In the present study of 331 patients suffering from signs/symptoms of nasal allergy, 9 nasal polyps, allergic conjunctivitis and allergic asthma, who were referred by clinician, were taken up for diagnosis of allergy with skin prick test (Ten et al. Mayo Clin Proc 70(8):783-784, 1995) and subjective improvement of patients by immunotherapy. Out of 331 patients tested 321 patients showed significant positive results and rest of them tested negative for allergy. High incidences of positive results were noted in third and fourth decade age of patients. Dust and pollen allergens were positive in most of the patients compare to insect's antigens. Among the pollen antigens tested, those of Parthenium hysterophorus was found to be the most common (30%) followed by Prosopis julifora (25%). 75.22% patients were positive to house dust, 19.33% patients were positive to Aspergillus moulds. D. farinae was the most common offender amongst the mites. Patients who attended, allergy clinic in Kamineni Hospitals during the last 4 years were referral patients, who had been on prolonged treatment without much relief. Immunotherapy was advised to patients who were having perineal allergy, in whom, medical treatment had become only palliative. Immunotherapy injections were administered subcutaneously, and their results were monitored.
Background: An Intensive care unit (ICU) is an area where highest level of care is given with close invasive and non-invasive monitoring to a critically ill patient. Medical audit is must to assess the quality care provided and lay down policies for future. Objectives: To review retrospectively the profile of patients admitted to ICU and assess their outcome.Methods: From January 2016 to December 2016, ICU records of all admissions, referred, discharges, and deaths were utilized for the purpose of this study. Data extracted from the records included age, sex, diagnosis and outcome.Results: A total of 2316 patients were admitted to ICU. Males were 1489 (64.3%) and females were 827 (35.7%). Most of the patients (42.8%) were between 46-70 years. Most of the patients were shifted from emergency (48.5%) and it was associated with better outcome. A total of 49.6% patients were shifted out of ICU in stable condition while mortality was 28.6%. Around 21.8% patients left ICU against Medical advice.Conclusions: Majority patients admitted to ICU were of general medicine and neurosurgery. Survival was inversely related to age. Mortality was not associated with sex. Outcome was also related to the source from where patient was admitted.
The internal challenges to Indian securityare growing serious day by day. India has longhistory of separatist and secessionist violence, beit in North-East, Punjab or Kashmir. The nation,presently, is facing not one but two wars withinits own borders. The first, as we all know, is therising threat of Islamic terrorism, but the secondoften overlooked dimension to this internal war,is that of the naxalite terrorists, who are bred andsustained by the Communists Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) CPI (ML). In April 2006, IndianPrime Minister Manmohan Singh called thenaxalite threat the “biggest internal securitychallenge ever faced by our country”
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