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Introduction :Choosing a medical specialty is a life-defining decision for medical students. As medical students progress through medical course, it is observed that their interests in specialties change due to one reason or another. 1.To assess career choices for post-graduation among under graduateObjectives: medical students. 2. To determine the factors influencing the carrier choices of study participants. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted among 594 MBBS students of one of the Government Medical Colleges of Gujarat during December 2019 to March 2020. All undergraduate medical students except student from 1 year MBBS was enrolled in the study by purposive sampling. A self-administered pretested,st semi-structured questionnaire was utilized to collect socio-demographic variables, their choice of post- graduation subject and reasons for the same. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation (mean ± SD) and percentage were calculated. Chi square test was applied for statistical analysis. Out of 594Results: participants studied, 375 (63.1%) were males and 219 (36.9%) females. Most preferred specialties were medicine 138(24.7%) and general surgery 60(10.7%)among all students. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 34(75.6%) and Community Medicine 2(59.0%) were preferred by females while General Surgery 51 (85.0%) and Orthopaedics 20 (87.0%) were more preferred by males as a career. This difference proved to be statistically significant(p < 0.05). The distribution by years with different specialties shows statistically significant differences with Medicine, Dermatology, Paediatrics, ENT, Ophthalmology and Others. Personal interest was most valued influencing factor among 184 (31.0%) followed by job opportunities 111 (18.7%) and the least popular factor was financial reasons 17 (2.9%). The majority of the studentsConclusion: planned to specialize in clinical fields such as edicine and urgery. Most common factors influenced theirM S choices were personal interests and career opportunities in the preferred fields. Financial reasons or the influence of the role model were least important factor as far as carrier choice of medical undergraduates was concerned.
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Background: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in most industrialised countries (about one-third of all deaths) and somewhat low incidence is observed in the developing countries. Aims & Objective: To study age wise distribution of Coronary Artery Disease risk factors. Material and Methods: The data for this study was collected from Baroda Heart Institute & Research Centre (BHIRC). The total 208 patients were considered for study of CAD. Results: The majority of our patients were from age group of 60-69 years i.e. 67 (32.21%) and only 10 patients (4.32%) were in the age group of ≥80 years. Amongst all patients, 93.27% were lacking exercise, 39.42% were hypertensive, 28.85% were obese, 27.88% diabetic, 10.58% had family history of CAD and 5.28% were smokers. Conclusion: It is essential to identify CAD risk factors amongst the Indians to tackle the problem. So this study would be of great help in this direction.
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Intorduction:The present study was conducted in the departments of Anatomy, Radiology and Paediatrics at a General Public Charitable Hospital, Mumbai. Method: The study group consisted of 160 children of both sexes, who were referred to the Radiology department for ultrasonography. Out of these 160 chidren, 80 underwent sonography for abdominal and/or pelvic problems unrelated to the spleen and 80 children were suffering from medical disorders related to spleen i.e. 55 patients of thalassemia major, 13 patients of malaria, 9 patients of typhoid and 3 patients of portal hypertension. The splenic length was measured by using a commercially available real time ultrasound system with a TOSHIBA ECOCEE USG SYSTEM particularly by using the convex probe. Result: In the present study in abnormal spleen group, there is a strong correlation between weight and splenic size, and between age and splenic size, there is a partial correlation between height and the splenic size. In all the children with clinically obvious splenomegaly, the splenic length exceeded at least 2 cm than the normal splenic length at that particular age.Conclusion : This study shall stand as a good reference to Radiologists, Paediatricians, Haematologists and Physicians in an undiagnosed and complicated cases and will also helpful to determine the mode of treatment in thalassemia major with splenomegaly.