ABSTRACT Background: Neonatal hypothermia is a global concern, common among those born at hospitals and homes, regardless of geographical environment. Hypothermia has a significant impact on neonatal mortality and is ...

Background: Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a significant health problem worldwide, including populations in Sub-Saharan African countries such as Rwanda. Therefore it is very important to get the risk factors which influence ...

Background: Peripartum hysterectomy is defined as the removal of the uterus during cesarean section (cesarean hysterectomy) or shortly after vaginal delivery (postpartum hysterectomy). Peripartum hysterectomy, a life-saving ...

Procedural sedation and analgesia at emergency department CHUK: Effectiveness and adverse events. Introduction The emergency department is a place where procedures to save life are performed frequently first. Procedural ...

Background: Non-communicable diseases, which are the common reasons of admissions to Internal Medicine in developed countries, are nowadays becoming the most prevalent in developing countries. However, ...

Introduction: Primary schools children are capable of understanding some of the key concepts needed to recognize unreliable claims and how to make informed choices about their health. The Informed Health Choices (IHC) ...

Traditional medicine is often considered as ‘natural’ and ‘safe’. These convictions may mainly attract pregnant women who are often concerned with the well-being of their unborn children. So far, few studies regarding the ...

Background: Globally, about 10 % of neonates require extra respiratory support to initiate breathing in the first minutes after birth. Almost 2.7 million of neonates died as an outcome of birth asphyxia and other related ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Cervical cancer is the most common type of cancers affecting women. Therefore, Quality of life (QOL) and its associated factors assessment among cervical cancer patients is considered to be an ...

Background: Sepsis is a time-sensitive medical situation requiring immediate intervention focusing on decreasing the period of time between suspected diagnosis and effective treatment. The goal of this research was to ...