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Objective: To determine the effect of Bifidobacterium BB12 on mean change in stool frequency and hospital stay in the management of acute diarrhea. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial. Place and duration of study: Study was conducted at department of pediatrics. DHQ hospital, Faisalabad from 1[st] July 2013 to 31[st] December 2013
Patients and methods: Ninety eight patients after fulfilling inclusion criteria were registered and sorted out into group A [study] and Group B [Control] randomly [By lottery method]. Group A patients were given Bifidobacterium BB12 [6 Billion units BD for five days] diluted in ORS while group B patients were given ORS only. The cases were assessed daily for decrease in frequency of stool and total duration of illness at discharge
Results: Mean age at the time of admission was 17.6 +/- 7 months for study group and 14.6 +/- 7.4 months for controls. Duration of hospital admission was 1.88 +/- 0.21 days in the probiotic group compared with 3.38 +/- 0.13 days in the control group [P = 0.02]. Mean reduction in the frequency of stool per day was 5.08 +/- 0.34 times for study group and 2.3 +/- 0.35 times for the control group [P = 0.05]
Conclusion: We conclude that effect of Bifidobacterium bifidum is statistically significant in reducing the mean change in stool frequency and hospital stay in management of acute diarrhea in children
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Objectives: To evaluate the awareness and willingness of an eye donation among urban population of Pakistan
Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among urban population of Pakistan to access the awareness and concern about eye donation. For this a convenient sampling technique was used and a self-administrative questionnaire was administered. Participants were selected from 3 provinces and 5 major cities of Pakistan. A total of 1520 responded, 52.6% were males and 47.4% were females
Results: 530[66.2%] out of 800 male and 463[64.3%] out of 720 female participants were aware about eye donation. Willingness to donate eyes after death was only seen in about 54/800 [6.7%] males and 58/720 [8%] females. Mass media, television, radio were the most common source of information for both male 342/800 [42.7%] and female 316/720 [43.8%] regarding eye donation. At the end nobility was treated the most common influencing factor for both male 102/800 [12.7%] and female 145/720 [20%] participants
Conclusion: Awareness of eye donation among urban population was not found to be adequate and the willingness for eye donation is too much low. This may be because of lack of high literacy rate in Pakistan, no government eye banks, very few NGO's eye bank and lack of eye donation awareness campaigns