JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2019
An Echocardiographic Evaluation of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Cardiomyopathies are diseases of heart muscle that may originate from genetic defects, cardiac myocyte injury or infiltration of myocardial tissues. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common phenotype and is often a final common pathway of numerous cardiac insults. Mostly it remains unknown in the absence of echocardiography, histopathology and genetic evaluation. Though common it is underdiagnosed with not much of data available in our setup. ⋯ Dilated Cardiomyopathy is the commonest cardiomyopathy phenotype mostly presenting with congestive heart failure. It is often underdiagnosed in our part of the world, however echocardiography will easily detect the condition.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2019
Optometry in Nepalese Context: The Profession Beyond Providing Refraction Services.
Optometry is an independent profession which is specialised for providing comprehensive eye care including refraction and dispensing services, diagnosis and management of eye diseases and visual rehabilitation. In clinical settings of Nepal, optometrists are primarily recognised as refractionists and are provided with working opportunities in the same area. ⋯ Considering large proportion of optometrists with further education and being working outside the country, new specialised services can be introduced through training and workshop to the fellow optometrists so that specialised services can reach up to the public level. Keywords: Nepal; optometry; refraction services.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2019
Role of MR Morphology and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in the Evaluation of Meningiomas: Radio-Pathologic Correlation.
Preoperative differentiation of benign, atypical and malignant meningiomas would significantly help in surgical planning and treatment. The aim of this study is to look at radio-morphologic behavior of various histopathological types and grades of meningiomas and their diffusion characteristics. ⋯ MR morphology like pial invasion, breached tumors brain interface, parenchymal invasion can predict aggressiveness and atypical nature of meningiomas. Meningioma shows moderately restricted diffusion. The signal on the ADC map is associated with tumors cellularity and aggressiveness suggesting its usefulness for predicting the histological grade.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2019
Morphometric Measurement of Cranial Vault Thickness: A Tertiary Hospital Based Study.
The skull's main function is to protect the brain. Total skull bone thickness is the total thickness of diploe and the external and internal tables. The measurement of the human skull based on CT images results are of great practical value in the fields of anatomy, clinical medicine, biomechanics study and head injury analysis. There are few literatures about imaging assisted measurement of the cranial vault thickness while sparse literature among Nepalese population. In this study, we aim to measure the thickness of calvarian bones of and find the difference between gender and ethnic groups. ⋯ There was no significant difference in cranial vault thickness among sex or ethnical groups in patients of a hospital.
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JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · Jan 2019
Clinical Experience of Fluroscopy Guided Percutaneous Transpedicular Biopsy of Spinal Lesion.
The diagnosis of the spinal lesions often puts the clinician in dilemma. The definite diagnosis is obviously needed for the proper management of the disease. The wrong diagnosis not only imposes the adverse effects, but sometimes may lead to the disabling conditions and even prove to be life threatening. This study is aimed at evaluating the need of fluoroscopy guided percutaneous transpedicular biopsy for establishing the proper diagnosis and find the diagnostic yield. ⋯ The transpedicular biopsy of the spinal lesion is the must for the proper diagnosis and treatment plan of such cases. The change in the diagnosis after biopsy is often possible which will drastically alter the treatment plan.