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{"title":"Knowledge About nCOVID-2019 Among the Population of Palashbari Upazilla in Gaibandha District","authors":"Sarowat Hossain, S. Alam, Mahabubul Islam, Munira Begum, Z. H. Sarker, Shahgahan Miah, Md. Abu Hanifa, Taslim Fatema, Labib Hasan","doi":"10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62647","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Novel Corona virus-2019 (nCOVID-2019) is recognized as a major public health threat all over the world. This virus is spreading at a breakneck speed since its emergence from Wuhan, China in December 2019 and it is important to pull all the necessary resources to halt it. The outbreaks of Coronavirus infection among people are always of public health concern especially when they have little knowledge. Most infectious disease preventive campaigns assume that if rational knowledge is given, people's behavior will change and will favor control. \u0000Objective: The study was aimed to assess the public knowledge about nCOVID-2019. \u0000Methods: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was carried out among the population of Palashbari Upazilla, Gaibandha district from 20 th January 2020 to 20 th February 2020. 1010 respondents were selected conveniently from 5 catchment areas. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Collected data were entered in the spreadsheet and analyzed in SPSS version 23. \u0000Results: The highest numbers of respondents were in the age group of 15 to 30 years (43.2%). Male and females of were almost equally distributed. 92.9% of the respondents heard the name of 2019-nCoV and 47.6% of them said that it was a respiratory tract infection. 57.5% respondents knew about the sign symptoms but only 26.6% among them could identify all sign symptoms satisfactorily. 40.8% were aware that it was transmitted through the air and only 31.2% knew humans as the source of infection, 19.8% of respondents had no knowledge and others told that wild animals, snakes, bats, cattle, and poultry could transmit the virus. A good percentage of respondents could tell about using masks (85.4%), hand washing (84.75%), avoid touching mouth nose and eyes with the unwashed hand (78.9%), avoid undercooked food (70.6% ), avoid touching poultry and animals (71.2%) and the necessity to quarantine the suspected cases (71.3%), as beneficial for the prevention of Coronavirus infection but they had a lack of knowledge about the treatment (24.52%), 63.5% respondents knew that there was no treatment against Coronavirus infection whereas 11.9% didn’t know about the treatment and only 22.6% had knowledge about the quarantine period. \u0000Conclusion: The study revealed that, though most of the respondents heard the name Coronavirus, people have limited knowledge about transmission, quarantine, and treatment against nCOVID-2019. Health care professionals have to work with enormous effort to control the outbreak of nCOVID-2019. \u0000J Rang Med Col. September 2022; Vol. 7, No. 2:58-62","PeriodicalId":370900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rangpur Medical College","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131781772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Melioidosis: A Case Report of Confirmed Burkholderia Pseudomallei in Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur","authors":"Md Helal Miah, Tania Begum, Md Shafiul Alam, A. Mondol, Md Mahfuj Ul Anwar","doi":"10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62649","url":null,"abstract":"Bangladesh is an example of a highly populous, agricultural country where melioidosis may be a significantly underdiagnosed cause of infection and death. Melioidosis is caused by a highly pathogenic, soil-borne, Gram-negative bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. Diabetes mellitus is the most common risk factor. Disease manifestations vary from pneumonia or localized abscess to acute septicemia or arthritis. Culture is considered the current gold- standard for diagnosis. For the intensive phase (10 to 14 days), ceftazidime or meropenem is the drug of choice. For the eradication phase (3 to 6 months), oral trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole is the drug of choice. Surgery (drainage of abscess) has an important role in the management of melioidosis. A 48-year-old male, health worker of an NGO, working at Cox’s Bazar presented with fever for 1 month and gradual increasing pain and swelling of the left knee for 7 days followed by cellulitis and multiple abscess formation in the left leg. B. pseudomallei isolated from blood culture and successfully treated with meropenem. \u0000J Rang Med Col. September 2022; Vol. 7, No. 2:69-72","PeriodicalId":370900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rangpur Medical College","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116237780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ramadan Risk Stratification by International Diabetes Federation and Diabetes & Ramadan International Alliance (IDF-DAR) Risk Calculator in Bangladeshi People with Diabetes Mellitus who wished to Fast in 2022","authors":"Md Shahed Morshed, Md. Firoj Hossain, M. A. Hannan, Md Ahamedul Kabir, Mobarak Hosen, Satyajit Mallick, M. J. Alam, Mohammad Nurul Amin, M. Faruque, S. Rahman","doi":"10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/jrpmc.v7i2.62638","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Risk stratification is an essential and first component of the pre-Ramadan assessment of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) who wish to fast. Limited data are reported from Bangladesh regarding risk stratification of people with DM who wish to fast. \u0000Objective: To determine the risk status of people with DM who wish to fast during Ramadan. \u0000Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was done among Muslim people of DM with at least one year of experience of Ramadan in previous years after their diagnosis. Along with baseline characteristics, the individual 14 risk elements of the International Diabetes Federation and Diabetes & Ramadan International Alliance (IDF-DAR) risk calculator- 2021 were assessed. Patients were categorized into low, moderate, and high risk with a total score of 0-3, 3.5-6, and ≥6.5 respectively. Moderate and high-risk patients were counseled about their risk of fasting and requested to reconsider their wishes. \u0000Results: Among 569 participants, (mean age 50.97±12.02 years, male-female ratio 36.2:63.8) 37.8%, 38.8%, and 23.4% had high, moderate, and low risk respectively. Risk scores were significantly higher in older age (p<0.001), male sex (p=0.024), residence in Chattagram than Rajshahi division (p=0.009) as well as housewife and businessman than other occupations (p=0.012). Despite knowing the risks of fasting, 88.8% of people with high risk and 96.8% of people with moderate risks still wished to fast. The people who still wished to fast despite knowing their risks of fasting had significantly lower percent of macrovascular disease (p=0.039), lower creatinine levels (p<0.001), with a lower percent of dipstick proteinuria (p=0.010), and use of insulin (p=0.021) than those who changed their decision. \u0000Conclusions: Nearly 90% of persons with DM with moderate/high risk for fasting still wished to fast despite their exemption. These at-risk population needs guidance, monitoring, and follow-up for safe fasting. \u0000J Rang Med Col. September 2022; Vol. 7, No. 2:4-11","PeriodicalId":370900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rangpur Medical College","volume":"230 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114255213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}