Ethiopian medical journal
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Ethiopian medical journal · Jan 2009
In-patient surgical mortality in Tikur Anbessa Hospital: a five-year review.
To our knowledge neither hospital nor population-based data is available about mortality patterns in Ethiopia. ⋯ In conclusion, more men died than women did, more patients admitted on emergency basis died than patients admitted on elective basis (p < 0.0001). Although, the overall mortality rate of 7% and postoperative death rate of 4.5% is acceptable, it could have been reduced significantly had there been appropriate setting to manage trauma cases. Trauma and Neurosurgical cares are yet to develop and need special attention.
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Ethiopian medical journal · Jan 2009
Malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections in school children of Gondar, North West Ethiopia.
In developing countries, malnutrition is a considerable health problem with prevalence ranges of 4-46%, with 1-10% severely malnourished. ⋯ Even though chronic type of malnutrition (stunting) was decreasing, indicators of acute type of malnutrition were increasing at a higher rate in the area. Implementation of maternal education and school feeding programs, avoidance of students from getting in contact with waste and river water were recommended to avoid malnutrition and intestinal parasitoses in children of the study area.
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Ethiopian medical journal · Jan 2009
Prevalence of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis among patients visiting St. Peter's Tuberculosis Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis is an increasing clinical and epidemiological problem, particularly in areas that are affected by the dual tuberculosis/Human immunodeficiency Virus infections. ⋯ The present study showed 82.6% smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases were still etiologically unexplained by culture. Therefore, there is a need to develop a scheme to determine the most cost-effective approaches for the diagnosis of smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis in the Ethiopian setting, such as improving the screening method patients with tuberculosis and other chronic pulmonary diseases, chest-x-ray readings and interpretation, specimen collection and processing, smear microscopy, culture and applying laboratory quality control schemes in parallel.