Publications by authors named "Denberu Eshetie"

Background: Adequate children's pain management is universally considered an ethical obligation. In evaluating and treating children's pain, nurses invest more time and take a leading role. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of nurses towards the treatment of pediatric pain.

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Background: Unplanned extubation is the removal of an endotracheal tube accidently during procedural activities or by the action of the patient. It is one of the commonly reported complications among mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. This study aimed to assess the magnitude and associated factors of unplanned extubation in intensive care units at referral hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.

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Background: Post-anesthesia recovery is a continuous process which is considered to be complete after the patient returns to their preoperative physiological state. Although all patients who have had an operation under anesthesia are in a potentially unstable physiological state, most patients recover safely without significant problems due to better and immediate post-anesthesia care. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the staffing and service provision in the post-anesthesia care unit.

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Background: Intraoperative nausea and vomiting are common intraoperative events by which parturient feel discomfort and disturbed after spinal anesthesia.

Methods: Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on mothers who underwent cesarean section with spinal anesthesia. Descriptive analysis and chi-square test were employed.

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Background: Sedation and analgesia are essential in the intensive care unit in order to promote control of pain, anxiety, prevent loss of materials, accidental extubation and improve the synchrony of patients with ventilator. However, excess of these medications leads to an increased morbidity and mortality, and thus demands protocol.

Methods: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and the Meta-Analysis Protocol have been used to undertake this review.

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Introduction: The novel coronavirus was first reported in December 2019, from Wuhan, China, and it has been declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization on 7 January 2020, and from that time till now the disease transmitted across the world. Hospitals need to be prepared for the overwhelming COVID-19 cases in their respective hospitals.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the level of hospital preparedness for COVID-19 in South Gondar Zone Governmental Hospitals, 2020.

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Introduction: Blood is arranged into four groups based on their surface antigen (A, B, AB, and O). In addition to this classification based on the Rhesus factor, each blood group clustered into RH positive and RH negative. This study was done to identify the distribution of blood group and rhesus factors on the local blood bank.

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