Browsing Medical Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Laparotomy--Zambia"
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A crosssectional study of factors contributing to moderate to severe post operative pain after a laparotomy
(The University of Zambia, 2017)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, ... -
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 ...