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Henry Ddungu
Researcher at Makerere University
Publications - 21
Citations - 482
Henry Ddungu is an academic researcher from Makerere University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 17 publications receiving 401 citations. Previous affiliations of Henry Ddungu include African Palliative Care Association & Mulago Hospital.
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Effect of Transfusion of Red Blood Cells With Longer vs Shorter Storage Duration on Elevated Blood Lactate Levels in Children With Severe Anemia: The TOTAL Randomized Clinical Trial
Aggrey Dhabangi,Brenda Ainomugisha,Christine Cserti-Gazdewich,Henry Ddungu,Dorothy Kyeyune,Ezra Musisi,Robert O. Opoka,Christopher P. Stowell,Walter H. Dzik +8 more
TL;DR: Among children with lactic acidosis due to severe anemia, transfusion of longer-storage compared with shorter-storage RBC units did not result in inferior reduction of elevated blood lactate levels, and these findings have relevance regarding the efficacy of stored RBC transfusion for patients with critical tissue hypoxia and lactic acids due to anemia.
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Pain among ambulatory HIV/AIDS patients: multicenter study of prevalence, intensity, associated factors, and effect.
Eve Namisango,Richard Harding,Leonard K. Atuhaire,Henry Ddungu,Elly Katabira,Fred Roland Muwanika,Richard A Powell +6 more
TL;DR: The characteristics and effect of pain on function and QOL in East African patients also contributes information on characteristics of HIV/AIDS adult patients in the East Africa demonstrating the aspects in which pain is similar across different cultures.
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Cytoadherence in paediatric malaria: ABO blood group, CD36, and ICAM1 expression and severe Plasmodium falciparum infection.
Christine Cserti-Gazdewich,Aggrey Dhabangi,Charles Musoke,Isaac Ssewanyana,Henry Ddungu,Henry Ddungu,Deborah Nakiboneka-Ssenabulya,Deborah Nakiboneka-Ssenabulya,Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi,Arthur Mpimbaza,Walter H. Dzik +10 more
TL;DR: Host genetic adaptations to Plasmodium falciparum suggest new potential malaria treatment strategies and a significant survival advantage attributed to blood group O and increased monocyte expression of CD36 and ICAM1 is reported.
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Blood utilization at a national referral hospital in sub‐Saharan Africa
Elissa K. Butler,Heather A. Hume,Heather A. Hume,Isaac Birungi,Brenda Ainomugisha,Ruth Namazzi,Henry Ddungu,Isaac Kajja,Susan Nabadda,Jeffrey McCullough +9 more
TL;DR: The use of blood at a tertiary care hospital is comprehensively described to inform future efforts to strengthen blood programs in resource‐limited settings.
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Inter-Relationships of Cardinal Features and Outcomes of Symptomatic Pediatric Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 1,933 Children in Kampala, Uganda
Christine Cserti-Gazdewich,Aggrey Dhabangi,Charles Musoke,Isaac Ssewanyana,Henry Ddungu,Deborah Nakiboneka-Ssenabulya,Nicolette Nabukeera-Barungi,Arthur Mpimbaza,Walter H. Dzik +8 more
TL;DR: This report updates previous clinical descriptions of severe malaria, quantifies significant clinical and laboratory inter-relationships, and will assist clinicians treating malaria and those planning or assessing future research (NCT00707200) ( www.clinicaltrials.gov).