scholarly journals ABCD debate at the annual ABCD virtual meeting 18 December 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-288
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar Nagi ◽  
Umesh Dashora

Speakers:  For the Motion: Dr Stephen Wheatcroft, Consultant Cardiologist and Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire Against the Motion: Professor John Wilding. Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Centre, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-54
Author(s):  
Amy Heshmati ◽  
Gita D Mishra ◽  
Anna Goodman ◽  
Ilona Koupil

Socio-economic position (SEP) is associated with all-cause mortality across all stages of the life course; however, it is valuable to distinguish at what time periods SEP has the most influence on mortality. Our aim was to investigate whether the effect of SEP on all-cause mortality accumulates over the life course or if some periods of the life course are more important. Our study population were from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study, born 1915–29 at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. We followed 3,951 men and 3,601 women who had SEP at birth available, during childhood (at age ten), in adulthood (ages 30–45) and in later life (ages 50–65) from 15 September 1980 until emigration, death or until 31 December 2010. We compared a set of nested Cox proportional regression models, each corresponding to a specific life course model (critical, sensitive and accumulation models), to a fully saturated model, to ascertain which model best describes the relationship between SEP and mortality. Analyses were stratified by gender. For both men and women the effect of SEP across the life course on all-cause mortality is best described by the sensitive period model, whereby being advantaged in later life (ages 50–65 years) provides the largest protective effect. However, the linear accumulation model also provided a good fit of the data for women suggesting that improvements in SEP at any stage of the life course corresponds to a decrease in all-cause mortality.


2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1850076
Author(s):  
Kwame Bawuah-Edusei

An African commentary on the Doha Development Round. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei is Ambassador of Ghana to Switzerland and Austria and Permanent Representative of Ghana to the UN offices and international organizations in Geneva, including the WTO. He obtained his MD degree in 1982 at the University of Science and Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi Ghana, worked in Ghana for two years, and later studied in the United States. He specialized in Family Medicine at Howard University Hospital, Washington DC, and worked as a physician for the Dewitt Army Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He subsequently practiced at Educe Medical Center in Alexandria, Virginia. During this period he was active in promoting business in his native Ghana and extensively involved in humanitarian work in the deprived Northern part of his country. He became a community leader in North America and was instrumental in institutionalizing democracy in Ghana. He became a Director of the EO group, an energy Company, and President of Educe Incorporated in Ghana.


2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (04) ◽  
pp. 422-427
Author(s):  
Shomail Siddiqui ◽  
Mozna Talpur ◽  
Rashid Ahmed Memon ◽  
Palwasha Abbasi ◽  
Sadia Tabbusum

The aim of this study was to see the correlation between hepatic steatosis inchronic HCV infection and HCV genotypes. Study Design: It was a prospective observationalstudy done. Setting: Isra University Hospital and histopathology laboratory. Period: May toNovember 2014. Material & Methods: The study was conducted on 87 liver biopsy specimensof patients infected with chronic HCV. The biopsy samples were collected from department ofPathology, Isra University. H&E stained sections of liver biopsies were evaluated to determineGrade and Stage of chronic hepatitis C and grade of steatosis. Blood samples of those patientswere collected from Isra University hospital and Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS),Hyderabad to determine the HCV genotype, platelet count and liver function test including ALT,AST and GGT. Results: It was found that majority of the patients 38 (43.6%) had genotype 3ainfection followed by 3b, 1a, 1b and Un-typeable genotypes. Hepatic steatosis was divided intocategories according to Brunt’s classification. It was found that 39 (44.8%) patients had grade0 steatosis while 48 out of 87 patients presented with steatosis. It was found that 29 (33%)presented with grade 1 steatosis followed by grade 2 and 3. Steatosis was most frequentlyseen with genotype 3a (26.4%) and presented with mild to moderate grade. Conclusions: Thepresent study concludes that hepatic steatosis is more frequent in genotype 3a and presentswith mild to moderate grade.


1993 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-438
Author(s):  
XueZhu Jin ◽  
HuoDa Zhang ◽  
Takuro Katoh ◽  
Kiyoshi Nishioka

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Alexandr Alexeevich Andreev ◽  
Anton Ostroushko

N. Blokhin was born in 1912 in the town of Lukoyanov in the Nizhny Novgorod region now. In 1934 he graduated from the Gorky medical Institute. From 1934 to 1937 – postgraduate, 1937 assistant Professor of the Gorky medical Institute. From 1941 to 1946 – the leading surgeon of evacuation hospitals. From 1946 to 1947, head of the clinic of the Gorky research Institute of reconstructive surgery, traumatology and orthopedics. From 1948 to 1951, Director of the Institute of reconstructive surgery, traumatology and orthopedics, Ministry of health of the RSFSR, and then from 1951 to 1952 – Director of the Gorky medical Institute. S. M. Kirov. At the same time from 1948 to 1950 – Professor, Department of surgery, University hospital and from 1950 to 1951 – head of the Department of General surgery of the Gorky medical Institute. S. M. Kirov. Since 1952 Director of the Institute of experimental pathology and therapy of the USSR Academy of medical Sciences. In 1953 N. N. Blokhin was elected a corresponding member, and in 1960 a full member, 1960-1968 from 1977 to 1987 and was the President of the USSR AMS. In 1966 N. N. Blokhin was elected President, since 1970, former President, since 1974 – life member of the Council of the International anticancer Union. Since 1975, academician N. N. Blokhin was Director of the all-Union oncological scientific center, Academy of medical Sciences of the USSR (now the Russian oncological scientific center named. N. N. Blokhin of the RAMS). In 1979 he was elected academician of the USSR. From March 1988 — honorary Director of the Russian oncological scientific center, Academy of medical Sciences of the USSR, since 1991 — the adviser of the Presidium of the USSR AMS. He died on 16 may 1993 in Moscow. Blokhin – President of RAMS, academician of (1960) and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1979), RAS (1991), Honored scientist of the RSFSR (1975), Chairman of the Committee on international Lenin prize, President of the society "USSR – USA", honorary member of several foreign academies of Sciences and scientific societies, honorary citizen of the city of Gorky (1983), and Texas (1970), Hero of Socialist labor (1972), laureate of the State prize of the USSR (1982) and the prize of the Presidium of the Academy of medical Sciences of the USSR (1956), awarded with orders of red Star (1942), the Lenin (1961, 1962, 1972, 1982), the red banner of Labour (1969), the October revolution (1987), was a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the seven convocations, a delegate to three congresses of the CPSU. Academician N. N. Blokhin is the author of over 300 scientific papers and several monographs. Under his leadership, has trained more than 60 doctors and candidates of Sciences. The name of academician N. N. Rated Blokhin Russian cancer research center RAMS (1993), Diveevsky district Central hospital. A memorial plaque with his name was set on the buildings of the Nizhny Novgorod state medical Academy and Nizhny Novgorod scientific research Institute of traumatology and orthopedics.


2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (190) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Risal ◽  
Pushpa Prasad Sharma ◽  
Seshananda Sanjel

Introduction: Medical students tend to have a neutral or negative attitude to Psychiatry as a discipline. This study was initiated to explore the attitude towards Mental illness and Psychiatry among the Medical students and Interns in Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS).Method: A cross-sectional Questionnaire based study was conducted among the Medical students and Interns at Dhulikhel Hospital (Kathmandu University Hospital). Two self-rating scales; Attitudes towards psychiatry (ATP-30) and Attitudes to mental illness (AMI) were used to assess attitudes towards mental illness and Psychiatry among the total 159 subjects. Descriptive statistics and independent sample t-test applied using SPSS-16 for analysis.Results: Among the total 159 subjects, 56.6% were males and 27.7% were Interns. Comparison of means of each item in ATP-30 and AMI was done between Males and Females, Medical students and Interns, First semester and Ninth semester students. Most of the subjects showed neutral attitude towards all the scoring items; though there were a few significant differences in mean scores of some items in group wise comparison.                                                             Conclusions: Overall attitudes towards Mental illness and Psychiatry among the Medical students and Interns in our Medical School were positive or neutral. A further study with medical students from different institutions is needed to get a detail nationwide picture.                                  Key words: Attitude, Interns, Medical Students, Mental illness, Psychiatry.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Singh ◽  
Robin Man Karmacharya ◽  
Satish Vaidya ◽  
Bala Ram Malla ◽  
Gakul Bhatt

Introduction: In late December 2019, COVID-19 was first seen in Wuhan, China which has been spreading to the whole world in subsequent months. Till the time this manuscript is written, COVID-19 has infected more than 2million people and killed more than 129843 people all around the world. First step in fighting against COVID-19 is to have appropriate knowledge and correct attitude and practices. Methods: This study was done to know the knowledge, attitude and practices on COVID-19 amongst medical students of Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS) using internet based structured questionnaires. The survey was conducted from April 2, 2020 to April 09, 2020 (one-week after lock down following COVID-19 spread in Nepal). Structured questionnaire was used by the Medical students of Kathmandu University Hospital. There were 19 questionnaires regarding Knowledge, three regarding Attitude and five regarding Practices. Results: Out of 631 responders, the mean correct Knowledge score was 83.4%. Of the 19 Knowledge questionnaires, the mean score was 15.8 (Range 0-19). Regarding the Attitude questionnaire, 81.7% responders had a positive attitude toward COVID-19 being controlled globally in near future. Majority of the responders wore masks when going out in recent days (96%) and 97.6% of responders didn’t go to crowded places during this period. Conclusion: Medical Students have good knowledge, optimistic attitude and appropriate preventive practices towards COVID-19. Better knowledge is associated with online or onsite training obtained about COVID-19 outbreaks. Optimistic Attitude and appropriate preventive practices was associated with better knowledge of the responders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-459

Background: Autopsies have played critical roles in understanding the pathological basis of diseases. Currently, non-forensic autopsy, which are also known as hospital autopsy, rates at several medical centers have declined. This trend could affect students’ learning opportunities, particularly those at medical schools, where the number of autopsies has significantly decreased. Objective: To evaluate the preclinical medical student perspectives on the autopsy presentation, together with the trend of non-forensic autopsies at Thammasat University Hospital. Materials and Methods: The present study was divided into two parts. Firstly, the author performed a five-year retrospective review of the trend of non-forensic autopsies at Thammasat University Hospital. Secondly, an autopsy presentation was conducted as an interactive lecture session. Participants were third-year medical students enrolled in a medical sciences applications course. Autopsy cases were selected based upon the medical competency assessment criteria for the national license. The clinicopathological correlation was emphasized. At the end of the class, students were asked to complete an online questionnaire with a five-point Likert-type scale. Student satisfaction and suggestions about the autopsy presentation were analyzed. Results: As in other medical centers, the rate of non-forensic autopsies at Thammasat University Hospital has been decreasing. The number of pediatric, particularly perinatal, autopsies dramatically outnumber that of adult autopsies. Most medical students agreed that autopsy presentation helps stimulate problem-based thinking (mean: 4.5 on the five-point Likert scale), learning clinicopathological correlations (4.4), improving understanding of pathophysiology (4.2), and refreshing knowledge of human anatomy (4.2). Conclusion: Despite the declining trend in hospital autopsies, autopsy presentation is considered as a potential instrument for understanding clinical contexts by preclinical medical students whose clinical experience are limited. Careful preparation is needed to maximize the benefits of autopsy presentations. Keywords: Non-forensic autopsy, Preclinical medical students, Clinicopathological correlation


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