Burden of and Associated Factors among Presumptive Extra pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Selected Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Background: Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) accounts for a significant proportion of tuberculosis (TB), a devastating disease of public health concern. The complexity of the cases, the involvement of many organs, resource constraints, and concerns regarding drug resistance make disease diagnosis and treatment difficult. This study aimed to determine the burden of tuberculosis and associated factors among presumptive EPTB patients in selected hospitals in Addis Ababa.

Hepatoprotective effect of methanol extract of Agave americana leaves on paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in Wistar albino rats.

Background: Ethiopians locally treat liver illnesses with A. Americana. Available literature demonstrates this.

Establishing a sustainable training programme in anaesthesia in Ethiopia.

Background: Lack of qualified staff is a major hindrance for quality and safety improvements in anaesthesia and critical care in many low-income countries. Support in specialist training may enhance perioperative treatment and have a positive downstream impact on other hospital services, which may improve the overall standard of care.

Methods: Between 2011 and 2019, consultant anaesthetists from Haukeland University Hospital in Norway supported a postgraduate anaesthesia-training programme at Addis Ababa University/Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital in Ethiopia.

Supra-tarsal injection of dexamethasone in the treatment of patients with refractory vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

The response to supratarsal injection of dexamethasone in severe refractory vernal keratoconjunctivitis was studied in 20 patients (14 males and 6 females) at the ophthalmology department of Menelik II Hospital, Addis Ababa in 1997. Majority of the patients were in the age range of 11-20 years with mean age of 14.6 years.

Cholecystitis: the Ethiopian experience, a report of 712 operated cases from one of the referral hospitals.

This is a prospective study conducted from September 1991 to September 2000. Seven-hundred and twelve patients operated for acute and chronic cholecystitis were studied. The male to female ratios for elective and emergency admissions were 1:5 and 1:2.

Obstructive jaundice in adult Ethiopians in a referral hospital.

Forty-nine adult Ethiopians with obstructive jaundice were studied. Right upper quadrant pain was the main presenting complaint (89%). Most (94%) of the jaundiced patients had right upper quadrant tenderness.