Se Asian J Trop Med
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Se Asian J Trop Med · Jun 1989
Knowledge of diarrhea and socioeconomic factors in relation to the use of oral rehydration therapy in Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand.
A study to determine the association between the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) by mothers who had children under five years old with diarrhea and their knowledge of diarrhea was conducted in 19 health centers and a hospital at Muang District, Samut Songkhram Province. It was found that in general there was significant association between the use of ORT and mother's knowledge of diarrhea. ⋯ It was also noted that mothers with high knowledge of diarrhea gave ORT to their children under five with diarrhea two times more frequently than mothers with low knowledge of diarrhea. The present study confirms the impact of knowledge of diarrhea on the use of ORT.
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Cardiac complications are the leading cause of death in patients with the thalassaemia syndromes. The cardiac abnormalities may be the result of chronic anaemia or iron overload. ⋯ The study provided evidence that cardiac abnormalities were due to undertransfusion. Echocardiography provides a reliable, noninvasive means of assessing cardiac abnormalities in patients with thalassaemia.
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Se Asian J Trop Med · Sep 1980
Oxantel-pyrantel pamoate for the treatment of soil-transmitted helminths.
A mixture of oxantel-pyrantel pamoate was given to 147 primary school children. A single daily dose of 15 mg per kg body weight was administered to cases with Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections. The same single daily dose was given for three consecutive days to 10 cases with hookworm infections. ⋯ A cure rate and an egg reduction rate for trichuriasis was 70.2% and 86.5% respectively. All cases with hookworm infection were cured. Side effects were light and did not cause any anxiety.
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Se Asian J Trop Med · Mar 1980
Case Reportsa case of pulmonary paragonimiasis in Mindanao, Philippines.
A case of pulmonary paragonmiasis was diagnosed in a woman of the Manobo tribe in Marilog, Calinan, in the Davao region of Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Phillippine Archipelago. She had the first case of this disease reported in Mindanao. ⋯ One additional case was confirmed, and several more suspected, among members of this population group. From an epidemiologic standpoint, careful examination of chest x-rays will allow early differentiation between pulmonary paragonimiasis and tuberculosis, in areas where both conditions are endemic.