A. Talebian, S. Vafaei, M. Sharif, H. Akbari, M. Sehat, D. Kheirkhah, M. Talebian
Febrile seizure is the most common neurological disorder in children and occurs in 2 to 5% of them. The possibility of febrile seizure recurrence induces a grave concern to parents. Prophylactic benzodiazepines are usually used to prevent the recurrence. However, previous studies showed no difference between the preventive effect of clobazam and diazepam. Thus, this study aimed to compare the effects of clobazam and diazepam in preventing febrile seizure recurrence in children. A double blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 160 children from six months to 5 years of age with febrile seizure. Patients were matched for age, sex, underlying diseases and risk factors for recurrence and randomly assigned to two groups to receive either 0.33 mg/kg of oral diazepam, every 8 h for two days, or 1 mg/kg of oral clobazam every 12 h for 2 days. All patients were followed-up for the frequency and time of febrile seizure recurrence, and drug side effects for 12 months. Descriptive statistics were calculated and chi-square and t- tests were used to compare the two groups. The mean age of the children in the diazepam and clobazam groups were 29.61 ±13.1 and 29.7 ± 11.5 months, respectively (P = 0.755). In clobazam group, the frequencies of febrile seizure recurrence were 10%, 5% and 5% at 3, 6 and 12 months after the first attack. At the same time, the frequencies of the recurrence in the diazepam group were 23.8%, 17.5% and 15%, respectively (p < 0.05). The two groups were not significantly different in terms of the drug side effects (p = 0.194). The group treated with clobazam experienced less febrile seizure recurrence in the 12 months follow-up. Thus, clobazam can be used as an effective medication to prevent febrile seizure recurrence in children. Keywords: Clobazam, Diazepam, Febrile seizure, Recurrence
{"title":"Comparison of the effects of clobazam and diazepam in prevention of recurrent febrile seizures","authors":"A. Talebian, S. Vafaei, M. Sharif, H. Akbari, M. Sehat, D. Kheirkhah, M. Talebian","doi":"10.24896/JRMDS.V5I1.246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/JRMDS.V5I1.246","url":null,"abstract":"Febrile seizure is the most common neurological disorder in children and occurs in 2 to 5% of them. The possibility of febrile seizure recurrence induces a grave concern to parents. Prophylactic benzodiazepines are usually used to prevent the recurrence. However, previous studies showed no difference between the preventive effect of clobazam and diazepam. Thus, this study aimed to compare the effects of clobazam and diazepam in preventing febrile seizure recurrence in children. A double blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted on 160 children from six months to 5 years of age with febrile seizure. Patients were matched for age, sex, underlying diseases and risk factors for recurrence and randomly assigned to two groups to receive either 0.33 mg/kg of oral diazepam, every 8 h for two days, or 1 mg/kg of oral clobazam every 12 h for 2 days. All patients were followed-up for the frequency and time of febrile seizure recurrence, and drug side effects for 12 months. Descriptive statistics were calculated and chi-square and t- tests were used to compare the two groups. The mean age of the children in the diazepam and clobazam groups were 29.61 ±13.1 and 29.7 ± 11.5 months, respectively (P = 0.755). In clobazam group, the frequencies of febrile seizure recurrence were 10%, 5% and 5% at 3, 6 and 12 months after the first attack. At the same time, the frequencies of the recurrence in the diazepam group were 23.8%, 17.5% and 15%, respectively (p < 0.05). The two groups were not significantly different in terms of the drug side effects (p = 0.194). The group treated with clobazam experienced less febrile seizure recurrence in the 12 months follow-up. Thus, clobazam can be used as an effective medication to prevent febrile seizure recurrence in children. Keywords: Clobazam, Diazepam, Febrile seizure, Recurrence","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"5 1","pages":"49-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48309966","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}
S. Pawar, K. Ghorpade, A. Khandelwal, Shilpa Gupta, A. Saraf
The incidence and burden of cancer is huge and is set to rise. Cancer kills more people on a global scale than AIDS, malaria and TB combined, hence proving to be the most fatal disease for our Society. The aim of this study is to evaluate the most common organ malignancy amongst all System Organ Malignancies. We present a brief review of malignancy cases studied at Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai over a span of 5 years (2011-2015). Study was undertaken at Terna Medical College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai for 5 Years ( 2011-2015) for:-Malignant Cases and System Organ Specific Malignancies. We have studied Total of 5495 Cases out of which 172 turned out to be malignant over a span of 5 Years (2011-2015). Out of these 172 Malignant Cases, Female Genital System, Breast & Oral Cavity Cancers together account for 79 Percent (135 Cases). In view of the above, we have concluded that Female Genital System, Breast & Oral Cavity cancers are Top Three Malignancies among all System Organ Specific Malignancies. Key words: - Worldwide, Killer, Cancer, Global, Trend
{"title":"An overview of malignancy cases reported on histopathology over a Span of 5 years (2011-2015) at Terna Medical College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai","authors":"S. Pawar, K. Ghorpade, A. Khandelwal, Shilpa Gupta, A. Saraf","doi":"10.24896/jrmds.v5i1.240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/jrmds.v5i1.240","url":null,"abstract":"The incidence and burden of cancer is huge and is set to rise. Cancer kills more people on a global scale than AIDS, malaria and TB combined, hence proving to be the most fatal disease for our Society. The aim of this study is to evaluate the most common organ malignancy amongst all System Organ Malignancies. We present a brief review of malignancy cases studied at Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai over a span of 5 years (2011-2015). Study was undertaken at Terna Medical College, Nerul, Navi Mumbai for 5 Years ( 2011-2015) for:-Malignant Cases and System Organ Specific Malignancies. We have studied Total of 5495 Cases out of which 172 turned out to be malignant over a span of 5 Years (2011-2015). Out of these 172 Malignant Cases, Female Genital System, Breast & Oral Cavity Cancers together account for 79 Percent (135 Cases). In view of the above, we have concluded that Female Genital System, Breast & Oral Cavity cancers are Top Three Malignancies among all System Organ Specific Malignancies. Key words: - Worldwide, Killer, Cancer, Global, Trend","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"5 1","pages":"19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46494666","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}
A. Leo, A. Irani, Suresh Sharma, N. Borade, S. M.T
Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint for people of all age and is a major health and socioeconomic problem. In chronic low back pain [cLBP], there will be weakness of trunk and abdominal muscles. These muscles play a vital role in optimizing the lung volumes and pressures as well as in maintaining the airflow. Thus cLBP patients may also have poor respiratory function. The purpose of this study is to find the alteration of pulmonary function especially the FEV1 in patients with cLBP and the factors responsible for it. 100 patients with cLBP fulfilling the selection criteria’s were recruited. Age, gender, weight, height and duration of the symptom is recorded for demographic values. Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second was measured by Spirometer [Welch Allyn – Schiller (SP-1)]. Average of 3 repetitions is documented for analysis. Correlation coefficient with r=0.82 [P<0.01] shows a positive correlation between the patient value and expected value. In this study, the ‘t’ value of 65.0114 [P< 0.0001] shows that there is a statistically significant reduction in FEV1 among the chronic LBP adult patients when compared with their expected value. Chronic low back pain patients have reduced respiratory function [FEV1]. Core muscle dysfunction along with the pain and kinesiophobia associated with cLBP are the factors responsible for this pulmonary dysfunction. Key words: chronic low back pain, FEV1, lung volumes, pulmonary function, spirometry.
{"title":"Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1) in patients with chronic low back pain","authors":"A. Leo, A. Irani, Suresh Sharma, N. Borade, S. M.T","doi":"10.24896/JRMDS.V5I1.242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/JRMDS.V5I1.242","url":null,"abstract":"Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint for people of all age and is a major health and socioeconomic problem. In chronic low back pain [cLBP], there will be weakness of trunk and abdominal muscles. These muscles play a vital role in optimizing the lung volumes and pressures as well as in maintaining the airflow. Thus cLBP patients may also have poor respiratory function. The purpose of this study is to find the alteration of pulmonary function especially the FEV1 in patients with cLBP and the factors responsible for it. 100 patients with cLBP fulfilling the selection criteria’s were recruited. Age, gender, weight, height and duration of the symptom is recorded for demographic values. Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second was measured by Spirometer [Welch Allyn – Schiller (SP-1)]. Average of 3 repetitions is documented for analysis. Correlation coefficient with r=0.82 [P<0.01] shows a positive correlation between the patient value and expected value. In this study, the ‘t’ value of 65.0114 [P< 0.0001] shows that there is a statistically significant reduction in FEV1 among the chronic LBP adult patients when compared with their expected value. Chronic low back pain patients have reduced respiratory function [FEV1]. Core muscle dysfunction along with the pain and kinesiophobia associated with cLBP are the factors responsible for this pulmonary dysfunction. Key words: chronic low back pain, FEV1, lung volumes, pulmonary function, spirometry.","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"5 1","pages":"27-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47656958","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}
Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, is a congenital condition that results when the inferior lingual frenulum is too short and is attached to the tip of the tongue, limiting its normal movements. Ankyloglossia can lead to a range of problems, such as difficulties in breastfeeding in infants, speech impediments, being embarrassed by peers during childhood and adolescence, and poor oral hygiene. This article reports the surgical management of a patient having ankyloglossia associated with restricted movement of tongue. The treatment involved surgical removal of the lingual frenulum, which healed uneventfully. A marked improvement in the movement of the tongue was observed at follow up visits in the treated case.
{"title":"Surgical Management of Ankyloglossia","authors":"Gohil Meera, Padhiyar Navneet, Gohil Ankit","doi":"10.24896/JRMDS.V1I2.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/JRMDS.V1I2.18","url":null,"abstract":"Ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, is a congenital condition that results when the inferior lingual frenulum is too short and is attached to the tip of the tongue, limiting its normal movements. Ankyloglossia can lead to a range of problems, such as difficulties in breastfeeding in infants, speech impediments, being embarrassed by peers during childhood and adolescence, and poor oral hygiene. This article reports the surgical management of a patient having ankyloglossia associated with restricted movement of tongue. The treatment involved surgical removal of the lingual frenulum, which healed uneventfully. A marked improvement in the movement of the tongue was observed at follow up visits in the treated case.","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"77-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41523370","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}
Background: More people use tobacco today than any other time in history. Tobacco is among the most addictive product known and tobacco dependence is progressive, chronic and relapsing disorder. Aim: To assess various tobacco habits, periodontal health & awareness regarding Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COPTA). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Jamnagar. Patients present to public health department were enrolled for the study. Total 300 patients were enrolled during period of 1st July to 31st August, 2014 Questionnaire related to smokeless and smoking tobacco habits, periodontal status evaluation, presence of oral lesions, awareness about COTPA and willingness to quit the habit were asked to patients. Results: Smokeless tobacco habit practiced more (72.33%) than smoked tobacco (22.33%) while 5.33% patients used both the products. Again, among Smoke Less Tobacco (SLT), Mawa chewing was more prevalent (52.33%) among smokeless tobacco habit whereas Bidi smoking was more prevalent (19%) amongst smoked tobacco habit. Periodontal disease was present in almost all (98.6%) patients. About 73.67% patients did not know anything about COTPA 2003. Total 88.67% patients were willing to quit the habit but 64.67% patients didn‟t know who could help them to quit. Conclusion: More prevalent tobacco habits were Mawa chewing and Bidi smoking. Periodontal condition was jeopardized among tobacco users. Majority of them were unaware of COTPA. Most of them were willing to quit tobacco habits but they did not know from where to seek the help Keywords: Smoke Less Tobacco (SLT), smoking, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COPTA), tobacco Quitting
{"title":"Tobacco habits & Oral Health-A cross-sectional study -","authors":"H. PobaruDhruti, J. PatelArpit, Bachani Jaybala","doi":"10.24896/jrmds.v3i1.106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/jrmds.v3i1.106","url":null,"abstract":"Background: More people use tobacco today than any other time in history. Tobacco is among the most addictive product known and tobacco dependence is progressive, chronic and relapsing disorder. Aim: To assess various tobacco habits, periodontal health & awareness regarding Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COPTA). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Jamnagar. Patients present to public health department were enrolled for the study. Total 300 patients were enrolled during period of 1st July to 31st August, 2014 Questionnaire related to smokeless and smoking tobacco habits, periodontal status evaluation, presence of oral lesions, awareness about COTPA and willingness to quit the habit were asked to patients. Results: Smokeless tobacco habit practiced more (72.33%) than smoked tobacco (22.33%) while 5.33% patients used both the products. Again, among Smoke Less Tobacco (SLT), Mawa chewing was more prevalent (52.33%) among smokeless tobacco habit whereas Bidi smoking was more prevalent (19%) amongst smoked tobacco habit. Periodontal disease was present in almost all (98.6%) patients. About 73.67% patients did not know anything about COTPA 2003. Total 88.67% patients were willing to quit the habit but 64.67% patients didn‟t know who could help them to quit. Conclusion: More prevalent tobacco habits were Mawa chewing and Bidi smoking. Periodontal condition was jeopardized among tobacco users. Majority of them were unaware of COTPA. Most of them were willing to quit tobacco habits but they did not know from where to seek the help Keywords: Smoke Less Tobacco (SLT), smoking, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (COPTA), tobacco Quitting","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"3 1","pages":"73-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45411494","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}
Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) or the Bland-White-Garland syndrome was first described in the year 1866 and postulated in 1933. It is an intriguing entity in the field of paediatrics as well as paediatric cardiology due to its varied presentation in the paediatric age group. This congenital heart anomaly is reported in less than 0.5% of all the congenital heart diseases. In the past, infant deaths were frequent due to not diagnosing it promptly. Presently, the prognosis for these patients with ALCAPA has dramatically improved as a result of the scientific advancements in the field of cardiology such as early diagnosis using echocardiography and improvements in cardiovascular surgical techniques. Interestingly many treating doctors are not aware about the significance of the ALCAPA and can be missed easily. The chance of ALCAPA should be searched in every infant or children with non specific symptoms of incessant crying and feeding difficulty to achieve better outcome and to prevent its complication such as sudden death. This case study reports ALCAPA in a 23 day old neonate. Key words: ALCAPA, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, Crying newborn, congenital heart diseases, Coronary steal, Myocardial ischemia, Antero-lateral myocardial infarction
{"title":"Bland-White-Garland syndrome in a neonate","authors":"M. Sunilkumar","doi":"10.24896/JRMDS.V3I1.111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24896/JRMDS.V3I1.111","url":null,"abstract":"Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) or the Bland-White-Garland syndrome was first described in the year 1866 and postulated in 1933. It is an intriguing entity in the field of paediatrics as well as paediatric cardiology due to its varied presentation in the paediatric age group. This congenital heart anomaly is reported in less than 0.5% of all the congenital heart diseases. In the past, infant deaths were frequent due to not diagnosing it promptly. Presently, the prognosis for these patients with ALCAPA has dramatically improved as a result of the scientific advancements in the field of cardiology such as early diagnosis using echocardiography and improvements in cardiovascular surgical techniques. Interestingly many treating doctors are not aware about the significance of the ALCAPA and can be missed easily. The chance of ALCAPA should be searched in every infant or children with non specific symptoms of incessant crying and feeding difficulty to achieve better outcome and to prevent its complication such as sudden death. This case study reports ALCAPA in a 23 day old neonate. Key words: ALCAPA, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, Crying newborn, congenital heart diseases, Coronary steal, Myocardial ischemia, Antero-lateral myocardial infarction","PeriodicalId":17001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science","volume":"3 1","pages":"94-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42293447","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}
Harsha Trivedi, Prashant N Vanzar, Nirav B Satasia
Gastric perforation in neonates is a very rare surgical emergency and life-threatening condition with uncertain etiology till date. Despite having high mortality rate, pathogenesis and etiology are greatly debated. Because of its high mortality rate, prompt diagnosis and urgent surgical intervention is mandatory. Herewith we report a case of neonatal gastric perforation having no apparent etiology. A 3 day old full term twin delivery male baby with neonatal gastric perforation presented with abdominal distention and respiratory distress. Baby was with low birth weight and was in septicemia during admission. He was diagnosed radiologically on X ray abdomen showing ‘saddle bag’ appearance and demonstrating gas out lining falciform ligament and managed by resuscitation and surgery. On exploration there was a 1 cm x 1 cm perforation seen on the fundic region along the greater curvature which was circular with pouting mucosa through it, surrounding serosa was hyperemic, no evidence of necrosis or petechial hemorrhage around perforation; primary repair was done. Postoperatively, despite of intensive care by means of invasive ventilation, intravenous fluids and broad spectrum antibiotics, condition of baby started deteriorating and he expired 40 hours after operation. Cause of death was septicemia secondary to peritonitis in low birth weight baby. Key words: Neonate, Gastric, Perforation, Peritonitis
新生儿胃穿孔是一种非常罕见且危及生命的外科急症，病因不明。尽管死亡率高，但发病机制和病因仍有很大争议。由于其高死亡率，及时诊断和紧急手术治疗是强制性的。在此，我们报告一例没有明显病因的新生儿胃穿孔。一个3天大的足月双胞胎男婴新生儿胃穿孔表现为腹胀和呼吸窘迫。婴儿出生体重低，入院时出现败血症。经X线诊断，腹部呈“鞍袋”状，镰状韧带内气体渗出，经复苏和手术处理。探查时，眼底大弯曲处见1 cm × 1 cm穿孔，呈圆形，有凹陷粘膜穿过，周围浆膜充血，穿孔周围未见坏死或点状出血;初步修复完成。术后，尽管通过有创通气、静脉输液和广谱抗生素进行了重症监护，但婴儿的病情开始恶化，在手术后40小时死亡。死亡原因为低出生体重儿腹膜炎继发败血症。关键词:新生儿，胃，穿孔，腹膜炎
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V. Mayur, Patel Umed, Joshi Nirav, Zalavadiya Dipesh, B. Chirag, V. Ankit
Background: People’s knowledge and awareness towards the disease can help in the formation of the design of Behaviour Change Communication campaigns to influence acceptance and use of any control measures. Aims: To study the knowledge and practices regarding commonly occurring mosquito borne diseases among people of urban and rural areas of Rajkot District. Material and Methods: Multistage sampling method was used. Total 432 households, 216 each from urban and rural areas, were studied. Selection of areas was based on Annual Parasite Incidence. Six areas from urban and six talukas form rural areas were studied. Data were collected using a pretested semi structured questionnaire during the high transmission season (July 2011 to October 2011) of mosquito borne diseases. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel and analysis was done using Epi Info 6. Results: 87.96%respondents knew that mosquito transmits malaria.75.93% respondents did not know how dengue is transmitted. Fever (95.60%) and chills (71.06%) were the most common malaria symptoms told by respondents. 85.65%respondents were not knowing about dengue symptoms. 48.84% told joint pain as chikunguniya symptom. 90.05% respondents associated water collection to mosquito breeding place. 90.51% respondents knew that mosquito borne diseases can be prevented by using personal protective measures. 23.84% of the respondents did not use anything for prevention against mosquito bites. Conclusion: Knowledge regarding malaria was found satisfactory but knowledge regarding other mosquito borne diseases was unsatisfactory. Knowledge regarding prevention of mosquito borne disease was good and majority of the households were using preventive measures against mosquito bites.
背景：人们对该疾病的了解和意识有助于形成行为改变沟通活动的设计，以影响任何控制措施的接受和使用。目的：研究Rajkot区城乡居民对常见蚊媒疾病的认识和做法。材料与方法：采用多阶段抽样法。共对432户家庭进行了研究，其中城市和农村各216户。根据寄生虫年发病率选择区域。研究了来自城市的六个地区和来自农村的六个塔鲁卡。数据是在蚊子传播疾病高发季节（2011年7月至2011年10月）使用预测试的半结构化问卷收集的。在Microsoft Excel中输入数据，并使用Epi Info 6进行分析。结果：87.96%的受访者知道蚊子传播疟疾，75.93%的受访者不知道登革热是如何传播的。发烧（95.60%）和发冷（71.06%）是受访者最常见的疟疾症状。85.65%的受访者不了解登革热症状。48.84%的患者认为关节疼痛是基孔肯尼亚症状。90.05%的受访者将取水与蚊子繁殖地联系起来。90.51%的受访者知道通过个人防护措施可以预防蚊子传播的疾病。23.84%的受访者没有使用任何预防蚊虫叮咬的物品。结论：对疟疾的了解令人满意，但对其他蚊媒疾病的了解却不令人满意。预防蚊子传播疾病的知识很好，大多数家庭都在使用预防蚊子叮咬的措施。
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The Xpert MTB/RIF – a rapid, fullyautomated nucleic acid amplification test – is the first major breakthrough in tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics since sputum smear microscopy was developed more than 100 years ago. Further more in case of HIV positive patient’s sputum microcopy has less sensitivity and culture takes three to six month while this test detects TB and Rifampicin resistance directly from untreated sputum in less than two hours. India is a country with a high burden of tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and tuberculosis–HIV coinfection. By early diagnosis of resistance and at the pt care site only this intervention would reduce the transmission of primary drug resistance TB and would decrease mortality and morbidity.
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Goswami Kalpesh, Bundela Chintan, G. Aniruddha, Parmar Dipesh, Y. Sudha
Background: The family welfare programme is a priority health programme for our country. In spite of integrated and concerted efforts, the programme has not been able to make an appreciable reduction of Crude Birth Rate. This was mainly because it had almost become synonymous with sterilization and majority of the couples had undergone sterilization only after achieving their desired family size of more than three children. So, the program has shifted its focus on spacing methods to reduce CBR. Aims: To assess the socio-demographic profile of women using IUCD and the decisionmaking status of women in selection of spacing methods. Material and Methods: All IUCD acceptors (Total 413 women) attending postpartum unit of G.G. Hospital, Jamnagar from October 2012 to December 2012 were studied. Results: A total 185 (44.79%) acceptors were in the age group of 24–28 years, 337(81.59%) of acceptors were literate, 238 (57.62%) acceptors had two or more living children. In 370 (89.58%) cases, IUCD was inserted within 10 days of menstruation & only 20 (4.84%) women had got IUCD inserted within 6 weeks of last delivery. Only 28 (6.77%) women took decision themselves for IUCD insertion. Decision making status of women was positively associated with their high education level. Conclusion: Majority of IUCD users were young women, indicating that spacing is being adopted in the early twenties. Majority of the users were literate & their educational level was significantly associated with their decision making status in matters of opting for contraception. Keywords: IUCD acceptors, Socio-demographic profile, postpartum unit
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