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negative/anti-HBe positive patients with normal RCA OCCLUSION IN INFERIOR WALL ACUTE
ALT level only 4 (16.66%) had detectable HBV MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Bang.Med. J., 2006,
DNA level. Significantly high rate of detection of 35 (2), 57-60.
HBV DNA was seen among anti-HBe positive
patients with raised ALT level compared with the To assess the role of changes in
patients with normal ALT level (p value= 0.01). Electrocardiogram as a predictor of RCA
occlusion in inferior wall acute myocardial
298 RAHAMAN, M.M.; RAHIM, M.A. infarction, 112 Patients admitted with the
(Dept. of Community Medicine, National Institute diagnosis of acute inferior wall myocardial
of Preventive and Social Medicine, Mohakhali, infarction ( less than 24 hours of chest discomfort
Dhaka) & NAHAR, Q.(ICDDR, B, Center for and ECG changes), were underwent coronary
Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, angiography and having either RCA or LCX
Dhaka). Prevalence and risk factors of Type 2 occlusion. All the patients were grouped into two,
diabetes in an urbanizing rural community of according to the angiographic findings, Group I
Bangladesh. Bang. Med. Res. Counc. Bull., 2007, included patients heaving signicant stenosis /
33 (2), 48-54. occlusion in RCA (Right Coronary Artery) and
Group 2 included patients having significant
stenosis / occlusion in LCX (Left Circumflex
This cross-sectional study was carried out to Artery). Higher STsegment elevation in lead III
estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus than in lead II was found in 80% of RCA group
and its risk factors in an urbanizing rural and in 8% of the LCX group (p <0.001).
community of Bangladesh. Two villages were
randomly selected from the rural areas of Gazipur
district and total 975 subjects (≥20 years), were 300 SHAKOOR, M.A. (Dept. of Physical
included following simple random procedure. Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu
Capillary blood glucose levels, fasting blood Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka);
glucose (FBG) levels and 2-hour after 75 g oral TASLIM, M.A. & HOSSAIN, M.S. (Dept.
glucose load (OGTT) were measured. Height, of Physical Medicine, Chittagong Medical
weight, waist and hip circumferences and blood College, Chittagong). Effects of activity
pressure were measured. The study population was modification on the patients with
lean with mean body mass index (BMI) of 20.48. osteoarthritis of the knee. Bang.Med. Res.
The total prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 8.5%, Counc. Bull., 2007, 33 (2), 55-59.
men showed higher prevalence (9.4%) compare
to women (8.0%). Increasing age and higher BMI A prospective randomized clinical trial was
were found to be significant risk factors conducted on 162 patients of osteoarthritis of knee
following both FBG and OGTT. The study has were included in the study. The patients were
shown that prevalence of diabetes has increased divided into two groups- Group A and Group B.
in the populations who are in transitional stage of The Group A was treated with shortwave
urbanization, and may indicate an diathermy, exercise, naproxen and activity
epidemiological transition due to fast expanding modification and the Group B was treated with
urbanziation. shortwave diathermy, exercise and naproxen.
Improvement was found more in Group A than
th
299 RAHAMAN, M.T.; RAHMAN, S.; Group B after 4 week (95 % CI was -2.59 to
HAQUE, S.A.; CHOWDHURY, A.; 6.56). Then it was found that the improvement was
RAHMAN, A., ALAM, M.S.; KHAN, A.; gradually increased in Group A than Group II and
SHAH, A.T.M.N. (Dept. of Cardiology, National finally, it was found that there was highly
significant improvement in Group A than Group B
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka) & after 6 week (95 % CI was -3.45 to -0.70). This
th
HAQUE, K.M.H.S.S. (Dept. of Cardiology, study suggests that activity modification play an
BSMMU, Dhaka). ROLE OF INFERIOR LEADS OF important role for the treatment of the patients with
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AS A PREDICTOR OF osteoarthritis of knee.
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