Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of distribution of posterior amalgam and composite restoration and to register various reasons for replacement or repair of amalgam or composite restorations of patients visiting a dental school.
Self medication is defined as the use of medication by a Patient on his own initiative or on the advice of a Pharmacist or a lay person instead of consulting a medical practitioner. Self-care, including self-medication, has been a feature of healthcare for many years. The World Health Organization has emphasized that self medication must be correctly taught and controlled. Major problems related to self medication is wastage of resources, increased resistance of Pathogens, and generally entails serious health hazards such as adverse reaction and prolonged suffering.
The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in selected rural community of Trivandrum district. A descriptive design was used to conduct the study. A population of 447 from rural area were surveyed. A mental health screening tool was prepared by the investigators, each of which has certain subsets that describe the nature of the problem under study. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. 5.2 % in rural area are having mental health problems and 17.2% are having substance abuse. 33.6% of children are presented with mental health problems.
Background: Changes in value of certain serum liver function tests occur during normal pregnancy and an understanding of these physiological changes is necessary for the management of liver diseases.
Objective: To compare the levels of liver function tests in grand multiparas with nulliparas [control] and primiparas.
Materials: A cross-sectional study was performed in 100 non-pregnant ladies as control group, 100 primiparity pregnant women, and 100 grand multiparity pregnant women. All pregnant women were between 20th - 30th weeks gestation.
Objective: To know the incidence of infections in preterm labour (PTL), premature rupture of membranes (PROM), neonatal morbidity and preventive strategies of preterm labour.
Methods: study consists of 100 urine and vaginal samples obtained from patients with preterm labour / PROM. The study group includes patients admitted into NRI General Hospital Labour Ward.
Objective: The present study aimed at evaluating the newly synthesized novel phenothiazine derivative (N14&N15) for memory enhancing activity in scopolamine and diazepam induced amnesic rodents using cook’s pole climbing, elevated plus maze and passive avoidance paradigm
Background: N14 and N15 are newly synthesized novel phenothiazine derivatives with substitution at N-10 position, which resembles with dopamine structure, having dopaminergic receptor agonist activity. Phenothiazines are reported to have anti-psychotic, anti-convulsant activity.
Introduction: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is the leading cause of bacterial infections. Billions of dollars are spent on a yearly basis to treat it empirically and fruitful results cannot be obtained unless we direct our efforts to a judicious choice of antibiotics and means to avoid the increasing bacterial resistance.1, 2, 3, 7 We observed the duration after which an organism showed significant change in antibiotic susceptibility (considering 20% as a significant change).
The present study was undertaken to investigate the phytochemicals present in the ethanolic extract of watermelon peel (Citrullus lonatus, family Cucurbilaceae). Watermelon which was obtained from Eke-Awka market, Anambra state, Nigeria was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively for the presence of phytochemicals such as tannins, flavonoids, alkaloids, saponin, terpenoids, and phenols using standard chemical methods. The qualitative results obtained showed that, phenol, terpernoid, saponin, proteins, flavonoid and alkaloid were present.
The Objective of this study is to characterize the echocardiographic features of the left ventricular among hypertensive Sudanese patients. 50 consecutive patients attending at Khartoum state Hospitals- Sudan and referred for echocardiogram. 20 (40%) were females 30(60%) were males. Their mean age was 52±13.5 years, which varied from 23-86 years .All Subjects underwent M-mode and 2D echocardiogram study.
Background: Nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in NICUs of a tertiary care hospital in Kashmir, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospitals.