scholarly journals Spirometric evaluation in patients with allergic rhinitis- emphasising need of early diagnosis: a tertiary care experience from Central India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1460
Author(s):  
Nilesh S. Sonawane ◽  
Sanjay M. Gour ◽  
Radha P. Munje ◽  
Vandana P. B.
Keyword(s):  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Central India ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Bronchodilator Therapy ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
Sputum Eosinophilia ◽  
The Mean

Background: Allergic rhinitis is predecessor of Bronchial asthma in most of the cases. Present study was aimed to understand the prevalence of the impaired spirometric changes in patients with allergic rhinitis and to find association with various demographic factors, sputum eosinophilia and eosinophil count in the blood with the impaired Spirometry of these patients.Methods: Authors conducted a cross sectional study among the patients of allergic rhinitis presented to us in our outpatient department from January 2016 to July 2017. The patient’s with allergic rhinitis either newly diagnosed or already on treatment were included in the study. Standard guidelines as given by ARIA were followed in defining a case of allergic rhinitis. The detailed clinical history was taken, and examination was performed of all the patients and documented. Spirometric evaluation was done using the standard guidelines by a desktop based Spirometry.Results: The mean age of the study subjects was 30.22±13.13 years with male: female ratio of 0.96. The mean duration of the allergic rhinitis in our study was 3.86±3.34years. The most common complaint was itching sensation of nose followed by paroxysmal sneezing and watering of eyes. About 22.15% of the study subjects have impaired Spirometry. Upon bronchodilator therapy 30% of the study subjects had significant reversibility in FEV1.Conclusions: About ¼ of present study subjects had impaired Spirometry and about 30% of them had reversibility after bronchodilator therapy. Authors also found that the higher age study subjects had significantly higher impaired Spirometry; persistent allergic rhinitis patients had higher impairment of Spirometry and the patients with higher the sputum eosinophilia had higher impairment in Spirometry.

scholarly journals MEDICAL PROFILE OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS CASES IN CENTRAL INDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devendra Chikara
Keyword(s):  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Central India ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
History Of

Objective: To investigate the clinical profile of patients with allergic rhinitis in Central India. Material and Methods: Tertiary care hospital patients attending the E.N.T. OPD have been taken into account. The history of all sampled patients and the clinical evaluation were detailed and 800 cases were included in this study. Statistical Analysis: They were articulated in terms of plain proportion. Results: The majorities of patients are under the age of 30 years and are in the third decade of life. It was observed that the proportion of blockers was much higher than sneezers and runners. Most of the predisposing factors were seasonal and house dust. Conclusion: Allergic rhinitis can affect the physical, psychological and social aspects as well as the productivity of the job. There is an important need to raise awareness of different types of illness, including prevention, in the community. Keywords: allergic rhinitis, central India, sneezers.

scholarly journals Clinical and Socio-Demographic Pattern of Beta Thalassaemia in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Adnan Hasan Masud ◽  
Md. Kamrul Hasan ◽  
Saradindu Kanti Sinha ◽  
Kazi Mohammad Kamrul Islam ◽  
Md. Jalilur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Beta Thalassaemia ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Hb Concentration ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospitals ◽  
Male To Female

Beta thalassaemia is one of the most prevalent haemolytic disorders worldwide which poses serious economic burden to the society. Study on clinical and demographic pattern of this disorder will help the concern authorities to figure out the problem. This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to determine the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics as well as to find out the existence of other co-morbidities among the ?-thalassaemic patients (n-101). The study was carried out at the Department of Haematology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from June 2010 to January 2011. Data were collected from 3 tertiary care hospitals of Dhaka city. Almost all the patients were young, age ranged from 10 to 32 years with the mean age of 16. Male to female ratio was almost equal (52.5:47.5) and 80% of the respondents were Muslims. Forty-five (45%) percent of patients were illiterate and 37% respondents had primary education only. Almost 90% were unmarried and majority had a family of 6-8 members. Forty-seven percent (47%) of patients had monthly income 5000-7000 BDT and 56% of the respondents were unemployed. The major clinical features were pallor (72.3%), palpitation (60%), and breathlessness (52.5%). The haemoglobin (Hb) concentration ranged from 7gm/dl to 12gm/dl and 57% patients had an Hb concentration of 8 gm/dl. Sixty percent of the respondents had jaundice with majority had enlarged spleen (86%) and some had enlarged liver too (23%). Ninety percent (90%) respondents had co-morbidities among which arrhythmia is more prevalent (54%).

scholarly journals Correlation and Interaction between Emotional Intelligence and Temperament Factors in Medical Resident Doctors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Central India - A Cross Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Avinash Vikram Turankar ◽  
Shankar Bhusari ◽  
Manish Thakre ◽  
Ashwita Uday Shetty ◽  
Pramoda N. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Central India ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Medical Residents ◽  
Medical Resident ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

BACKGROUND Emotional intelligence and temperament are important parts of medical practice in good clinical history taking, diagnosis, effective treatment, and in managing the extreme situations in the workplace. This is more important in young resident doctors who lack the experience in handling patients. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the four different aspects of emotional intelligence and their correlation with different temperamental factors in medical resident doctors. METHODS This is a cross sectional study. Students pursuing higher medical education were assessed for temperament and emotional intelligence. Purposefully selected participants were given temperament scale and emotional intelligence scale for their assessment. The four components of emotional intelligence were correlated with the 15 temperamental factors. RESULTS In this study medical residents were found to be low / very low on temperamental scale on all 15 parameters and are average on emotional intelligence score on all four parameters. There is a positive correlation between all temperamental factors and emotional intelligence factors except secretiveness and aggressiveness, which show negative correlation. When various subfactors of temperament were correlated with grand emotional intelligence, sociability, vigorous, cooperative, persistence and tolerance showed moderate strength of correlation ranging from 0.36 to 0.5. In comparison between male and female residents, factors like acceptability, responsibility and persistence were predominant in males while sociability, ascendant, placid, vigorous and tolerance were predominant in female resident doctors. CONCLUSIONS In this study medical residents were found to be are low / very low on temperamental scale and average on emotional intelligence. There is moderate correlation between grand emotional intelligence and grand temperamental score. There is no gender factor influence when head-to-head comparison was done but individual gender wise correlation analysis has shown that emotional intelligence correlates differently to temperamental factors in both genders. KEYWORDS Emotional Intelligence, Temperament, Correlation, Medical Residents, Gender Correlation

CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-70
Author(s):  
Kurimilla Narasimha Prasad ◽  
P.Vijay Sekhar ◽  
Gopinath Mogilicherla ◽  
Boppani Praveen Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Psoriatic Arthritis ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Chronic Progressive Disease ◽  
Detailed Clinical History

Introduction: Psoriatic Arthritis (PA) is an autoimmune inammatory disease involving ligaments, tendons, fascia and spinal and/or peripheral joints in association with or without psoriasis of the skin and/or nails. This study done to determine the natural course, clinical presentation and radiological ndings of the disease. To ascertain the incidence of Psoriati Objective: c arthritis, analyse the different clinical manifestations of PA and to evaluate the clinical and radiological correlation in patients. This Materials and Methods: was a non-interventional, cross-sectional study comprised of 12 patients of PA. In all patients, detailed clinical history was taken followed by clinical and radiological examination were done depending on the joint involved. Out of the total attendance of 5801 new patients at Results: tended, 224 patients had psoriasis (5.35%), there were 12 cases of PA detected, thus accounting for 0.21%. Out of the 12 patients of PA, there were 8 males and 4 females. The male to female ratio was found to be 2: 1, The mean age was 40 years. The joints involved were Proximal inter-phalangeal joints of hands in 7 patients (58.34%), Distal interphalangeal joints of hands in 3 patients (25%), Knee joint and ankle joint in each one patient respectively (8.33%). Majority of the patients on radiographic lms, revealed bony erosions, narrowing of joint spaces, minimal periosteal reaction. One case revealed osteoporosis and fusion of PIP-joints. Five cases didn't reveal any abnormal radiological features. This Conclusion: study conrms that PA is a chronic, progressive disease in the majority of patients. Despite clinical improvement with current DMARD treatment, PA results in radiological damage.

scholarly journals Gender-wise Comparative Assessment of Lifestyle Patterns and Well-being Status among Healthcare Employees at a Tertiary Care Hospital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanajakshamma Velam ◽  
Vyshnavi Kancherla ◽  
Latheef Kasala ◽  
Anusha Kancherla ◽  
Mounica Reddy Pillaram
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Lifestyle Patterns ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Abstract Background This study was an attempt to assess and compare the gender-wise lifestyle patterns and well-being status among the employees of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Material and Methods This is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study conducted at a tertiary care hospital between May and August 2019. A total of 777 employees belonging to both genders (male and female) and working at different professional levels were assessed. All the enrolled employees were subjected to a comprehensive study tool consisting of various dimensions of their health, which included physical, mental, social, spiritual and intellectual health dimensions. Results Among the participants, 327 (42.1%) were male and 450 (57.9%) were female. There was no significant difference in the mean age of male (37.91 ± 7.52) and female (36.85 ± 8.16) employees (p = 0.07). A significantly higher proportion of diabetes and hypertension were seen in male employees (9.8% and 14.4%, respectively) than in female (5.6% and 6.2% respectively). The overall well-being was better in male employees than in females and was statistically significant (p < 0.0001). We found that male employees had statistically significant better well-being in terms of physical, mental and social health whereas female employees had intellectual health. Conclusion The overall well-being in healthcare staff was good at our tertiary care hospital, and the outstanding/good well-being rate was higher in male employees than in female employees. Female employees experienced risks with regard to their physical health.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DIABETIC FOOT IN RURAL TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Gopal Teli ◽  
B. G. Ponnappa
Keyword(s):  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
The Mean

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of diabetic patients regarding care of their own feet.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the inpatient department of surgery at Adichunchanagiri hospital and research centre, B. G. Nagara, Karnataka, India from 1st Nov. 2016 to 31st Dec. 2016. The relation between gender and knowledge, attitude and practices of people with diabetes patients were compared by using the Chi-square test at 95% confidence interval at p<0.05.Results: Out of 51 patients, 72.54% were male and 27.46% female and 45.1% of the patients were in the age range 61-80 y. The mean SD of the age was 60.49±14.02. The mean SD of body weight of the patient was 66.17±8.54. The majority of the patients 45.1% were farmers and 41.7% were illiterate. Most of them did not know the practice of correct foot hygiene (39.22%) and what abnormalities observe in their feet (66.67%). We found that 90.2% patients were engaged in foot self-care practice and more than half of them (54.1%) always inspected their footwear before using it. Interestingly, more women were involved in foot care (100%) as compared to men (86.46%) but statistically not significant (p=0.147).Conclusion: We found that patients were not having sufficient knowledge about the correct hygiene of the foot, what abnormalities to observe in their feet and about ideal footwear. Even though females were showing interest towards self-care examination and foot care practice, it is essential that all the diabetic patients must be educated about the knowledge, attitude and foot self-care practice to prevent diabetic foot related complications.

First and second wave of COVID-19: A comparative study of tertiary care hospitalized patients in Jalgaon, Maharashtra

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Yogita G Bavaskar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Collection Form ◽  
Time Of Admission ◽  
Second Wave

Background: Most of the countries including India have witnessed two or more waves of Covid 19 pandemic. The present study was conducted to compare the differences in clinico-demographic characteristics and outcomes of Covid 19 patients admitted in first and second wave of Covid 19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital at Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary care Dedicated Covid hospital for Covid 19 at Jalgaon, Maharashtra. All microbiologically proven corona positive patients were included in the study. The demographic records and clinical history was extracted from the case history sheets of the patients from first as well as second wave using standardized data collection form. Clinical outcome of the patients, i.e., development of complications, death or discharge was also recorded for each enrolled subject. Results: 3845 patients of Covid-19 admitted in the hospital during the first wave of epidemic and 2956 patients during second wave of the epidemic were included in the study. The mean age of patients admitted in the second wave was significantly lower as compared to first [48.77(15.31) years vs 50.23 (14.33) years, P<0.005]. There is increase in proportion of patients in the age group of < 15 years in second wave as compared to first wave (74/2956, 2.5% vs 52/3845, 1.3%). The number of patients requiring admission in ICU at the time of admission increased by 13% in second wave as compared to first wave. [827/2956 (28%) vs 577/3845(15%), P<0.0001]. More than half of the patients who got admitted for Covid 19 in first as well as second wave were having one or more comorbidities.But the proportion of the patients with previous co-morbities was significantly higher in second wave (1684/2956, 57% vs 1960/ 3845, 51%, P= 0.0004). The mortality was also higher in second wave (533/2956, 18.03% vs 541/3845, 14%, P=0.0004). Conclusions: The demographic, clinical characteristics and outcome of Covid 19 patients was different in first and second wave of pandemic with involvement of younger patients, increased rates of admission to ICU and more mortality in the second wave as compared to first wave of the pandemic.

scholarly journals Usefulness of the Non-Contact Tonometry in Out-Patient Screening

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satheesh Solomon T Selvin ◽  
Chris Elsa Samson Jacob ◽  
Thomas Kuriakose
Keyword(s):  
Central Corneal Thickness ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Corneal Thickness ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Applanation Tonometry ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Iop Measurement ◽  
The Mean

Purpose: Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) is considered the gold standard for Intraocular Pressure (IOP) measurement. It has the disadvantages of being a contact device, need for a slit-lamp, non-portability and need of a skilled examiner. Many hospitals are using a Non Contact Tonometry (NCT) as a screening device to save clinician time, however the usefulness is not proved in terms of reliability. This study was aimed to determine the usefulness of the Air-puff tonometer (TONOREF NIDEK II, NIDEK CO., LTD., JAPAN) over a GAT in a tertiary care center. Design: Cross-sectional Study Methods: This was a cross-sectional, non interventional observational study conducted on 224 eyes (right eye) from 224 patients. All patients underwent the IOP measurement with both methods and a central corneal thickness (CCT) measured. The data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0 software. Results: The mean age of the patients was 40.3±11.29 years. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0.001) between the mean NCT and GAT readings which persisted even after correction for central corneal thickness. The correlation between NCT and GAT using Pearson’s correlation coefficient was strong irrespective of the corrections for their corneal thickness (r = 0.751 and 0.718 for uncorrected and corrected values respectively). The correlation of the individual clinicians for the readings varied from moderate to strong. The ROC curve showed the best sensitivity and specificity to occur at around 13 to 14 mmHg. Conclusion: NCT seems to overestimate the IOP at low ranges as compared to the GAT and underestimate at higher ranges. The crossover of the values is seen between 12 to 13 mmHg.  The clinician should do an individualized analysis of his/her GAT measurements to the readings of the NCT machine at the clinic to obtain clinician specific nomogram. 

scholarly journals Evaluation of hearing status after type I tympanoplasty

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Mashuque Mahamud ◽  
Mani Lal Aich ◽  
Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
Rafiul Alam
Keyword(s):  
Otitis Media ◽  
Chronic Otitis Media ◽  
Neck Surgery ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Type I ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Type I Tympanoplasty ◽  
Air Conduction

Objective: To evaluate hearing outcome after type I tympanoplasty in inactive mucous type of chronic otitis media. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in the department of Otolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery, Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, from July 2014 to June 2016. 50 cases were selected by matching inclusion and exclusion criteria. Paired t-test and Z test was used to analyze the variables. P values <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The mean age was found 28.5 years with range from 15 to 41 years and male female ratio was 1.3:1. All patients had intermittent otorrhoea and varying degree of hearing loss. The mean air conduction threshold was 40.2 dB preoperatively and 27.1 dB post-operatively. Air-bone gap was found 26.9 dB in preoperative and 16.1 dB in post-operative group. The differences were statistically significant between preoperative and post-operative group. Thus mean improvement of air conduction threshold was 13.1 dB and air-bone gap was 10.8 dB. Two third (66.%) patients improved <15 db air conduction thresholds and 17(34%) improved ≥15 db air conduction thresholds. Using the proportion of patients with a postoperative hearing within 40 dB as the criterion, this study showed 46(92%) patients achieving this and 40(80%) patients achieving AB gap within 20 db postoperatively. Conclusion: Improvement of air conduction threshold and AB gap after type I tympanoplasty was statistically significant. Thus from this study it can be concluded that type I tympanoplasty is an effective technique for hearing improvement in inactive mucous type of chronic otitis media. Bangladesh J Otorhinolaryngol; April 2018; 24(1): 50-55

scholarly journals Accidental childhood poisoning in Paediatrics department of a tertiary care facility: A retrospective review

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.C. Obu ◽  
M.C. Orji ◽  
U.V. Muoneke ◽  
U.V. Asiegbu ◽  
G.O. Ezegbe
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Accidental Poisoning ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
The Public ◽  
Tertiary Care Facility ◽  
Childhood Poisoning ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Male To Female

Background: Accidental childhood poisoning is a recognized preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. This studywas aimed at determining the prevalence, pattern, and outcome of childhood poisoning among children in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Material and Methods: Medical records of all cases of accidental childhood poisoning admitted into Children’s emergency room (CHER) of the health facility of study between January 2014 and December 2018 were retrospectively identified and relevant data extracted and analyzed usingSPSS version 22. Results: Out of the 7,700 children that presented to CHER over a 5- year period, 42 were cases of poisoning, giving prevalence rate of 0.5%. Of the 42 cases, only 20 case notes were retrieved. The male to female ratio was 2.3:1 while the ages ranged between 6months and 14 years with the mean age of 3.06±2.88. Kerosene poisoning had the highest proportion of 50.0% (10/20) with the overall mortality rate of 5.0% (1/20).The relationship between age, place of residence and outcome in poisoned children was statistically significant (p = 0.038, 0.045 respectively). Conclusion: Accidental childhood poisoning is common in Abakaliki. Kerosene still remained the major agent while male toddlers were most  vulnerable. There is need to intensify enlightenment campaigns and education of the public about the hazard of improper storage of kerosene and other implicated substances at home. Keywords: Accidental poisoning, Childhood, Kerosene

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