scholarly journals Sociodemographic profile of pterygium patients attending Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir- a study from North India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1384
Author(s):  
Angli Manhas ◽  
Dinesh Gupta ◽  
Rameshwar S. Manhas ◽  
Gaurav S. Manhas
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
North India ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Department Of Ophthalmology ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile ◽  
The Right

Background: Pterygium is a fibrovascular wing or triangular shaped tissue that develops from the conjunctiva and encroaches on to the cornea.Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at postgraduate department of Ophthalmology of GMC Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. A total of 90 pterygium patients were selected to analyze various sociodemographic factors especially age, sex, residence, occupation, position etc. on the occurrence of this problem.Results: In the present study, out of 90 pterygium patients, 40% were in the age of 31-40 years followed by 24.44% in 41-50years, 60% were males whereas 66.67% belong to rural areas. The incidence was found to be maximum among farmers 35.56% followed by labourers 20%. The right eye was involved in 55.56% cases while majority 97.78% cases of pterygium were nasal. Progressive pterygium was found in 80% while 20% reported with atrophic pterygium.Conclusions: People who work outdoors are subjected to involuntary U.V. B exposure, dust. Workers must be aware of this and they must take appropriate precautions like wearing protective photochromatic glasses, caps etc.

scholarly journals A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study of Etiology and Clinical Pattern of Liver Abscess : 50 Cases

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-48
Author(s):  
Joyabrata Das ◽  
Subash Majumdar ◽  
Subrata Das ◽  
Saiem Nurul Anwar ◽  
Hossain Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Features ◽  
Liver Abscess ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Abdominal Abscesses ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Right

Background: The liver is the organ most subjected to the development of abscesses and made up 48 % of all visceral abscesses' and 7% of all intra abdominal abscesses. Liver abscess should be suspected when there is a combination of fever, leucocytosis, constitutional symptoms, and pain in the right upper quadrant, and tenderness over the liver or right lower rib cage. The liver is affected by a number of local and disseminated infections; their frequency and types vary considerably around the world. Parasitic disorders are more prevalent in developing countries. Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The cases were taken from the admitted patients of Medicine unit of SMCH, Chittagong. The study was conducted over a period of one year with a sample size of 50 patients and sample was taken by purposive sampling. Results: Among 50 patients 40 (80%) were diagnosed as ALA and 10 (20%) were diagnosed as PLA. ALA cases are common in 21-30 years age group & PLA cases are more common in >50 years of age group. Majority of the cases were from rural area. Common clinical features were fever, abdominal pain, nausea and tender hepatomegaly. Diarrhea was present on admission in 7 (15.9%) patients of ALA. Anaemia was common in both but polymorphonuclear leucocytosis was moderate to severe in PLA. Microscopic examination of stool samples for E. Histolytica trophozoites was positive in 3 (7.5%) cases and cysts in 4(10%) cases. Nine patients had right sided pleural effusion. Conclusions: Clinical features are common in both ALA and PLA. Liver abscesses are more common in men and more prevalent in rural areas. ALA more commonly occurs in 21-30 years age group but can occur at any age. Pyogenic abscess is more common in older age group (>50 years) and E. Coli is the commonest organism. Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College Journal Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2013: 44-48

scholarly journals Popliteal cyst - a case report

2012 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Sathidevi VK ◽  
Rahul UR ◽  
Arun K Aipe
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Cyst Wall ◽  
Synovial Membrane ◽  
Popliteal Fossa ◽  
Popliteal Cyst ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Synovial Lining ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe authors report a case of popliteal cyst which was detected during the routine dissection of a cadaver in Anatomy Department, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala. The cyst was identified in the right popliteal fossa in a female cadaver arising from the interior of knee joint. It measured 6 cm in length and 3 cm in width. Thick synovial membrane was forming the cyst wall. On deep dissection it was found communicating directly with the synovial lining of knee joint.

scholarly journals Plastic surgery in rural area: A report

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
C Alfano ◽  
Agarwal Pawan ◽  
R Kain ◽  
V K Raina
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Reconstructive Surgery ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Specialist Service ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Health Demands

ABSTRACTMost of our rural population does not seek the expensive specialist service of distant city hospitals due to social or financial reasons. Existing health system in rural area is not efficient enough to meet the health demands of such vast population. There is only one Government Plastic surgery unit covering the population of 40 lacs leading to huge backlog of patients waiting for reconstructive surgery. To evade this situation a team of Plastic surgeons from Government Medical College Jabalpur goes to rural areas twice a year and has operated in on nine occasions since last 4 years.The activities and experiences of the last nine visits are reported here.

scholarly journals Proportion of Pancreatic Necrosis among Patients with Acute Pancreatitis and Association between High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL Cholesterol) and Pancreatic Necrosis – A Prospective Observational Study from Kerala, South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (20) ◽  
pp. 1489-1494
Author(s):  
Jayas Siby ◽  
Preetha S ◽  
Sindhu R.S
Keyword(s):  
Acute Pancreatitis ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Pancreatic Necrosis ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Low Hdl ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Mean

BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis is a very common disease and severe acute pancreatitis is life threatening and needs early identification. Current severity predicting indices in acute pancreatitis are cumbersome. There have been previous reports of low HDL cholesterol in life threatening acute pancreatitis. Previous studies in this regard were done in a single ethnicity population and needed to be validated in other ethnic groups. We wanted to estimate the proportion of pancreatic necrosis among the patients with acute pancreatitis attending Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. We also wanted to compare the mean HDL values in those who developed pancreatic necrosis and those who didn’t develop pancreatic necrosis and evaluate the association between HDL value measured 48 – 72 hours of onset of symptoms and pancreatic necrosis. METHODS This was a prospective observational study conducted among 271 patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis in Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Consecutive sampling method was used. RESULTS There were 42 cases of pancreatic necrosis out of 271 cases. The mean HDL of those patients with pancreatic necrosis was found to be less than those without necrosis (P < 0.001). Mean HDL value among those having pancreatic necrosis was 17.7 whereas those without necrosis was 34.9. CONCLUSIONS Proportion of pancreatic necrosis was 15.5 %. The mean HDL measured at 48 hours of symptom onset among the necrotising pancreatitis patients was significantly low when compared to the non-necrotic group (17.7 vs 34.9). All the patients with pancreatic necrosis had their HDL less than 40. Thus, an inference that low HDL at 48 hours of symptom onset was associated with higher incidence of pancreatic necrosis and severe pancreatitis could be made. KEYWORDS Pancreatitis, HDL, Pancreatic Necrosis

scholarly journals A clinicopathological study of vernal conjunctivitis in urban and rural areas of Eastern India: A hospital based study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 966
Author(s):  
Suman Adhikari ◽  
Asok Kumar Naskar ◽  
Samarendra Kabasi ◽  
Sujata Deb ◽  
R. K. Deb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Biopsy Specimens ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Department Of Ophthalmology ◽  
Conjunctival Biopsy ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Vernal Conjunctivitis

Background: Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a relatively rare, chronic form of ocular allergy that can potentially cause severe visual complications.Methods: The present study was carried out amongst the patients suffering from vernal conjunctivitis and attending the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology of Mata Gujri Memorial Medical College & Lions Seva Kendra Hospital, Kishanganj (Bihar). The conjunctiva and cornea were examined for any complication of the disease. The patients were categorized into two treatment groups, each group treated with one topical drug. As the total number of patients in the study was 100, each treatment group consisted of 50 patients, one group of patients was treated with 0.05% azelastine eye drop and the other group treated with 2% sodium cromoglycate eye drop.Results: Greater incidence during the period from March to June (59%) and the highest number in the month of May (18%). Of the 100 patients in the study group, the largest group of 89 patients presented with limbal vernal conjunctivitis; 7 patients presented with palpebral vernal conjunctivitis and 4 patients suffered from a mixed type (both limbal and palpebral) type of the disease.Conclusions: Examination of the conjunctival biopsy specimens of the patients showed chronic nonspecific inflammatory reaction, mostly confined to the subepithelial region. Patients in both groups showed dramatic results of the treatment proving the efficacy of steroids. 

scholarly journals A prospective observational study on prevention of contractures of upper limb following burn

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1431
Author(s):  
Akash Gupta ◽  
Sanjay Pandey ◽  
Sandeep Kansal ◽  
Atul Jain
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Skin Grafting ◽  
North India ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Mobile Part ◽  
Burn Contractures

Background: Over 1 lakh people are affected by burn every year in India and 20 thousands of them die per year. Post burn contracture is a common sequele occurring after burn. Upper limb contractures are also occurring more commonly because it is most mobile part of body and likely to be involved in burn. There are many studies on management of post burn contractures but literature about prevention of contracture is little, hence this study was conducted. The aim of this study was to recognise various preventive measures to prevent post burn contractures of upper extremity.Methods: This study was conducted in NSCBM Subharti Medical College and Hospital located in Meerut (North India) from October 2012 to October 2014 in Department of Surgery. It was a prospective observational study consisted of 80 cases who presented as acute burn of upper limb admitted in the hospital.Results: In our study early excision with skin grafting was done in 20 patients (25%) while delayed skin grafting was done in 25 patients (31%) while 35 patients (44%) were managed conservatively. In our study 20 patients reported back with a post burn contracture. The reason found was non-compliance to antideformity splint and physiotherapy.Conclusions: Early surgical management of deep burns, physiotherapy, anti-deformity position and proper splintage can significantly reduce the development of post burn contracture.

scholarly journals Neonatal mid upper arm circumference as surrogate of birth weight

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Ankit Agrawal ◽  
Ajay Gaur ◽  
Ravi Ambey
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Prospective Observational Study ◽  
Upper Arm ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Pearson Coefficient ◽  
Arm Circumference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Background: Recording an accurate birth weight by primary health worker has been a problem in rural areas, leading to search for an alternative, inexpensive, age independent and noninvasive method to predict newborn birth weight and wellbeing. With this background I aimed to found out whether the neonatal-MUAC is associated with birth weight or not?Methods: This hospital based prospective observational study was conducted in SNCU and postnatal ward, Kamla Raja Hospital, G.R. Medical College, and Gwalior (M.P). A total of 1303 newborns were included in the study. The Mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) of newborns were taken and Birth weight recorded were filled in a proforma.Results: Total 1303 neonates were evaluated. The mean MUAC and birth weight in preterm was found to be 1854.80±387.3 and 7.47±0.9 as compared to full term newborn having mean birth weight(2818.95±328.1) and mean MUAC (9.58+0.7).The Pearson coefficient of correlation between neonatal MUAC (N-MUAC) and birth weight was found to be r= 0.987 and p<0.01. Birth weight can be predicted from regression equation: Birth weight (gms)=422.99 (N-MUAC) + (-1272.66). Cut-off value of neonatal mid upper arm circumference (N-MUAC) was found to be 8.85cm to predict low birth weight newborn.Conclusions: Birth weight of newborn can be predicted from neonatal mid upper arm circumference (N-MUAC) in areas where the conventional scale are not easily available for measuring the birth weight of newborn.

scholarly journals CATARACT & OTHER CO MORBIDITIES – STUDY FROM NORTH INDIA.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
Angli Manhas ◽  
Rameshwar S Manhas ◽  
Dinesh Gupta ◽  
Aditi Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
North India ◽  
Eye Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Department Of Ophthalmology ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Systemic Examination ◽  
Eye Camps

Background: Rural areas are away from medical facilities & these areas catters more than 3/4th of Indian populations. Thus, eye care services need to be planned & executed in these areas. Aim: To determine the prevalence of other ocular and systemic co-morbidities among the camp selected cataract patients in rural areas. Methodology: The present observational study was conducted at postgraduate department of Ophthalmology of GMC Jammu & involved patients from various eye camps selected for ECCE (SICS with PC-IOL implantation surgery). Total of 84 patients were participated in the study. Detailed history was taken from the patient & relevant ocular & systemic examination was done.Routine investigations were also done. Results: The most frequently occuring systemic co-morbidities was hypertension i.e.36.9% followed by back pain in 32.1% in the present study. The ocular co-morbities other than cataract were diabetic retinopathy in 4.8%, glaucoma in 3.6% etc. Among other ocular co morbidity, optic atrophy, amblyopia, chorioretinal atrophy, macular scar etc were noted. Conclusion: From present study it has been concluded that large number of patients who came to seek ocular treatment in eye camps has systemic co morbidities also. Thus, other specialities should also be part of team of eye camp so that along with eye other comorbidities should also be treated. Key words: Cataract, Ocular co-morbidities, Systemic co-morbidities.

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