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Original article:-
*1Sanjay Wagh, 1Mohan Raut, 1Sampada Rajurkar, 2Santoshi S Wagh & 3Diwakar Sharam
Affiliation:-
1Assistant Professor, Department of, Community Medicine Government Medical College Akola, Maharashtra, India.
2(L.M.O) Municipal Corporation Hospital, Badnera Amravati, Maharashtra, India.
3Assistant Professor (Stat), GMERS Medical College Dharpur. Patan, Gujarat, India.
Abstract:
Rabies is a fatal disease for which there is no cure and is seen worldwide. Rabies continues to be a serious public health problem in India and other developing countries. In India the data on animal bite in country is scanty, unreliable and controversial due to poor surveillance / reporting system. Cases of animal bite contribute to a problem of considerable magnitude in terms of days lost from work in search of appropriate treatment and financial loss. There are many myth and false beliefs associated with wound management. This includes application of oil herb, and red chilly, on wound inflicted by rabid animal.
Objective: To study epidemiological characteristic of dog bite injury and to study pre treatment practices among the study population.
Material & Method:
A cross sectional study of 636 animal bite victim reported at ARV clinic of Government Medical College and tertiary care hospital, Akola for medical advice and post exposure immunization against rabies during past three months has been done. Statistical analysis was done by EPI info software.
Result: Out of 636 most common animal bite was dog as 92.45% gives the history of dog bite. Majority i,e (72.48%) of the cases were Male. Maximum no (25.47%) of cases belongs to 21 to 30 years of age group. Lower limb was the most common (70.29%) biting site and majority (88.66%) had Category III bites. Maximum number (39.15%) of cases wash the biting site with plain water fallowed by soap and water other local remedies like lime and turmeric powder were used as pre treatment management of wound.
Conclusion: There is need to create the awareness in community about proper management of wound
Key Words: Animal bite, site of bite, pretreatment practice.
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Article citation:-
Sanjay Wagh et al. Profile of animal bite in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 July; 32(33): 1381-1385.
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Research article:-
Maryam Rafieirad*, Saeed Valipour Chehardacheric & Zahra Zangeneh Nezhad.
Affiliation:-
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Izeh Branch, Khouzestan, Iran.
Author contributions: - All authors contributed equally to this paper.
Abstract:
Background: Diabetes complications are caused by production of free radicals. Gallic acid (GA) has an antioxidant property and activity against free radicals. The aim of this study was to determine possible protective effect of GA on lipid profile in diabetic rats. Materials and Method: The experimental study was carried out on 35 male rats. Male rats were randomly divided to five groups; of control, untreated diabetic and diabetic groups treated with GA (10, ¬50, ¬100 mgkg/ orally, 14 days). Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (STZ 60 Mg/kg) injection. After 2 weeks, serum levels of glucose and lipid profiles of all the groups were analyzed. Results: Results of this study showed that diabetes led to a significant increase at blood glucose (p<0/001), triglycerides (p<0/001), cholesterol (p<0/001), VLDL (p<0/001) and LDL (p<0/05) and a significant reduction at HDL (p<0/001) levels. Oral administration of GA to diabetic rats for two weeks at doses of 10, 50 and 100 mg/kg, reduced blood glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol levels, but resulted in subtle reductions in cholesterol and triglycerides in diabetic rats treated with 100 mg/kg GA; the difference was significant for other groups. Conclusion: Results of this study showed that GA had a beneficial effect on serum lipid profile in diabetic rats and could possibly be used for treating diabetes and reducing complications of this disease.
Key Words: Gallic acid; lipid profile; diabetic rats.
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Article citation:-
Rafieirad M , Chehardacheric S V, & Nezhad N N. Hypolipidemic effects of gallic acid in diabetic rats. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 July; 32(33): 1309-1312.
Copyright © 2013 Rafieirad M , Chehardacheric S V, & Nezhad N N. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Original article:-
*1Rugmini Kamalammal and 2Jisha Susan Babu
Author’s contributions-All authors contributed equally to this paper.
Abstract:
Bronchiolitis is one of the most common lower respiratory infections in infants. There is a wide variation in treatment of bronchiolitis in different institutions and hence there is a need for standardization of existing modalities of treatment.
Aims:- To compare the efficacy of nebulised salbutamol versus adrenaline in infants admitted with bronchiolitis.
Settings and Design:- Tertiary care hospital. Randomized double blind case control trial.
Methods and Material:- Thirty infants admitted with the clinical diagnosis of bronchiolitis were included in the study. Each child received periodic doses of either nebulised salbutamol (group I) or adrenaline (group 2) and were assessed with respect to heart rate, respiratory rate, SpO2 and Respiratory Distress Assessment Instrument (RDAI).
Statistical analysis:- Student t -test
Results: In the 42nd hour and 48th hour the respiratory rates in the adrenaline group showed significant reduction as compared with the salbutamol group. There was statistically significant improvement in oxygen saturation and RDAI in the salbutamol group, when compared to adrenaline group at the 42nd hour of admission and RDAI showed further improvement at 48 hours in the same group. There was no significant difference in the improvements in heart rates between the two groups.
Conclusions:- There is definitely a benefit in relieving respiratory distress and reducing oxygen requirement with both salbutamol and adrenaline and it is more after 42 hours of treatment. Salbutamol seems to be better in terms of reduced oxygen requirement and improved RDAI score but adrenaline is found to be good in reducing respiratory rate alone.
Key words: Bronchiolitis; salbutamol; adrenaline.
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Article citation:-
Rugmini Kamalammal and Jisha Susan Babu. Efficacy of nebulised adrenaline versus salbutamol in hospitalised children with bronchiolitis. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 July; 32(32): 1407-1412.Available at http://www.jpbms.info
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Case report:
*1Satyaki Ganguly, 2Syamalendra M. Sinha & 3Lopamudra Ray
Affiliation:
1Assistant Professor, Dept of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy,3Assistant Professor, Dept of Biochemistry, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry-605014,India.
2Professor, Dept of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Katihar Medical College, Katihar-854105, Bihar,India.
Abstract:
Trichoepitheliomas are hamartomas of hair germ. Multiple trichoepitheliomas are mostly transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. A rare and unique case of multiple trichoepitheliomas, with extensive lesions but neither a positive family history nor findings in favour of any of the associated syndromes is being described here.
Key Words: Trichoepitheliomas; multiple.
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Article citation:-
Satyaki Ganguly, Syamalendra M. Sinha & Lopamudra Ray. Multiple trichoepitheliomas: A rare entity. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013 July; 32(32): 1367-1369. Available at http://www.jpbms.info.
Copyright © 2013 Satyaki Ganguly,Syamalendra M. Sinha & Lopamudra Ray. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Original research article:-
*1Agarwal Kishor Kumar, 2Vidya P, 3Dutt Hemant Kumar,4Saxena Alok, 5Mittal Amit & 6 Mukherjee Sukhes
Affiliation:-
1Associate Professor, Anatomy, 2Senior Resident, Anatomy, 3Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, 4Senior Resident, Anatomy, 5Statistician, Community Medicine, 6Assistant Professor, Bio Chemistry, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Govt. Medical Sciences and Research Institute, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand, India.
Author contributions: - All authors contributed equally to this paper.
Abstract:
Finger print identification is an important tool for medico legal cases. They are assessed on the basis of their different patterns. They are developed during fourth month of intrauterine life and remain unchanged throughout the life. They are hereditary and show the personality of a person as well as his/ her psychological behavior. Study of frequency of finger print pattern and their repetition on all fingers of normal population & prisoners was carried out.
Aims and objectives: To detect the frequency of finger print patterns on each digit and their comparison in two different groups comprising normal hilly population and prisoners.
To access the repetition of specific pattern on individual digit of both hands.
Methods: Fifteen hundred finger prints were collected using ink technique from both groups and carefully observed.
Statistical analysis:- The difference in proportions test is used to determine significant relationship of variables. p value was marked at 95 % confidence level (p < 0.05).
Results: Whorls were most frequent on ring finger where as loops were more on little finger. Highest frequency of arches was observed on index finger and composites were unevenly distributed.
Conclusion: This study correlates the personality of an individual with different finger print pattern as well as the prevalence of most frequent pattern on a specific digit. This study may be a favorable finding to predict the finger print pattern in case of missing phalanges for medico legal investigations.
Key Words: Arch; Composite; Finger print pattern; Friction ridges; Loop, Whorl.
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Article citation:-
Agarwal Kishor Kumar et al. Prevalence of digital dermatoglyphic patterns: Medico legal significance. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences (J Pharm Biomed Sci.) 2013, July; 32(32): 1338-1342. Available at http://www.jpbms.info.
Copyright © 2013 Agarwal Kishor Kumar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.