Medication Error in Anaesthesia – A Review

Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession . There is an increasing recognition that medication errors are causing a substantial global public health problem, as many result in harm to patients and increased costs to health providers.Anaesthesia is now safe and routine, yet anaesthetists are not immune from making medication errors and the consequences of their mistakes may be more serious than those of doctors in other specialties. Steps are being taken to determine the extent of the problem of medication error in anaesthesia. In this review, incidence, types, risk factors and preventive measures of the medication errors are discussed in detail.Journal of Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists 2014; 27(1): 31-35

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Global Public Health Problem: Hypertension

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i4031030 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 20-25

Author(s):

Laxmidhar Moharana ◽

Shakti Ketan Prusty

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Antibiotic Resistance ◽

Health Problem ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

World Health ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Oral Flora ◽

Hypertension Prevalence ◽

Global Public Health Problem

Hypertension is a big global public health problem. This research concentrates on exploring hypertension prevalence and its related causes in a Yemetu community located at Oyo States’ local in Nigeria. Hypertension is one of the most significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Growing on hydroxyl-butyrate as the primary source of carbon and nitrogen offered a strong competition for clones carrying new degrading enzymes, and antibiotic resistance competition established new determinants of antibiotic resistance from soil and oral flora. A descriptive & cross-sectional design was referred. Research included 804 participants of 171 households aged 18-90 years, chosen by cluster sampling methodology. It was a survey of the building to the building. World Health Organization (WHO) used STEP smart approach for tracking risk factors for chronic diseases (STEPS 1 & 2) to assess behavioral risk factors. Systolic blood pressure was described as hypertension. Overall hypertension prevalence was 33.1 percent (36.8 percent for males and 31.1 percent for females). The percentage of hypertension that is self-reported is 12.2%, as anti-hypertensive treatment actually accounted for 5.1%. The respondents mean age is 38.7 ±14.5 years. Respondents' BMI found to be 6.3%, 53.0%, 30.5% and 14.2% respectively for underweight, average, overweight and obese.

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Suicide kills more peoples than any form of violence

Mediscope ◽

10.3329/mediscope.v6i2.43158 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 87-92

Author(s):

A Sadek ◽

AMA Anam ◽

MSA Rashid ◽

EB Akber ◽

NT Khan

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Family Support ◽

Health Problem ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Difficult Situation ◽

Death Toll ◽

Teenage Suicide ◽

Global Public Health Problem

“Suicide is a tragic global public health problem. Globally, WHO said the death toll from suicide – at almost one million people per year – accounts for half of all violent deaths. Estimates suggest fatalities could rise to 1.5 million by 2020. Recently it’s been a great concern to examine suicide trends among teenage people. They are emotional and can’t tolerate difficult situation. They think it is a permanent problem so suicide is the only solution. Last year (2017) large number of SSC candidate students committed suicide in different districts due to not getting expected result. So this is the time to create awareness among society and also family support to child, otherwise no one can predict it. One day these victims will be their family members. Our review articles focuses on causes, risk factors and prevention of teenage suicide in country. Mediscope Vol. 6, No. 2: Jul 2019, Page 87-92

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Demography and Risk Factors of Suicide in Bangladesh: A Six-Month Paper Content Analysis

Psychiatry Journal ◽

10.1155/2017/3047025 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Md. Mohsin Ali Shah ◽

Srijony Ahmed ◽

S. M. Yasir Arafat

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Health Problem ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Suicide Notes ◽

Newspaper Reporting ◽

Spss Software ◽

Global Public Health Problem

Background. Suicide is a global public health problem too often neglected by researchers and Bangladesh is not an exception. There is no suicide surveillance and nationwide study is yet to be conducted in the country.Objectives. This paper aimed to look into suicide based on newspaper reporting in Bangladesh focusing on the demographic variables and risk factors.Methods. 6 national newspapers were scrutinized from November 2016 to April 2017. Data were checked, cross-checked, and then analyzed with SPSS software.Results. In a duration of six months, a total of 271 cases were reported; age was found to be in the range of 11–70 years (26.67±13.47). 61% of the reported cases were below 30 years of age, 58% were female, 24% were students, 17% were house makers, 61% were from rural background, and 45% were married. Hanging was found to be the commonest method (82.29%); marital and familial discord remained a noticeable risk factor (34.32%). Family members and neighbors noticed 103 cases, and only 3 cases were found to have suicide notes.Conclusion. Suicide is an underattended public health problem in Bangladesh with few researches and paucity of literature. Establishment of national suicide surveillance is now a time demanded step.

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