SEROPREVALENCE OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IN TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WEST BENGAL: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Aims and Objectives: We conducted a retrospective analysis among 1984 burn patients to study the incidence, prevalence of burn injury, its various types and modes (actual event behind the burn injury), risk factors and to find out the preventive measures.Materials and Methods: The retrospective study was carried out among 1984 patients having burn injuries, admitted in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal, India over a period of nine years. The sources of information were the admission registers and the patients' folders from the medical records department. The Ethical clearance was taken from the Institutional Ethical Committee. The information obtained included age, sex, whether accidental or suicidal, etiology of burn injury and particularly the mechanism of injury. Results: Females were mostly affected (83%) in comparison to males. Among the study population, most of the burn patients were in the age group of 21-30yrs i.e. 35.3%. The number of burn patients were less in number in the age group of 11-20yrs i.e. 7.3%. Most of the burn injuries (87%) were accidental. Suicidal burns occurred in 10% cases. Of which about 1/3rd of the cases were due to dowry related issues. A significant number of teenagers also attempted suicides due to trivial reasons (e.g. failure in examination, quarrelling with parents). Gas oven related injuries occurred in 2.7% cases. Oil lamps (‘kupi’), candles and hurricane-lanterns, diyas were also responsible to some extent in rural India for flame burns(5%). Smoking related burn injuries occurred in 1.7% cases. Scald injuries occurred in 14% cases. Chemical injuries (0.3%) were due to spillage of unlabelled bottles of acid/alkali. Electrical burn injury occurred in 4.9% cases. Conclusion: Burn injury prevention is not easy, but to avoid the significant morbidity and mortality following injury we have to prevent it by any means. A coordinated and dedicated approach among social workers , medical and paramedical personnel, administrators can only minimize the incidence of burn.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(1) 2015 70-75

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Opportunistic infections in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients from rural tertiary care hospital of western Maharashtra

International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research ◽

10.7439/ijbar.v3i12.877 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

Author(s):

Sachin Chandrakant Deorukhkar ◽

Santosh Saini

Keyword(s):

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Opportunistic Infections ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus

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Performance of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Screening Test for Detection of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology ◽

10.1128/jcm.43.8.4194-4196.2005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 43 (8) ◽

pp. 4194-4196 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

T.-S. Vijayakumar ◽

S. David ◽

K. Selvaraj ◽

T. Viswanathan ◽

R. Kannangai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type ◽

Screening Test ◽

South India ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Hiv 1

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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Antenatal Mothers in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

Journal of SAFOG with DVD ◽

10.5005/jp-journals-10006-1296 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 159-162

Author(s):

Dhrubajyoti Sarkar ◽

Banasree Bhadra ◽

Suvobrata Sarkar ◽

Biswajit Chakraborty

Keyword(s):

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Rapid Test ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Counseling And Testing ◽

Test Kit ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Integrated Counseling

ABSTRACT Objective To know the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among antenatal mothers. Materials and methods It is a retrospective study of antenatal mothers attending the integrated counseling and testing centre (ICTC), College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, from January 2009 to December 2013. Antenatal mothers were counseled and in those willing to undergo test rapid testing was done. First time positive cases were retested two more times by two different companies rapid test kit. The samples were considered as positive when found reactive by all three different methods. Results In our study, a total number of 11343 new antenatal mothers were registered. The pretest counseling could be done for 9437 antenatal mothers. After counseling, testing could be done in 9211 antenatal mothers. In our 5 years study period, a total of six cases were HIV positive. Out of these HIV positive cases, three were in 2009, no case was detected in 2010, one was in 2011, one in 2012 and one in 2013. Thus, the incidence of HIV (in tested mothers) is 0.13% in 2009, 0 in 2010, 0.06% in 2011, 0.07% in 2012 and 0.05% in 2013. Overall incidence was 0.065%. Conclusion There is a declining trend of HIV prevalence among antenatal mothers reflecting that prevention campaigns are working effectively. How to cite this article Bhadra B , S arkar D , S arkar S ,Chakraborty B. Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Antenatal Mothers in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2014;6(3):159-162.

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