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Indian J Cancer ; 2015 Apr-June; 52(2): 191-193
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-173258

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Assessing nutritional status and delivering optimal nutritional care is a part of modern day treatment of children with cancer. The nutritional practices in India for these children have not been previously described. AIMS: To describe the existing nutrition assessment and management practices for children with cancer in India. METHODS: Attendees of the First International Society of Pediatric Oncology‑Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries workshop on nutrition in children with cancer organized in September 2014 at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India were invited to complete a self‑administered questionnaire related to three domains: nutritional assessment, intervention, and education. RESULTS: Hundred and eight respondents from 42 health institutions and background in the health sector participated in the survey. There was variability in nutritional assessment, practice and education. Lack of resources and time are contributory. CONCLUSIONS: This assessment of nutritional services in India provided useful information to plan development of national guidelines, policy, and delivery of services.

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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 2007 Jan; 38(1): 13-9
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-35783

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Unlike acute diarrhea, the role of pathogens in persistent diarrhea in children in Nepal is unclear. Protozoal parasites are suspected to be a major cause. The study was carried out to find the association between protozoal agents and persistent diarrhea in children below age 5 years from western Nepal. Stool samples were collected from 253 children with persistent diarrhea, from 155 children with acute diarrhea (disease controls) and from 100 healthy children from the community (normal controls). Of 253 children with persistent diarrhea, 90 (35.5%) had protozoal infections, 63 (24.9%) helminthic infections, 32 (12.6%) had bacterial infections and 16 had mixed infections. Giardia lamblia was the most prevalent (67.7%), followed by Entamaeba histolytica (27.7%). HIV infection and severe malnutrition were associated with Cyclospora cayetanensis and Cryptosporidium spp causing persistent diarrhea. We conclude that stool microscopy should be routinely performed in children with persistent diarrhea since protozoal infections can be cured with effective treatment and control can be achieved by proper health education.


Asunto(s)
Niño , Diarrea/epidemiología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Nepal/epidemiología , Infecciones por Protozoos/complicaciones
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Indian J Ophthalmol ; 2001 Jun; 49(2): 103-7
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-69560

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PURPOSE: To determine the frequency and types of lens-induced glaucoma (LIG), reasons for late presentation and outcome of current management. METHODS: Prospective case series of 413 patients/eyes with LIG over a 12-month period in 1998; 311 of these patients underwent cataract surgery. Visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP) were pre- and postoperatively assessed. RESULTS: Four hundred and thirteen (1.5%) of 27,073 senile cataracts seen in the outpatient department of Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan, Nepal presented with LIG. There were 298 (72%) phacomorphic cases and 115 (28%) phacolytic glaucoma. Pain for more than 10 days was reported by 293 (71%) patients. The majority, 258 (62.4%), travelled a distance of more than 100 kms to the hospital. The major reasons for late presentation were "no escort" in 143 (34.6%) and "lack of money" in 128 (31.0%) cases. At presentation the IOP was more than 30 mm Hg in 327 (79%) eyes. Following cataract surgery, 251 (80.7%) had 21 mm Hg or less at discharge. The visual acuity was hand-movement or less before surgery in all eyes; at discharge 120 of 311 operated eyes (38.6%) achieved 6/60 or better, 97 (31.2%) less than 6/60, and 94 (30.2%) less than 3/60. The main causes for poor outcome in 94 cases were optic atrophy in 32 (34%) eyes, uveitis in 25 (26.6%)eyes and corneal oedema in 24 (25.5%) eyes. CONCLUSION: The results highlight the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of visually disabling cataract. There is a need to educate both the patient and the cataract surgeon of the dangers of lens-induced glaucoma and of the poor outcome if treatment is delayed.


Asunto(s)
Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Extracción de Catarata/efectos adversos , Femenino , Glaucoma/epidemiología , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Presión Intraocular , Implantación de Lentes Intraoculares/efectos adversos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Estudios Prospectivos , Agudeza Visual
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Indian J Ophthalmol ; 2001 Mar; 49(1): 31-5
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-70150

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PURPOSE: Postoperative astigmatism following intracapsular cataract extraction with or without anterior chamber intraocular lens implantation is reported as an outcome from a randomised controlled trial. METHODS: Five hundred and two of 1002 eyes randomised to intracapsular cataract extraction with anterior chamber intraocular lens (ICCE/AC IOL) and 417 of 998 eyes to intracapsular cataract extraction with aphakic spectacles (ICCE/AS) were seen for objective refraction one year after surgery. The prevalence and axis of astigmatism were evaluated using univariate analysis. Logistic regression was used to compare the postoperative astigmatism between the groups. RESULTS: Acceptable astigmatism (-0.5 to 0.0 DCyl) in the AC IOL group was found in 60 (12.0%) patients (95% CI 9.1%-14.9%) and in the aphakic spectacles group (AS) in 69 (16.5%) patients (95% CI 12.9%-20.1%), moderate astigmatism (-1.0 to-1.5 DCyl) was found in 153 (30.4%) patients (95% CI 26.4-34.6%) in ACIOL group and in 288 (69.1%) patients (95% CI 64.6%-73.6%) in AS group; and large astigmatism (-2.0 to - 8.0 D Cyl) was found in 289 (57.6%) patients (95% CI 53.1%-61.6%) in ACIOL group and in 60 (14.4%) patients (95% CI 11.0% 17.8%) in AS group. Large astigmatism was approximately four times more common in the ICCE/AC IOL group compared to ICCE/AS group. In both groups, most patients had "against-the-rule" astigmatism, 446 (88.8%) (95%CI 86.0%-91.6%) in AC IOL group and 348 (83.5%) (95%CI 79.9%-87.1%) in AS group. CONCLUSION: Astigmatism is common after intracapsular cataract extraction. Insertion of an anterior chamber IOL increases the risk of astigmatism.


Asunto(s)
Adolescente , Adulto , Segmento Anterior del Ojo , Astigmatismo/epidemiología , Extracción de Catarata/efectos adversos , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Cápsula del Cristalino/cirugía , Implantación de Lentes Intraoculares/efectos adversos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Nepal/epidemiología , Complicaciones Posoperatorias , Prevalencia , Refracción Ocular , Agudeza Visual
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Indian J Biochem Biophys ; 1993 Jun; 30(3): 156-9
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-26788

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The mode of sucrose utilisation by Corynebacterium murisepticum cells growing on M9 minimal medium supplemented with 0.4% sucrose as the carbon source was studied. It was observed that during growth of this organism, sucrose in the medium is hydrolysed to glucose and fructose, suggesting the formation of an extracellular invertase. Unlike in other microorganisms (e.g. Saccharomyces cerevisiae) the invertase formation is not repressed by the presence of glucose in the medium. The invertase was found to be the only predominant extracellular protein in the culture broth and could be purified in a single step by precipitation at 90% ammonium sulphate saturation. The purified protein had a molecular mass of 70,000 daltons. It not only showed invertase activity, but also a fructosyltransferase activity as it could convert sucrose to beta-1,2-difructose, as well as to glucose and fructose.


Asunto(s)
Cromatografía en Capa Delgada , Corynebacterium/enzimología , Electroforesis en Gel de Poliacrilamida , Glicósido Hidrolasas/química , Peso Molecular , Rafinosa/metabolismo , Sacarosa/metabolismo , beta-Fructofuranosidasa
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Indian J Exp Biol ; 1991 Jul; 29(7): 601-4
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-56218

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Formation of strand-breaks in DNA and its repair in Yoshida ascites tumor cells exposed to gamma radiation (100-400 Gy) in presence and absence of misonidazole (10 mM) were studied. The methodology involved pre-labelling of cellular DNA by 3H-thymidine during cell proliferation in rats, irradiation of cells in vitro and analysing sedimentation profile of DNA by ultracentrifugation in alkaline sucrose density gradients. Irradiation under euoxic conditions resulted in formation of about 1.5 times greater number of strand breaks as compared to those formed during irradiation under hypoxic conditions. Misonidazole (10 mM) by its presence along with the cells during irradiation under hypoxic conditions caused a 3-fold increase in the number of single strand breaks, but under euoxic conditions of irradiation the presence of misonidazole did not enhance the strand break formation. Incubation of cells irradiated in absence of misonidazole for 1 hr in tissue culture medium at 37 degrees C resulted in repair of substantial fraction of the strand breaks while there was no repair of the DNA strand breaks in cells irradiated in the presence of the chemical.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Hipoxia de la Célula , Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN , ADN de Neoplasias/efectos de los fármacos , Rayos gamma , Masculino , Misonidazol/farmacología , Oxígeno/farmacología , Fármacos Sensibilizantes a Radiaciones/farmacología , Ratas , Ratas Endogámicas , Sarcoma de Yoshida/patología , Células Tumorales Cultivadas/efectos de los fármacos
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Indian J Biochem Biophys ; 1991 Apr; 28(2): 83-92
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-28854

RESUMEN

Susceptibility to UV irradiation of B. cereus BIS-59 spores undergoing germination at various stages-dormant spores to vegetative cell stage and their ability to recover from radiation damage were studied. For a given dose of radiation, the number of spore photoproducts (SPP) formed in the DNA of dormant spores was about 5-times greater than that of thymine dimers (TT) formed in the DNA of vegetative cells. At intermediate stages of the germination cycle, there was a rapid decline in the UV radiation-induced SPP formed in DNA with a concomitant increase in the UV radiation-induced TT formed in DNA. Bacterial spores undergoing germination (up to 3 hr) in the low nutrient medium (0.3% yeast extract) displayed much higher resistance to UV radiation than those germinating in the rich nutrient medium, even though there was no discernible difference under the two incubation conditions in respect of the extent of germination and the time at which the outgrowth stage appeared (3 hr). This was due to the formation TT in the DNA of spores germinating in the low nutrient as compared to that of spores germinating in the rich-nutrient medium. In UV-irradiated dormant spores, SPP formed in the spore DNA did not disappear even after prolonged incubation in the non-germinating medium. However, when the UV-irradiated dormant spores were germinated in low or rich nutrient medium, a significant proportion of SPP in DNA was eliminated. The dormant spores incubated in either of the germinating media for 15 min and then UV-irradiated were capable of eliminating SPP (presumably by monomerization) even by incubation in a non-germinating medium and in the complete absence of protein synthesis (buffer holding recovery), thereby implying that spore-repair enzymes were activated in response to initial's germination. The acquisition of photo-reactivation ability appeared in spores subjected to germination only in the rich-nutrient medium at the outgrowth stage and required de novo synthesis of the required enzymes.


Asunto(s)
Bacillus cereus/genética , Daño del ADN , Replicación del ADN/efectos de la radiación , ADN Bacteriano/genética , Esporas Bacterianas/fisiología , Rayos Ultravioleta
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Indian Pediatr ; 1990 Jul; 27(7): 715-21
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-11277

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Physical fitness status of 119 school children was assessed by administering a simple field level 'running test' without any sophisticated equipment. Moderately anemic children had taken significantly longer time (6.25 min) to complete the 'running test' distance of 1.6 Km. Children with normal hemoglobin (Hb) values and those with higher level normal Hb values took shorter times (7.42 and 7.06 min) to complete the test distance. Deficits of weight for age, height for age and weight for height did not exert independent influence on the 'running time'. Anemic children in the sub-groups of each category of nutritional anthropometric indicator, performed poorly. Anemia proved to be a handicap either in the presence or absence of anthropometric deficits. Mild and moderate anemia imposed handicaps on physical endurance and fitness of school children irrespective of other nutritional deficits.


Asunto(s)
Anemia/epidemiología , Hemoglobinas/análisis , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Masculino , Aptitud Física , Carrera , Salud Rural
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Indian J Biochem Biophys ; 1989 Oct; 26(5): 296-300
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-28082

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A sensitive assay for staphylococcal nuclease involving incubation of the enzyme sample with heat-denatured [3H]thymidine labelled DNA from E. coli, precipitation with trichloroacetic acid and measurement of the radioactivity of acid-soluble nucleotides released has been developed. The assay is sensitive enough to be used for comparing the levels of nucleases elaborated by different strains of S. aureus as well as for determining the extent of contamination of S. aureus in food and water samples even at levels at which the conventional spectrophotometric and toluidine blue-DNA methods are totally inadequate.


Asunto(s)
Desoxirribonucleasas/análisis , Cinética , Staphylococcus aureus/enzimología
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Indian J Biochem Biophys ; 1989 Apr; 26(2): 87-91
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-26242

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Effect of dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) on mitochondrial biogenesis in regenerating rat liver and cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during aerobiosis has been studied by monitoring the cytochrome oxidase activity. A single dose of DMSO (275 mg/100-125 g body wt) to normal rats stimulated cytochrome oxidase activity in liver mitochondria while the same dose to partial hepatectomized rats inhibited the enzyme activity. Administration of low dose of DMSO (92 mg/100-125 g body wt) to partial hepatectomized rats did not alter the enzyme activity. Anaerobic cells of S. cerevisiae on aerobiosis for 2 hr attained cytochrome oxidase activity level on par with aerobic cells. Inclusion of DMSO (275 mg/100 ml) in the growth medium of S. cerevisiae during respiratory adaptation exerted partial inhibitory effect on the formation of cytochrome oxidase at 2 hr period, while the 10-fold concentration inhibited the enzyme formation completely. However, the inhibitory effect of DMSO on enzyme formation was abolished on prolonged growth (18 hr and above), while these doses had no influence on cytochrome oxidase in aerobic cells of S. cerevisiae. The results imply that DMSO may be exerting its effect on the assembly of subunits into active enzyme complex during mitochondrial biogenesis.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Dimetilsulfóxido/farmacología , Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Regeneración Hepática/efectos de los fármacos , Masculino , Mitocondrias Hepáticas/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/efectos de los fármacos
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J Biosci ; 1982 Sept; 4(3): 317-326
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-160167

RESUMEN

The analgesic, dipyrone (l,phenyl 2,3 dimethyl 5 pyrazolone 4 methyl amino methane sulphonate sodium), at 20 mM concentration, inhibited the rejoining of single strand scissions in DNA of Escherichia coli B/r cells induced by 20 krad gamma radiation. The chemical altered the cell membrane structure as evidenced from the uptake of acriflavin, the efflux of potassium ions from the bacterial cells and the inhibition of alkaline phosphatase a cell membrane associated enzyme.

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