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Prevalence of hypertensive retinopathy in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.
(University of Zimbabwe, 2017-06)
Pregnancy-induced hypertension(PIH)is a spectrum of disorders associated with significant fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. It is a multisystem disorder which does not spare the visual system. Some effects ...
Socio-cultural realities of following through with prevention of mother- to- child transmission of HIV programme in Chiota district Zimbabwe: Implications for elimination of paediatric infection
(2017-06)
The study assessed the social and cultural realities of following through with prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV during the postnatal and breastfeeding period in a rural community in Zimbabwe and its ...
The effects of weighting in the regression analysis of survey data collected using non-probabilistic sampling methods: A secondary data analysis
(2017-06)
Introduction
When surveys are conducted especially for hidden populations, data is rarely collected using random sampling which is the ideal way to collect representative data. However, it is common practice to analyse ...
Prevalance and associated risk factors of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in adult( 18years and above) HIV positive patients registered at Mpilo OI clinic
(2017-04)
Objectives: To determine prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and
associated risk factors among adult (=18 years) HIV positive patients registered at Mpilo
Opportunistic Infection (OI) clinic. To ...
Delays in performing emergency caesarean sections at Harare maternity hospital and Mbuya Nehanda hospital: Causes and outcomes
(2017-07)
Introduction
The ideal decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) for emergency Caesarean sections (ECS) quoted in international guidelines is 30minutes. Achieving this DDI is anticipated to improve perinatal outcomes. It has ...
The relationship of patient participation in mobilization on length of hospital stay in hospitalized adult patients with fractured tibia and fibula at two central hospitals in Harare Zimbabwe
(2017-03)
Length of hospital stay is an area of concern in medical- surgical nursing. Length of hospital stay determines the Financial cost incurred by the patient and the potential complications the patient may deveolp (Marchette ...
Microbiology of puerperal sepsis and its clinical implications among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in a hospital sample in Zimbabwe
(2017-07)
Title: Microbiology of puerperal sepsis and its clinical implications in a Hospital sample in Zimbabwe
Introduction: Puerperal sepsis is infection of the female genital tract occurring at any time
between the rupture ...
Evaluation of the prevalence of retinopathy of prematurity at Parirenyatwa group of hospitals and Harare central hospital
(2017-07)
Background: Retinopathy of prematurity is notably one of the causes of avoidable
blindness. The risk factors for the development of ROP are very low birth weight(<1500g), low gestational age (GA) (<32 weeks) and duration ...
Development, safety and efficacy evaluation of actinic damage retarding nano-pharmaceutical treatments in oculocutaneous albinism
(2017-04)
Introduction: There are at least 17 000 Persons living with albinism (PLWA) in Zimbabwe. Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a congenital amelanistic pigmentation disorder that affects all known vertebrates and has no known ...