Lemi Belay Tolu ,Wondimu Gudu Jeldu, Garumma Tolu Feyissa Abstract Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) is a 29-item checklist based on essential childbirth practices to help health-care workers to deliver consistently high quality maternal and perinatal care. The Checklist was intended to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and address the primary […]
Continue ReadingMaternal and perinatal outcome of preeclampsia without severe feature among pregnant women managed at a tertiary referral hospital in urban Ethiopia
Lemi Belay Tolu ,Endale Yigezu,Tadesse Urgie,Garumma Tolu Feyissa Abstract Background Preeclampsia refers to the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation in a previously normotensive woman. Pregnant women with preeclampsia are at an increased risk of adverse maternal, fetal and neonatal complications. The objective of the study is, therefore, to determine the […]
Continue ReadingPerinatal outcome of growth-restricted fetuses with abnormal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms compared to growth-restricted fetuses with normal umbilical artery Doppler waveforms at a tertiary referral hospital in urban Ethiopia
Lemi Belay Tolu, Roba Ararso, Abdulfetah Abdulkadir, Garumma Tolu Feyissa, Yoseph Worku Abstract Background Intrauterine growth restriction is defined as a fetal weight below the 10th percentile for a given gestational age and can be identified using umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry which is a non-invasive technique. The objective of this study was to determine the […]
Continue ReadingIntra‐cardiac lidocaine administration to induce fetal demise before late second trimester abortion, Retrospective review
Lemi Belay Tolu, Tesfaye H. Tufa, Ferid Abas, Chavi Kahn, Lauren MacAfee, Sarah Prager, Jason D. Bell Abstract Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of intra‐cardiac lidocaine administration to induce fetal demise before second‐trimester medication abortion in a teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review to collect selected […]
Continue ReadingPerinatal outcome of meconium stained amniotic fluid among labouring mothers at teaching referral hospital in urban Ethiopia
Lemi Belay Tolu ,Malede Birara, Tesfalem Teshome, Garumma Tolu Feyissa Abstract Objective To determine the perinatal outcome of labouring mothers with meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) compared with clear amniotic fluid at teaching referral hospital in urban Ethiopia. Methods A prospective cohort study was conducted among labouring mothers with meconium-stained amniotic fluid from July 1 to December […]
Continue ReadingSexual assault cases at a tertiary referral hospital in urban Ethiopia: One-year retrospective review
Lemi Belay Tolu, Wondimu Gudu Abstract Introduction Sexual assault is an important health and social problem affecting young girls. The aim of the study is therefore to do a one-year retrospective review of documents of alleged sexual assaults managed at Saint Paulo’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) to determine survivors’ characteristics, circumstances of the assault, […]
Continue ReadingAdult case of giant sacrococcygeal teratoma: case report
Esubalew T. Mindaye, Mulugeta Kassahun, Sarah Prager & Tesfaye H. Tufa Abstract Background Sacrococcygeal teratomas are tumors originating from pluripotent embryonic germ cell layers located in the fetal coccyx. These tumors are highly vascular if they undergo malignant transformation. Typically, they are found in infants and children and occasionally can be diagnosed prenatally. Adult cases are very rare, and […]
Continue ReadingOBGYN Research thesis and data repository at SPHMMC launched
Research is the backbone of higher education, and research repositories play a vital role in enhancing the visibility of the research theses and research activities carried out by institutions. Postgraduate students and faculty members face various challenges in accessing research conducted in previous years and are prone to plagiarism and duplication. Cognizant to this, Dr. […]
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2nd National Reproductive Health Symposium
A national Reproductive Health Symposium under the theme of “RH care provision in the era of COVID-19, challenges and mitigation strategies” was successfully conducted on November 13&14 2020.
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2nd National Reproductive Health Symposium
A national Reproductive Health Symposium under the theme of “RH care provision in the era of COVID-19, challenges and mitigation strategies” was successfully conducted on November 13&14 2020.
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