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Background: Ultrasound examination during pregnancy has become an integral part of antenatal care throughout the world. This technology is an important tool for the obstetricians, to reassure their patients regarding the well-being of their fetus in utero. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness of USG among pregnant women.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among pregnant women attending the ANC clinic of Obstetric department of MLB Medical College Hospital, Jhansi, UP from March to May 2018. The study included 300 pregnant women and data was collected by using pre tested questionnaire.Results: The study reveals that 51.3% of participants were in the age group of 20-25 yr and 50% of them belong to upper lower class, most of them unskilled (83.4%), 63.3% of participants depicted that USG is done only to confirm the pregnancy and 81% of women considered that it is beneficial during pregnancy and 65% was known that USG can be used to determine sex of the foetus.Conclusions: Awareness regarding the uses of ultrasonography during pregnancy was found to be average. There is need to create more awareness in community about the USG uses and PCPNDT act and its provisions. There is need of creating more awareness about the safety, utility and frequency of USG during antenatal period to avoid misuse.
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Dengue fever is an acute viral disease caused by dengue virus (DENV1- 4) and is endemic to India. It commonly presents as fever along with headache, bodyache, rashes, polyserositis, bleeding manifestations and rarely as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal or neurological manifestations. Here, we report a case of dengue fever with hypokalemic quadriparesis. A 38-year-old male admitted with history of fever of 3-day duration and weakness of all four limbs of 1-day duration. His investigations showed Hb - 16.20 g/dL, platelet - 37,000/mm3, serum Na+ - 150.00 mmol/L, serum K+ - 2.50 mmol/L and positive dengue serology. Hypokalemic quadriparesis secondary to dengue fever should be considered as a differential diagnosis in a case of acute febrile illness with muscle weakness in tropical countries.