Browsing Medical Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Orthopaedic surgery--Zambia"
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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. ...