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Abdominal Obesity among Outpatients in a Tertiary Level Eye ENT Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Abdominal obesity, as abnormal fat accumulation that presents a risk to health, is a global epidemic. There is evidence to support a trait of abdominal adipose deposition despite normal body mass index in south asian populations with ...
Madan Prasad Upadhyay, Sanjib Kumar Upadhyay, Janak Raj Bhattarai, Bijay Khatri, Rajan Shrestha   +4 more
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Epidemiological pattern of corneal foreign bodies and utilization of protective eye devices: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2023
Introduction: A corneal foreign body is the most common occupational ocular injury that can cause secondary infection or scars on the visual axis, decreasing vision.
Samata Sharma, Deepak Khadka, Arjun Shrestha, Nirsara Shrestha, Barsha Suwal, Diwa Hamal, Rajan Shrestha, Bijay Khatri   +7 more
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Amblyopia among Patients Attending the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Amblyopia is defined as a reduction in visual acuity unilaterally or bilaterally without any detectable cause. It is a major public health issue in developing and underdeveloped countries. Its prevalence is usually underestimated because of
Sikshya Adhikari, Rinkal Suwal, Basanta Singh, Rashmi Shrestha, Sudip Karki, Bijay Khatri   +5 more
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Bilateral Iridochorioretinal Coloboma Managed with Low Vision Rehabilitation: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Ocular coloboma is a rare congenital disability. If involving the macula, it affects the patient’s vision and subsequently affects childhood development and quality of life in the future.
Basanta Singh, Rinkal Suwal, Rashmi Shrestha, Sikshya Adhikari, Sudip Karki, Deepak Khadka   +5 more
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Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Outpatients Visiting a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by elevated blood sugar levels and is a pandemic of public health importance. Screening programs can help reduce morbidity and mortality by preventing or delaying complications.
Bijay Khatri , Manish Kayastha, Rajan Shrestha, Janak Raj Bhattarai, Sangita Majhi, Sanjib Kumar Upadhyay, Madan Prasad Upadhyay, Kumud Kumar Kafle   +7 more
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The evaluation of Suchana, a large-scale development program to prevent chronic undernutrition in north-eastern Bangladesh

BMC Public Health, 2020
Evidence of the impact of community-based nutrition programs is uncommon for two main reasons: the lack of untreated controls, and implementation does not account for the evaluation design.
Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, S. M. Tanvir Ahmed, Kazi Eliza Islam, Vanessa Self, Shahed Rahman, Lilly Schofield, Andrew Hall, Tahmeed Ahmed   +8 more
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Describing the linkage between administrative social assistance and health care databases in Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Background The linkage of records across administrative databases has become a powerful tool to increase information available to undertake research and analytics in a privacy protective manner.
Claire de Oliveira, Evgenia Gatov, Laura Rosella, Simon Chen, Rachel Strauss, Mahmoud Azimaee , Elizabeth Paterno, Astrid Guttmann, Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services-ICES Working Group, Nelson Chong, Peter Ionescu, Sean Ji, Alexander Kopp, Annie Lan, Charlotte Ma, Miranda Pring, Priyanka Raj, Steven Ryan, Refik Saskin, Fiona Wong   +19 more
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Hearing Loss among Children Visiting Department of Otolaryngology and HNS of a Tertiary Care Centre

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Hearing loss is defined as the partial or total reduction in auditory acuity. Hearing loss can cause detrimental effects on speech, language, developmental, educational, and cognitive outcomes in children.
Preeti Chaudhary, Ganesh Bahadur Chalise, Arun Adhikar, Luna Mathema, Prasanta Paudyal, Bijay Khatri   +5 more
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Chronic Otitis Media among Patients Visiting Community-Based Static Outreach Clinics

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Chronic otitis media is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, with recurrent ear discharges or otorrhoea through a tympanic perforation for the past 3 months.
Luna Mathema, Arun Adhikari, Prasanta Poudyal, Ganesh Bahadur Chalise, Preeti Chaudhary, Bijay Khatri   +5 more
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Use of Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection among Patients Undergoing Surgical Retinal Interventions at Tertiary Eye Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Introduction: Intravitreal Bevacizumab injection has now become a routine procedure for retina specialists throughout the world. Easy availability of this monoclonal antibody molecule even in Nepal has brought a revolution in the management of various ...
Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Rajan Shrestha, Barsha Suwal, Deepak Khadka   +4 more
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