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2023 School of Pharmacy

Effect of Musa acuminata Starch concentration on the Disintegrant Activity of Paracetamol Tablets

1Rodgers Muhangi, 1Albert N. Onchweri, 2Maniga Josephat, 1Tenywa mercy, 1Jacqueline Njeri Muchiri and 3Ugwu Okechukwu Paul-Chima

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 122-133,

Today, tablets are one of the most widely used pharmaceutical dosage forms. Both activepharmaceutical ingredients (API) and inactive ingredients such as disintegrants are found inpharmaceutical dosage forms. Disintegrants are essential for dissolving the tabl...

2023 Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry

Determinants of Preeclampsia among Pregnant Women at Gestational Age of Above 20 Weeks Attending Antenatal Care at FPRRH.

Tola Papa’akurhyel Midala

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY | Pp. 1-13

Despite several interventions put in place in many countries of the world, preeclampsia stillcontributes greatly to maternal morbidity and mortality. Several factors have been cited toincrease the risk of preeclampsia among which are obesity, extreme age, Nul...

2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

Dehydration Status of Children 3-24 Months with Rota-Virus Diarrhoea at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital

Goretty Laker1, Jolly Nankunda1, Bernis Maren Melvis1, Martin Nduwimana1, Joel Kimera1, Dickson Kajoba1, Richard Justine Odong1, Isaac Edyedu2 and *Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu3

2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 78-85

The study was done to determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among children 3to 24 months old at Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital. This was a hospital based crosssectional, descriptive and analytical study design to determine the prevalence,dehy...

2023 Faculty of Education

Categories of Workplace Conflicts in Aided Secondary Schools in Bukonzo County, Kasese District

Wilson Mathembele1, Basil Tibanyendera2 and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu3

2023 | INOSR ARTS AND HUMANITIES | Pp. 1-15

The study sought to establish the categories of workplace conflicts on teachers’ performancein the government –aided secondary schools in Bukonzo County, Kasese District. A nonexperimentaldescriptive survey design was adopted which used interviews and structu...

2023 School of Nursing Sciences

Awareness and Practice of Patients on Insulin Self Medication among Diabetic Patients Attending KIUTH Medical Ward.

Mukose, Mary

2023 | INOSR APPLIED SCIENCES | Pp. 86-98,

Insulin is a drug used in the treatment of type one diabetes. Patients must be activelyinvolved in self-administration and hence it requires them to be much more equipped withgood knowledge and practices towards the use of insulin. Therefore, the purpose of t...

2023 School of Nursing Sciences

Attitudes and Practices of Mothers towards Neonatal Umbilical Cord Sepsis in Maternity Ward of Kitagata Hospital, Sheema District.

Namuddu, Rebecca

2023 | INOSR Scientific Research | Pp. 1-14,

Globally, it is estimated that over four million newborns die annually from serious neonatalinfections. This study was carried out to find out the attitudes and practices of motherstowards neonatal umbilical cord sepsis in maternity ward of Kitagata Hospital,...

2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

Evaluation of plasma levels of interleukin 6 and iron status of baseketball players in Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State, Nigeria

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu1, Getrude Uzoma Obeagu2, Oghenenyerhovwo Udjor3

2023 | Academic Journal of Health Science | Pp. 58-61

Objetivo: El estudio se realizó para determinar los niveles de interleucina 6 (IL-6) y el estado del hierro de los jugadores de baloncesto de la Universidad Madonna, Elele, Estado de Rivers, Nigeria.Material y métodos: Se reclutó un total de 80 sujetos para e...

2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON HYPERTENSION AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu1, Byamungu Pahari Kagenderezo2 and Getrude Uzoma Obeagu3

2023 | International Journal of Innovative and Applied Research | Pp. 19-25

Hypertension is a public health problem which has cut across all spheres of life and walks of life. From the literature review, the researcher has found that most hypertensive patients are less engaged in healthy behaviours because of knowledge deficit. The l...

2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

A Systematic review on childhood immunization among men with infants: Africa perspective

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu

2023 | International Journal of Current Research in Medical Sciences | Pp. 15-24

Immunization remains one of the cheapest and most cost effective means of protecting the masses from vaccinepreventable diseases. Factors affecting Childhood immunization uptake at general practice level may be considered interms of sociodemographic variables...

2023 School of Allied Health Sciences

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu

2023 | International Journal of Innovative and Applied Research | Pp. 01-05

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) comprises a group of lymphoid neoplasms that are morphologically and immunophenotypically similar to B and T lineage progenitors. The pathogenesis of ALL involves the abnormal proliferation and differentiation of clonal popu...