Determinant factors of visual inspection with acetic acid (via) positive lesions among hiv positive women in mekelle hospital, northern ethiopia: a case control study.
CONCLUSION: CD4 count cells and number of sexual partners were predictors of VIA positive cervical lesion among HIV positive women.
PMID: 26591279 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Assessment of the magnitude of teenage pregnancy and its associated factors among teenage females visiting assosa general hospital.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: A range offactors including age, marital status, level of education, occupational status, average family income and use of family planning have influence on teenage pregnancy in the study area. Behavioral change communication, strengthening school health program, empowering young women specifically the rural women, and promoting parent-children discussion on sexuality is recommended.
PMID: 26591280 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Magnitude of disability and associated factors among patients in boru meda hospital, south wollo zone, amhara region, ethiopia.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: Rural people and males are more affected by leprosy and the prevalence of disability is decreasing. This findings suggest that we need to work on awareness creation on rural people and patients with leprosy to see healthcare providers as early as possible.
PMID: 26591281 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Risk factors assessment of diabetic foot ulcer using the sixty seconds screening tool: a hospital based cross-sectional study at tikur anbessa specialized hospital.
CONCLUSION: Diabetic foot problems are common among the diabetic patients examined at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Diabetic Center. Screening for diabetic foot ulcer is a very easy practice which will take maximum of 60 seconds per patient. Despite this fact it is barely practiced for outpatients visiting the diabetic clinics. We stress the need for a clinical diagnosis of diabetic foot ulcers using the 60 seconds screening tool.
PMID: 26591282 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Patterns of complications seen in patients with hypertension admitted to tikur anbessa hospital: a retrospective analysis.
CONCLUSION: This study has revealed most of the patients have stroke as a complication, therefore preventive or prophylactic measures should be encouraged to avail it.
PMID: 26591283 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Patterns of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and associated factors at debre berhan referral hospital, north shoa, amhara region.
CONCLUSION: The prevalence of HDP shows an increasing pattern over the last years. Preeclampsia and eclampsia together take the lion-share of HDP. Primi-gravida women are affected more frequently than multi-gravida women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. HDP was associated with major adverse perinatal and maternal outcome.
PMID: 26591284 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Ethiopian medical schools' rapid scale-upto support the government's goal of universal coverage.
ETHIOPIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS' RAPID SCALE-UPTO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S GOAL OF UNIVERSAL COVERAGE.
Ethiop Med J. 2015 Jul;Suppl 2:67-72
Authors: Derbew M, Animut N, Talib ZM, Mehtsun S, Hamburger EK
PMID: 26591285 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Bovine tuberculosis (btb) as a risk factor for developing tuberculosis in humans in the rural community of ethiopia: a case-control study.
CONCLUSION: Bovine TB has been seen as an exposure to human pulmonary TB occurrence. A separate house for cattle should be constructed to minimize the fear of cross infections and further study regarding the possible infection of cattle with M. tuberculosis is suggested. Key wordsi bovine tuberculosis, households, human TB, M. tuberculosis, risk.
PMID: 26591286 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Medical and neurological complications among stroke patients admitted for inpatient care in addis ababa, ethiopia.
CONCLUSIONS: Complications after stroke are common and are major factors contributing to mortality. Being aware of the types of common complications and associated risk factors helps the clinical team involved in the care of stroke patients to make preparations and plans for the best possible care and to take preventive measures that will save a lot of lives with best possible use of meager resources available such as educating the population to avoid oral feeding for patients with altered mental state and physicians to evaluate gag reflex bedside swallowing test and proper positioning of patients to avoid aspiration pneum...
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Acute abdomen in adults: a two year experience in mekelle, ethiopia.
CONCLUSION: The present study has depicted that acute abdomen commonly occurred in the 2nd to 3rd decades of life, majority caused by acute appendicitis and males were predominantly affected than females. Small bowel obstruction, sigmoid volvulus, PPUD and incarcerated hernias were other observed causes of acute abdomen.
PMID: 26591288 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Acceptability of the involvement of health extension workers (hews) in medical abortion (ma): the perspectives of clients, service providers and trained hews in east shoa and arsi zones, oromiya region, ethiopia.
CONCLUSIONS: Expansion of medical abortion services by involving HEWs can contribute to the reduction of abortion related morbidity and mortality. Concerns of the study population should be addressed by training HEWs for medical abortion, creating better awareness and advocacy among women and communities, addressing quality and referral issues with proper planning, implementing and monitoring of activities.
PMID: 26591289 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Pulmonary coccidiodomycosis presenting as a mass, an uncommon disease entity in ethiopia.
We report here a case of pulmonary coccidodomycosis with no history of travel to such areas. A 24 years old female patient from Samre, South-Eastern Tigray, presented with right side chest pain and productive cough of yellowish sputum which sometimes is blood streaked. She had completed anti-tuberculosis treatment without any improvement. With a preliminary diagnosis of pulmonary mass, surgical exploration was made and histology of the excised tissue showed appedrances consistent with pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. There was marked clinical and radiological improvement after three weeks of treatment with ketoconazole. Thoug...
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Tip of the iceberg: infective endocarditis in an intravenous drug user.
TIP OF THE ICEBERG: INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN AN INTRAVENOUS DRUG USER.
Ethiop Med J. 2015 Jan;53(1):39-42
Authors: Abdissa SG
Abstract
Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis is a known complication of injecting drug use (IVDU) and is said to be rare in Africa. The most common etiological microbial agent of infective endocarditis (IE) in IVDU is Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotic treatment should start immediately after blood cultures have been obtained once IE is diagnosed. Treatment of IE in patients with IVDU is more difficult, and has a high recurrence rat...
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
The trend of hiv/aids related mortality among primary and secondary school teachers in addis ababa, ethiopia: using a verbal autopsy method.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study demonstrated a statistically significant decline in total and HIV/AIDS related mortality among teachers in Ethiopia in the last 8 years. However, we suggest nationwide study on the impact of HIV/AIDS in the education sector for more representative data and better interventions.
PMID: 26591292 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Foreign-bodies in the ear, nose and esophogus in pediatric age group, at mekelle hospital ethiopia.
CONCLUSION: Our study revealed a higher number of patients with foreign bodies in the ears and in the esophagus. Only a small number ofpatients presented with FBS in the nose. Food items in the ears, in the nose and coins in the esophagus were items frequently observed. Early suspicion, early diagnosis and prompt intervention have attributed to reduce morbidities of major events.
PMID: 26591293 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal)
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
