Prevalence of goitre in school children of chamarajanagar district, karnataka, India.

Estimation of radiation dose due to uranium in water to the public in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka State, India

Iodine deficiency disorders in 6-12 years old rural primary school children in Kutch district, Gujarat.

OBJECTIVE To compare prevalence of goitre in primary school children; to determine median urinary iodine concentration in children; and, to assess level of salt iodization at retail trader level. DESIGN 30 cluster survey study. SETTINGS Primary schools of Kutch district, Gujarat, India. METHODS Total 70 students including five boys and five girls from 1st to 7th standard, present in class...

Outcome of Paraquat Poisoned Patients Treated with a Commonly Used Therapeutic Flowchart: A Case Series

Background: Paraquat poisoning is a medical emergency challenge due to its inherent severe toxicity and unavailability of specific antidote for it. In this paper, a series of patients who were treated according to a commonly used treatment flowchart are presented. Methods: This prospective observational study was carried out on paraquat poisoned patients admitted to District Hospital, Chamaraj...

Prevalence of goitre in 6 -12 years school-going children of Panchmahal district in Gujarat, India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) are one of the worldwide public health problems of today. IDDs are endemic in various districts of Gujarat. We undertook this survey in Panchmahal district of Gujarat to study the prevalence of goiter in a sample of school children, to asses the level of iodine in salt samples, and to determine median urinary iodine concentration in a sa...

On the transmission pattern of Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) in India

Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever, is endemic in five districts of Karnataka state, India. Recent reports of the spread of disease to neighboring districts of the Western Ghats, namely Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, Wayanad and Malappuram districts in Kerala, and Pali village in Goa are a cause for concern. Besides vaccina...