Congenital heart and vessel malformations occur in 5–8 per 1000 live births, resulting in an occurrence of around 0.7%. Some of these malformations (10%–15%) do not need correction. The key aims of recovery are to remove impairments, disabilities, and disabilities, improve quality of life (QOL), and minimize disease-related morbidity and postoperative disease. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effect of exercise programs of 2 weeks on the outcomes of functional capacity and QOL in a postoperative surgery. A 12-year ventricular septal defect survivor underwent primary treatment consisting of open-heart surgery. The patient was given an exercise program comprising techniques of clearance, re-expansion maneuver, vibration, percussion, compression, manual hyperinflation, positioning, postural drainage, cough stimulation, aspiration, breathing exercise, and increased expiratory flow mobilization. For 2 week (three times/day), functional capacity and QOL were measured before and after completion of the exercise program. Considerable improvement in functional capacity and QOL was observed after 2 weeks of the multiple techniques and exercise intervention. The complementation intervention was found to be effective for improving various physiological aspects associated with open-heart surgery. This case study concluded that the complementation intervention was effective for improving various physiological aspects associated with open-heart surgery including QOL.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries are one of the commonest injuries related to the knee joint. They can either be a ligament tear or a ligament sprain. They usually occur due to landing from a jump incorrectly, rapidly changing the direction of motion, sports injuries (direct collisions), and stopping suddenly. This type of injury requires conservative treatment and/or Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) surgery. In both cases, physiotherapy has been proven to be useful in the treatment and rehabilitation of the condition. Physiotherapy treatment aids in relieving the symptoms, strengthening, endurance and gait training. The patient came to the hospital with the complaints of there being a difficulty in walking without support. The pain was present as the patient tried to bend his right knee, the swelling was also present on the right knee and there was a restricted range of motion. All these complaints were present for 15 days. The patient was a post-operative case of ACLR. An X-ray and MRI scan showed these results. Physiotherapy interventions included educating the patient, reducing the swelling, reducing the pain using electrotherapy modalities, Range of Motion exercises for the right knee, strengthening and endurance exercises, and teaching normal gait pattern. The patient eventually gained an improved range of right knee movement, decreased pain, swelling and tenderness, and learned to walk with a normal gait pattern. The questionnaires and tests carried out pre and post-treatment showed a positive result.
Congenital Heart Disease is a condition present since birth having malformed heart structure and function. The malfunction of the heart hemodynamics requires palliative, supportive and corrective surgery. Children with congenital heart disease have compromised physiological function compared to normal with the same age and anthropometric measures. The energy consumption for a given submaximal work would be more in CHD patients compared to normal. The physiologic cost index calculated the energy expenditure and gives an idea about the same during walking. PCI can be used as an outcome measure to plan and tailor a rehabilitation exercise program. So the present observational study calculates the energy expenditure in repaired congenital heart disease patient and provides the baseline for a goal to achieve during any rehabilitation program by comparing with the normal. To compare the physiological cost index (PCI) between repaired congenital heart disease patients and healthy children. The study design is observational. Total 40 participants will be selected as per the criteria for inclusion and exclusion i.e. 20 healthy children and 20 with repaired congenital heart disease. The duration of the study will be for six months.The six-minute walk will be performed according to guidelines, and PCI will be calculated using MacGregor’s formula. From the data will be calculated using PCI formula while performing 6MWT. PCI can be used as an effective tool for a physiotherapist in the assessment and evaluation of functional performance and provide the baseline for repaired CHD children. Many studies have evaluated functional performance in patients with coronary artery disease and there is the a paucity of studies in repaired congenital heart disease, so the present study aims at evaluation and comparison of PCI in repaired CHD and healthy children.
Background: Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and animals. They cause respiratory tract infections which can be mild to severe and can be life threatening. Mild infection includes some symptoms of common cold while severe cases can cause SARS. Coronaviruses can pneumonia and bronchitis. In December 2019, a pneumonia outbreak was reported in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was traced to a novel strain of coronavirus, which was given the interim name 2019-nCOV by the WHO.Methods: A cross sectional study has been conducted for the period of 7 days on students studying MBBS/BDS/BPT. All the students who participated in the study were vaccinated with Covishield vaccine. A multiple choice KAP related questionnaire was developed and students were instructed to fill the appropriate responses with the help of Google forms.Results: 77 students said that Covishield is a live attenuated vaccine.135 students said that AEFI can be reported on all the above places. 120 students said that Covishield is the most beneficial vaccine in market. 110 students said that intramuscular route of administration is preferred.69% students have experienced ADR post vaccination.180 students said they will advise the patient to get vaccinated. 131 students said active immunization is the best preventive strategy. 66% students said vaccination should be made compulsory. 57% students said Government’s implementation of vaccination program is very satisfactory.Conclusions: Majority of the students have positive outlook towards vaccination. Knowledge of health science students about COVID vaccines need to be given special focus.
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