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Prehypertension(PHT)leadstohypertension(HT)andiscloselyassociatedwithincreasedincidenceofcardiovasculardiseaserisk(CVD).PrevalenceofPrehypertensioninmedicalprofessionalscangiveanideaoftheirriskofprogressionto(HT),soastoreducetheburdenof(HT)andCVD.Objectives‐ PrevalenceofPrehypertensionamongMedicalprofessionalsofJammuandcomparisonofprevalenceamongmalesandfemalesofmedicalprofessionalsofJammu.MaterialsandMethods‐ TheaimwastoestimatetheprevalenceofprehypertensioninmedicalprofessionalsofJammucityandcomparisonofprevalenceofprehypertensioninbothmalesandfemales.Thestudyincluded184medicalprofessionalsfromMedicalCollegesofJammuregion.Thebloodpressurewasrecordedbyauscultatorymethodusingmercurysphygmomanometer.Results‐ PrevalenceofPrehypertensioninstudypopulationwas74.46%(males‐ 92.73%,females‐ 6.67%)whichwasstasticallyhighlysignificant.Conclusion‐ Aboveresultsshowsthatthereis,HighPrevalenceofPrehypertensionamongthemedicalProfessionals,indicativeofvigorouspreventivemeasurestobetakensothattheriskofprogressiontoHypertensionandsubsequentCardiovasculardiseasestobecurtailed
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Background:COPD is a 3rdleading cause of death worldwide. Estimates suggest Prevalence and burden of COPD will increase in coming decades. It is a multisystem disorder that is frequently associated with significant extrapulmonary manifestations. These associations have a significant negative impact over the prognosis and health related quality of life in patients with COPD. Aim & Objective:The present study is carried out to evaluate effects of COPD on Visual evoked potentials before any clinical signs andsymptoms of visual impairment appear.Method:Study was done in 50 COPD patients having disease duration of more than 5 years with stable course of illness and 50 age and sex matched healthy adults as controls. Pattern reversal visual evoked potential recording was done with monocular stimulation. Result:There was statistically significant increase in P100 Latency of both eyes in COPD patients as compared to controls. Statistically non-significant decrease in P100 amplitude was seen. Prolongation of P100latency in COPD patients is due to development of chronic hypoxemia leading to tissue hypoxia causing slower conduction in visual pathway suggesting demyelination
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The present study is carried out to assess brainstem auditory evoked potentials in patients of COPDand to evaluate effects of COPD on it before any clinical signs and symptoms of auditory impairment appear. This early diagnosis will help in maintaining a better quality of life in patients of COPD.Study includes 100 individuals divided in two groups, study group (n=50) and controls (n=50). Study group consist of COPD patients those had duration of COPD for more than 5 years with stable course of disease.Latency of wave I, III, IV, Vwere prolonged in cases compared to controls in right ear and left ear.The difference is statistically significant (p value <0.05). Right ear interpeak latencies of I–III, III-V and I-V were increased with statistical significance among cases compared to controls (p value <0.05). In left ear, interpeak latencies of I-III and I-V were statistically more (p value <0.05) in case group compared to control group.The subclinical BAEP impairment in patients of COPD was due to the severity of airflow obstruction which causes chronic hypoxemia. The progressive chronic hypoxemia leads to development of tissue hypoxia and decreases the cerebral perfusion; also it slows the nerve conduction in auditory pathway which causes prolongation of latency.