Admissions in second stage of labor in two teaching hospitals: obstetric outcomes and determining factors.

Introduction: Unmonitored labor and the second stage of labor are generally considered to be associated with increased maternal and neonatal complications. Study of admissions in the second stage of labor is important to understand the situation.

Objective: assess determinant factors and compare obstetric outcome of women admitted in second stage of labor with women admitted in the active phase of first stage of labor.

Quality of family planning service in Dembia district, north west Ethiopia.

Objective: Ethiopia is one of the countries with high population and population growth rate. Providing quality family planning service is the major strategy to control the population growth. Since there were no studies conducted in Northwest Ethiopia regarding quality of family planning services, this study was conducted with the objective of assessing the quality of family planning services in Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia.

Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia.

Three novel diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), namely FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX, were evaluated under field conditions using 101 clinical cases suspected of having VL enrolled in a trial either by active (63 patients) or passive (38 patients) surveillance. VL was confirmed in 49 patients: 35 by both aspirate smear microscopy and NNN culture, 10 by NNN culture alone and 4 by aspirate smear microscopy alone. Based on tests performed in the field, sensitivity for FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX was determined to be 95.

The outcome of severe malnutrition in northwest Ethiopia: retrospective analysis of admissions.

Objective: To assess the clinical profile and treatment outcome of children with severe malnutrition.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study of 335 children with severe malnutrition was conducted in Gondar University hospital over a period of four years; September 1997 - August 2000.

Results: There were 175 (52.

Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serovars in apparently healthy slaughtered sheep and goats of central Ethiopia.

The present study was undertaken to determine the occurrence, distribution and antimicrobial resistance pattern of Salmonella serovars in apparently healthy slaughtered sheep and goats in central Ethiopia. A total 1224 samples consisting of faeces, mesenteric lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and abdominal and diaphragmatic muscle samples were collected from 104 sheep and 100 goats. Salmonella was isolated from 12 of 104 (11.

Prevalence and impact of disability in north-western Ethiopia.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence and impact of disability in one urban and three rural areas in north-western Ethiopia.

Methods: The study design is cross-sectional and quantitative. Data was collected by using pretested and standardized structured questionnaires containing socio-demographic characteristics, type of disability, functional, and social dysfunction.

Are intestinal helminths risk factors for developing active tuberculosis?

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in active tuberculosis patients and their healthy household contacts and to assess its association with active TB in an area endemic for both types of infections.

Methods: Smear-positive pulmonary TB patients and healthy household contacts were tested for intestinal helminths using direct microscopy and the formol-ether concentration techniques. Three consecutive stool samples were examined before the start of TB chemotherapy.

Tetanus in a children's hospital in Addis Ababa: review of 113 cases.

At Ethio-Swedish Children's Hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, children admitted with a diagnosis of tetanus during January 1989- December 1998 were studied. During the 10 year study period there were 113 patients admitted with a diagnosis of tetanus. Sixty two (54.

Gender-besed violence among high school students in north west Ethiopia.

Background: Gender-based violence exists in all societies and individual woman experience it in every social and economic group. Different studies in Africa have showed that there are significant percentages of females that have suffered from the violence. Most societies encourage manifestation of manliness through violence in workplace, among friends and in the community as a whole.

Meningitis in children beyond the neonatal period in Gondar University hospital.

Bacterial meningitis is one of the most serious infections in infants and children. The infection is associated with a high rate of complications. This is a retrospective study of 151 children with meningitis admitted to Gondar University hospital over a period of five years.

Intestinal parasite isolates in AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea in Gondar Teaching Hospital, North west Ethiopia.

Chronic diarrhea is one of the major AIDS-defining illnesses in WHO Classification and occurs in 60-90% of HIV-infected patients in Africa. We did a case series study on parasite isolation in stool samples of AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea using wet-mount, Formol-Ether concentration technique and Modified Acid-Fast staining method in Gondar Teaching Hospital between January and September 2000. Seventy AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea were included in the study.

Intestinal parasitic infections in HIV/AIDS and HIV seronegative individuals in a teaching hospital, Ethiopia.

The magnitude of intestinal parasitic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) /AIDS patients requires careful consideration in the developing world. However, there have been very few studies addressing this issue in Ethiopia. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in HIV/AIDS patients at Jimma Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia, between January and February 2002.