on the African continent. Although a few cases of the disease have been reported in certain areas of the continent, ... -
Possible chloroquine resistant malaria in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1967-04)In the fight against malaria the synthetic anti-malarials were greeted with great hopes. However,since their introduction there has been the disturbing evolution of strains of malaria resistant to them. In1947 resistance ... -
Possible encephalitis following B.C.G vaccination
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1967-04)Four cases of an encephalitis-like illness 3 week after BCG vaccination are described, and alternative explanations of the occurrence are discussed. As none of these explanations account for all the features of the illnesses, ... -
Post surgery lactate levels in HIV negative and HIV positive on HAART Orthopaedic patients after tourniquet use, at four hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of Zambia, 2019)Tourniquets are extensively used in Orthopaedic surgery to achieve a bloodless field at the surgical site resulting in elevated lactate levels. Use of antiretroviral drugs is also associated with elevation of lactate levels. ... -
Post-Caesarean section complications at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(2012-07-25)This study is aimed at identifying the post-caesarean section complications and risk factors in the University Teaching Hospital. The post-caesarean section complications were determined after closely following up 300 ... -
Posttraumatic Stress among Women with HIV in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2017)This Journal article examines whether HIV-Positive women in Lusaka District, Zambia, displays a higher degree of PSTD-Symptoms than HIV-Negative control group. The study targeted 50 HIV positive women from four ART Clinics ... -
Poteinuria in children admitted to the paediatric department of the University teaching hospital
(2013-01-08)Background: Proteinuria is a non-specific and common laboratory finding in children that occur in a variety of kidney diseases. The causative factors of proteinuria are varied and may include infections such as Hepatitis ... -
Potential of ketofol to provide adequate sedation and analgesia in women undergoing manual vacuum aspiration in emergency department at the university teaching hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2019)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 ... -
Potential of ketofol to provide adequate sedation and analgesia in women undergoing manual vacuum aspiration in emergency department at the University Teaching Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2019)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 ... -
Potential predictors of musculoskeletal manifestations in paediatric patients with sickle cell disease at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(University of Zambia, 2019)Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive inherited condition characterized by the inheritance of two abnormal genes coding for the formation of Haemoglobin and one of them is Haemoglobin s. Musculoskeletal ... -
Pre-Clinical Development of Drugs
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-04)The purpose of this paper is to present a brief outline of the essential requirements in the postresearch phase of drug development. At present evolution of new drugs, is largely a ... -
Pre-Conception Contraceptive Use in Women Presenting With Abortion at University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Background: Abortion is the loss of the pregnancy before the age of viability. It can be spontaneous or induced. It is the leading cases of admission to gynaecology emergency ward at UTH 30%-50%. The contraceptive knowledge ... -
Pre-operative bladder irrigation with Povidone Iodine in reducing open prostatectomy surgical site infection(SSI) at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(2013-12-10)Objective:The study investigated the efficacy of using 1% povidone-iodine pre-operative bladder irrigation in reducing open prostatectomy surgical site infections at the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery, ... -
Pre-operative information nurses communicate to patients undergoing general surgery.
(2014-06-30)The study was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery. The main aim of the study was to determine the extent to which nurses communicate pre-operative information to patients undergoing general ... -
Predictability of surgical apgar score on short term outcomes of laparotomies at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2019)The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a very easy and objective tool for triaging patients postsurgery. It can be used as an assessment tool for performance of hospitals, units or individual surgeons. However, not much ... -
The prediction of fetal maturity: comparison between the bubble stability test and cytological evaluation of maturity.
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1977-08)Amniotic fluid from fifty women soon to be delivered, or already in labour, was analysed in the Obstetric unit of University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka. A Bubble Stability Test (Clements et al,1972) ... -
Predictive validity of continuous assessment score on the final examination score and assessment outcomes for pharmacy students examined between 2013 and 2017 at the University of Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2020)Background: The University of Zambia, School of Medicine/ Health Sciences has an examination policy that puts significant emphasis on the contribution of the learners’ continuous assessment scores towards their final ... -
The Predictive value of anaemia in determining mortality in patients with HIV at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
(2013-01-09)Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the predictive values of anaemia (lower levels of haemoglobin), CD4 count and WHO clinical staging in determining mortality among HIV positive patients enrolling on the ART ... -
Predictors of abnormal cervical lesions among women(15-49 years old) in Zambia: A cross-sectoral study
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Background: Cervical cancer has been identified as the second most common female malignancy and leading cause of death among women in the world. Despite concerted efforts through the Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in ...