Pub Date : 2020-10-15DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10057-0102
Swati Sharma, A. Garg, R. Gupta
Ab s t r Ac t Introduction: Anemia is a major public health challenge worldwide and remains a very severe and common health problem in many developing countries including India. The decrease in hemoglobin levels in adolescent age may lead to decreased attentiveness and low neuronal metabolic activity. Reaction time is found to be altered in anemia and has a negative effect on cognitive performance in adolescent girls. Aims and objectives: To study the relation between anemia in adolescent girls and the audiovisual reaction time. To assess the severity of anemia with the audiovisual reaction time. Observation and results: A highly statistically significant difference (p value < 0.001*) was observed between control and anemic groups in both the audiovisual reaction time, and a highly statistically significant difference (p value < 0.001*) was observed in the audiovisual reaction time as the severity of anemia progressed. Conclusion: There is a significant increase in both auditory reaction time (ART) and visual reaction time (VRT) in anemic adolescent girls when compared to the control group. A linear relationship was also established between the severity of anemia and an increase in the ART and VRT values in the adolescent girls.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-15DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10057-0099
A. Goyal, Rajkamal Kanojiya
A bstrAct Wound infection is the most common complication in patients who underwent infective laparotomies, leading to postoperative complications, pus discharge, prolonged hospitalization, increased cost of treatment, etc. Even after sensitive-based antibiotic use and judicious irrigation of wound with saline, it remained a major concern. Aims and objectives: To evaluate the role of closed suction drainage in reduction of postoperative wound infection in cases of infective laparotomies when compared to laparotomy wounds without closed suction drainage. To evaluate whether negative-pressure closed suction drainage is effective in reducing the hospital stays. To evaluate whether negative-pressure closed suction drainage is effective in reducing the cost of treatment. Materials and methods: This study is conducted on patients who underwent infective laparotomies and we divided it into two groups: one with subcutaneous negative-pressure drain in and other without it. Conclusion: Closed suction drain prevented postoperative wound infection significantly, reduces hospital stay, reduces cost of treatment, and helped in early healing of wound and removal of sutures.
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Pub Date : 2020-01-01DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10057-0131
G. Saxena, Saumya Mathur
Dyspepsia is a clinical problem of considerable magnitude for the healthcare system due to the high prevalence and chronic and recurrent nature of symptoms. Earlier dyspepsia was referred to as a heterogeneous group of symptoms in the upper abdomen and retrosternal which are related to ingestion of meals and include heartburn, regurgitation, epigastric pain, epigastric burning, postprandial fullness/distension, early satiety, bloating, belching, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting. This has prompted the search for newer agents with equal efficacy but lower side effect potential such as levosulpiride and itopride. To evaluate and compare the efficacy of the newer drugs like levosulpiride and itopride in functional dyspepsia. The most common presenting symptoms in the present study were epigastric fullness (81%), upper abdominal pain (55%), early satiety (52%), and epigastric burning (45%). Less common symptoms were bloating (27%), belching (11%), heartburn (10%), and nausea (8%). Drugs, itopride and levosulpiride, were equally effective in ameliorating different symptoms of functional dyspepsia at the end of 4 weeks of treatment. There was a significant reduction in mean global symptom score (GSS) and mean duration score and mean score of severity in follow-up visits at the 2nd and 4th week from the day of presentation (p value < 0.05). Saxena GN, Mathur S. A Randomized Controlled Study of Efficacy and Safety Profile of Levosulpiride and Itopride in Functional Dyspepsia. J Mahatma Gandhi Univ Med Sci Tech 2020;5(2):50–56.
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Pub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10057-0117
P. Mathur, Deepak Gupta, Kishore Moolrajani, G. Saxena
Se presentan dos casos de esta afección inusual. El primero, de una paciente de sexo femenino, de 15 años de edad, quien desde el nacimiento presenta aumento progre sivo de tamaño del brazo y la mano derechos y de tres de dos de la mano izquierda. El segundo caso clínico es de una paciente de sexo femenino, de ocho meses de edad, quien desde el nacimiento presenta gigantismo localizado en el pie izquierdo, que compromete los artejos y el ante pié.
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