Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 (2014)
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A Retrospective Study of Epidemiological Factors Associated with Measles in Children (0–5 Years) in Four Villages of Barabanki District in Rural Uttar Pradesh
Abstract: Measles is a leading cause of death among young children even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available to prevent the disease. The objective of the present study was to study the epidemiology of measles in children (0–5 years) in the four villages of Barabanki district in rural Uttar Pradesh and also to study various factors responsible for measles in rural Uttar Pradesh. It is a retrospective cross-sectional epidemiological …
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Emergency Contraception: Current Status in India
Abstract: Worldwide, the incidence of unsafe abortion has increased in spite of gradual increase in use of contraceptives. About one-third of pregnancies are unplanned and 20% pregnancies end in abortion. Lack of knowledge on emergency contraceptives is one of the reasons behind unplanned pregnancies in many developing countries. As per NFHS-3, the overall knowledge about EC is meagre 12% among currently married women with several states having lower than 5%. Levonorgestrel …
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Effect of Patient Counseling in Improving Physical and Mental Health of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with insulin hypo-secretion or insulin insensitivity. Despite the availability of treatment, diabetes has remained a major cause of death. The main goal of any medical care is the improvement of the patients’ overall quality of life. The aim of this paper was to assess the impact of pharmacist provided patient counseling on physical and mental health outcomes in type-2 …
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Heart Rate and Serum Nitric Oxide Express Circahoralian Oscillation in Hypertensive Patients
Abstract: Cardiovascular cells possess circadian oscillators and certain cardiovascular diseases are attributed to disruption in cardiac circadian rhythm. This study is aimed to find the association between the serum level of nitrogen species and the electrocardiograph records taking in consideration the circahoralian oscillation in hypertensive patients. A total number of fifty hypertensive patients and twenty healthy subjects were admitted in this study. The anthropometric measurements and lipid profile were determined. Serum …
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Microalbuminuria and Other Risk Factors in Diabetic Retinopathy
Abstract: The objective of this paper was to study positivity of microalbuminuria and other risk factors in DM type II and their relation to DR.An analytic study was done among 300 selected cases of Type 2 DM in one year. The grading of the severity of DR was done using ETDRS protocol. Tests for hemoglobin, fasting blood sugars, micro-albuminuria, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and lipid profile were done. 137 (45.67%) cases of …
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Validation of Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) in a Subset of North Indian Population through Amer Diabetes Study (ADS)
Abstract: The study was conducted at Amer locality in Jaipur on adults aged 20 years or more to validate the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS). The study group comprised 551 participants (68.9% response rate). The OGTT was performed using 75 g of glucose. The IDRS was calculated using age, family history of diabetes, physical activity and waist measurement. ROC curves were constructed to identify the optimum value (> 60%) of IDRS …
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A Pilot Loco-Regional Study over Relation of Serum Levels of Iron and Zinc in Pregnant Females of Uttarakhand, India
Abstract: Zinc has been established to be essential for humans and act as an electron acceptor contributing to catalytic activity in many important enzymes. Zinc also plays a very important role in pregnancy. There is very few data in India on serum levels of micronutrients in pregnant women specially Zinc and its relation with serum Iron (Fe) levels. We decided to carry out this pilot study in order to provide the …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 4–11 Read article