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Publications: Dr Fred Bulamba

Baker T, Scribante J, Elhadi M, Ademuyiwa A, Osinaike B, Owoo C, Sottie D, Khalid K et al. ( 2025 ) . The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa . The Lancet vol. 405 , ( 10480 ) 715 - 724 .
Hewitt-Smith A, Bulamba F, Patel A, Nanimambi J, Adong LR, Emacu B, Kabaleta M, Khanyalano J et al. ( 2025 ) . Corrigendum to ‘Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial’ (Br J Anaesth 2024; 133: 846–52) . British Journal of Anaesthesia vol. 134 , ( 4 )
Crowther M, Dyer RA, Bishop DG, Bulamba F, Maswime S, Pearse RM, Biccard BM ( 2024 ) . Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Hospital System Readiness for Hemorrhage During and After Cesarean Delivery in Africa . Anesthesia & Analgesia
Hewitt-Smith A, Bulamba F, Patel A, Nanimambi J, Adong LR, Emacu B, Kabaleta M, Khanyalano J et al. ( 2024 ) . Family supplemented patient monitoring after surgery (SMARTER): a pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial . British Journal of Anaesthesia vol. 133 , ( 4 ) 846 - 852 .
Law TJ, Lipnick MS, Morriss W, Gelb AW, Mellin-Olsen J, Filipescu D, Rowles J, Rod P et al. ( 2024 ) . The Global Anesthesia Workforce Survey: Updates and Trends in the Anesthesia Workforce . Anesthesia & Analgesia vol. 139 , ( 1 ) 15 - 24 .
Bulamba F, Connelly S, Richards S, Lipnick MS, Gelb AW, Igaga EN, Nabukenya MT, Wabule A et al. ( 2023 ) . A Cross-Sectional Survey of Anesthetic Airway Equipment and Airway Management Practices in Uganda . Anesthesia & Analgesia vol. 137 , ( 1 ) 191 - 199 .
Wagstaff DT, Bulamba F, Fernando R ( 2023 ) . Obstetric anaesthesia over the next 10 years: Africa and Middle East . International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia vol. 55 ,
Pari V ( 2022 ) . Development of a quality indicator set to measure and improve quality of ICU care in low- and middle-income countries . Intensive Care Medicine vol. 48 , ( 11 ) 1551 - 1562 .
Group ACDH ( 2022 ) . Identifying interventions to reduce peripartum haemorrhage associated with caesarean delivery in Africa: A Delphi consensus study . PLOS Global Public Health vol. 2 , ( 8 )
Bedwell GJ, Dias P, Hahnle L, Anaeli A, Baker T, Beane A, Biccard BM, Bulamba F et al. ( 2022 ) . Barriers to Quality Perioperative Care Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Qualitative Rapid Appraisal Study . Anesthesia & Analgesia vol. 135 , ( 6 ) 1217 - 1232 .
Bulamba F, Bisegerwa R, Kimbugwe J, Ochieng J, Musana F, Nabukenya M ( 2022 ) . Development of the anaesthesia workforce and organisation of the speciality in Uganda: a mixed-methods case study . Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia vol. 28 , ( 3 ) 109 - 118 .
Schell CO, Khalid K, Wharton-Smith A, Oliwa J, Sawe HR, Roy N, Sanga A, Marshall JC et al. ( 2021 ) . Essential Emergency and Critical Care: a consensus among global clinical experts . BMJ Global Health vol. 6 , ( 9 )
Vickery N, Stephens T, du Toit L, van Straaten D, Pearse R, Torborg A, Rolt L, Puchert M et al. ( 2021 ) . Understanding the performance of a pan-African intervention to reduce postoperative mortality: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the ASOS-2 trial . British Journal of Anaesthesia vol. 127 , ( 5 ) 778 - 788 .
Pearse R ( 2021 ) . Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial . The Lancet Global Health
Law TJ, Subhedar S, Bulamba F, O’Hara NN, Nabukenya MT, Sendagire C, Hewitt-Smith A, Lipnick MS et al. ( 2021 ) . Factors affecting job choice among physician anesthesia providers in Uganda: a survey of income composition, discrete choice experiment, and implications for the decision to work rurally . Human Resources for Health vol. 19 , ( 1 )
Bulamba F, Hewitt-Smith A, Stephens T, Uddin R, Patel A, Pearse R ( 2021 ) . Failure to rescue in postpartum haemorrhage: a mixed-methods study to determining why mainstream, evidence-based treatments fail . ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA . vol. 133 , 1038 - 1038 .
Smith AH, Bulamba F, Patel A, Stephens T, Pearse R ( 2021 ) . Family SuppleMented pAtient monitoRing afTEr suRgery (SMARTER) pilot trial. An intervention to train family carers to measure and document basic vital signs for surgical in-patients in a resource limited hospital in Uganda . ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA . vol. 133 , 714 - 714 .
Vreede E, Bulamba F, Chikumba E ( 2019 ) . Developing the Anesthesia Workforce: The Impact of Training Nurse Anesthetists . Anesthesia & Analgesia vol. 129 , ( 5 ) 1199 - 1201 .
Law TJ, Bulamba F, Ochieng JP, Edgcombe H, Thwaites V, Hewitt-Smith A, Zoumenou E, Lilaonitkul M et al. ( 2019 ) . Anesthesia Provider Training and Practice Models: A Survey of Africa . Anesth Analg
Bulamba F, Sendagire C, Kintu A, Hewitt-Smith A, Musana F, Lilaonitkul M, Ayebale ET, Law T et al. ( 2019 ) . Feasibility of Simulation-Based Medical Education in a Low-Income Country: Challenges and Solutions From a 3-year Pilot Program in Uganda . Simul Healthc vol. 14 , ( 2 ) 113 - 120 .
Bishop D, Dyer RA, Maswime S, Rodseth RN, van Dyk D, Kluyts HL, Tumukunde JT, Madzimbamuto FD et al. ( 2019 ) . Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study . The Lancet Global Health vol. 7 , ( 4 ) e513 - e522 .
Edgcombe H, Baxter LS, Kudsk-Iversen S, Thwaites V, Bulamba F ( 2019 ) . Training non-physician anaesthetists in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative investigation of providers’ perspectives . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 3 )
Surgery GIFC, Grabski D, Ameh E, Ozgediz D, Oldham K, Abantanga FA, Abdelmalak M, Abdulraheem N et al. ( 2019 ) . Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgical Care: Executive Summary . World Journal of Surgery vol. 43 , ( 4 ) 978 - 980 .
Kintu A, Abdulla S, Lubikire A, Nabukenya MT, Igaga E, Bulamba F, Semakula D, Olufolabi AJ ( 2019 ) . Postoperative pain after cesarean section: assessment and management in a tertiary hospital in a low-income country . BMC Health Services Research vol. 19 , ( 1 )
Surgery GIFC, Wright N, Jensen G, St‐Louis E, Grabski D, Yousef Y, Kaseje N, Goodman L et al. ( 2019 ) . Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery: A Model of Global Collaboration to Advance the Surgical Care of Children . World Journal of Surgery vol. 43 , ( 6 ) 1416 - 1425 .
Kluyts H-L, le Manach Y, Munlemvo DM, Madzimbamuto F, Basenero A, Coulibaly Y, Rakotoarison S, Gobin V et al. ( 2018 ) . The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications . British Journal of Anaesthesia vol. 121 , ( 6 ) 1357 - 1363 .
Hewitt Smith A, Bulamba F, Olupot C, Musana F, Ochieng JP, Lipnick MS, Pearse RM ( 2018 ) . Surgical outcomes in eastern Uganda: A one-year cohort study . Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia vol. 24 , ( 5 ) 122 - 127 .
Lubega FA, DeSilva MS, Munube D, Nkwine R, Tumukunde J, Agaba PK, Nabukenya MT, Bulamba F et al. ( 2018 ) . Low dose ketamine versus morphine for acute severe vaso occlusive pain in children: a randomized controlled trial . Scandinavian Journal of Pain vol. 18 , ( 1 ) 19 - 27 .
Hewitt‐Smith A, Bulamba F, Ttendo S, Pappenheim K, Walker IA, Smith AF ( 2018 ) . A mixed‐methods evaluation of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Uganda Fellowship Scheme . Anaesthesia vol. 73 , ( 3 ) 284 - 294 .
PEARSE RM ( 2018 ) . Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study . Lancet
Bulamba F, Kintu A, Ayupo N, Kojjo C, Ssemogerere L, Wabule A, Kwizera A ( 2017 ) . Achieving the Recommended Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure: A Randomized Control Study Comparing Loss of Resistance Syringe to Pilot Balloon Palpation . Anesthesiology Research and Practice vol. 2017 , ( 1 )
Taekman JM, Foureman MF, Bulamba F, Steele M, Comstock E, Kintu A, Mauritz A, Olufolabi A ( 2017 ) . A Novel Multiplayer Screen-Based Simulation Experience for African Learners Improved Confidence in Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage . Frontiers in Public Health vol. 5 ,
Lipnick MS, Bulamba F, Ttendo S, Gelb AW ( 2017 ) . The Need for a Global Perspective on Task-Sharing in Anesthesia . Anesthesia & Analgesia vol. 125 , ( 3 ) 1049 - 1052 .
Albutt K, Bulamba F, Bunogerane JG, Butali B, Byiringiro F, Cerqueira A, Nyandwi JD, Giles A et al. ( 2017 ) . Bethune Round Table Abstracts 2017 . Canadian Journal of Surgery . vol. 60 , s45 - s56 .
Bulamba F, Kwizera A, Ssemogerere L, Ayupo N, Kojjo C, Kintu A, LOR-ICP TRIAL Group ( 2015 ) . Achieving recommended endotracheal tube intracuff pressure: a randomized control study comparing loss of resistance syringe to pilot balloon palpation (the LOR-ICP trial, nct02294422) . Intensive Care Medicine Experimental vol. 3 , ( Suppl 1 )