BACKGROUNDAlcohol de-addiction is a cornerstone in the treatment of alcohol dependence syndrome. Following de-addiction therapy many patients relapse and only few patients maintain abstinence. The clinical, demographic variables have been reported to play an important role in the dynamics of relapse and abstinence after de-addiction in many studies, but there is no clear cut association between the variables and outcome till date, so the present study was planned. MATERIALS AND METHODSInitially, all study subjects in the study were subjected to alcohol detoxification and later to alcohol de-addiction therapy. After de-addiction patients were recalled for evaluation for period of three months. The sociodemographic data and details of clinical variables related to alcohol use were obtained in a pre-structured pro forma prepared in the Department for the purpose of the study. Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ-C) was used in the study to assess the severity of alcohol dependence in the study subjects. RESULTSThere was no statistical significance result observed in relation to any demographic variables, clinical variables and outcome (relapse/abstinence to alcohol). CONCLUSIONIn this study, no significant association was found between sociodemographic variables, clinical variables and the outcome.
Background: Stroke in patients of Diabetes Mellitus is a common complication all over the world. The present study was done with the aim to assess the blood glucose level in acute stroke patients of Manipur and find out any correlation with types, size and prognosis of different glycaemic group. Method: The study was a prospective cross-sectional study of all patients who were admitted as acute stroke in Medicine ward, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal, Manipur. Clinical parameter including History and clinical examination findings were recorded. CT scan of brain, blood glucose level, HbA1c were taken in all the patients. Results: Of 109 patients of acute stroke patients included in the study, 34 were known cases of Diabetes, 10 were newly detected Diabetes cases summing up to a total of 64 cases of Diabetes, 44 of the cases had stress hyperglycaemia and 21 were euglycaemic. Maximum cases consisted of ischaemic strokes (84.4%) and maximum number of haemorrhagic strokes falls under the known diabetes group.None of the euglycaemic patients had any large sized lesions, maximum of them (89.5%) had small sized lesions. Most of the stress glycaemia patients had medium sized strokes while the known diabetes and newly detected diabetes groups had no case of small sized lesion with the maximum large sized lesions occurring in the known diabetes group (78.9%). Clinical outcome was worst in poor glucose control group with 70.3% fatality in this group while maximum clinical improvement was seen in Non-Diabetics (84.6%) consisting of euglycaemia and stress hyperglycaemia groups. Conclusion: There was a good correlation with admission day hyperglycaemia with the size of the stroke lesion in all cases of stroke. The diabetes especially poor glucose control group is associated with increased size of the stroke lesion, severity and poor clinical outcome. Keywords: Stroke, diabetes mellitus, stress hyperglycaemia, euglycaemia.
Background: Dysfunction and anatomic abnormalities of the thyroid gland are among the most common diseases of the endocrine glands. The study has been undertaken with the aim to assess the different cardiovascular manifestations in patients of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism in Manipur and find out any correlation of it with age, sex, type of thyroid disorder and BMI. Materials and Method: The study was a cross sectional study of patients who were diagnosed as hypothyroid or hyperthyroid in the Department of Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences(RIMS), Imphal, Manipur. Clinical parameters including history and clinical examination were recorded including thyroid function testing, ECG, chest X-ray, trans-thoracic echocardiography. Results: Among 59 patients of thyroid disorder studied, 38 patients were found to be hypothyroid and 21 patients hyperthyroid. The average BMI in hypothyroid patient was 27.25. The average BMI in hyperthyroid patients was 25.41 which were lower than hypothyroid. Diastolic hypertension was found in 44.7% of hypothyroid patients. Sinus bradycardia and sinus tachycardia were the most common ECG findings in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid patients respectively. 15.8% had cardiomegaly on chest x-ray in hypothyroid patients while 9.5% had cardiomegaly in hyperthyroid patients. On echocardiographic evaluation, 13.1% and 9.5% had pericardial effusion in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid groups respectively.
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