CME! CME! CME! The Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda is hosting a Continuous Medical Education. The Topic is Spinal Hypotension The Speaker will be Dr. Philo Nambooze (MBCHB, MMed Anaesthesia and Critical care) The CME will be held on 15th August 2020 from 18:00-19:30hrs The venue is on Zoom. To register, click on the link …
Abstract Guidelines You are invited to submit abstracts for the 6th joint annual scientific conference of the Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda (AAU) and Intensive Care Society of Uganda (ICSU) in line with any of the following subthemes: 1. Critical Care in Uganda: History and Current Status 2. Critical Care in Maternal and Child Health 3. New Diseases, Epidemics …
It is not certain how long the virus that causes COVID-19 survives on surfaces, but it seems to behave like other coronaviruses. Studies suggest that coronaviruses (including preliminary information on the COVID-19 virus) may persist on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. This may vary under different conditions (e.g. type of …
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA WORKSHOP (LIMITED SLOTS) The Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda Invites you to the Regional Anesthesia Workshop Date: 25th March 2020 Time: 8am – 5 pm Venue: Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal hospital Fee: 50,000/= ( Anaesthetic officers, Anaesthesiologists, Residents and medical students) There are limited slots, therefore your appoitment as soon as possible. …
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition in which a blood clot forms most often in the deep veins of the leg, groin or arm (known as deep vein thrombosis, DVT) and travels in the circulation, lodging in the lungs (known as pulmonary embolism, PE). Without prophylaxis, 40 – 80% of high-risk patients develop detectable DVT.
Death associated with anaesthetic procedures is rare, 1-4 deaths per 10,000 anaesthesias. [Maaløe R, et al. Ugeskr Laeger. 1995.] However, each case gives rise to a discussion about causality and who is to blame. To prevent this. It is important for one to have a checklist, onto which checks are made to make sure that …
Mark your calendars. The 5th AAU and ICSU annual scientific conference is taking place from 13th to 15th November 2019 at Hotel Africana in Kampala Uganda. This years’ theme is “Anaesthesia and Surgery: Optimizing perioperative outcomes”
