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Background:Shift work is common in modern society, and includes several professions responsible for the health and safety of others e.g. health care, police, and fire response. Perceived stress in Health Professionals could be regarded as being of special concern. Indeed, it is thought that level of psychological stress may be higher in Health Professionals than in other occupational groups. Objectives- To compare Perceived stress in shift duty health professionals. Methods: This was an observational, cross sectional study conducted at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. The socio demographic profile of subjects was recorded and they were subjected to perceived stress scale. The observations and data obtained were statistically analysed using the software statistica 7.0 and SPSS 20. Results andConclusion: Results revealed that junior residents had more perceived stress as compared to staff nurses, interns, pharmacists and other health professionals. Our study has concluded that periodic assessment and evaluation of health professionals is essential to know their perceived stress.
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Medula Óssea/patologia , Doenças da Medula Óssea/diagnóstico , Criança , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
A 14 year old girl presented with bilateral symmetrical involvement of the breast with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Treatment with combined therapy of adriamycin, vincristine and prednisolone produced a remission in the leukaemia with complete resolution of the breast mass.
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Adolescente , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias da Mama/tratamento farmacológico , Doxorrubicina/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Humanos , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/tratamento farmacológico , Prednisolona/administração & dosagem , Indução de Remissão , Vincristina/administração & dosagemRESUMO
A total of 209 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were screened for the presence of Nocardia in their sputa. In 2.9 per cent of the cases Nocardia asteroides was isolated. The increasing importance of this microorganism has been discussed in the light of other reports from India.
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Doença Crônica , Humanos , Nocardiose/complicações , Nocardia asteroides/isolamento & purificação , Escarro/microbiologia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/complicaçõesRESUMO
Real-time ultrasonography was done in 30 cases of non-visualised gallbladder on oral cholecystography. Surgico-pathological correlation revealed that a specific diagnosis indicating true pathology is possible preoperatively on ultrasonography.