Journal Issue: Volume: 38, No. 2 (2018)
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2018
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ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
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Prevalence and Knowledge on Obesity Among School Going Adolescents of Kaski, Nepal
(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2018) Pandey, Apsara; Sapkota, Sony
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Introduction: Childhood obesity has now been recognized as a global health problem because of its devastating consequences and prevalence at uncontrollable rate worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine prevalence of obesity and find out the knowledge on obesity among school going adolescents.
Material and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents of two private schools of Kaski district. Altogether 120 adolescent students were selected using census method. Height and weight were measured with standard scale and BMI was calculated. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used to assess knowledge. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test at 0.05 significance level was used to analyze data.
Results: The mean age of adolescents was 15.1 years and 50% of them were male. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents was 3.3%. Seventy five percent of the adolescents had knowledge regarding meaning of obesity and 59.2% had mentioned high calorie intake as a risk factor of obesity. Likewise, 52.5% adolescents stated Diabetes mellitus as consequence of obesity. Ninety eight percent mentioned regular exercise as a preventive measure of obesity. More than three fourth (78.3%) of the adolescents had inadequate knowledge regarding obesity. Male adolescents had significantly higher knowledge than female adolescents (p=0.00).
Conclusion: Even though very few adolescents had obesity, there were adolescents with overweight which were at more risk for getting obesity. Adolescents have inadequate knowledge regarding obesity.
Assessment of Hand Hygiene Knowledge among Residents and Nursing staffs at Nobel Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar
(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2018) Yadav, Sunil Kumar; Giri, Arun
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Introduction: Hand hygiene is a very simple and cost-effective procedure to prevent cross-transmission of microorganisms. The compliance of residents and nursing staffs with hand hygiene guidelines seems to be vital in preventing disease transmission among patients. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of residents and nursing staffs with regard to hand hygiene.
Material and Methods: This was an institution based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among 55 respondents (29 nursing staffs and 26 resident doctors) of department of paediatrics, Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar, Nepal. Knowledge was assessed using WHO hand hygiene questionnaire for health care workers. Chi square test was used to compare the percentage of correct responses between resident doctors and nursing staffs. A p value of <0.05 was considered significant.
Results: Among 26 resident doctors and 29 nursing staffs who participated in the study, 30.7% of resident doctors and 55.1% of nursing staffs had received formal training in hand hygiene in the last three years. Only 9% of participants (5 out of 55) had good knowledge regarding hand hygiene.
Conclusions: The knowledge regarding hand hygiene is limited among the study population. The study recommends the need for emphasizing hand hygiene component in the preservice as well as in-service training programs of doctors and nurses.
Cognitive Function in Children with Epilepsy
(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2018) Putra, Bayu Pratama; Triono, Agung; Susilawati, Dwi
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Introduction: Epilepsy is a worldwide and common child health problem. One of its complications is cognitive impairment that will impact on children’s cognitive development and quality of life. The objective of this study is to find out whether epilepsy affects cognitive function in children.
Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study using secondary data from medical records. We collected data from children with epilepsy from 2004 until 2014 that have been actively managed in the Growth and Development Clinic, Sardjito General Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Cognitive function referred to low IQ score that was gained from patients’ data. We analyzed the data using Fischer’s exact and two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test methods.
Results: Among 40 data samples, there were 19 patients (42.5%) with cognitive impairment (IQ < 70) and 21 patients (57.5%) without cognitive impairment (IQ ≥ 70). There were twenty-five patients examined by the Stanford-Binet IQ test, which found 15 patients with cognitive impairment. In fifteen patients who were examined with the WISC test, we found more children with epilepsy without cognitive impairment (11 patients). Comorbidity with neuro-developmental disorder significantly affected cognitive impairment in children with epilepsy (p value = 0.034, 95% CI 1.08-21.76).
Conclusions: More children with epilepsy without cognitive impairment were found. Further studies are needed with larger number of samples utilizing a prospective study design to better determine the association of epilepsy in children and cognitive impairment.
Comparison of Oral Trichlophos and Intranasal Midazolam for Sedation in Minimally Invasive Paediatric Procedures (RAMT Study)
(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2018) Sharma, Manoj; Yenamandra, Kamal K.; Kalita, Jitu; Dash, Shaswat; Singh, Daljit
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Introduction: Uncooperative child does not allow completion of procedures, denying valuable data required for clinicians.
Material and Methods: An open labelled parallel group prospective randomized control study was conducted at zonal hospital Jorhat. We evaluated 200 children randomized into two groups using computer based randomization. Participants aged 3 months to 5 years (n=200) were randomized to receive 50 mg/kg Triclofos sodium orally or intranasal spray of midazolam 0.2 mg/kg.
Results: Adequate sedation (Ramsay reactivity score of 3 and 4) was obtained in 86% children in midazolam group as compared to 80% in triclofos group with p value of 0.138. Mean duration for onset of sedation was 20 min ± 5.4 min in Trichlophos group and 12 min ± 4.5 min with Intranasal Midazolam which was statistically significant with p-value of <0.001. The mean duration of post procedural sedation was found to be 24.00 ± 9.21 min in midazolam group and 49.00 ± 16.99 min in triclofos group (p=<0.001) which was statistically significant. No significant difference was seen for side effects frequency between the two drugs (15% in Triclofos, 10% in Midazolam group; p=0.285).
Conclusion: We conclude that intranasal midazolam is more effective than oral trichlophos with a comparable safety profile.
Comparison of the Single Breath Vital Capacity Technique with the Tidal Volume Technique
(Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS), 2018) Singh, Jeevan; Tandukar, Alex; Kharbuja, Kalpana
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Introduction: The single breath vital capacity (VC) induction and the tidal volume (TV) breathing induction are currently administered for inhalation of anaesthesia with sevoflurane in children. The aim of this study was to determine whether the vital capacity technique achieves more rapid induction of anaesthesia in children compared to the conventional tidal volume technique.
Material and Methods: Sixty ASA physical status 1 or 2 children aged between 5 and 15 years, scheduled to undergo elective urological, orthopaedic or visceral surgery under general anaesthesia using inhalational induction with sevoflurane were recruited and randomized to receive either vital capacity induction or tidal volume induction with 8% sevoflurane at 6L/min of O2 followed by laryngeal mask airway insertion or endotracheal intubation with endotracheal tube. Time required for induction, hemodynamic changes, airway tolerance, side-effects, level of satisfaction using a visual analogue scale (0-100) and Smiley scale (0-10) were documented.
Results: Induction time was significantly shorter with the vital capacity induction technique than with the tidal volume breathing induction technique (43.8 ± 13.4 seconds vs 70.8 ± 16.4 seconds; P<0.01). The time to central myosis, haemodynamic changes and respiratory events incidences were similar in both the group. Fewer complications occurred with vital capacity group. More than 94% of the children choose the single Breath Vital Capacity method of induction to the tidal volume technique.
Conclusion: For inhalation induction of anaesthesia, the vital capacity induction was faster and produced less complication than that of tidal volume breathing technique.