Publications by authors named "Odong Richard Justin"
Prevalence and factors associated with cerebral malaria among children aged 6 to 59 months with severe malaria in Western Uganda: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.
BMC Pediatr
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Cerebral malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum, poses a significant health threat in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates in young children.
- - A study at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital found that 12.8% of children under five with severe malaria had cerebral malaria, with male sex, abnormal bleeding, convulsions, kidney injury, and low sodium levels identified as associated risk factors.
- - The findings highlight the urgent need for targeted interventions and improved clinical management strategies to address the burden of cerebral malaria among vulnerable populations.
Introduction: This report details the exceptional survival of a female newborn buried alive by her own mother after a clandestine and unassisted birth. Despite spending over six hours underground, the newborn remarkably survived without exhibiting signs of perinatal asphyxia or major complications, and did not require advanced resuscitation measures.
Case Presentation: Rescued following a shocking discovery in a garden and rushed to the hospital, this newborn experienced transient hypothermia, mild to moderate respiratory distress, and scattered skin bruises.
Germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage (GM-IVH) is a common intracranial complication in preterm infants, especially those born before 32 weeks of gestation and very-low-birth-weight infants. Hemorrhage originates in the fragile capillary network of the subependymal germinal matrix of the developing brain and may disrupt the ependymal lining and progress into the lateral cerebral ventricle. GM-IVH is associated with increased mortality and abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes such as posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe cognitive impairment, and visual and hearing impairment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prematurity contributes greatly to the neonatal mortality burden in sub-Saharan Africa. This study evaluated the proportion of preterm neonatal death, medical conditions at admission, and determinants of mortality of preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary hospital in Western Uganda.
Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort study of 351 consecutively enrolled preterm neonates was conducted from March to June 2019.