Publications by authors named "Isaac Edyedu"
Introduction: Burn injury is a major cause of mortality. Majority of the burns occur in low and middle-income countries like Uganda. Uganda has a limited number of burn centres and medical resources, making a predictor of mortality necessary in allocation of the limited resources.
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- Perforated peptic ulcers, a severe complication of peptic ulcer disease, are more common in low-income settings like Uganda, yet there's limited data on their patterns in this region.
- A study of 81 patients revealed that the condition predominantly affects males, peasants, and individuals from rural areas, with blood group O being the most common.
- The findings emphasize the need for targeted public health campaigns focusing on at-risk groups, particularly males and rural peasants, and highlight that anterior gastric perforations are most likely in these patients.
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- Rotavirus continues to pose a risk for young children, with a study in Uganda showing a prevalence of 15.7% among those with acute watery diarrhea four years after the vaccine's introduction.
- Children under 12 months and those with male gender, or living in households with others suffering from diarrhea or with wells as a water source, were found to be at higher risk.
- The study indicates that rotavirus diarrhea cases have decreased significantly post-vaccination, but high levels of dehydration in affected children suggest ongoing public health concerns, especially regarding safe water access.
Urolithiasis is the presence of a stone anywhere in the urinary tract, it is commonly seen in adult patients and rare in children, especially when it is associated with acute urinary retention. In children, history is not suggestive and not specific; diagnosis is made by exclusion, and imaging studies often get the findings as incidental. In this case, the clinical presentation made early diagnosis quite difficult.
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