iosr-JDMS   Volume-2 ~ Issue-3

Abstract: Objective: To assess awareness about various cancers in an urban slum population of Mumbai, India Materials and Methodology: This Community based Descriptive epidemiological study was conducted from July 2009 to October 2009 in the catchment area of urban health centre, Cheetah camp which is the field practice area of dept of P.S.M., Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital Mumbai. Sample of 525 above the age of 40 years was selected using cluster sampling. Information was gathered by personal interview using semi-structured proforma.
Keywords: Awareness, Cancer, Urban slum, Warning symptoms of cancer

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Abstract:BACKGROUND: Many studies have been proved the relation between the nutritional habit and respiratory functions in south Indian children. The increase in respiratory problems due to increase in Body Mass Index (BMI) in children has been a major worldwide problem. Deposition of fat over the chest wall alters the Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) among pulmonary function test parameters. Among all the pulmonary function test parameters Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) directly indicate the nutritional status which is also an easy and non invasive method for estimating the lung function in children. AIM: To assess the effect of Body Mass Index (BMI) and Skin Fold Thickness (SFT) on PEFR in children aged 6 to 10 years of both the sexes.
Keywords:Peak expiratory flow rate, Body mass index, Skin fold thickness, Total Body Fat.

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Abstract:Back ground: Diabetes mellitus, which is the chronic metabolic disorder, with increasing incidence, causes multiple organ damage, but lung as a target organ is seldom concentrated. Studies done earlier had proved that pulmonary complications occur in diabetes mellitus due to various causes. This study is focused to determine the lung age using pulmonary function tests, which indicate the quantity of morbidity of diabetes.Aim & objective: To determine the lung age in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using pulmonary function tests. Materials and methods: Around forty five type 2 diabetic patients attending Diabetology out patient department of Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospitals were recruited. Age and sex matched controls were also selected. Both the cases and controls were subjected to do pulmonary function tests. From the pulmonary function test parameters like FVC & FEV1 the lung age was calculated. The results were analyzed using paired student t test.
Key words:Lung Age, Diabetes mellitus, chronological age

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Abstract:Background & objective: Chronic respiratory diseases continue to be common problem in India and cause significant morbidity and mortality. In patients with respiratory diseases functionality may be severely impaired due to chronic psychogenic and somatic pain, frequent hospitalization. Patients with chronic respiratory diseases and depression are at increased risk of mortality. There are very limited study about prevalence of depression in patients with chronic respiratory illness especially in hilly region of India where patients more symptomatic that lead to physical de conditioning. The objective of our study to establish the prevalence of depression in patients with chronic respiratory illness in hilly region of uttarakhand.
Keywords:depression, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, bronchial asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis

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