172: The Impact of a Breastfeeding Support Intervention on Breastfeeding Duration in Jaundiced Infants Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background - The cutaneous manifestations of the novel coronavirus have been well documented. However, there are few studies that relate to the clinical prole of regular dermatology outpatients seeking treatment during the lockdown relaxation period braving the pandemic. With the Aim - view to determine the changes seen in dermatology outpatient practice, this study analysed the clinical prole of new patients attending the Dermatology Outpatient Department (OPD) during the COVID-19 lockdown relaxation period in a tertiary care centre in a metropolitan suburb in South India. New dermatology outpatients during the months of May, June, July and August Method - 2020 were included in the study. Outpatient data for this period was analysed and compared with corresponding data for the same period in the previous two years. There was a Result – decrease in the OP census, number of patients in the extremes of life as well as those with asymptomatic dermatoses. There was an increase in the number of patients with infections, particularly dermatophytosis. There was also a noteworthy absence of dermatological emergencies. Conclusion - In essence, our study shows the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the routine dermatology outpatient services with signicant changes in the clinical prole of outpatient practice following lockdown relaxation.

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MP285STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF RENAL STATUS IN THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIVER TRANSPLANT AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN SOUTH INDIA

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ◽

10.1093/ndt/gfx167.mp285 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (suppl_3) ◽

pp. iii531-iii531

Author(s):

S Talwar ◽

R Nair ◽

S Sudhindran ◽

G Kurian ◽

A Mathew ◽

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Keyword(s):

Liver Transplant ◽

South India ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Centre ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

The Impact

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SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY IN ELDERLY: A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences ◽

10.14260/jemds/2015/2306 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (93) ◽

pp. 15880-15884

Author(s):

Binod Sarmah ◽

Parampreet Singh Kharbanda ◽

Sudesh Prabhakar

Keyword(s):

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Centre ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

Centre Hospital

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunisation services post lockdown in a tertiary care centre in Meerut district of western U.P.

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20210073 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 219

Author(s):

Archana D. Agrawal ◽

Gaurav Gupta ◽

Ashu Bhasin ◽

Abhishek Singh ◽

Alpa Rathi

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Immunization Coverage ◽

Routine Immunization ◽

Care Centre ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽

Number Of Children ◽

Birth Dose ◽

The Impact

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS CoV-2) disease pandemic has been a threat to public health and health care system world-wide including routine immunization which has been greatly disrupted putting children at risk for vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). A study with an aim to analyse the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunization coverage post lockdown at a tertiary care centre of western UP.Methods: A retrospective analytical study was conducted at LLRM Medical College, Meerut comparing 3 periods of year 2020, each of 4 weeks viz: 1-28th of February, 1-28 of August and 1-28 of December.Results: Total number of vaccine beneficiaries decreased significantly post lockdown from 646 in February to 275 and 419 in August and December respectively. The percent reduction was maximally seen in booster vaccines while birth dose group was least affected. There was 76.2% and 39.3% reduction in number of children receiving primary doses of combination vaccines in August and December period respectively as compared to February 2020. We found 68.42% and 54.39 % reduction in MR-1 beneficiaries in August and December respectively as compared to February 2020.Conclusions: Significant reduction is found in total number of children receiving immunization during un-lockdown period, compared to pre-COVID level. This difference was more significant in booster doses compared to birth doses. We did not find any significant catch up in vaccine beneficiaries by December 2020 despite 7 months of un-lockdown raising significant concern for public health.

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