Browsing Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences ETDs by Title
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The effect of a single low dose propofol at the end of the operation in reducing post operative nausea and vomiting ( PONV) in women undergoing laparoscopic gynaecological surgery at Parirenyatwa hospital.
(2013-06-26)Objectives To determine the effectiveness of single low dose propofol in reducing PONV in women undergoing laparoscopic gynaecological surgery. To describe factors associated with nausea and vomiting in women undergoing ... -
Effect of Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling on Infant Feeding Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Harare City 2013
(2013-08)Background A preliminary review of nutrition reports for Harare City revealed that set targets for exclusive breastfeeding rate, timely initiation of breastfeeding, median duration of breastfeeding and stunting were not ... -
Effect of irbesartan on blood glucose levels in a mice model of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(2016-11)Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) have been reported to affect glycaemic control in both animals and humans. A few studies have evaluated the effects of irbesartan on blood glucose levels. However, only one study evaluated ... -
The effect of simvastatin and rosuvastatin on relieving the symptoms of alzheimer's disease in a mouse model
(2016-06)Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting nearly 36million people globally. None of the currently approved drugs prevent or even slow the course of the disease. Objective: To ... -
Effectiveness of short message services reminder on childhood immunization programme in Kadoma- a randomized control trial, 2013
(2013-08)Introduction: Globally, non-attendance for immunization appointments remains a challenge to healthcare providers. Adoption of short message services has been shown to enhance attendance in medical setting. A review of the ... -
Effects of Mother-Based Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding on Duration and Severity of Diarrhoea and Pneumonia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, 2013
(2013-08)Exclusive breastfeeding rates remain very low in most countries in sub Sahara Africa. We assessed the effects of a mother based intervention on duration of diarrhoea and pneumonia in communities that were trained and not ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of apolipoprotein b 100 against ldl-cholesterol in profiling cardiovascular disease risk in HIV infected patients
(2014-03-17)Background This study was carried out to assess the potential clinical utility of measuring apo B 100 in evaluation of CVD risk. The study focused on measurement of the classic parameters of assessing CVD risk. LDL ... -
Evaluation of Factors Associated with HIV Prevalence among 15- to 49-Year-Olds in Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe: Divergence and Similarity of the Two Statistical Methods
(2009-08)Introduction AIDS surveillance has been the cornerstone of national efforts to monitor the spread of HIV infection in the world and to target HIV-prevention programs and health-care services. HIV case surveillance provides ... -
Evaluation of serum S100B as a biomarker of head injury in patients admitted into a neurological ward at Parirenyatwa hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
(2013-09)Background: - CT scanning is the gold standard for head injury diagnosis. However, the high costs of imaging in Zimbabwe makes it difficult to manage patients with head injuries as most admitted in public hospital are ... -
Evaluation of the Cavidi Exavir load reverse transcriptase assay (version 3.0) for HIV viral load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV -1 virus.
(2013-06-27)Title: Evaluation of the Cavidi ExaVir load Reverse Transcriptase Assay (version 3.0) for HIV Viral Load against the Roche Amplicor Monitor (version 1.5) for use in monitoring viral load in patients infected with the HIV ... -
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 ... -
Experiences and coping strategies 3 months post-stroke of patients in Harare and Chitungwiza: 3 months follow-up prospective study
(2014-05-21)Background and purpose: Problems encountered by survivors of stroke need to be adequately addressed to promote the individual’s well being. In Zimbabwe it is not known to what extent survivors of stroke are affected by ... -
Factors associated with 1st line ART failure among patients at Newlands Clinic, Harare
(2014-03-13)First line ART treatment failure occurs when drugs being administered for the treatment of HIV are no longer able to kill the virus i.e. virus would have developed resistance to the drugs. This study sought to determine ... -
Factors associated with Adherence to Anti-retroviral therapy among HIV clients, Kadoma city, Zimbabwe 2015
(2015)Abstract Introduction: Adherence is defined as the extent to which patient follows prescribed health care regimen. Non-adherence is associated with resistance and the risk of resistance is 80-90% with incomplete adherence. ... -
Factors associated with chronic malnutrition in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central province, 2012
(2013-08)Introduction: The rate of stunting in Zimbabwe was recorded as 35% in 2012. Mashonaland Central Province recorded 2168 cases of malnutrition and 964(44%) were from Mazowe District, despite the fact that the district has ... -
Factors associated with defaulting among women initiated on option B+ in urban clinics- 2015
(2016-06)Introduction: We carried out this study to describe the demographic characteristics of the mothers on Option B+ at Budiriro, Mabvuku, Rutsanana and Kuwadzana poly-clinics. To determine the patient level factors, the service ... -
Factors associated with delayed antiretroviral therapy initiation among Tuberculosis/ Human Immunodeficiency Virus co-infected patients in Lupane district, 2015
(2016-05)Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) should be given to all Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-positive Tuberculosis (TB) patients within the first eight weeks of commencing anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT), to reduce ... -
Factors Associated With Developing Ophthalmia Neonatorum in Harare City, 2013
(2013-08)Introduction: Ophthalmia neonatorum is defined as any conjunctivitis with discharge from the eyes during the first 28 days of life. Ophthalmia neonatorum is preventable. Gonococcal ophthalmia, if untreated, may progress ...
