Postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery; incidence, management and prevention

Delirium is an acute neurological state branded as confusion, distraction, and varied consciousness. Other symptoms include disorientation, memory impairment, perceptual disturbances, altered psycho-motor activity, and sleep disturbances. Oilman was the first person to report delirium as a complication of cardiac surgery in 1965. Despite peri-operative advancements, including both surgical and anesthetic, delirium is a frequent post cardiac surgery complication. Delirium is a common menace in the cardiac surgical ICU and outcome consequences of greater number of morbidity and mortality. Recent research has identified possible hazards for the occurrence of delirium and strategies to treat it. However, more studies are required to standardize the risk factors, its occurrence and treatment strategies in post cardiac surgical patients

Role of Ghizae Dawai [Nutraceuticals] during pregnancy

Promotion of Maternal and Child Health is most important component of the reproductive and child health programme. Women's health is important during all phases of their lives, from childhood to adulthood. Some of the initiatives have been taken up such as increasing accessibility of service providers by an accreditation of private institutions as training center, improve quality of antenatal and post natal care and Integrated Nutrition and Health Project etc. Essential nutrition plays an important role during pregnancy, which helps the baby as well as mother growth. Nutraceutical, a portmanteau of nutrition and pharmaceutical, refers to extracts of foods claimed to have a medicinal effect on human health. The nutraceutical is usually a contained nutrition as well as medicinal portion essential to prevent problems like anaemia, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, hemorrhage, dizziness, and fatigue and also ensures that baby is getting essential nutrients growing inside the womb. Iron, protein, calcium as supplements and cereals, dairy foods, fruits, vegetables and nuts as nutrition have been recommended in various Unani Classics as single such as Zanjbeel, Isapghol and Soya or compound formulations such as Arq-e-Gaozaban, Arq-e-Mako and Jawarish Anarain help in various conditions throughout pregnancy

Ethics of eating and drinking in the light of Qur'an and Unani system of medicine

Dietetics or regimen of health define a controlled way of eating in order to preserve one's health, as opposed to impulsive eating which does not care about consequences. Diet was regarded as being essential for health and the prevention of disease since Medieval times. Dietary guidelines were written for different age groups, different body types and different seasons of the year. The amount of food to be ingested, the number of meals recommended and the order in which the food should be consumed were all issues that were discussed. A variety of foods were thought to have medicinal properties, some of which are known today. The present paper discusses in detail the principle of dietetics mentioned in the Holy Quran and by Unani physicians

Utility of bad [aegle marmelos linn.] in unani medicine

Bael [Aegle marmelos] is an important medicinal plant used in Unani System of medicine, which is cultivated throughout India. It is popularized for having antidiarrhoeal and antidysenteric activity. The present paper is an attempt to summarize the pharmacological actions and medicinal uses of the BaeI plant mentioned in Unani medical literature as well as in currently reported studies

Management of Infantile diarrhoea through Unani oral rehydration fluids

Children are the indicators of development of our future, and diarrhoeal diseases among children is still a major health problem in developing countries. In India alone about 1.5 million children die of dehydration due to diarrhoea every year and are indicative of tragic symbol of inefficiency of our health care system. Greater tragedy behind this fact is that most of these deaths arc preventable not by sophisticated or expensive means but by simple and cheap Unani home remedies. Oral re-hydration therapy is considered as the best medical revolution and oral rehydration fluids prepared from homely available Unani drugs can play valuable role not only to control dehydration but also to check diarrhoeal episode, and help decrease needless diarrhoeal deaths. The topic is discussed in the paper at length