iosr-JDMS   Volume-2 ~ Issue-5

Abstract: Aims and Objectives  To analyse the clinical profile of acute bacterial meningitis in newborn period.  To analyse the risk factors in neonatal meningitis with respect to outcome Material and Methods Study design : Descriptive study Study Period : June – 2011 – May 2012 Study Place : Meenakshi medical college&research institute Study Population : All babies of both sexes belonging to Neonatal period, admitted in newborn ward in the institute with strong clinical suspicion of sepsis or meningitis.
Keywords: newborn, meningitis, sepsis, mortality, convulsion

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Risk factors of Osteoarthritis Knee – A Cross-sectional study
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Pushpa S Patil, Umesh R Dixit, Chidendra M Shettar
	:	10.9790/0853-0250810

Abstract:A hospital based cross sectional study was carried out in a tertiary care centre to study the risk factors of Osteoarthritis of Knee among patients attending Orthopaedics OPD. All patients aged between 40 and 65 years were included in the study. A total of 102 patients for a period of four months were studied. Nearly two thirds of our study subjects were women. OA increased with age and BMI. Risk factors like family history, history of knee injury and occupational knee bending were seen in only few of our study subjects. There is need to spread awareness among people to adopt preventive measures at an earlier age along with healthy lifestyle to reduce the body weight and hence the risk of OA.
Keywords:Age, BMI, Osteoarthritis, occupational knee bending, risk factors,.

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