BACKGROUND Monitoring patient satisfaction is an important and useful quality improvement tool for clinical laboratories in particular and health care organizations in general. Thus, this study aimed to assess patient satisfaction toward clinical laboratory services at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducte...

BACKGROUND Patients' willingness to the involvement of medical students in their health care is the mandatory input to medical education. Admitted patients' willingness level should be known and factors affecting willingness should be identified and it is necessary to act upon them for better medical care. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional hospital based survey was conducted to assess the admitte...

BACKGROUND Cancer is a growing public health problem worldwide. The focus of cancer treatment, in addition to curation, is improving the quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of Amharic version of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Core Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) among gynecological cancer patients in Ethiopia. ...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated opportunistic infection. It is the leading cause of death in HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) are the two useful TB preventative strategies available to reduce TB among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Therefore, the aim...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important clinical problem among sick neonates. The main etiologies of AKI include sepsis, hypovolemia, asphyxia, nephrotoxic drugs and urinary tract congenital anomalies. diagnosis in neonates made when urine output <1ml/kg/hr. or anuria for the first 48 hours serum Creatinine level ≥1.5mg/dl increase by 0.2 to 0.3mg/dl within hours. exact prevalence not well kn...

peganum harmala l. (zygophyllaceae) is one of the most important medicinal plants had been used in traditional medicine in north of iran as anti parasite, anti inflammatiom, anti tumor and anti infection. the aim of this study was to evaluate of ecological factors , ethno pharmacology and record of the relationship between secondary metabolites content and their antioxidant activity in seeds ex...