Background: Problematic substance use is becoming a common problem in marginalized groups such as street youths. However, the prevalence and factors associated with problematic substance use among street youth, particularly ...

Introduction: Sexual dysfunctions are a diverse group of disorder, which impairs important areas of patient functioning and quality of life. However, its magnitude and associated factors are not clearly known in the current ...

Background: Depression is common among patients suffering from chronic skin disease. The occurrences of depression among these groups of population aggravate and perpetuate their illness and affect their quality of life. ...

Background: Spleen is the largest lymphoid solid organ containing reticuloendothelial system and located intraperitoneally in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. Knowledge of the normal range of spleen size in the ...

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease(CKD) is an important challenge for health system around the world(1). consuming a huge proportion of health care finances (2),(3).It is an even more significant for developing ...

Background: Venous thromboembolism is the third most common cause of vascular mortality worldwide and comprises deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary embolism has been called “the leading cause of preventable ...

Background: ICS are now first-line therapy for all patients with bronchial asthma, controlling asthma symptoms and preventing exacerbations but they are underutilized and it is not known much about factors contributing for ...

Background: Information on complications of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce despite the incidence has gone hand in hand with the growing disease prevalence. Researches from this area of the country focus on type ...

Background: Hypertension is one of the leading vascular diseases defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) is ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) is ≥90 mmHg. Cardiac output and peripheral resistance are the two ...

Background: Acute poisoning is a common reason for emergency department visit and hospitalization worldwide with major morbidity and mortality. WHO reports poisoning is a significant global public health problem which ...