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Publication Digital Eye Strain among Adults Presenting to Tertiary Care Hospital in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors(Nepal Medical Association, 2022) Basnet, Anjila; Pathak, Samyam Bickram; Marasini, Anurag; Pandit, Rohit; Pradhan, AmitaAbstract: Introduction: The Novel Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has sent humanity indoors, replacing human contact with an electronic connection. The mandatory online classes and work from home policy to maintain the social distancing during the pandemic has forced the individual to spend most of the time in front of laptops or mobile screens. Digital eye strain is a group of vision-related symptoms that result from the continuous use of devices with digital displays, such as computers, tablets, and smartphones. The present study is done to find out the prevalence of digital eye strain among the adult population in a tertiary care hospital in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was done from January 2021 to July 2021 in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal after receiving ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee (Registration number: 077/78/30). Convenience sampling was done. The sample size calculated in our study was 322. Data collection and entry were done in Microsoft Excel, point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: The prevalence of digital eye strain was 300 (94.3%) (91.8-96.8 at 95% Confidence Interval) among 318 respondents. Eye strain (irritation, heaviness) was the most common digital eye strain symptom 199 (62.6%) followed by the tiredness of eyes 162 (50.9%). Conclusions: The present study concluded that the prevalence of digital eye strain in the era of COVID-19 is high as compared to other studies conducted among adults.Publication Profile of Macrosomic Babies at a Tertiary Level Hospital(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2015) Shah, Subhash Chandra; Shrestha, Devendra; Dhakal, Ajaya Kumar; Shakya, Arati; Shakya, Henish; Pradhan, AmitaAbstract: Introduction: Macrosomia is known to be associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of macrosomia in a tertiary teaching hospital of Nepal based on local intrauterine foetal growth percentile curve according to gestational age, risk factors for morbidity and mortality and neonatal outcome of macrosomia. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive observational study done on live term macrosomic babies delivered during the study period at KIST Medical College Teaching Hospital, Lalitpur Nepal. The maternal and neonatal records of macrosomic babies were reviewed. All the macrosomic babies were followed up till discharge. Macrosomic babies needing admission into the neonatal care unit were considered as ones with complication. Maternal and neonatal risk factors associated with neonatal complications were analysed. Results: Among total of 2922 live singleton deliveries, 342 (11.7%) babies were macrosomic. The neonatal complications associated with macrosomia were seen in 19.6%. The risk factors significantly associated with neonatal complications were mode of delivery via caesarean section, instrumental delivery and 1 min low Apgar score. Maternal diabetes leading to macrosomia however was seen in only one case. The most common neonatal complications were neonatal sepsis (11.4%), significant hyperbilirubinaemia (2%) and transient tachypnoea of newborn (1.6%). Conclusions: Neonatal sepsis was the major cause of morbidity even in the macrosomic babies. Importance of early interventions for prevention and management of macrosomic babies with neonatal sepsis needs to be emphasized.