International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences最新文献

{"title":"Correlates of abnormal hysteroscopy findings among infertile women in Nigeria","authors":"J. Ugboaja, Charlotte Oguejiofor Blanche, E. Oranu, E. N. Monago, O. Ogelle, A. Igwegbe","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1335","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to evaluate the correlates of abnormal hysteroscopy among infertile women seen in 2 new Fertility/ Gynaecological Endoscopy units in Nigeria. Data was collected on biosocial and clinical characteristics of the patients as well as the findings at hysteroscopy and was analyzed with STATA software, version 12.0 SE (Stata Corporation, TX, USA) for the correlates of abnormal hysteroscopy using the Pearson’s chi square test. P- value of less than 0.05  at a confidence interval of 95% was taken as significant. One hundred and twelve (70.4%) out of 159 women had abnormal findings at hysteroscopy. The mean age of the women was 36.6 ± 6.2 years. The uterine lesions found on hysteroscopy were mainly intrauterine adhesions (47.8%), endometrial polyps (17.6%), submucous fibroids (11.9%) and mullerian duct abnormalities (10.7%). Abnormal hysteroscopy was significantly associated with secondary infertility (X2=5.4; p=0.02), duration of infertility more than 2 years (X2=16.5; p<0.001), menstrual abnormalities (X2=4.6; p=0.03), secondary dysmenorrhea (X2=4.9; p=0.03) and abnormal hysterosalpingogram findings (X2=5.0; p=0.03). There was no significant relationship of abnormal hysteroscopy with pelvic ultrasound findings (X2=1.82; p=0.18). Abnormal hysteroscopy was significantly associated with secondary infertility, menstrual abnormalities, secondary dysmenorrhea and abnormal HSG findings. Therefore, diagnostic hysteroscopy is strongly recommended in these classes of women. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key word:  Clinical, correlates, abnormal hysteroscopy, infertile women, Nigeria, Nnewi.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128528033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessments of health professionals knowledge towards post-operative pain management in Asella Teaching and Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia","authors":"Abdi Oumer Adem, M. S. Obsa, T. A. Worji","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1329","url":null,"abstract":"Pain is defined as any an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Adequate postoperative pain management can reduce the patients‟ length of hospitalization and decrease postoperative complications. However, post-operative pain has not been satisfactorily relieved. Thus, the aim of this work is to assess professionals’ knowledge on post-operative pain management. Institutional based cross sectional study design was conducted. All health professionals who have worked in operation room, surgical ward, recovery room, and post anesthesia care unit were included. Data was entered into Epi info version 7 and transported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Tables and narratives were used to determine descriptive statistics. A total of 52 participants were included in the study of which 59.6% were male. 69% of the respondents were found to be between the age of 20 and 23 years. Almost all patients in this study (94.23%) do not use pain assessment tools and 78.85% of the respondents do not know about multimodal analgesia. Approximately, one third of the respondents 32.69% mentioned that the drug is administered when the patient complain of pain. These showed that there is a knowledge gap on postoperative pain managements. Therefore, it was strongly recommended to improve professionals’ knowledge on postoperative pain management. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Pain, postoperative pain management, Asella Teaching Referral Hospital.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128820819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of respiratory status among workers exposed to cotton dust at Arba Minch Textile Factory, Southern Ethiopia, 2017","authors":"T. Kanko, Getahun Shibru, Feleke Gebremeskel, B. Boda, Eyayu Girma","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1327","url":null,"abstract":"In many of the textile industries, workers are largely exposed to cotton dust, which can leave workers with respiratory disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate respiratory status of workers exposed to cotton dust in Arba Minch textile factory, Southern Ethiopia, 2017. A comparative cross sectional study was done and 51 workers exposed to cotton dust in the factory and 51 age and sex matched controls were investigated. Their lung function was measured with a pocket size digital Spirometer. A standardized questionnaire based on British Medical Research Council Questionnaire was used to assess respiratory system symptoms and use of personal protective devices. This study reveals that the percentage prevalence of cough, phlegm, wheeze, breathlessness and chest tightness was 64.7, 55, 39, 41 and 43% for exposed respondents, respectively and 25.5, 14, 8, 6 and 0% for control subjects, respectively. Lung function indices such as, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) and forced mid expiratory flow between 25 and 75% of FVC (FEF25-75%) were higher in control respondents than in exposed respondents and the mean difference was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05) and the mean difference of predicted percentage values of FVC and FEV1 between the groups was found to be statistically significant (P<0.05). FEV1% was higher in the control group than in exposed group.  Therefore, the factory management should provide personal protective devices (PPDs) to exposed employees and should train them. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Cotton dust, textile, lung functions, respiratory symptoms.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124384312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sociodemographic determinants of abnormal cervical cytology among HIV positive women in Nnewi, Nigeria","authors":"J. Ugboaja, C. Oguejiofor, Bertrand N. Obi","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1322","url":null,"abstract":"Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have a higher burden of premalignant lesion of the cervix. This may be influenced by their sociodemographic profile. To study the sociodemographic determinants of abnormal cervical cytology among HIV-positive women attending the adult HIV clinic in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi (NAUTH), Nnewi, Nigeria, the Pap smears of 110 HIV-positive women attending the adult HIV clinic at the hospital were evaluated for cytological abnormalities using the Bethesda system of classification.  Data on sociodemographic factors were obtained with the aid of semi structured questionnaires. Epi info statistical package was used to analyze the data. Majority of the women were married (61.8%; n=68), traders (67.3%; n=74) and who had attained at least secondary education (85.5%; n=94). All of them were Christians. The mean age and parity were 37.7±9.5 years and 2.8±2.3, respectively. The mean CD4 count was 557.1± 26 cells/ml and 89.1% (n= 98) of the women were on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The prevalence of cervical cytological abnormalities among the studied women was 28.2% (n=31). The mean age (35.4 vs. 38.9 years; p<0.05) was significantly lower among women with positive cervical cytological abnormalities and the prevalence of cytological abnormalities was significantly high among women aged 25 to 29 years (c2=9.30, p=0.05), traders (c2=10.7, p=0.03) and the Anglicans (c2=6.7, p=0.04).  The prevalence rate was also the highest among women who were para 0-1 (36.6%), unemployed (100.0%), with no formal education (33.3%), and those who were separated from their husbands (100.0%), but these were not statistically significant. The prevalence of cervical cytological abnormalities among the HIV positive women attending the HIV clinic in NAUTH was high. Younger age, being a trader and Anglican Christian denomination were significantly associated with increased risk of premalignant lesions of the cervix. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Cervical, cytological, premalignant lesions, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114221062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors affecting prolonged intensive care unit stay in Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital, Hosanna, Southern Ethiopia","authors":"S. Mohammed, Girma Weji Bedilu, A. Tahir","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1307","url":null,"abstract":"The reason for a long stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is unknown in most cases, but there are some risk factors that can prolong the patients’ stay in the ICU. However, the threshold of prolonged length of stay is useful in analyzing the quality of health care and hospital costs. The main objective of this study was to assess the factors affecting prolonged intensive care unit stay in Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital from January, 2015 to January, 2016. Institutional based cross sectional study design was conducted. Census was used to include all study participants admitted to intensive care. Regular supervision and follow up was made. Data was entered into Epi info version 7 by investigators and was transported to statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify factors associated with patient’s outcome. A total of 280 patients were included in the study by census. The mean length of stay in the intensive care unit was 5.49 ± 4.36. Majority of patients (61.4%) had poor nutrition status. In addition to their underlying diseases, majority of the patients in the intensive care units had one or more comorbidities. Poor nutritional status, male sex, presence of comorbidity and unplanned extubation was significantly associated with length of stays in intensive care unit at p-value less than 0.05. In this study, it was found that unconscious patients had about two times more likelihood to have prolonged length of stays in intensive care unit than conscious patients (AOR 1.724; 95% CI: 809 to 3.676). Higher proportions of patients stayed in the intensive care unit for more than three days. Therefore, the implication of this study was to recommend the decrease in length of intensive care unit stays in medically appropriate ways. \u0000 \u0000 Key words:  Intensive care unit, Ethiopia, length of stay, patient management.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114736808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Abnormal laparoscopy findings among infertile women attending a mission hospital in Nigeria","authors":"J. Ugboaja, C. Oguejiofor, O. Ogelle","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1323","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to study the findings from diagnostic laparoscopy among infertile women managed in a secondary healthcare center in Nigeria. This is a prospective study of eighty infertile women who had diagnostic laparoscopy in a secondary healthcare facility in Nigeria. The age range of the women was 24 to 45 years with most of them belonging to the parity group of 0 to 1 (90.0%; n=0.72). Primary infertility accounted for 43(53.8%) of cases, whereas the mean duration of infertility was 4.3+/- 2.4 years. Fifty-seven (71.3%) of the women had abnormal findings at laparoscopy. This comprised mainly of tubal pathologies (63.8%, n=51), pelvic adhesions (33.8%, n=27) and uterine fibroids (31.3%, n=25). Tubal occlusion was found in 39(48.8%) of the women, compromised bilateral tubal occlusion in 12(15.0%) and unilateral tubal occlusion in 27(33.8%) of cases. Distal tubal occlusion accounted for 24(30.0%) while proximal tubal occlusion was seen in 15(18.8%) of cases. While there were 21(26.3%) cases of polycystic ovaries, there was no significant difference in prevalence of abnormal laparoscopy (p=0.8), tubal pathology (p=0.5) and tubal occlusion (p=0.18) with respect to the type of infertility. There was a high rate of abnormal laparoscopy findings among the studied women which were mainly tubal occlusion and pelvic adhesions. These findings indicate the need to incorporate laparoscopy in the initial evaluation of all infertility cases in our environment. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Abnormal laparoscopy findings, Nigerian infertile women, Nnewi secondary health care centre.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129631528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is there a relationship between occult celiac disease and functional dyspepsia","authors":"Hanaa Kh. Fath-Elbab, M. Fouad, E. Mohammed, Nehad Reda, Hend Mones","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2016.1281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2016.1281","url":null,"abstract":"This is a study to answer the question: Is there a relationship between occult celiac disease and functional dyspepsia? The study was carried out on 400 dyspeptic patients. Upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) endoscopy was done for all patients and those with non-functional dyspepsia were excluded from the study. Duodenal biopsies with histopathological examination according to the Marsh-Oberhuber criteria were done. Serum tissue transglutaminase IgA antibody (anti-tTG-IgA) was done for patients with histopathological findings suggestive to have celiac disease (subtotal and total villous atrophy). 172 patients with endoscopic findings explaining their dyspeptic symptoms were excluded. Only patients with functional dyspepsia were enrolled in this study (228 patients). Bloating was the most common symptom (46.5%). Normal villous pattern was found in 199 cases (87.2%). Villous atrophy was found in 29 patients, subtotal atrophy in 20 cases (8.7%) and total atrophy in 9 cases (3.9%). Age group of 14-20 years (20/29, 90.9% patients) with villous atrophy was reported to have statistically significant difference (P value =0.000). Serum anti-tTG-IgA level was measured in all cases of abnormal villous pattern. Nine patients (3.9%) were proved to have a celiac disease (total villous atrophy and high serum anti-tTG-IgA) and fourteen dyspeptic patients (6.1%) had subtotal villous atrophy with high anti-tTG-IgA level could be diagnosed as occult celiac disease. Occult celiac disease should be suspected among patients with functional dyspepsia complaining of bloating, especially in age 14 to 20. Subtotal villous atrophy and high anti-tTG-IgA could be considered as occult celiac disease. \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Celiac disease, endoscopy, duodenal biopsy, functional dyspepsia.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130838452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neutrophil vacuolization in peripheral blood smear assessed with May Grnwald-Giemsa stain has direct correlation with the severity of hemorrhagic shock and serum lactate in trauma patients","authors":"Rodrigo Campos Joao, Gustavo Parreira Jose, Baptista Rezende-Neto Joao, Maria Savio de Abreu Emanuelle, Andrade Thais, Moore Ernest, Vinicius Melo Andrade Marcus, Dantas Cangussu Sílvia, Renan Cunha-Melo Jose","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1306","url":null,"abstract":"Tissue trauma induces migration and activation of neutrophils through specific mediators. Vacuolated neutrophils in peripheral blood smear of septic patients correlated with mortality. However, scarce data exist with respect to findings in hemorrhagic shock (HS) trauma patients. The aim of this work was to evaluate the number and size of cytoplasmic and nuclear vacuoles in polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) obtained from a peripheral blood smear stained with the May-Grunwald-Giemsa method in trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. Seven sequential blood samples were taken from 20 patients with severe hemorrhagic shock and 20 patients who sustained mild thoracic trauma (control group). The first sample was obtained shortly after admission to the hospital followed by new samples taken at 6, 12, 18, 24, 48 and 72 h. Blood smears from both groups were processed to assess vacuolization and vacuole morphology in one hundred PMNs at each time point. The number and the area of vacuoles in the nucleus and the cytoplasm were determined using the program Image-Pro Express version 4.0 for Windows (Media Cybernetics, Bethesda, MD, USA). The number and the area of vacuoles in the cytoplasm and nucleus were significantly different (p <0.05) between shock and control groups. Moreover, serum lactate and heart rate correlated directly with the number (r=0.634) and the area (r=0.624) of cytoplasmic vacuoles as shown by multivariate analysis (p<0.05). Severe hemorrhagic shock induces greater vacuolization of PMNs as compared to mild trauma. PMN vacuolization has direct correlation with serum lactate, a known marker of severe shock. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Hemorrhagic shock, trauma, lactate, inflammatory response, blood smear, neutrophils, vacuolization, apoptosis.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133313541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prevalence and associated factors of female genital mutilation among high school students in Dale Wabera Woreda, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia","authors":"Desalegn Shiferaw, N. Deyessa, Gamachu Fufa, Tadele Kinati, Markos Desalegn","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1303","url":null,"abstract":"Female genital mutilation is still a serious health problem in Ethiopia. Female genital mutilation conceptualizes harmful traditional practice and is among existing traditional attitudes and practices on practice in different corners of the world. Other than demographic and health survey data, studies showing the prevalence of female genital mutilation is scarce and in some areas nonexistent. Its existence is only, time and again recognized as the practice has various health, social and psychological adversities. This study team found it imperative as the problem warranty study with the aim to assess prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) as well as identifying its associated factors among high school students. Institution based cross sectional study design was employed. 95% confidence level and 3% margin of error were used to study the magnitude and associated factors of FGM among 798 high school and preparatory students. A multi stage sampling procedure was employed to select female students in the schools. This research showed percentages and association among the variables by univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. Data were collected from 769 study participants with a response rate of 96.4%. About 78%, 95% CI (74.9%, 80.7%) of the study participants underwent the procedure. Age ≥17 [AOR=1.8, 95% CI (1.28, 2.61)], grades 11 and 12 [AOR =2.98; 95% CI (1.45, 6.12)] and [AOR=6.52, 95% CI (1.85, 22.94)], respectively, being from rural area [AOR= 1.6, 95% CI (1.01, 2.52)], and house wife and merchant mother occupation [AOR= 2.38, 95% CI (1.07, 5.29)] and [AOR= 2.72, 95% CI (1.04, 7.12)], respectively were independently associated to higher prevalence of female genital mutilation. Irrespective of different forms of interventions in the country, the prevalence of female genital mutilation is still very high in the study area. This study thus revealed that palatable and very convenient intervention strategies need to be crafted to curb the problem at large and for those rural villagers who are at higher risk in particular. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Female genital mutilation (FGM), high school students, Ethiopia.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130917722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital of Hosanna, Southern Ethiopia","authors":"S. Mohammed, Oumer Adem Abdi, Bezabih Gete Getish","doi":"10.5897/IJMMS2017.1297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/IJMMS2017.1297","url":null,"abstract":"An intensive care unit is a special department of hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine. Critically ill patients are admitted to the intensive care unit to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with acute illness, trauma or surgical procedures. This study aimed to assess clinical outcomes of patients admitted in intensive care units of Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Hospital of Hosanna from January 2015 to January 2016. Institutional based cross sectional study design was conducted. All the study participants admitted to intensive care unit were included. Regular supervision and follow up was made. Data was entered into Epi info version 7 by investigators and was transported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify factors associated with patient’s outcome. A total of 280 clients were enrolled into the study of which 46.42% died. About 26% of patients were found in the age group of 20 to 24 years and majority of them were male (58.2%). Patient with head injury is about six times more likely to die in the intensive care unit than patients with small bowel obstruction (AOR 6.620 (95% CI ((468-93.584). There were poor outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care unit so that it was strongly recommended to improve quality of care. \u0000 \u0000   \u0000 \u0000 Key word: Ethiopia, intensive care unit, cause of death, hospital discharge.","PeriodicalId":430999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131939888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}