Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is an abundant agricultural lignocellulose byproduct. In this study, cellulose was extracted from SCB by two methods, by acid treatment with or without dewaxing. Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was prepared from extracted cellulose by HCl hydrolysis with or without...
Despite the progress made in reducing morbidity, dyspepsia is one of the most common GI diseases, resulting in impaired quality of life and work loss. The purpose of this study was to assess the management of dyspepsia in health centers of Addis Ababa city administration. A cross sectional study...
Hypertensive patients are at high risk of developing drug therapy problems (DTPs) and poor adherence due to different factors like: presence of comorbidities, polypharmacy and complexity of drug regimens. Occurrences of DTPs in hypertensive patients are associated with harmful health outcomes and...
Discopodium penninervum is among the Ethiopian medicinal plants claimed for wound healingrnactivity. However, to date, there is no scientific report on evaluation of its wound healingrnactivity. Thus, this work was initiated to investigate wound healing activity of 80 % methanolrnleaf extract of...
Cellulose is one of the major components of agricultural byproducts. Teff is the most widely cultivated cereal crop in Ethiopia covering 22.95% of the cultivated land from which about 7.46 million tons of Teff straw is produced as a byproduct each year. The aim of this study was to isolate and...
Hypertensive patients are at high risk of drug therapy problems (DTPs), as there is multiple drug use for their comorbidities. To date, studies regarding DTPs in hypertensive patients are limited in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to assess DTPs and medication adherence among ambulatory...
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan of the genus Leishmania. The ranges of drugs available to treat this disease are limited; therefore, there is a substantial need to develop new medicines or drug combinations. Aiming to find potential...
Even though, medications play a major role in the cure, palliation and inhibition of disease, they also expose patients to drug related problems. Drug related problems are frequent and may result in reduced quality of life, and even morbidity and mortality. Many studies have shown that clinical...
Diuretics are drugs, which increase the excretion of electrolytes and water from the bodyrnby an action on the kidney. Their primary effect is to decrease the re-absorption of saltrnfrom the filtrate and increase water loss. They are used primarily to prevent and alleviaternfluid overload like...
Background: The inclusion of protease inhibitors (PIs) in therapeutic regimens has a significantrnimpact on the success of the treatment; these classes have been associated with liver-related injuryrnrnin some individuals. Rates of hepatotoxicity from registration trials of various PIs havernranged...
Diarrhea is one of the main causes of infant mortality in Ethiopia and in many other developingrncountries, causing about 4 to 8 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite recent reductions inrnmorbidity and mortality worldwide, diarrhea still remains one of the leading causes of death...
The invention of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) has achromatized the HumanrnImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection from a fatal disease to a chronic condition marked byrnreduced morbidity and mortality. This success in controlling HIV replication and restoring immunityrnhas been...
Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that can affect any part of the body. It is the rnsecond leading cause of death globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million deaths in 2018. rnCurrently, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical measure are the key tools for cancer...
Introduction: Health Extension Workers (HEWs) play key roles in the health care system ofrnEthiopia. They do health promotion, prevention and curative activities as well as manage arnnumber of items including medicines at the community and health post level in which access tornhealth care is...
Malaria continues as major health problem in subtropical region of the world. The resistances ofrnmalaria parasites to available drugs endanger all the good result that has been found. Therefore,rnthe development of novel drug is a must to do job. One of the key sources is traditionalrnmedicinal...
Background:The provision of complete health care necessitates the availability of safe, effectivernand affordable drugs and related supplies of the required quality, in adequate quantity at allrntimes. To meet this need TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Pharmacy Service Directoraternstrives to...
Blood cells and ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles behave strangely when subjected tornan ultrasound ï¬eld. They migrate towards the nodes of the ultrasound wave and form circularrnpatterns. However, differentiation between blood cells and ultrasound contrast agentrnmicrobubbles can be...
Temperature instability in preterm neonates is one of the major causes of morbidity andrnmortality. The immature systems and organs of preterm neonates in combination with poorrnfacilities and after birth care lead to lifelong health complications, if not death. The drop ofrntemperature in preterm...
Optical Projection Tomography (OPT) is a new imaging technique used to image cellsrnin 3D cultured in a hydrogel. Reconstructed OPT images of cells suffer from severalrnartifacts. These artifacts reduce the overall image quality. This will create a challengernfor isolating and studying each...
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural pattern that is based on the concept of arnservice and addresses, the requirements of loosely coupled, and protocol independent distributedrncomputing. SOA used enterprise Service Bus (ESB) to realize its principles. ESB is an...