Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_376_21
Sujit Kar, Kritika Chawla, B. Kumari, Ankita Saroj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Bandna Gupta, A. Tripathi, Shashwat Saxena
Suicide is a global mental health challenge and suicides frequently get a wide media coverage. The media reporting of suicide and subsequent suicides are closely associated. Studies reveal country wise variations in the quality of media reporting. We aimed to do a bibliometric analysis of the published research on media reporting of suicide. All the published articles available on the PubMed database from the time of inception till August 2021 were included in the study. All the PubMed IDs of the articles were entered in Harvard Catalyst, a free online software, for bibliometric analysis, and data were extracted and verified. A total of 158 published articles were identified. The average number of authors per article was 5.108 and the average number of times an article cited was 9.639 (excluding self-citation). The h-index of the published articles was 19. The Crisis journal published the maximum number of articles (n = 24). The highest number of average citations was for systematic reviews. Maximum articles were published in 2020 (n = 27). Suicide reporting in the media is an important subject of suicide research. However, original studies on this subject are few. Large-scale studies will contribute to the development of an evidence base for future recommendations and guidelines on this important subject.
{"title":"Bibliometric analysis of media reporting of suicide: A worldview","authors":"Sujit Kar, Kritika Chawla, B. Kumari, Ankita Saroj, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Bandna Gupta, A. Tripathi, Shashwat Saxena","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_376_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_376_21","url":null,"abstract":"Suicide is a global mental health challenge and suicides frequently get a wide media coverage. The media reporting of suicide and subsequent suicides are closely associated. Studies reveal country wise variations in the quality of media reporting. We aimed to do a bibliometric analysis of the published research on media reporting of suicide. All the published articles available on the PubMed database from the time of inception till August 2021 were included in the study. All the PubMed IDs of the articles were entered in Harvard Catalyst, a free online software, for bibliometric analysis, and data were extracted and verified. A total of 158 published articles were identified. The average number of authors per article was 5.108 and the average number of times an article cited was 9.639 (excluding self-citation). The h-index of the published articles was 19. The Crisis journal published the maximum number of articles (n = 24). The highest number of average citations was for systematic reviews. Maximum articles were published in 2020 (n = 27). Suicide reporting in the media is an important subject of suicide research. However, original studies on this subject are few. Large-scale studies will contribute to the development of an evidence base for future recommendations and guidelines on this important subject.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"20 1","pages":"199 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73101652","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_153_22
Soundararajan K, S. Prabhu, Pallavi Sabarad, R. Abdulla
Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a type of histiocytosis X with uncertain etiology. The lesion manifests as single or multiple areas of bone destruction with mild-to-severe pain or may be asymptomatic in some cases. In this article, a case of EG with actinomycosis is reported which occurred in an 11-year-old male in the left buccal vestibule extending from 22 to 24. Histopathologically, it showed dense, cellular infiltrate in the connective tissue composed of abundant eosinophils intermixed with atypical cells. After 4 months, the same patient reported with a recurrence in the palatal region. Histopathologically, the section showed some colonies of actinomycosis along with the features of EG. EG with metachronous actinomycosis is very rare in the literature. This article reports a new case of EG with actinomycosis and reviews previously reported cases of actinomycosis associated with other lesions.
{"title":"Eosinophilic granuloma with metachronous actinomycosis – A case report with literature review","authors":"Soundararajan K, S. Prabhu, Pallavi Sabarad, R. Abdulla","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_153_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_153_22","url":null,"abstract":"Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is a type of histiocytosis X with uncertain etiology. The lesion manifests as single or multiple areas of bone destruction with mild-to-severe pain or may be asymptomatic in some cases. In this article, a case of EG with actinomycosis is reported which occurred in an 11-year-old male in the left buccal vestibule extending from 22 to 24. Histopathologically, it showed dense, cellular infiltrate in the connective tissue composed of abundant eosinophils intermixed with atypical cells. After 4 months, the same patient reported with a recurrence in the palatal region. Histopathologically, the section showed some colonies of actinomycosis along with the features of EG. EG with metachronous actinomycosis is very rare in the literature. This article reports a new case of EG with actinomycosis and reviews previously reported cases of actinomycosis associated with other lesions.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"298 1","pages":"302 - 305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73580301","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_90_22
Vijayalaxmi M Dhorigol, R. Kangle
Grading system for prostatic cancer (PC) was first described in1966 by Dr. Donald Gleason. Over the years, histologic, clinical diagnosis and management of PCa have evolved, leading to revisions of the Gleason system first by the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) in 2005 and more recently in 2014. Unlike the original Gleason score (GS) ranging from 2 to 10, the current system no longer assign Scores 2–5, the lowest score being 6. The new grading system of 2014 proposed Five Grade Groups based on revised GS which produces a smaller number of grades with the most significant prognostic differences and may contribute to a decrease in the overtreatment of low-grade PC detected by prostate-specific antigen screening. This review provides an update on the evolution and revision of the Gleason grading system, with a discussion on the deficiencies, benefits, and limitations of the revised and new grading system of ISUP 2005, 2014, and 2019.
{"title":"Grading of prostate cancer: Evolution and changing concepts","authors":"Vijayalaxmi M Dhorigol, R. Kangle","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_90_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_90_22","url":null,"abstract":"Grading system for prostatic cancer (PC) was first described in1966 by Dr. Donald Gleason. Over the years, histologic, clinical diagnosis and management of PCa have evolved, leading to revisions of the Gleason system first by the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) in 2005 and more recently in 2014. Unlike the original Gleason score (GS) ranging from 2 to 10, the current system no longer assign Scores 2–5, the lowest score being 6. The new grading system of 2014 proposed Five Grade Groups based on revised GS which produces a smaller number of grades with the most significant prognostic differences and may contribute to a decrease in the overtreatment of low-grade PC detected by prostate-specific antigen screening. This review provides an update on the evolution and revision of the Gleason grading system, with a discussion on the deficiencies, benefits, and limitations of the revised and new grading system of ISUP 2005, 2014, and 2019.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"40 1","pages":"192 - 198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85451212","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_136_22
Y. Singh, A. Harugop, SPuneeth Nayak, Rahul Gulaganji
Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infection affecting the nasal cavity and nasopharynx primarily. It results in functional and esthetic sequelae in patients. A patient presented to us with chronic extensive vestibular stenosis with external deformity of the nose. The patient underwent multistaged diagnostic nasal endoscopy with biopsy and recanalization using a sterile rubber catheter which showed significant clinical improvement. This case demonstrates that medical advancements have enabled a quicker diagnosis of rhinoscleroma and recanalization still remains an essential entity in managing the sequelae of rhinoscleroma.
{"title":"Rhinoscleroma – still a predominant entity managed by rubber tube recanalization","authors":"Y. Singh, A. Harugop, SPuneeth Nayak, Rahul Gulaganji","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_136_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_136_22","url":null,"abstract":"Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infection affecting the nasal cavity and nasopharynx primarily. It results in functional and esthetic sequelae in patients. A patient presented to us with chronic extensive vestibular stenosis with external deformity of the nose. The patient underwent multistaged diagnostic nasal endoscopy with biopsy and recanalization using a sterile rubber catheter which showed significant clinical improvement. This case demonstrates that medical advancements have enabled a quicker diagnosis of rhinoscleroma and recanalization still remains an essential entity in managing the sequelae of rhinoscleroma.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"26 1","pages":"298 - 301"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85506815","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_383_21
Suyesha Nalavadey, S. Baliga
BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a lifestyle-related painless disease. India has the highest diabetes burden in the world and is called as the “Diabetic Capital of the world.” Even though the disease is so rampant, there are ample misconceptions about diabetes and this has become a hurdle in effective management and control of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the urban health center among 200 diabetics. Patients were asked about their belief in misconceptions regarding diet, exercise, treatment-seeking behavior, and self-care of diabetes. RESULTS: From a total of 200 participants, 112 (56%) were females. Majority 183 (91.5%) were self-monitoring their blood glucose. More than half of the participants were on oral hypoglycemic drugs. In this study factors such as low educational status, participants staying in joint family, low socioeconomic class, participants on oral hypoglycemic drugs, participants on both oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin, participants on herbal treatment had more prevailing misconceptions regarding diabetes. CONCLUSION: There were many prevailing misconceptions among the diabetic patients, especially related to diet, treatment, and self-care. Regular health education programs regarding misconceptions can change the attitude of diabetic patients and improve their compliance toward treatment.
{"title":"Misconceptions about diabetes mellitus among diabetes patients: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Suyesha Nalavadey, S. Baliga","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_383_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_383_21","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus is a lifestyle-related painless disease. India has the highest diabetes burden in the world and is called as the “Diabetic Capital of the world.” Even though the disease is so rampant, there are ample misconceptions about diabetes and this has become a hurdle in effective management and control of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the urban health center among 200 diabetics. Patients were asked about their belief in misconceptions regarding diet, exercise, treatment-seeking behavior, and self-care of diabetes. RESULTS: From a total of 200 participants, 112 (56%) were females. Majority 183 (91.5%) were self-monitoring their blood glucose. More than half of the participants were on oral hypoglycemic drugs. In this study factors such as low educational status, participants staying in joint family, low socioeconomic class, participants on oral hypoglycemic drugs, participants on both oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin, participants on herbal treatment had more prevailing misconceptions regarding diabetes. CONCLUSION: There were many prevailing misconceptions among the diabetic patients, especially related to diet, treatment, and self-care. Regular health education programs regarding misconceptions can change the attitude of diabetic patients and improve their compliance toward treatment.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"200 1","pages":"230 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75910661","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_92_22
K. Devi, M. Sengupta
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem. Arteriovenous fistulas (AV fistulas) are considered the gold standard for hemodialysis vascular access based on their superior patency, low complication rates, improved adequacy, lower cost to the healthcare system, and decreased risk of patient mortality. A failing AV fistula places the patient at risk for inadequate dialysis, which can lead to numerous complications and increased morbidity and mortality. Patient education support patients to live the best possible quality of life. It instills patient self-confidence to help them carry out behavior necessary to reach the desired goal. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of self-instructional module by comparing the pretest and posttest knowledge scores regarding care of AV fistula among hemodialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With a quantitative approach, preexperimental one-group pretest-posttest design was adopted for the study. In this study, 64 hemodialysis patients with AV fistula were selected by using nonprobability convenient sampling technique. The tools used for the study were demographic variables, self-structured knowledge questionnaire and self-instructional module. RESULTS: The study revealed that the mean posttest knowledge score (12) was significantly higher than the mean pretest knowledge score (7.32) as evidenced by t = 5.65 (P = 0.05) and P = 0.0001, which shows that self-instructional module was effective on care of AV fistula. It also revealed that there was significant association between pretest knowledge score and selected demographic variables of educational status and previous exposure to information. CONCLUSION: A similar study can be taken on large scale for better generalization. On the basis of the findings, the researcher concluded that self-instructional module on care of AV fistula was effective among hemodialysis patients.
{"title":"Effect of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding care of arteriovenous fistula among hemodialysis patients in selected hospitals, Guwahati, Assam","authors":"K. Devi, M. Sengupta","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_92_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_92_22","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease is a major public health problem. Arteriovenous fistulas (AV fistulas) are considered the gold standard for hemodialysis vascular access based on their superior patency, low complication rates, improved adequacy, lower cost to the healthcare system, and decreased risk of patient mortality. A failing AV fistula places the patient at risk for inadequate dialysis, which can lead to numerous complications and increased morbidity and mortality. Patient education support patients to live the best possible quality of life. It instills patient self-confidence to help them carry out behavior necessary to reach the desired goal. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of self-instructional module by comparing the pretest and posttest knowledge scores regarding care of AV fistula among hemodialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With a quantitative approach, preexperimental one-group pretest-posttest design was adopted for the study. In this study, 64 hemodialysis patients with AV fistula were selected by using nonprobability convenient sampling technique. The tools used for the study were demographic variables, self-structured knowledge questionnaire and self-instructional module. RESULTS: The study revealed that the mean posttest knowledge score (12) was significantly higher than the mean pretest knowledge score (7.32) as evidenced by t = 5.65 (P = 0.05) and P = 0.0001, which shows that self-instructional module was effective on care of AV fistula. It also revealed that there was significant association between pretest knowledge score and selected demographic variables of educational status and previous exposure to information. CONCLUSION: A similar study can be taken on large scale for better generalization. On the basis of the findings, the researcher concluded that self-instructional module on care of AV fistula was effective among hemodialysis patients.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"5 1","pages":"270 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80263151","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_379_21
B. Ominde, P. Igbigbi
BACKGROUND: Concha bullosa (CB) with an associated nasal septum deviation (NSD) compromises the paranasal sinus drainage through the osteomeatal complex hence predisposing to sinus disease. This study aimed at elucidating the concomitant existence of CB and NSD in adult Nigerians. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Following institutional ethical approval, brain computed tomography images of 336 patients (199 males and 137 females) aged ≥ 20 years were analyzed for CB and NSD in the Radiology Department of a Teaching Hospital. Using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 23, the prevalence of these variants was expressed in percentages, and their association was probed using the Chi-square test. The angle of septum deviation was summarized in means and standard deviations. The differences in deviation angle in the presence of either ipsilateral or contralateral CB were assessed using the independent t-test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The prevalence of coexisting CB and NSD was 77, 22.9%. There was a significant preponderance of NSD away from a unilateral or dominant CB (54, 84.4%) (P = 0.022). This deviation occurred at a significantly higher angle (11.82° ± 2.21°) than deviation toward a CB (9.86° ± 2.63°) (P = 0.036). CONCLUSION: The awareness of the association between CB and NSD in our population emphasizes on mandatory preoperative radiological evaluation to aid in planning for safe endoscopic surgeries through the nose.
{"title":"The coexistence of concha bullosa and nasal septum deviation in adult Nigerians","authors":"B. Ominde, P. Igbigbi","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_379_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_379_21","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Concha bullosa (CB) with an associated nasal septum deviation (NSD) compromises the paranasal sinus drainage through the osteomeatal complex hence predisposing to sinus disease. This study aimed at elucidating the concomitant existence of CB and NSD in adult Nigerians. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Following institutional ethical approval, brain computed tomography images of 336 patients (199 males and 137 females) aged ≥ 20 years were analyzed for CB and NSD in the Radiology Department of a Teaching Hospital. Using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software version 23, the prevalence of these variants was expressed in percentages, and their association was probed using the Chi-square test. The angle of septum deviation was summarized in means and standard deviations. The differences in deviation angle in the presence of either ipsilateral or contralateral CB were assessed using the independent t-test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The prevalence of coexisting CB and NSD was 77, 22.9%. There was a significant preponderance of NSD away from a unilateral or dominant CB (54, 84.4%) (P = 0.022). This deviation occurred at a significantly higher angle (11.82° ± 2.21°) than deviation toward a CB (9.86° ± 2.63°) (P = 0.036). CONCLUSION: The awareness of the association between CB and NSD in our population emphasizes on mandatory preoperative radiological evaluation to aid in planning for safe endoscopic surgeries through the nose.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"15 1","pages":"219 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79392615","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_106_21
K. Pooja, M. Nagmoti
INTRODUCTION: Cesarean section wound infection illustrates a significant load to the health system as it carries an increased risk of infection as compared to normal vaginal delivery. Hence, it is necessary to identify the agents responsible as well as their extent of susceptibility for commonly used antibiotics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. The specimens were inoculated on the blood and MacConkey agar. The colonies were identified by their morphological characteristics and the biochemical tests, antibiotic susceptibility test was carried for the isolated aerobic bacterial isolates. RESULTS: In the present study, Staphylococcus aureus (13, 56.68%) was the most common pathogen isolated, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (5, 21.9%). Gram-positive isolates showed greater sensitivity to tetracycline 11 (73.33%), followed by doxycycline (11, 73.33%) and clindamycin (9, 60%). Gram-negative bacteria showed the highest sensitivity meropenem (7, 77.78%), imipenem (6, 66.66%), and piperacillin + tazobactam (6, 66.66%). CONCLUSION: Frequent antimicrobial audit and qualitative research could give an insight into the current antibiotic prescription practices and the factors governing the same.
{"title":"Aerobic bacterial study of postoperative lower segment cesarean site wound infection","authors":"K. Pooja, M. Nagmoti","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_106_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_106_21","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION: Cesarean section wound infection illustrates a significant load to the health system as it carries an increased risk of infection as compared to normal vaginal delivery. Hence, it is necessary to identify the agents responsible as well as their extent of susceptibility for commonly used antibiotics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. The specimens were inoculated on the blood and MacConkey agar. The colonies were identified by their morphological characteristics and the biochemical tests, antibiotic susceptibility test was carried for the isolated aerobic bacterial isolates. RESULTS: In the present study, Staphylococcus aureus (13, 56.68%) was the most common pathogen isolated, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (5, 21.9%). Gram-positive isolates showed greater sensitivity to tetracycline 11 (73.33%), followed by doxycycline (11, 73.33%) and clindamycin (9, 60%). Gram-negative bacteria showed the highest sensitivity meropenem (7, 77.78%), imipenem (6, 66.66%), and piperacillin + tazobactam (6, 66.66%). CONCLUSION: Frequent antimicrobial audit and qualitative research could give an insight into the current antibiotic prescription practices and the factors governing the same.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"306 1","pages":"244 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75789346","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}
Pub Date : 2022-09-01DOI: 10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_132_21
M. Naik, T. Bhat, Waiz Gowhar, A. Wani
BACKGROUND: Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may coexist in a patient. The prevalence of DVT has been reported up to 34.1% in CCF patients, and its presence may increase the morbidity and mortality of CCF patients. The presence of DVT may increase the morbidity and mortality of CCF patients. With this background in mind, we conducted a study to know the prevalence of DVT in CCF patients from our part of the world. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of 1 year from March 2015 to February 2016 on 50 patients admitted with CCF to our hospital. After obtaining information on underlying comorbid illness, duration of CCF symptoms, and preliminary investigations, the patients were subjected to venous Doppler ultrasound. RESULTS: A total of 50 patients admitted with the diagnosis of CCF were enrolled in this study. The mean age of patients was 63.28 ± 9.5 years. The mean body mass index of the patients was 24.48 ± 2.8 kg/m2. Five out of 50 patients were found to have deep vein thrombosis in our study. The duration of symptoms of more than 10 days before seeking medical consultation was statistically significant in patients of CCF with DVT. CONCLUSION: In our study, 10% of patients with CCF had DVT on venous Doppler ultrasound. A longer duration of CCF symptoms before seeking medical consultation was significantly associated with DVT in our patients.
{"title":"Prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in congestive cardiac failure patients","authors":"M. Naik, T. Bhat, Waiz Gowhar, A. Wani","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_132_21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_132_21","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND: Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may coexist in a patient. The prevalence of DVT has been reported up to 34.1% in CCF patients, and its presence may increase the morbidity and mortality of CCF patients. The presence of DVT may increase the morbidity and mortality of CCF patients. With this background in mind, we conducted a study to know the prevalence of DVT in CCF patients from our part of the world. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of 1 year from March 2015 to February 2016 on 50 patients admitted with CCF to our hospital. After obtaining information on underlying comorbid illness, duration of CCF symptoms, and preliminary investigations, the patients were subjected to venous Doppler ultrasound. RESULTS: A total of 50 patients admitted with the diagnosis of CCF were enrolled in this study. The mean age of patients was 63.28 ± 9.5 years. The mean body mass index of the patients was 24.48 ± 2.8 kg/m2. Five out of 50 patients were found to have deep vein thrombosis in our study. The duration of symptoms of more than 10 days before seeking medical consultation was statistically significant in patients of CCF with DVT. CONCLUSION: In our study, 10% of patients with CCF had DVT on venous Doppler ultrasound. A longer duration of CCF symptoms before seeking medical consultation was significantly associated with DVT in our patients.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"73 1","pages":"287 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75067384","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}
CONTEXT: High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) has been reported in the pediatric population from the different parts of the country. However, there is a lacuna of data on the Vitamin D status of children from the north-eastern part of the country. AIMS: The aim of this study is to assess the serum Vitamin D level and also to find out the prevalence of VDD among children and adolescents in Agartala, a major city in North-east India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The serum 25 (OH) D levels of 258 children from age 1 to below 18 years, attending the outpatient clinics of the hospital were analyzed from June 2020 to June 2021. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data being nonparametric was presented as median and inter quartile range. The group differences were computed by the Mann–Whitney U-test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Sixty percentage of the study population had insufficient levels of Vitamin D, with girls having significantly lower levels of serum Vitamin D. Only 27% of adolescents had optimum level of serum Vitamin D. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of Vitamin D insufficiency and VDD was found among the children living in the urban and sub urban areas of Agartala city in North-east India.
{"title":"Vitamin D status of children at a tertiary care hospital of Agartala, North-east India: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Elvia Jamatia, Sankar Roy, Arpita Das, Portia Dewan, Tapan Debnath","doi":"10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_135_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_135_22","url":null,"abstract":"CONTEXT: High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) has been reported in the pediatric population from the different parts of the country. However, there is a lacuna of data on the Vitamin D status of children from the north-eastern part of the country. AIMS: The aim of this study is to assess the serum Vitamin D level and also to find out the prevalence of VDD among children and adolescents in Agartala, a major city in North-east India. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The serum 25 (OH) D levels of 258 children from age 1 to below 18 years, attending the outpatient clinics of the hospital were analyzed from June 2020 to June 2021. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data being nonparametric was presented as median and inter quartile range. The group differences were computed by the Mann–Whitney U-test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Sixty percentage of the study population had insufficient levels of Vitamin D, with girls having significantly lower levels of serum Vitamin D. Only 27% of adolescents had optimum level of serum Vitamin D. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of Vitamin D insufficiency and VDD was found among the children living in the urban and sub urban areas of Agartala city in North-east India.","PeriodicalId":13457,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU)","volume":"52 1","pages":"214 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78600908","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}
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