Background: This study was done to create awareness among people about the problems of Anemia and health care providers in further management. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, severity, risk factors of anemia among 2-12 years of aged children attending a hospital. Subjects and Methods: Blood and stool samples were collected from the patient. Among those children with hemoglobin <11 g/dl, were screened for iron deficiency anemia (serum ferritin estimation is done). Among these 500 children, 100 children with a hemoglobin level of 11gm/dl and serum ferritin <12 μg/l were taken up for detailed study. Results: A total of 138 males 62.7% were having hemoglobin less than 11.4 gm. /dl indicating anemia. total 230 female children about 66.5% were detected with anemia, 73 (31.73%) children had Hemoglobin levels less than 8 gm. /dl indicating severe anemia and about 49 (21.30%) children had moderate anemia and 31 (13.47%) had mild anemia and only 77 (33.47%) were having their hemoglobin concentration of greater than 11.5 gm. /dl were classified as non-anemic. Conclusion: Anemia was slightly more prevalent in girls of the same age group as compared to boys.
To assess the efficacy of different antibiotic regime in treatment of diarrhoea of paediatric patients. Total of 40 paediatric patients with present of diarrhoea were included in the present study. All the patients were divided into two study groups with 20 patients in each group. Group 1 included subjects who were treated with ceftriaxone therapy while group2 included subjects who were treated with ciprofloxacin therapy. Microbial stool cultures were used as a standard for assessing the efficacy of both the antibiotic regimens. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Mean age of the patients of group 1 and group 2 was 15.8 years and 14.9 years respectively. There were 12 males and 8 females in group 1 while there were 11 males and 9 females in group 2. Success rate among both the study groups was found to be 95 percent. Non-significant results were obtained while comparing the success rate of both the antibiotic treatment therapies. Conclusion: Both ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin therapy are equally effective in treating diarrhoea in paediatric patients.
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