Introduction: Visceral leishmaniasis causes alterations of lipid metabolism and associated withrnhypochlesterolemia and severe hypertriglyceridemia. Hepatic dysfunction and life threatingrnhepatitis is associated with visceral leishmaniasis. Kidney damage is frequently associated withrnincreased...
Background: The presence of blood borne infections in blood cells or plasma ofrnasymptomatic donors is the major risk factors for transmitting infectious agents throughrnblood transfusion.Common infectious agents include Hepatitis B virus,Hepatitis C virus ,rnHuman immunodeficiency virus and...
Background: Hormones often act as immunomodulators. Immune and endocrine interaction duringrninfectious diseases may determine the failure or success of the immune response. This is particularlyrntrue for an infection like tuberculosis, in which pathogen and immune system coexist in a...
Backgroundrn:rnHospital environment, inanimate objects and healthcare workers are likely to getrncolonized with diverse group of microbial agents. Infections caused by gram negative bacteriarn(GNB) are causing morbidity and mortality worldwide, gram negative bacteria which produce β-rnlactamase...
Background: Several factors like altitude, age, sex, pregnancy, socioeconomic status, life style rnand race influence hematological reference interval (RIs), which are critical to support appropriaternclinical decisions and to interpret laboratory data in research. Currently there are no...
Background rnBlood transfusion is an important part of dayâ€toâ€day clinical practice. Blood and blood products rnprovide unique and lifeâ€saving therapeutic benefits to patients. The major concern from the pointrnof view of both user (recipient) and prescriber (clinician) is for...
Background: Sudden death (SD) is one of the most important problems in medicine. More thanrn40% of patients die suddenly, mostly in an out-of-hospital setting. The precise prevalence ofrnsudden cause of death (SD) in Ethiopia is poorly investigated, especially in young patients. Thisrnprecludes...
Back ground: Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability all over the world. Managementrnof injured patients in many circumstances involves a team effort that allows medical personnelrnwith special skills and expertise to provide care simultaneously with surgical leadership of thernprocess....
Background: Advances in pediatrics especially in the field of intensive care have dramaticallyrnimproved the prognosis for the critically ill children. Numerous conditions that were previouslyrnfatal are now treatable, and many children who previously would have sustained a permanentrndisability...
Background: The purpose of this study was to describe current tube feeding knowledge and rnPractices and associated factors to aim appropriate quality improvement interventions. ThernSynergy model of patient care was used as a conceptual basis for this study. rnMethods: A cross-sectional study was...
Background: Trauma patients are particularly prone to hypothermia for multiple reasons includingrnexposure to environment or low ambient temperature, central nervous system injury, hypovolemicrnshock, administration of unaesthetic drugs and cold intravenous fluid, blood and blood products...
Background:-Pain can be defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experiencernassociated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Thernpatients in intensive care units often suffer from undertreated and unrecognized pain. Morernthan 50% have significant...
Back ground: Pre-hospital emergency care is the emergency care delivered to a patient beforerntransfer to a hospital or proper healthcare facility. Basic Life Support is refers to the carernhealthcare providers and public safety professionals provide to patients who are experiencingrnrespiratory...
Background:Peripheral Arterial Disease is defined as ankle-brachial index < 0.90 and it is arnprogressive occlusion of arteries supplying the peripheral vasculature.Globally, 202 millionrnpeople were living with peripheral artery disease in 2010. Recent reports suggest that the burdenrnof PAD has...
Introduction: Medications are the basis of care provision. Despite the best effort, increased usernof technology and high standards of invasive and non- invasive monitoring in critical care,rnmedication errors continue to occur even at the best centers worldwide. rn Objective: To assess magnitude...
Background:-Physical Trauma/Injury is defined as a physical damage to a human being causedrnby intolerable transfer of energy. It can be mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical, or radiationrnenergy or by the sudden absence of heat or oxygen. rnObjective: - The objective of this study is to...
AIM: To assess the clinical features, identify risk factors; describe the management andrnoutcome of patients who present with ACS in EDs in Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia rnMETHODS: A multicentre prospective cross-sectional study was carried out fromrnSeptember 21, 2018 to July 1, 2019 among patients >18...
Introduction: Emergency departments are crucial entry points to healthcare services and usuallyrnovercrowded. A computed tomography is a diagnostic medical device with computers and rnrotating X-ray machines creating cross-sectional images of the body. It is often used in thernemergency room. The...
Background: Emergency Response Time is an interval between call receipt and arrival of the firstrnEmergency vehicle to the scene which should be less than 8 minute. As a result of the emergingrnsignificance of time-sensitive medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest, stroke, and acuternmyocardial...
Back ground: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a material, device, equipment or clothingrnwhich is used or worn by a worker to protect them from exposure or contact with any harmfulrnmaterial or energy which may cause injury, disease or even death. Use of personal protectivernequipment is a...