A retrospective analysis of all diabetic admissions to the adult medical wards of Tikur
Anbessa Hospital (TAH) over a period of eight years from 1987 to 1994 was done. There …

Background The prevalence of diabetes has been shown to increase especially in
developing countries, over the last decades. Objectives We investigated the trend of diabetic …

Background: During the past decade, diabetes mellitus has emerged as an important clinical
and public health problem through out the world. WHO estimated the number of cases of …

Introduction Although until the mid Ūfties of this century the occurrence of diabetes mellitus
in Africa was questioned, 1 but since the early nineties diabetes has been believed to be the …

A survey of diabetic patients of all inpatient services in Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, was made for 6 mo in 1984. There were 121 hospitalizations of 116 diabetics in …

Introduction. Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by
hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Most people …

Objective In Ethiopia the problems passed by diabetes is increasing for the last two to three
decades. This indicates that diabetes is becoming a major economic factor in drug use and …

Diabetes mellitus is associated with frequent hospitalization and high morbidity, mortality
and health care expenditure. However, there is scarcity of data on hospitalization pattern …

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is common metabolic disease worldwide. Its complications in
the Ethiopian care setup has not been well documented. The objective of this study was to …

Background: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide, with the major
increases expected to occur in developing countries. It has been observed that the pattern of …