Essential preventive medicine

Op, Ghai; Gupta, Piyush; Pandav, Chandrakant S

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“…Breast milk is the best source of infant nutrition. It is easy to digest and ___________________________________________ 1 Assistant Medical Practitioner, 2 contains antibodies that can protect infants from bacterial and viral infections. Exclusive breastfeeding reduces infant mortality due to common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and recurrent respiratory tract infections and aids quicker recovery during illness.…”

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“…Exclusive breastfeeding reduces infant mortality due to common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and recurrent respiratory tract infections and aids quicker recovery during illness. Breastfeeding is associated with lower rates of sudden infant death syndrome, childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes and leukaemia 2 . Therefore, exclusive breastfeeding is considered as a very important cost-effective public health intervention to reduce infant mortality in developing countries.…”

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Knowledge, practices and concerns regarding exclusive breastfeeding for six months among mothers of infants in a suburban setting in Sri Lanka

Dhammika¹,

Gunawardena

2012

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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Objective: To assess the knowledge, practices and concerns on six months exclusive breastfeeding among mothers. Method:In a community based household survey in Kaduwela MOH area, 217 mothers with a baby aged <1 year were interviewed. Results:Of the mothers, 45% had >6 months old babies. All mothers knew the recommended duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Advantages of breastfeeding to the child were well known. Among those with ≤6 month old babies, current exclusive breastfeeding rate was 85%. Of those with >6 months old babies, 72% had exclusively breastfed them for 6 months. Mothers with ≤6 months old babies not being exclusively breast fed and the mothers with >6 months old babies not exclusively breastfed for 6 months, indicated that having to return to work (50%) and their opinions regarding amount of milk being inadequate (44%) and nutrients being inadequate (18%) as the reasons for not exclusively breast feeding up to the recommended age.Conclusions: Current breast feeding rate and proportions exclusively breast fed were high. Knowledge regarding the duration of breast feeding and other essential aspects was good.

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Knowledge, practices and concerns regarding exclusive breastfeeding for six months among mothers of infants in a suburban setting in Sri Lanka

Dhammika¹,

Gunawardena

2012

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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“…12 In our study, the mean concentration of serum ionic calcium on day 1 of life in term and preterm neonates was compared with day 4 serum ionic calcium levels which showed a significant statistical difference (table 1) . Which suggested that preterm neonates are more susceptible to develop hypocalcemia.…”

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Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia and Hypocalcemia on Day one and Day Four in Neonates Born in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Maharashtra

Yadav¹

2017

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“…Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by a eukaryotic protist of the genus Plasmodium [1] . It is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa.…”

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Changing trends in the clinical and hematological profile of Plasmodium vivax mono infection

Uppal¹,

P²,

Singh³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Curr. Res. Med. Sci.

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Background: Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in South East Asia. Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed human malaria parasite with an at-risk population of 2.5 billion persons. With the implementation of molecular diagnosis, it has become evident that P.vivax mono infection could also result in multiple organ dysfunction and severe life-threatening disease as seen in P. falciparum infection. Objectives: To study the changing trends in the clinical and hematological presentation of the Plasmodium vivax malaria and to sensitize the health care provider about the changing presentation of the Plasmodium vivax mono infection and to introduce a high index of suspicion against it's potentially life threatening complications hitherto considered not significantly prevalent, by printing and publishing the data thus obtained and circulating it amongst the health care providers in and around Amritsar. Methods: This is a single center prospective study including 100 children attending thalassemia day care center and on regular blood transfusion therapy for a minimum of 2 years and whose ferritin level is above 1000 μgm/dl. Detailed history and examination were recorded in the proforma. Blood was drawn for thyroid function tests and most recent ferritin value obtained from patients record was used for analysis. Results: A total of 55 cases of vivax malaria were included in the study. Severe disease was present in 19(34.5%) cases of malaria. In addition to fever, the most common clinical features at presentation in children were: fatigue in 96.4%(53/55), headache in 54% (30/55), myalgia in 54%(30/55), arthralgia in 43%(24/55), vomiting in 64% (35/55) and nausea in 58%(32/55).Hepatosplenomegaly in 51% (28/55) of patients, splenomegaly in 26% (14/55) and hepatomegaly alone in 3% (2/55), varying degrees of icterus in 20% (11/55) and respiratory distress in 12.7% (7/55). Anemia was present in 89.1% (49/55) and thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 1,50,000/μL) was present in 45.5% (25/55) of the children.

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Essential preventive medicine

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Knowledge, practices and concerns regarding exclusive breastfeeding for six months among mothers of infants in a suburban setting in Sri Lanka

Knowledge, practices and concerns regarding exclusive breastfeeding for six months among mothers of infants in a suburban setting in Sri Lanka

Prevalence of Hypomagnesemia and Hypocalcemia on Day one and Day Four in Neonates Born in A Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Maharashtra

Changing trends in the clinical and hematological profile of Plasmodium vivax mono infection

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