Inventory control for drugs used in the urban training centre of a tertiary care hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the important causes of morbidity and mortality. With a rise in non communicable diseases in India, diabetes has become a modern epidemic showing a rising trend in West Bengal also. A large number of diabetes patients come to the diabetes clinic of our tertiary care hospital in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Darjeeling, West Bengal. The large proportion of patients presenting with this condition prompted us to study the Sociodemographic and Anthropometric Prole of such patients. Methods: This was a descriptive hospital based cross sectional study involving a total of 344 diabetic patients enrolled in the diabetes clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital from December 2019 to February 2020. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data and was analyzed in Microsoft excel sheet and using SPSS 20.0 software. Results: Among the 344 study participants, we found that 220 (63.95%) were males and 124 (36.05%) were females. Diabetes was more common among those aged 51-60 years 108 (31.40%). Family history was present among 188 (54.65%) of the diabetic patients. Almost 160 (46.51%) patients have diabetes 1.1 – 5 years. Hypertension was present among 216 (62.79%) patients. Almost 218 (63.37%) of the patients were overweight and 84 (24.42%) were obese. Conclusions: The diabetic patients presenting to this tertiary care hospital belong lower socioeconomic strata and having limited education in their age group. There is high proportion of obesity and hypertension among them.

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Reporting measles case fatality due to complications from a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata, West Bengal 2011-2013

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care ◽

10.4103/2249-4863.201161 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 777 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Pallavi Indwar ◽

Falguni Debnath ◽

Arijit Sinha

Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Case Fatality ◽

Care Hospital

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An observational study on acute poisoning in a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal, India

Perspectives in Clinical Research ◽

10.4103/picr.picr_181_18 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Suparna Chatterjee ◽

VivekKumar Verma ◽

Avijit Hazra ◽

Jyotirmoy Pal

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Acute Poisoning ◽

Care Hospital

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Screening for thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal: Implications for population screening

Indian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.4103/0019-557x.106419 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 297 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

BhawnaBhutoria Jain ◽

RabindraNath Roy ◽

Tapan Ghosh ◽

Sulekha Ghosh ◽

Uma Banerjee ◽

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Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Population Screening ◽

Care Hospital

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Epidemiological study of burn injury with special reference to its prevention- A Nine-year retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal, India

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3126/ajms.v7i1.13044 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 70-75 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shib Shankar Kuiri ◽

Bikash Chandra Ghosh ◽

Nilay Mandal ◽

Mintu Mohan Nandi ◽

Tusar Kanti Saradar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Study ◽

Injury Risk ◽

West Bengal ◽

Burn Injury ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Burn Injuries ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Burn Patients ◽

Age Group

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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A Descriptive Study on Risk Factors for Common Non-Communicable Diseases among the Students of a Nursing Training School Attached to a Tertiary Care Hospital of West Bengal.

National Journal of Community Medicine ◽

10.5455/njcm.20210331054931 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Kamalika Das ◽

Palash Das

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Training School ◽

Non Communicable Diseases ◽

Nursing Training

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DRUG PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WEST BENGAL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL AND QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED STUDY

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i3.23180 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 398

Author(s):

Anjan Adhikari ◽

Dipesh Chakraborty ◽

Rania Indu ◽

Sangita Bhattacharya ◽

Moumita Ray ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Breast Carcinoma ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

West Bengal ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Drug Prescription ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Breast Cancer Patients ◽

Cross Sectional

Objective: Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled division of cells in any part of the body. Breast cancer most common in women accounts for 13% of the death worldwide. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the drug prescription pattern of breast carcinoma patients in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal.Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational questionnaire-based study done for a period of 6 months at the Department of Pharmacology in Collaboration with the Department of Surgery and Department of Radiotherapy of a Tertiary Care Hospital at Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Female patients with breast cancer (originated from epithelial tissues) of different types and grade attending surgery outdoor patient department were taken as subjects for the study, after signing informed consent.Results: The present study evaluated 28 patients (n=28) diagnosed as breast cancer by the physicians of the department of surgery and radiotherapy. It was observed that breast cancer was mostly found in the middle age group. Breast carcinoma in postmenopausal women accounted to 75%. The most prevalent breast cancer was invasive ductal carcinoma, accounting to 75% of the study population. 5-Fluorouracil, epirubicin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, docetaxel/paclitaxel, and carboplatin were mostly used as chemotherapeutic agent.Conclusion: Breast carcinoma being a prevalent type of cancer in females, the present study tried to evaluate the pattern of prescribing chemotherapeutic agents for breast cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital. Such study is essential to evaluate and refine the therapeutic regimen of the cancer patients to reduce their sufferings.

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