Radiance Research AcademyInternational Journal of Current Research and Review2231-21960975-52410306EnglishN2013February28HealthcareSTUDY OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION REGARDING MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY IN GENERAL POPULATION
English0106Pragnesh ParmarEnglish Gunvanti B. RathodEnglishAutopsy plays the crucial role in the development of the science and practice of medicine. Despite of that, general population does not look at it in worthy manner. Medico-legal autopsy means post mortem examination of body for better administration of justice in the court of law. Objectives: The objectives of this study are to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception regarding medico-legal autopsy in the general population. Material and method: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Pondicherry. Total 250 individuals were interviewed with the help of a pretested and semi-structured questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference in knowledge, attitude and perception pertaining to medico-legal autopsy among people according to their age, sex, religion and educational status. Conclusion: There is a need to increase the awareness and attitude among the general population related to medico-legal autopsy.
EnglishGeneral population, Knowledge, Attitude, Perception, Medico-legal autopsy.http://ijcrr.com/abstract.php?article_id=11http://ijcrr.com/article_html.php?did=11Radiance Research AcademyInternational Journal of Current Research and Review2231-21960975-52410306EnglishN2013February28HealthcareUTILITY OF CALCULATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE IN EVALUATION OF KIDNEY FUNCTION
English0713Amit D. SonagraEnglish A. VeenaEnglish Dattatreya K.English Jayaprakash Murthy D.S.EnglishBackground: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) Englishchronic kidney disease, serum creatinine, Cockcroft-Gault’s formula, MDRD formula, eGFR.http://ijcrr.com/abstract.php?article_id=23http://ijcrr.com/article_html.php?did=23Radiance Research AcademyInternational Journal of Current Research and Review2231-21960975-52410306EnglishN2013February28HealthcareUTILIZATION OF ANALGESICS IN PERIOPERATIVE CASES OF TEACHING HOSPITAL
English1419Dashputra Amruta V.English Badwaik Rupesh T.EnglishIntroduction- Pain is an important dimension of post operative experience for most patients and many of them continue to experience moderate to severe pain after surgery. Proper management of pain remains one of the most important issues for health professionals. Utilization pattern of analgesics are changing from salicylates to wide range of synthetic compounds like cyclo-oxygenase (cox-2) inhibitors. Objective- The aim was to provide concise and updated information about use of analgesics and to find out existing prescribing practices. Methodology- Analgesic prescribing pattern was surveyed in the perioperative cases of a Teaching Hospital, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nagpur. This was a cross sectional hospital based survey of prescribing pattern of analgesics. The study sample included 843 in-patient prescriptions from surgical departments; general surgery, orthopedics, obs & gynae, ENT and ophthalmology. Results-The study showed that in all, 8 different analgesic agents were prescribed. Analgesics were prescribed by parenteral route in 52.20%, oral 42.82% and by topical route in 4.98% of cases. Diclofenac was the most prescribed analgesic by different routes of administration. A trend towards use of new modalities of pain relief like epidural bupivacaine was observed. Suggestion for establishment of institutional prescribing policy is recommended.
Englishanalgesics, perioperative period.http://ijcrr.com/abstract.php?article_id=31http://ijcrr.com/article_html.php?did=31Radiance Research AcademyInternational Journal of Current Research and Review2231-21960975-52410306EnglishN2013February28HealthcareEVALUATION OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED ANTI-DIABETIC DRUGS AT A HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN PART OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
English2029Albaroodi K.A.I.English Syed Sulaiman S.A.English Awaisu A.EnglishPurpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the glycaemic control achieved by patients receiving different treatment regimens for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), including monotherapy with an oral hypoglycaemic agent (OHA), multiple OHAs, OHAs with insulin, and insulin monotherapy. Methods: One thousand and fourteen patients attending an outpatient diabetes clinic at a hospital in the northern part of Malaysia were retrospectively followed. Data were collected on their demographic, clinical, and treatment characteristics over a period of three years. The data were analysed using SPSS software package version 15.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, U.S.A.). Results: Diabetes was more predominant among the Chinese, female, and patients aged 61 to 80 years. More than two-thirds of the study population had DM for one to five years. Hypertension and dyslipidaemia concurrently was found among 43% of the patients as comorbidity. There was a decreasing trend in the usage of OHA therapy over the 3-year duration of follow-up. We found that dual OHAs therapy was prescribed for more than half of the patients and the vast majority was receiving gliclazide plus metformin. Glycaemic control differed significantly between different anti-diabetic regimens in this study. Conclusions: There were differences in glycaemic control between different treatments modalities used for type 2 DM. This may be related to the severity and progression of the disease, which have strong relation with the disease duration as well as the high HbA1c level, making insulin usage unavoidable.
Englishhttp://ijcrr.com/abstract.php?article_id=38http://ijcrr.com/article_html.php?did=38Radiance Research AcademyInternational Journal of Current Research and Review2231-21960975-52410306EnglishN2013February28HealthcareEPIDEMIOLOGIC PROFILE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT (RTA) CASES ADMITTED IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL - A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH
English3036Vimala ThomasEnglish LavanyaEnglish SridharEnglishBackground: Non-communicable diseases constitute the modern epidemic and accidents form a part of it. Injuries due to road traffic accidents are observed to be major causes of mortality and morbidity in India. Objectives: 1. To estimate the burden of Road traffic accidents admitted to Osmania General hospital over 4 months period 2. To determine the socio-demographic profile of accident cases 3. To analyze the factors influencing the accidents Materials And Methods: Study Design: Retrospective study. Study Setting: Osmania General Hospital – Medical Records Department. Study Period: Data collected over 4 month period (September 2011 to end of December 2011) Tools: Medical records of patients admitted with road traffic accidents, a predesigned questionnaire. Results: The total number of road traffic accidents admitted was 450 cases in four months i.e. 112.5 cases/month. This included 381 (84.67%) male and 69 (15.33%) female cases. The average age of victims was 32.32 years. Drivers of vehicles accounted for 64.22% of the victims and 12.80% had no valid license. Around 13 % were under the influence of alcohol. Majority of the admitted cases (54.22%) managed to reach the hospital within 1 hour. The mean lag period was 1.315 hrs. The commonest type of injury was fracture (49.33%) and the most common site of fracture was lower limb (48.2%). Majority had complete cure (49.56%). Fatality rate was 13.11%. Conclusions: Several risk factors such as age, sex, type of vehicle, use of alcohol, absence of driving license, non-use of helmets, casual attitude are associated with increased occurrence of road traffic accidents.
EnglishRoad Traffic Accidents, Risk factors, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.http://ijcrr.com/abstract.php?article_id=45http://ijcrr.com/article_html.php?did=45