JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Mar 2018
EditorialPeritoneal Dialysis or Haemodialysis for Kidney Failure?
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Mar 2018
Blood Component Separation Service: A New Experience in an Institution.
Blood component separation facility began dispatching its blood component units from 21st April 2013 at the new blood component separation service complex at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. With the supply of blood components being finite and with the added recognition of a high rate of inappropriate use of blood component services around the world, there is a need to monitor and regulate these services. Our study was conducted to identify blood component utilization pattern in institute and to know about different blood components demand for future preparedness. ⋯ Packed Cell Volume of A positive blood group being the predominant blood component requested from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit ward at the institute making most requests. Finally, these results could be useful for estimating the requirements for our newly establish blood bank to meet the demand in future.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Mar 2018
Case ReportsGiant Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenoma Complicating Term Pregnancy.
Huge ovarian cyst are found in less than 1% of all ovarian cyst in pregnancy and are associated with poor feto-maternal outcome. A 28 years old G2P1 with history of normal vaginal delivery 3 years back was referred from local health post with complains of intermittent pain abdomen at 29 weeks. Her scan showed huge ovarian cyst of 18.9×17.6 cm with multiple thick septation. ⋯ Histopathology was suggestive of mucinous cystadenoma of ovary. Although antepartum removal of ovarian cyst has been recommended to ensure good pregnancy outcome, expectant management and timed intervention can be adopted for pregnancy with huge ovarian cysts. Keywords: mucinous cystadenoma; ovarian cyst; pregnancy.
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Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are increasingly recognized, nowadays as an important pathogen in delayed surgical site infection in post operative cases. We here in describe cases of surgical site infection caused by Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria, seen in two centers in Jhapa. The aim of the study was to increase awareness of this atypical mycobacterial infection, prompt diagnosis, and treatment that may ultimately provide better care to patients. ⋯ There should be high level of clinical suspicion for patients presenting with delayed post- operative wound infections for the diagnosis of non-tubercular mycobacreria as causative agents. These infections not only cause physical but also emotional distress that affects both the patients and the surgeon. Emphasis should be given on good sterilization technique to avoid such infections.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Mar 2018
Accuracy of Frozen Section with Histopathological Report in an Institute.
Frozen section helps in rapid intra-operative diagnosis. It is commonly used during surgical procedures to detect malignancy so that modifications of surgery can be decided at the time of surgery on the table. Frozen section is also performed for evaluation of surgical margins and detection of lymph node metastasis. In addition it is applied for detection of unknown pathological processes.The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy of frozen section diagnosis in comparison to gold standard histopathological diagnosis and to find concordance and discordance rate of frozen section with histopathological report. ⋯ The results of frozen section varied in different organ systems and the common cause of discrepancy in our study were the gross sampling error and the interpretational error.