Reactive Oxygen Species and Periodontal Diseases: An Update
There is an increasing body of evidence now available to implicate reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the pathogenesis of variety of inflammatory disorders to which periodontal disease is no exception. A thick literature is available that implicates a clearly defined and substantial role for free radicals orĀ ROSĀ in periodontal tissue destruction. Here we are trying give […]
Pulmonary Disease in Elderly
It is only recently that health problems of the elderly have drawn our more active attention in this country. The number of people beyond 65 years of age have significantly increased in the last one or two decades or so. This is partly because of the increase in the total population and partly because of […]
Process Mapping Of Medical Equipment Downtime
āThe patients have to be sent back to the ward asĀ MRIĀ is non-functional since yesterday.ā āVentilator is having major breakdown and cannot be used on patients.ā These are some examples of medical equipment breakdown that occurs on an everyday basis in any hospital. Equipment having breakdown and it being non-functional is inevitable, but the real challenge […]
Procedure for Preservation and Disposal of Dead Bodies in Hospital
Key Words:Ā Disposal, Dead Bodies, Mortuary, Hospital, Medicolegal case (M.L.C.) During preservation and disposal of dead bodies, almost care must be taken as it can lead to exchange of dead bodies due to wrong identification. Identification of body is the responsibility of the relative and police in Medicolegal cases. Abstract In hospital set up, there is […]
Preoperative Biliary Drainage
Pre-operative Bilary Drainage ā Yes or No? The preoperative biliary drainage in surgical obstructive jaundice patients performed by any of the following methods; PTBDĀ (Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage) Endoscopic drainage Surgical drainage The drainage is advocated with objectives of improving results of surgery, improving benefits to patientās health and well being and to make curative resections […]
Power Of Six Sigma In Hospital and Healthcare Management
Corporatisation and competition in healthcare sector are forcing healthcare organisations to look for new ways and means for improving their processes. This is for improving quality of the hospitalās products and services and reducing patient dissatisfaction. As healthcare sector is becoming more complex, the opportunities for errors abound. To reduce the errors and to move […]
Plastic Wastes
ENVIRONMENTALĀ HEALTHĀ SERIESĀ I The Menace of Plastic Wastes Various types of plastic materials are in use these days mainly because such materials are relatively inexpensive, sturdy and do not rust or rot besides being light in weight and non-conducting. But this can also be a great problem. These materials are non-biodegradable and most Eco-unfriendly. Hence they keep […]
Permanent Teeth
Emergence Ages of Permanent Teeth in Panjabi Jat-Sikh Boys The present paper is part of a cross-sectionally designed investigation of growth of Jat-Sikh boys of Faridkot district in Panjab. The emergence ages of the permanent teeth have been worked out in 800 boys varying in age from 5 to 20 years by examining the emergence […]
Patient Care Management In Healthcare
Patient care is an area, which needs atmost attention in the healthcare arena. This article would shed some light on how hospitals and other healthcare centres, by following some simple rules, can bracket their patients by providing them with top-class services. Retaining Regular Patients InĀ OPD It is always better and more profitable to have regular […]
Osteoarthritis (Of the Knee Joint)
Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is an ancient disease which dates back to the Neolithic period and is also the most common form of arthritis. Perhaps also indicates the reason for the use of this particular name which actually means inflammation of the joints, whereas OA is a non-inflammatory, degenerative disease of the movable joints. This means […]
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