Background:-Diabetic ketoacidosis is potentially fatal metabolic disorder commonly presentrnin emergency department.It is a life threating complication of diabetes.If it misdiagnosed orrnmistreated it is 100% fatal.rnPurpose:-rnTo study precipitating factors and clinical-laboratory features of...
Background - Oxygen should be regarded as a drug. It is prescribed to prevent or treatrnhypoxemia. The concentration of oxygen prescribed aims to bring oxygen saturation (SpO2) tornnormal or near normal oxygen saturation.rnObjective - To assess knowledge, attitude and practices of nurses and...
Background:Child sexual abuse remains a silent crime which occurs in different settings andrncuts across varying social classes. Child sexual abuse is a serious breach of basic human rightsrnand is responsible for numerous adverse sequelae its wide-spread presence in both developingrnand developed...
Introduction: Stroke is "rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance ofrncerebral functions, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other thanrnthat of vascular origin. According to the latest WHO data published in May 2014 Stroke Deaths...
Background: Globally and Sub-Saharan Africa country still now childhood mortality rates remainrnhigh. In Ethiopia, child mortality rates dropped 71% from 1990 to 2015, however it is still aroundrn184,000 Ethiopian children die each year. More deaths of children in hospital often occur within...
Using information technology to reach mothers directly with health information customized torntheir stage of pregnancy. Mobile phones applications are able to quickly and easily disseminaterninformation that will inform women of ways to care for themselves during pregnancy, dismissrntradition and...
Context: - It is a universally accepted fact that unintended pregnancy and births could havernnegative consequences for women, children, families and societies at large. The current studyrnaimed to examine the level and determinants of unintended pregnancy among selected women inrnGozamen woreda in...
Introduction: Medical equipment is used for the specific purposes of diagnosis, treatment, orrnrehabilitation of disease or injury, and can be used either alone or in combination with anyrnaccessory, consumable or other medical equipment. Medical equipment excludes implantable,rnScale up the system...
Introduction: Referral is a process by which a health worker at one level of the health care system havingrninsufficient resources (drugs, equipment and skills) to manage a clinical condition seeks the assistance of a betterrnor differently resourced facility at the same or higher level to assist...
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Globally 1.2 billion people livernin endemic areas. In Ethiopia, approximately 67 million people are at risk for trachoma. ThernAmhara National Regional State of Ethiopia is the most trachoma-endemic among all ninernregional states...
Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of self- medication practices at the population level. In Ethiopia, some workers have also looked at the population...
Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Diarrhea may result from disturbance in bowel function in which case there is increased bowel transit, excessive intestinal secretion of water and electrolytes, decreased intestinal reabsorptions as well as more...
The irrational use of antimicrobials such as ceftriaxone is one of the current public health issues. The problem becomes twofold when it happens in low income countries like Ethiopia. The objective of this study is to assess the utilization of ceftriaxone in different wards of FPRH, Addis Ababa. An...
Taro Boloso-I is a new variety of Colocasia esculenta (L. Schott) officially released from ArekarnAgricultural Research Center, Areka, Ethiopia. Its cultivation out yields 67% more than a previouslyrnreported variety (Godare) in Ethiopia. It contains 85.65 ± 0.07% of carbohydrate on dry basis...
Introduction: Majority of population in developing countries including Ethiopia are dependent on traditional medicines. Patients who have chronic illness like diabetes mellitus were dissatisfied with conventional drugs are more likely to take simultaneously herbal remedies from traditional medicine...
Interprofessional Collaboration between Physicians and Pharmacists in Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa. Sewit Timothewos, Addis Ababa University, 2014rnSince recent times there has been an expansion in the horizon of pharmacy practice. To optimize the contribution of pharmacists to their extended...
ABSTRACT: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants was conducted betweenrnOctober 2009 and April 2010, in Ofla Wereda of Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. The studyrnemployed common ethnobotanical methods including semi-structured interviews, fieldrnobservations, preference ranking, paired comparisons...
The transfer of ions across the water/acetophenonerninterface has been investigated by ac cyclic voltammetry.rnThe reversibility of the ion transfer at low sweep rates,rnas well as precise half-wave potential values have beenrndetermined from the observed ac cyclic voltammograms.rnThe reversibility...
Background: Bipolar disorder is one of the most severe forms of mental disorders,rnand is clinically characterized by profound mood swings. Bipolar disorder is anrnepisodic condition requiring long-term, often life-long, treatment to control acuternsymptoms and stabilize mood. Despite...
Topical corticosteroids (TC) are generally safe when used rationally which otherwise mayrncause significant morbidity among people. Over-the-counter (OTC) use of TC is prevalentrnworldwide and is found to cause undesirable adverse effects. Particularly its use for cosmeticrnpurpose is a very common...