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Measurement of the Uterus size in Nulliparous and Multiparous Sudanese women using Ultrasonography

This is a descriptive study to estimate the normal size of the uterus in Sudanese women and to compare the same variables amongst nulliparous vs multiparous ones. It was carried out in Khartoum state, during the period from September to October 2018. The study is done for 50 women age between 20-50 years 28 of women (56%) were nulliparous and 22 women (44%) were multiparous and excluded womenwith uterine pathology, pregnancy and those below the age of 20 and above 50 years. The data is ...

Frequency of Human Papilloma Virus (16 and 18) and Epstein Bar Virus among Sudanese patients with Esophageal Cancer using Immunohistochemistry and Polymerase Chain Reaction

This study was conducted as retrospective case study aimed to determine the frequency of HPV (16 and 18) and EBV among Sudanese with esophageal cancer using immunohistochemistry and PCR. The study included one hundred and two 102 paraffin blocks from patients previously diagnosed as esophageal cancer from Khartoum Sudan, in Ibn Sina hospital, khartoum hospital, soba teaching hospital, military hospital and national health laboratory. Their age ranged from 21 to 98 years old with mean ag...

Human Resource Management Practices Influencing Performance Of Nursing Officers In Nyeri County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Various organizations employ different human resources initiatives in order to increase efficiency. The most common initiatives employed to improve efficiency include performance contracts, internal contracting, contracting-out and outsourcing of services among others. Employing such initiatives are considered among the primary HRM practices, which are aimed at determining the equilibrium between workforce supply and the ability of healthcare practitioners to practice effectively an...

Assessment of the Relationship between Placental Location and Fetal Gender using Ultrasonography

The aim of the study was to determine the role of ultrasound in relationship between placental location and fetal gender in second and third trimester of pregnancy. An analytic, observational study was performed at multi-centers and hospitals in Khartoum state, during the period from (June-Sep2016). The study excluded congenital abnormal uterus, multiple pregnancies in normal uterus and fetal demises, congenital fetal anomalies, technical factors make fetal gender not clear. The study...

Factors Influencing Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management Cycle At Kenya Red Cross Society

ABSTRACT Products and services requisition, Procurement, warehouse management and rational medicine use are all part of pharmaceutical supply chain management cycle. They are critical at all levels of health care organizations and facilities. Pharmaceutical supply chain management cycle is influenced by various factors which determine whether it’s efficient or not. These factors include but not limited to human resources, standard operating procedures, organizational culture and procuremen...

Medical Image Compression Using Huffman And Arithmetic Code Alogarithms For Telemedicine

Medical image play important role in medical investigation. Medical image use in telemedicine field too. When transferring or archiving was demanded, image needs to be compressed so as to reduce its size. Whereas reduction of image size contributes on reduce the bandwidth which is needed to transmit image and minimize the space of storage in archiving case. There are many standards used to deal with medical image like (PACS), (DICOM). In this research two algorithms were created to compr...

Determinants Of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting In Retail Chemists In Nairobi County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Access to safe essential medicines is a key success indicator of a functional health system of which the private sector such as retail chemists plays a critical role. Despite their obvious benefits, medicines have the potential to cause harm in form of Adverse Drug Reactions that may not be determined in the drug development process. Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions leads to regulatory action that improve the safety profiles of medicines. However, reporting of adverse drug reacti...

Evaluation of Liver Tumors using Computed Tomography

Triphasic liver CT enables characterization of a wide range of focal liver lesions.  The general objective of the study is to evaluate the role of CT in diagnosis of liver lesions. And furthermore to determine which lesion in the liver with high incidence, and to find out the geographic distribution of the liver lesions in Sudan. Sixty patients found to have focal tumoral liver lesions were recruited for 4 months period and their triphasic CT scans findings were evaluated and later correlate...

Detection Some of Abortion Causes using Ultrasonography

This is adescriptive study conducted in Bashaer hospital Khartoum city(Sudan).from may to August 2016. The main aim to assess the causes and incidence of . abortion using U/S A total of (50) patients were scanned using TRAultrasound machine, all of them suffering from abortion. Study was reveled that the highest incidence of abortion was incomplete abortion ( 56%) followed by complete abortion ( 24%) and then missed and threatened .abortion (10%) equally Data was collated using Data ...

Detection of- β lactamases Wide Spectrum Among Bacteria Isolated from Patients in Military Hospital, Omdurman

The emergences of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) producing bacteria have important clinical and therapeutic implications. The present study was undertaken to detect extended spectrum beta lactamases among bacteria isolated from different clinical specimens. This study was carried out during period from April to August 2018. A total of 100 specimens were collected from patients admitted to Omdurman Military Hospital. These were from urine 73(73%), wound swab 20(20%) and sputum...

Factors Influencing Uptake Of Oncology Specialized Health Care Services In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Most cancer patients in Kenya do not have access to available cancer health care facilities, leading to increase in newly diagnosed oncology cases reported each year. Most studies conducted in Kenya lay more emphasis on the increased prevalence and incidence of cancers. Consequently, there is limited empirical research on access to oncology specialized healthcare services in Kenya, a research gap filled by this study. The main objective of this study was to determine factors influen...

National Hospital Insurance Fund’s Purchasing Mechanism And Access To Primary Care Health Services In Kenya

ABSTRACT Health care financing (HCF) is one of the six building blocks of a health system. Kenya envisions having Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. In order to achieve this Kenya has identified and settled on National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as a vehicle towards the realization of UHC. UHC is one of the country’s “Big-four” agendas. NHIF is Kenya’s sole social insurer which collects revenue, pools and purchases health services for its members. Purchasing can be passive ...

A Comparative Study On Clients Satisfaction With Antenatal Care Services In Public And Private Health Facilities In Enugu

ABSTRACT Background: Antenatal care is an important aspect of preventive medicine directed at detecting and reducing the risk of complications among pregnant women. Clients' satisfaction indicates patients' judgement about the strengths and weaknesses of a health facility. It is a means of quality assessment in many areas of healthcare delivery Aims: This study compared clients' perception, preference and satisfaction with antenatal care services in selected public and private hospitals i...

Postnatal Care Practices Among Mothers In Three Rural Communities Of Yakurr Lga Of Crossriverstate

ABSTRACT Reports show that most maternal deaths occur during the post natal period, yet this is when coverage and programmes of maternal and child health are at their lowest along the continuum of care in the local government, state, country and African region at large. Therefore it is important to investigate postnatal care practices carried out by mothers to reduce the trend. The aim of this is study was to assess postnatal care practices with respect to, perineal wound care, breast-feedin...

Solid Dispersions Based On Peg 4000, Soluplus® And Their Hybrids For Enhanced Delivery Of Glimepiride

ABSTRACT The present study investigates the possibility of enhancing the solubility, and hence the bioavailability of poorly water soluble glimepiride via formation of polyethylene glycolpolyvinyl caprolactam - polyvinyl acetate grafted copolymer (Soluplus® ) and PEG 4000 based solid dispersions by solvent evaporation technique.Different batches of glimepiride solid dispersions (SD) were prepared using solvent evaporation method with Soluplus® and PEG 4000 as polymer matrix at different ra...


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