Background: Antenatal care is one of the key strategies for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality directly through the detection and treatment of pregnancy related illness, or indirectly through detection ...
Introduction: The Magnitude of delayed long bone fracture fixation was variable in deferent setups; it reached 67.7% to 81 %. The reasons mentioned were shortage of operating theater slot, increased age, sever associated ...
BACKGROUND: birth weight is one of the most serious challenges in maternal and child
health in both developed and developing countries. It is considered as sensitive index of nation’s
health and development. I aimed ...
Background: Anti-Retroviral treatment failure was not commonly diagnosed in the healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. This was due to the limited availability of viral load testing for treatment outcome monitoring in resource ...
Background: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a serum bilirubin greater than 85 μmol/L (5 mg/dL). It is the yellowish discoloration of the skin, sclera and mucous membranes resulting from deposition of bilirubin. Based on ...
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Introduction: Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases and considered. The magnitude and impact of schistosomiasis is high in Ethiopia although several control methods have been ...
Introduction: - Discharge against medical advice also known as “self-discharge” or “discharge at own risk” is discharge of a patient from a hospital without the agreement of the treating team. It has a negative impact on ...
Background: Road traffic accident is a collision among vehicles, between pedestrians and vehicles, between vehicles and animals, or between fixed obstacles and vehicles which leads to human fatal injury and premature death. ...
Introduction - Burns are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world, which disproportionately affect those 15 years old. It results in a scores of preventable deaths and disability every year ...
Introduction: Head trauma constitutes a major part of public health problem worldwide particularly among the young population. Computerized tomography is the recommended first line imaging modality to identify injuries ...
Background: Providing HIV voluntary counseling and testing to men who attend their partner's prenatal care is an intervention with potential to reduce HIV transmission to women and infants during the vulnerable period of ...
Background: Acute abdomen is an acute onset of abdominal disease entities that require immediate surgical intervention in most of the cases.The causes of non-traumatic surgical acute abdomen and their relative incidence ...
Introduction: Pregnancy induced hypertension is the most common medical problem encountered during pregnancy, complicating 5 to 10 percent of pregnancies and together they form one member of the deadly triad, along with ...
Back ground: Instrumental vaginal delivery is aprocedure used as an alternative to caesarean section reduce the caesarean section rate. However; there is no information on the maternal outcome of instrumental vaginal ...
Background: Although effective medication exists to treat asthma symptoms and prevent
exacerbations, few studies done in Ethiopia showed that adherence is suboptimal. This warrants
a need to assess the level of medication ...
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Background Milk tooth extraction is harmful traditional practices performed by traditional healers without anaesthesia & unsterile materials. The acute and chronic complication of this practice greatly affects ...
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 ...
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Background: Globally about 4 million neonates died each year within 28 days of life. Low birth weight is still continued global public health problem and it has both short and long term health impact. According ...
Background: Neonatal period is the most vulnerable period of human life as it accounts for very high morbidities and mortalities and most of these are preventable. It is estimated that 130 million neonates are born each ...
Background: Bowel obstruction is a global public health problem consuming much in terms of surgical services which varies between regions of the world. It is a common surgical emergency and a significant health problem in ...