Frequency of ABO Blood Group and Rh (D) Negative Mothers Among Pregnant Women Attending at Antenatal Care Clinic of Sodo Health Center, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
Pages:
10-14
Received:
13 April 2020
Accepted:
27 April 2020
Published:
28 May 2020
Abstract: Background: - Women need to find out their blood type at the start of their pregnancy. Blood will be taken to find out, and there are four different types: A, B, AB, and O. In addition to blood type, women can have Rh factor (specifically Rhesus D antigen), which is when proteins appear on the surface of the blood. Women who do have Rh factors are classified as Rh positive (A+, B+, AB+, and O+), and women who don't are Rh negative (A-, B-, AB- and O). OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the frequency of ABO blood group and Rh (D) negative among pregnant women attending at antenatal care clinic of Sodo health center. METHOD: a retrospective study was conducted at the Sodo health center ANC clinic from Jan-April 2019. A total of 270 study participants was used. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Socio-demographic information was collected using pretested questionnaires. The data was edited, cleaned, entered, and analyzed by using SPSS 20. Statistical test between dependent and independent variables has been done by using multivariable logistic registration. Moreover, the table and different forms of the graph was used to present data. RESULT: Among a total of 270 study subjects, O comprised 41.1% ‘A’ (28.5%). ‘B’ and ‘AB’ accounts (24.5%) and (5.9%) respectively. Rh blood group results revealed that 7.0% of the participants were Rh-negative. CONCLUSION: This result showed that the most prevalent blood group is O while the least prevalent is the AB blood group. The frequency of Rh (D) negative pregnant women was 7.0%, among these blood group O Rh (D) negative was the most frequent. Generally, the frequency of Rh (D) negative pregnant women in this study is higher than most studies which were conducted elsewhere at different sites of the world which needs a great concern for appropriate prevention and management of Rhesus incompatibility during the antenatal visit of pregnant women.
Abstract: Background: - Women need to find out their blood type at the start of their pregnancy. Blood will be taken to find out, and there are four different types: A, B, AB, and O. In addition to blood type, women can have Rh factor (specifically Rhesus D antigen), which is when proteins appear on the surface of the blood. Women who do have Rh factors are ...
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Pattern of Injuries in Patients Visiting Emergency Department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Thomas Fako,
Mohammed Ayalew
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
Pages:
15-19
Received:
19 July 2019
Accepted:
13 August 2019
Published:
28 May 2020
Abstract: Injuries are major public health problem globally. Each year over 5 million people around the world die as result of injury. Injuries are ranked among the leading cause of death and disability particularly in the low income and middle income countries where they are growing in significance. The general objective of this research was to assess pattern of injury among patients visiting the emergency department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among injured patients, who visited the adult Emergency Department of Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from February 2015 to June 2015. Data was collected using structured check list adopted from World Health Organization (WHO) Injury surveillance guideline with modification. Most injuries occurred by road traffic accident accounted for 54% and the majority 80% were male. The more injured age group was 21-30 and accounted for 41%. Among the injuries, 62% of the injuries were accidental, anatomically injured part of the body was head and neck which was accounted for 52.2%. This research is crucial and base line to understand the problems of injury and the policy maker will develop guide lines to prevent the cause of trauma and improving health care service systems in health institutions and society.
Abstract: Injuries are major public health problem globally. Each year over 5 million people around the world die as result of injury. Injuries are ranked among the leading cause of death and disability particularly in the low income and middle income countries where they are growing in significance. The general objective of this research was to assess patte...
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Risk Factors of Hypoparathyroidism After Thyroidectomy
Zhou Ru,
Wang Maofei,
Shahabbas Enwer,
Yuan Jianming,
Wu Weize
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
Pages:
20-24
Received:
15 February 2020
Published:
29 May 2020
Abstract: [OBJECTIVE] Persistent hypocalcemia caused by long-term hypoparathyroidism can significantly reduce the living quality of patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible factors affecting postoperative hypoparathyroidism. [METHODS] This study retrospective collected thyroid surgery cases from January 2015 to December 2017 in Luwan Branch of Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Moreover, we analyzed demographic data, operative data and perioperative examination indexes. Using logistic regression analysis to investigate possible factors affecting postoperative transient/long-term hypoparathyroidism. [RESULTS] Totally, 1381 people were collected, 343 male (24.84%) and 1038 female (75.16%), the average age was 47.9±13.0 years. Postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism occurred in 456 people (33.02%), and long-term hypoparathyroidism in 21 people (1.52%). After multivariate analysis, the main risk factors associated with postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism were gender(P<0.001, OR 0.486), maximum diameter of thyroid resection(P 0.011, OR 1.192), thyroid resection extent (P<0.001, OR 2.974), lymph node dissection(P 0.008, OR 1.569), surgery duration(P 0.034, OR 1.005), preoperative serum calcium(P<0.001, OR 0.028). The main risk factors associated with postoperative long-term hypoparathyroidism were thyroid resection extent (P<0.003, OR 5.443), surgery duration (P 0.021, OR 0.976), postoperative d1PTH (P<0.001, OR 1.199). [CONCLUSIONS] The risk factors for postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism include gender, the extent of thyroid resection, lymph node dissection, duration of surgery and preoperative serum calcium. The extent of resection and duration of surgery were risk factors for postoperative long-term hypoparathyroidism, and PTH on the early morning after surgery(d1PTH) was lower than normal, which had a predictive effect on long-term hypoparathyroidism.
Abstract: [OBJECTIVE] Persistent hypocalcemia caused by long-term hypoparathyroidism can significantly reduce the living quality of patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible factors affecting postoperative hypoparathyroidism. [METHODS] This study retrospective collected thyroid surgery cases from January 2015 to December 2017 in Luwan B...
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