scholarly journals Demographic Characteristics and Prevalence of Mandibular Condylar Fractures at a Tertiary Care Dental Hospital in Dhaka City

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Mohammad Wahidul Islam ◽  
Mohiuddin Ahmed ◽  
AFM Shahidur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Condylar Fracture ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
One Year ◽  
Condylar Fractures

Background: Mandibular condylar fracture is a critical condition. Objectives: The purpose of the study was to see the demographic characteristics and prevalence of mandibular condylar fractures. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Dhaka Dental College and Hospital from January 2009 to September 2010 for a period of one year and nine months. All the patients presented with mandibular condylar fractures at any age with both sexes were included as study population. Details demographic characteristics and the rate of occurrence were recorded. Result: A total number of 26 patients were included in this study. Majority of the patients were male (88.5%) and age belongs to 21 to 30 years (38.5%). Road traffic accident (46.2%) was the main cause and unilateral fractures were more frequent. The prevalence of mandibular condylar fracture was 14.9%. Conclusion: Mandibular condylar fracture is most commonly occurred in male with a low prevalence.Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 2015;1(2): 50-52

scholarly journals Demographic Characteristics and Etiology of Simple Mandibular Angle Fracture: Experience of 30 Cases in Dhaka City

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Uday Kumar Goswami ◽  
Binay Kumar Das ◽  
Prodip Chandra Dash ◽  
Md Razaul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Mandibular Angle ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mandibular Angle Fracture ◽  
Angle Fracture

Background: Simple mandibular angle fracture can occur in different group of people due to different etiology.Objective: The purpose of the present study was to find out the demographic characteristics and etiology of simple mandibular angle fracture.Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Dhaka Dental College & Hospital, Dhaka and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2010 to December 2010 for a period of one (01) year. Among all patients admitted/attended to the hospital IPD or OPD with fracture of mandibular angle with or without other associated fracture sites were selected as study subjects. The details of demographics characteristics and etiology of fracture were recorded. Result: A total number of 30 patients were recruited for this study. Majority of the respondents 21(70%) were male and rest 09(30%) were female. Mean age of the patients was 29.5±6.795 years. Among the 30 respondents 46.7% had history of Road Traffic Accident, 43.3% due to assault and only 10% for other causes.Conclusion: In conclusion the most common etiology of mandibular angle fracture is road traffic accident. Male and younger adult are frequently encounter the mandibular angle fracture.Journal of Current and Advance Medical Research 2018;5(2):45-48

scholarly journals A study on injuries of road traffic accident victims attending a tertiary care hospital, Tirupathi

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2357
Author(s):  
Shakeer Kahn P. ◽  
Bayapa Reddy N. ◽  
Chandrasekhar C. ◽  
R. Altaf Hussain ◽  
K. Reddy Jawahar Basha
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
One Year ◽  
Almost All

Background: Rapid motorization bought a boon along with the curse of road traffic accidents toll. Injuries and deaths due to road traffic accidents (RTA) are one of the major public health problems across the globe especially in developing countries due to lack of comprehensive legislative measures. It will have immeasurable impact on the families affected by RTAs.Methods: A hospital based, cross sectional study with victims of road traffic accidents admitted in S.V.R.R. Government General Hospital, Tirupathi, as study subjects was done during June 2013 to May 2014 for one year where 820 victims of road traffic accidents were interviewed after taking prior consent using a predesigned questionnaire.Results: External injury was seen in almost all cases (97.9%) and 61.5% suffered grievous injury. Laceration, fractures and abrasion are the most common types of injuries found. Regarding anatomical sites, head injury is the commonest (68.8%). Majority of the victims suffered grievous injury during 6AM to 12 PM (66.2%). The proportion of grievous injury was most commonly found in victims who were hit by Unknown vehicle (84.6%).Conclusions: Road side medical assistance by their timely action can prevent the toll of RTA fatalities and disabilities. Studies on injuries help in developing improved personal protective gear and safety measures inside the vehicles through novel engineering technology.

scholarly journals A proportional odds model of risk behaviors associated with recurrent road traffic crashes among young adults in Kuwait

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Akhtar ◽  
Eisa Aldhafeeri ◽  
Farah Alshammari ◽  
Hana Jafar ◽  
Haya Malhas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Proportional Odds ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Period Prevalence ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
One Year ◽  
Ordinal Outcome

Abstract Background The aims of this cross-sectional study were to i) assess one-year period prevalence of one, two, three or more road traffic crashes (RTCs) as an ordinal outcome and ii) identify the drivers’ characteristics associated with this ordinal outcome among young adult drivers with propensity to recurrent RTCs in Kuwait. Methods During December 2016, 1465 students, 17 years old or older from 15 colleges of Kuwait University participated in this cross-sectional study. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. One-year period prevalence (95% confidence interval (CI)) of one, two, three or more RTCs was computed. Multivariable proportional odds model was used to identify the drivers’ attributes associated with the ordinal outcome. Results One-year period prevalence (%) of one, two and three or more RTCs respectively was 23.1 (95% CI: 21.2, 25.6), 10.9 (95% CI: 9.4, 12.6), and 4.6 (95% CI: 3.6, 5.9). Participants were significantly (p < 0.05) more likely to be in higher RTCs count category than their current or lower RCTs count, if they habitually violated speed limit (adjusted proportional odds ratio (pORadjusted) = 1.40; 95% Cl: 1.13, 1.75), ran through red lights (pORadjusted = 1.64; 95%CI: 1.30, 2.06), frequently (≥ 3) received multiple (> 3) speeding tickets (pORadjusted = 1.63; 95% CI: 1.12, 2.38), frequently (> 10 times) violated no-parking zone during the past year (pORadjusted = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.54) or being a patient with epilepsy (pORadjusted = 4.37; 95% CI: 1.63, 11.70). Conclusion High one-year period prevalence of one, two and three or more RTCs was recorded. Targeted education based on identified drivers’ attributes and stern enforcement of traffic laws may reduce the recurrent RTCs incidence in this and other similar populations in the region.

scholarly journals Increasing rates of cesarean section, an upcoming public health problem: an audit of cesarean section in a tertiary care center of North India based on Robson classification

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 4998
Author(s):  
Vinita Das ◽  
Namrata Kumar ◽  
Varsha Kumari ◽  
Anjoo Agarwal ◽  
Amita Pandey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Caesarean Section Rate ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
North India ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Group 5 ◽  
One Year

Background: Increasing rates of cesarean section during last three decades has become a cause of alarm since and a need for ongoing studies. Objective of present study was to investigate cesarean section rates as per modified Robsons Criteria and to determine area of concern which requires maximum focus to decrease overall caesarean rateMethods: This cross sectional study was conducted over a period of one year (From January 2016 to December 2016) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow.Results: Total number of deliveries for one year was 8526. Out of them, 4275 (50.1%) were vaginal and 4251 (49.9%) were abdominal. Overall maximum caesarean section rate was contributed by group 5 of modified Robsons criteria i.e. previous section, singleton, cephalic, ≥37 weeks (17.7%).Conclusions: Robson 10 group classification provides easy way in collecting information about Cesarean section rate which obtains good insight into certain birth groups. It is important that efforts to reduce the overall CS rate should focus on reducing the primary CS rate (group 1 and 2) and on increasing vaginal birth after CS (group 5). The caesarean rate is commonest in group 5 that is previous section (17.7%).

scholarly journals Study of genital dermatoses in pregnant females attending a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 542
Author(s):  
Seeniammal Sivanu ◽  
Maalik Babu ◽  
Soundharyaa Moorthi Savadamoorthi
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Oral Candidiasis ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Pregnant Females ◽  
One Year ◽  
Infective Etiology

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevalence in pregnancy is high and causes severe risk of transmission to the newborn. Usually they are asymptomatic and underdiagnosed. Most common STI’s are VVC, HPV, genital herpes, HIV, etc.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A hospital-based cross-sectional study was done for a period of one year (September 2017- August 2018) and 31 pregnant genital dermatoses were encountered.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Among 31, infective etiology was seen in 15 cases (48%), non-infective etiology was seen in 3 cases (10%) and no STI’s were seen in 13 patients (42%). Vulvovaginal candidiasis was most common among pregnant females in 9 patients (60%) followed by genital warts in 3 patients (20%) followed by molluscum contagiosum, herpes genitalis and oral candidiasis in one patient (7%) respectively among infective etiology. Non-infective causes include vulval lymphangiectasia, epidermoid cyst and vascular swelling in one patient respectively (33.3%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Screening of antenatal cases is more important to prevent complications. </p>

scholarly journals A study of surgical profile of patients with hemorrhoids at a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 916
Author(s):  
Prashant R. Shinde ◽  
Meghraj J. Chawada ◽  
Sudhir B. Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Vegetarian Diet ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Normal Limits ◽  
Skin Tag ◽  
One Year

Background: In hemorrhoids, the anal canal venous plexuses become engorged. It can lead to bleeding, thrombosis, prolapse, pain. Study of surgical profile helps to educate the patients to take proper precautions to avoid the severe forms of it. The objective of the study was to study the surgical profile of patients with hemorrhoids at a tertiary care hospital.Methods: Present study was hospital based cross sectional study. It was carried out at a tertiary care hospital in the department of general surgery among 100 patients who presented with symptoms suggestive of hemorrhoids during the study period from 1st January 2017 to 31st October 2018.Results: Majority of the patients 41% were in the age group of 35-45 years. The number affected by hemorrhoids was more in males i.e. 56%. Incidence of hemorrhoids was more in upper class. Incidence of hemorrhoids was less i.e. 21% among those who took only vegetarian diet. Majority of the patients (78%) presented after one year of occurrence of treatment. 54% of the patients had third grade of hemorrhoids. Bleeding was present in the majority i.e. 98% of the patients. On anorectal examination, it was found that 44% of the patients had fissure and 23% of the patients had peri anal skin tag. Anorectal examination was within normal limits in 33% of the cases.Conclusions: Vegetarian diet may be protective against hemorrhoids. Bleeding was the most common presenting symptom. Thus, study helped to identify that being male, younger age group, non-veg diet may be the risk factors for hemorrhoids.

scholarly journals Spectrum of Injury Presenting to Emergency Department in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (229) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Thapa ◽  
Anup Raj Upreti ◽  
Bishow Raj Dawadi
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Injury is one of the major global public health problems causing significant number of death and disability. The study aims to study the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients presented in emergency department with injury. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a tertiary care hospital from September 2019 to February 2020 after obtaining ethical approval from Institutional review board (reference number 007-076/077). A convenient sampling method was applied. Epidemiological factors, chronological factors, causes of injury, anatomical distribution, pattern of injury were studied. Statistical analysis was done using statistical package for the social sciences version 20. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Out of 197 patients, 72 (36.5%) patients had fall followed by road traffic accident 57 (28.9%). Of total, 80 (40.6%) had injury at home and 80 (40.6%) had cut injury. Head and neck accounted for 66 (33.5%) of total injury followed by upper Extremities 50 (25.4%) and lower extremities 47 (23.9%). Eighty-seven (44.2%) of the patients visited emergency within 30 minutes of sustained injury. Conclusions: The top three leading causes of injuries visiting emergency department were: fall, Road Traffic Accident and physical assaults respectively. The most common mode was fall being cut as most common pattern. Head and neck was the most commonest site of injury. The common place of injury was home.

scholarly journals One year of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study on teaching oral and maxillofacial surgery

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bock ◽  
Florian Peters ◽  
Philipp Winnand ◽  
Kristian Kniha ◽  
Marius Heitzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
E Learning

Abstract Background The pandemic has challenged educational institutions to catalyze digitalization and rapidly develop online teaching formats. The aim of the study was to evaluate the teaching offered for oral and maxillofacial surgery at our university during the pandemic and to investigate the students’ perceptions of the current situation. Methods A 38-item questionnaire with five sections (demographic information, lectures, internships, e-learning, and pandemic-related solutions/effects) was created online. Most questions were answered on a 10-point Likert scale, with 1 indicating “fully agree/positive” and 10 indicating “totally disagree/negative.” The remaining questions were either answered with yes/no, percent value, or open-ended text responses. All 3rd-5th year dental students were invited to voluntarily participate and were sent a link by email in a general mail shot. Results A total of 63.7% of the participants had no prior experience with online courses before the pandemic. The students stated that the change from face-to-face to online teaching worked very well in the last two semesters (mean = 2.73, standard deviation = 2.05). Overall, the pandemic had a rather positive influence on the acquisition of theoretical skills and a negative influence on the acquisition of practical skills (p < 0.0001). The evaluation showed that, compared to other dental clinics at our university, the department for oral and maxillofacial surgery was well prepared for the pandemic. Conclusion Digitalization of oral and maxillofacial surgery teaching in dental education is possible but depends on the institution’s preparatory work and technological possibilities. The students declared a high acceptance of digital learning formats and indicated an increased motivation to learn due to e-learning. The pandemic’s influence on the students’ education was rated ambivalent.

scholarly journals Injury amongst Medicolegal Cases in Department of Forensic Medicine of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (244) ◽  
pp. 1277-1282
Author(s):  
Arbin Shakya ◽  
Jenash Acharya ◽  
Sunil Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Threatening

Introduction: Victim of injuries presenting to a hospital is a medico-legal issue. So, with medical management, proper documentation of injuries should be done as a legal duty by all physicians attending such cases. The study aims to find the prevalence of injury amongst medicolegal cases inthe Department of Forensic Medicine in a tertiary care centre. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done amongst 328 medicolegal cases presenting at a tertiary center, from January 2019 to February 2021. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 2603202101). Convenience sampling was used to select study samples. After detailed history regarding the incidence, injuries were examined and documented in a performa. The data were entered in Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 18. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentagefor binary data. Results: Among 328 cases presenting to hospital for medicolegal issues, 237 (72.25%) (67.40-77.09 at 95% Confidence Interval) had injuries, out of which 170 (71.73%) cases were due to physical assault, 64 (27%) cases due to accident; 2 (1.26%) were undetermined. Majority of victims of injury were adult males, with mean age of 32.41±13.96 years. In most accidental injuries internal organs were also injuries and life-threatening. Conclusions: The prevalence of injuries amongst medicolegal cases was found to be higher in our study in comparison to other studies done in similar settings. Most of the injuries were due to physical assault; however, the majority of road traffic injuries were life-threatening. These road traffic injuries could have been prevented by following a safe system approach to road safety.

scholarly journals A record based study of frequency and pattern of medico-legal cases reported at a tertiary care hospital in Miraj

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanuja R. Brahmankar ◽  
Sachin K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Legal Case

Background: Medico-legal case (MLC) can be defined as a case of injury or ailment, etc., in which investigations by the law-enforcing agencies are essential to fix the responsibility regarding the causation of the said injury or ailment. Medico-legal cases are an integral part of medical practice that is frequently encountered by medical officers working in casualty. Hence the present study is carried out to find out the frequency and pattern of medico-legal cases reported at a tertiary care hospital and to highlight the vulnerable gender, age, residence and the cause. Methods: It is a record based cross sectional study in which all the MLC cases registered in MLC record book during a period of 6 months (January 13– June 13) were included. Cases found non medico-legal were excluded. Variables considered were gender, age, residence and cause. Findings were expressed in numbers and percentages. Results: Total cases were 2350, of which 1866 (79.4%) were males and 484 (20.6%) were females. Maximum cases were from the age group of 21-30 years i.e., 828 (35.2%). 1440 (61.27%) were residents of urban area. Most of the medico-legal cases registered were due to assault (27.2%) followed by medical examination of prisoners(25.9%), road traffic accidents (19.7%), fall (6.9%), snake bite (6.6%), poisoning (4.3%), domestic injuries (4.3%), unknown bite (2.2%), unknown found at railway station (1.6%), brought dead (0.6%), burn (0.2%) & others (0.5%). Conclusions: Majority of the victims were males, young adults and urban inhabitants. Most common indication for medico-legal cases was assault followed by medical check-up of prisoners and road traffic accidents. 

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