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{"title":"Role of Urinary Calcium and Creatinine Ratio in Assessing Bone Resorption in Lepromatous Leprosy","authors":"Saima Akhter, Q. H. Jaigirdar, M. Mahmud, Shawana Haque, R. B. Habib","doi":"10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51794","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51794","url":null,"abstract":"Bony changes in lepromatous leprosy are one of the causes of deformity and disability. Fasting calcium and creatinine ratio in urine is used as a bone resorption marker in a number of diseases such as hyperthyroidism, osteoporosis, multiple myeloma, paget’s disease and sarcodosis. In lepromatous leprosy assessment of bone resorption might be done with that marker. To assess the role of fasting urinary calcium and creatinine ratio as a marker of bone resorption in patients with lepromatous leprosy. A case control study was conducted on 28 patients diagnosed as lepromatous leprosy and 28 age-matched healthy control. The participants who fulfilled all inclusion and exclusion criteria were studied by measuring fasting urinary calcium and creatinine level as well as observing X-rays of both hands and feet of affected individuals. The mean age of cases 38.1±14.2 years and 38.9±12.9 years was in control group. Male - female ratio was 3.6: 1. It was observed that 10.7% leprosy patients showed urinary Ca/Cr ratio >0.20 (0.13±0.12) and 10.7% healthy control showed urinary Ca/Cr ratio ratio>0.20 (mean ±SD 0.11±0.7). the difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). X-ray finding was positive in 14.3% leprosy patients and none of the control group. That difference was not significant statistically (p>0.05). there was no relation between raised urinary Ca/Cr ratio and positive findings of bone resorption on x-rays among the leprosy cases. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2019 Sep; 48 (3): 28-33","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"28-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84241064","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":"Comparison between Flexor Carpi Radialis and Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon Transfer for Fingers’ Extension in High Radial Nerve Palsy","authors":"S. Sen, N. K. Datta, Dipendra Misra, Zahidul Hak Khan, J. Islam, Susmita Sen, R. M. Chowdhury, K. Das","doi":"10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51791","url":null,"abstract":"The hand grip is severely impaired following high radial nerve palsy due to loss of extension of the wrist, metacarpo- phalangeal joint of fingers and thumb. If radial nerve does not show neural recovery following conservative or surgical repair during the optimum time, tendon transfer is considered the standard treatment. To evaluate and compare the clinical outcome between flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpiulnaris tendon transfer for fingers’ extension in high radial nerve palsy. This randomized controlled trial study was carried out in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka over a period of two years from January 2013 to December 2014. A total of 30 patients with high radial nerve palsy were recruited, 15 patients were gone through Flexor Carpi Radialis tendon transfer procedure (FCR group) and the rest 15 patients were gone through Flexor Carpi Ulnaris tendon transfer procedure(FCU group). The patients were followed up for 12 weeks after surgical intervention. Out of all patients, 86.7% male were encountered in each group. The mean age was found 31.07±9.14 years in FCR group and 33.60±10.79 years in FCU group. Humerus fracture was remained a major cause of radial nerve palsy in both FCR and FCU groups (26.7% vs. 33.3%). In final follow-up at 12th week, no extension deficit was observed at MCP joint (93.3% vs. 80.0%, p>0.05).The end result of surgical intervention was found satisfactory equally in both the groups (86.7%). In case of high radial nerve palsy, both FCR and FCU tendon transfer procedures are effective forfingers’ extension at MCP joint. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2019 Sep; 48 (3): 9-15","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"88 1","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76665296","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":"Temporomandibular Joint Monoarthritis in Rheumatoid Arthritis - A Rare Case Report","authors":"A. Shahin, S. Karmacharya, Md. Ariful Islam, Mamun Khan, Abdullah Al. Morshed, S. Razon, M. Choudhury","doi":"10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/BMJ.V48I3.51797","url":null,"abstract":"Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, autoimmune inflammatory disorder that is characterized by joint inflammation, erosive properties and symmetric multiple joint involvement. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is very rare to be affected in the early phase of the disease, thus posing diagnostic challenges for the rheumatologist. TMJ complaints are present in about more than 50% of patients of RA. TMJ is usually among the last joint to be involved and is associated with many clinical signs and symptoms of which pain is a major problem leading to inflammation, limited movements, swelling, joint stiffness, and muscle spasm. Here reported case is 64 years old male, ex-smoker, diagnosed case of diabetes mellitus for 7 years, hypertension for 2 years, came to hospital with the complains of pain in left jaw for 1 year. He had no history of other joint pain, morning stiffness or any deformities. The patient was diagnosed as a case of rheumatoid arthritis on the basis of inflammatory monoarthritis with high titer positive RA factor and anti CCP. The patient gradually improved after treatment with methotrexate. Inflammatory markers like ESR dropped down with the clinical improvement. TMJ is seldom joint to be affected first in the disease course. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2019 Sep; 48 (3): 43-45","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"5 1","pages":"43-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80843564","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":"Clinical Spectrum and Management of Ovarian Masses in Children and Adolescent up to 20 Years of Age","authors":"F. Khatoon, S. Begum, N. Choudhury, S. Yeasmin, M. Begum","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58246","url":null,"abstract":"Pathological type as well as management of ovarian tumor in the pediatric population are different than adult women. We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical and diagnostic aspects of ovarian tumors and tumor-like lesions in girls in order to identify characteristics associated with malignancy and it’s clinical management which is different from adult women. This is a descriptive type of cross sectional study was condunted among  seventy nine female  children and adolescent  admitted in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) with ovarian mass from January 2017 to December 2020.  Secondary data were collected from hospital record review. The demographic data, diagnostic procedure, management and histopathological analysis of the ovarian tumor were recorded. Mean age of study population was 16.7±3.1 and age range was 8-20 Years. Benign and malignant ovarian tumor was 40.50% and 59.49% respectively. The main symptom and sign were abdominal pain and palpable mass were found in 51% and 50% cases respectively. Malignant lesion appeared as cystic in 22.44%, solid 44.89% and mixed in 32.65% cases. But benign   ovarian tumor was found predominantly as cystic in 70% cases preoperatively. More than three fourth (75.51%) of malignant ovarian tumor showed one or more positive tumor marker whereas one third (33.33%) benign tumor had raised tumor marker. Large lesions in both benign and malignant cases were found in almost similar number of cases and these were 80% and 81% respectively. In the group of solid tumors, positive tumor marker results occurred more frequently in patients with malignant tumor (57.14%). Elevated serum alpha feto protein (AFP), Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (HCG) and high Lactate Dehydrogenage (LDH) value associated more often with malignant tumor. Laparotomy was performed in all cases of study population.  Among 49 malignant ovarian tumour 34 (69.3%) underwent ovary preserving surgery. All patient with benign ovarian tumor undergone conservative surgery. Predominantly solid structures noted on imaging studies, large dimension and positive tumor markers are clinical predictors of malignancy. Multicenter prospective studies are needed to improve and unify the ovarian preservation rates across the world. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 1-9","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85944987","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":"Clinicopathological Profile of Head and Neck Cancer Patients in a University Hospital, Bangladesh","authors":"Sajib Kumar Talukdhar, S. Alam, Md. Abdul Bari, Sadia Sharmin, M. J. Shams, Arnob Barua David","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58249","url":null,"abstract":"In Bangladesh, the head and neck cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers. The goal of this study was to assess at the clinicopathological characteristics of individuals with head and neck cancer.  This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted from July to December 2018, 286 patients with head and neck cancer were included at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Department of Clinical Oncology. A pre-made questionnaire was used to collect data from patients during face-to-face interviews. The mean age of the patients was 56.27 (±12.23) years. The bulk of the cases (77.6%) were male, and the most of the patients consumed tobacco (86%). The most common histological type among the patients was squamous cell carcinoma (92%). In terms of primary tumor location, the oral cavity (36%) was the most prevalent. Patients were most often found in stages III (32.2%) and IV (34.6%). In conclusion, head and neck cancer occurs mainly in males and tobacco users. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most frequent histological form, with the oral cavity as the main location of tumors. The majority of the patients are in advanced stages. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 23-26","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79229423","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":"Faecal Calprotectin in Differentiating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)","authors":"Md. Fazlul Karim Chowdhury, C. K. Ghosh, Md Shah Alam Miah, M. Rassell, Md Abual Hasan, C. Saha, Khandkar Mahabub Uz Zaman, Muhammed Saiful Islam, K. P. Saha, Md Abdur Rahim Miah","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58248","url":null,"abstract":"Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with relapsing and remitting course. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by altered bowel habit in association with abdominal discomfort and pain. Faecal biomarker may be used an accurate tool in the differentiation of IBD and IBS. The aim of this study was to measure faecal calprotectin (FC) level in patients with IBD and IBS and compare between them. This cross-sectional observational study conducted at the department of Gastroenterology, BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Patients with IBD were diagnosed on the basis of compatible history, clinical examination, laboratory, radiological and endoscopic findings, where IBS patients were selected by using the Rome IV criteria. Quantitative faecal calprotectin enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA), BÜHLMANN Quantum Blue® test was done and compared between IBD and IBS patients. In this study, Ninety (90) patients were enrolled, 45 patients with IBD and 45 patients with IBS. Mean age of the IBD patients was 32.24±9.76 years and IBS patients was 33.80±9.70 years. There were 28 (62.2%) male and 17 (37.8%) female patients with IBD and 30 (66.7%) male and 15 (33.3%) female patients with IBS. We found faecal calprotectin ( FC) level was 445.68 ± 237.35µg/g in IBD patients and 39.16 ± 17.31µg/g in IBS patients. There was a significant difference of faecal calprotectin level between IBD and IBS patients (p-value < 0.001). The sensitivity and specificity of faecal calprotectin to differentiate IBD from IBS was 91.1% and 86.7% respectively. The test accuracy was 88.9%. Area under ROC was 0.959 (95% CI, 0.909 to 1.0). This study showed that faecal calprotectin appears to be clinically useful, non-invasive, rapid and reliable marker to differentiate IBD from IBS.\u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 15-22","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"205 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73766049","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":"Correlation of Long Term Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) Use with Iron and Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anaemia","authors":"Md Rajibur Rahamn, Quazi Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, M. A. Rahim, Chowdhury Adnan Sami, H. I. Ahmad, Md Nazmul Hasan","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58250","url":null,"abstract":"The Suppression of gastric acid by long term use of PPI may decrease iron and vitamin B12 absorption and might be causing iron and vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia.  This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with peptic ulcer disease from November 2017 to March 2020; attending in the Internal Medicine department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). A total of   80  patients were included and divided into group-A (PPIs user) and group-B (non-PPI user), each group containing 40 patients each. The group-A  included patients who were taking PPIs for more than one year and  aged from  18 to 70 years and group-B the control group who were not taking PPIs for atleast 1(one) year. The data were analysed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).The study shown that male were  18(45%) and 19(47.5%) in group A and B respectively  and female were 22(55%) and 21(52.5%) in group A and B respectively. The mean age of male and female was (year) 45.35 ± 12.46, 44.85 ± 15.24, respectively. Most of the patient took omeprazole 62.5% follwed by, esomeprazole 20%, pantoprazole 12.5%, rabeprazole 5%. About 47.5% of the patient took PPI for more than 2 years, and 52.5% took between 1-2 years. The mean (±SD) haemoglobin (Hb) level was 10.93±2.00 g/dl amongst  group-A and  13.16±1.68g/dl in group-B, the difference is statistically significant (P<0.001). The mean serum iron of the PPI users (group-A) was 46.43±22.79, and of non-PPI users (group-B) was 84.95±33.18, the difference between iron level between two group was statistically significant (odds ratio -6.38  ; CI-2.28-17.84 and P-value <0.001). The PPI user group, mean vitamin B12 was 449±166.99 and in non-PPI group it was 432.85±175.93, which was statistically nonsignificant (P-value -1.00). Amongst all the participant low serum concentrations of iron, ferritin and transferrin were found 23(57.5%), 18(45%) and 27(67.5%), respectively  in Group-A (PPI user group) and 7(17.5%), 7(17.5%) and 8(20%) respectively in Group-B (PPI-non user).The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05) between the two groups. But the value of TIBC was found to be high in 36 (90.0%) participants in both groups, which was statistically non-significant(p=0.33). Hematocrit (HCT)  were low in 35 (87.5%) participants in Group-A and 25(62.5%) in Group-B. The difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Low MCV was found in 10(25%) in the PPI user group and 4(10%) in the non-user group, whish was statistically non-significant. No significant differences in vitamin B12 concentrations (pg/ml) 449±166.99 vs 432.85±175.93 were found between groups A and group B, respectively. There was a weak negative Pearson’s correlation shown in ascatter diagram between duration of PPI use, and the iron level of group A (n=40) (r=-.311, p=.051). A negligible Pearson’s correlation was seen in the scatter diagram between the duration of PPI use, and vitamin","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86867329","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":"Obituary News January-2021","authors":"K. Halim","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58254","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract not available \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 52-55","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"241 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74488699","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":"Morbidity Pattern among Under Five Children in a Selected Upazilla Health Complex","authors":"M. Begum, Nazia Elham, S. Riya, Nusrat Shoeb, F. Rahman, A. Nasreen","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58251","url":null,"abstract":"A descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to find out the morbidity pattern of under five children from February to March 2018. Sick child up to 5 years of age attending Sonarganon Upazila Health Complex, Narayangonj were included in this study. Total 250 respondents were selected by purposive sampling method. Data were collected through structured questionnaire by face to face interview and anthropometric measurement by cheklist. Out of 250 respondents, maximum mother 96(38.4%) were in the age group 20-24 year, only 10 (4%) were above 40 years of age. Most of the respondents (94%) were Muslims, one third of them (34%) had non formal education and nearly one third (32%) had completed primary education. About three forth of the respondents (73.6%) were house wives and 40% live in kacha houses. Monthly family incomes 12000TK of the (36.8%) respondent and more than (67%) two third had sanitary latrine. Majority of the children (59.6%) were within the age group of 12 months or less and mean age + SD was 15 + 12.8 months and majority were female child (51.2%). Mean weight + SD and mean height + SD of the children were 7.84 + 2.76 kg and 67.77 cm + 13.5 cm respectively. Among the morbidity it was found that 26.4% were ARI followed by diarrhoea 18.8%, fever 18% pneumonia 13.6%, skin diseases 6.8%, helminthiasis 6.4%, anemia 4.8%, mumps 3.6% and malnutrition 1.6%. Majority of the children (60%) completed immunization. Diarrhoea was found more common among illiterate and non-formal educated mothers (55.58%). Acute respiratory infection (ARI) was more prevalent in children who lived in kacha house. Pneumonia was more common among the children of business women (33.3%). This study reveals the existing morbidity pattern of under 5 children and would be helpful for development of health services of under 5 children. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 33-38","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81131130","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":"Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among the Forcibly Displaced Rohingya Population from Myanmar Nationals in Bangladesh","authors":"Md Fayshal Alam, Syeda Saberin Jahan, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Sinthia Tasmin, K. Halim, Md Nurunnabi","doi":"10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v50i1.58252","url":null,"abstract":"Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN's) specially Rohingya population considered as a maltreated minority. They suffered physical brutality that consequences are physical, sexual and psychological trauma.  This community based cross-sectional study was carried out to ascertain the prevalence rate and associated factors of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the 363 adult Rohingyas in the Kutupalong and Nayapara refugee camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh by a semi-structured questionnaire through face-to-face interviews during the study period of June 2018 to November 2018. Among the 363 study participants, 60.33% had probable PTSD. The prevalence of PTSD was found higher in female (64.7%) in comparison to male (53.52%) and a statistically significant association (P=0.03) found between sex and PTSD. Married people had a higher prevalence of PTSD (64.62%) in compared to unmarried people and a significant association (P=0.003) found with the presence of PTSD. The prevalence of PTSD was very high (72.55%) among the respondents those faced sexual exploitation. Among the exploitations related variables, having previous experience of sexual exploitations were found statistically significant associated (P=0.039) with PTSD. Hypertension had a statistically significant association (P=0.02) with PTSD and the prevalence of PTSD among Hypertensive patients was 71.79%. Probable PTSD was highly prevalent among the Rohingya population in Bangladesh. Measures should be taken by trained healthcare professionals and mental healthcare providers. \u0000Bangladesh Med J. 2021 January; 50(1) : 39-45","PeriodicalId":8711,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Medical Journal","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78937595","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}