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View article: Six-minute walk test as a predictor for intraoperative anesthesia complications: a prospective cohort at a tertiary hospital, southwestern Uganda
Six-minute walk test as a predictor for intraoperative anesthesia complications: a prospective cohort at a tertiary hospital, southwestern Uganda Open
Background The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is an indicator of a patient's overall cardiovascular and respiratory health. It is an inexpensive, and reproducible preoperative risk assessment tool that has been extensively employed to predict…
View article: Incidence and Factors Associated with Postspinal Headache in Obstetric Mothers Who Underwent Spinal Anesthesia from a Tertiary Hospital in Western Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study
Incidence and Factors Associated with Postspinal Headache in Obstetric Mothers Who Underwent Spinal Anesthesia from a Tertiary Hospital in Western Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Study Open
Background. The proportion of obstetric mothers reporting postspinal headache (PSH) in Uganda is high. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence and factors associated with postspinal headache among obstetric patients who underwe…
View article: Benefits and Barriers to Increasing Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Limited Settings
Benefits and Barriers to Increasing Regional Anesthesia in Resource-Limited Settings Open
Safe and accessible surgical and anesthetic care is critically limited for over half of the world's population, particularly in Sub-Saharan African and Southeast Asian countries. Increasing the use of regional anesthesia in these areas has…
View article: The analgesic effects of intrathecal morphine in comparison with ultrasound‐guided transversus abdominis plane block after caesarean section: a randomised controlled trial at a Ugandan regional referral hospital
The analgesic effects of intrathecal morphine in comparison with ultrasound‐guided transversus abdominis plane block after caesarean section: a randomised controlled trial at a Ugandan regional referral hospital Open
Summary Both transversus abdominis plane block and intrathecal morphine may produce prolonged postoperative analgesia, but the respective clinical outcomes of these anaesthetic techniques in resource‐limited settings are not well described…