A case study was conducted on the patients having Tuberculosis in Chikkabanavara Govt Primary Health Centre with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of planned nursing care for the Patients ...having Tuberculosis. All patients were having signs and symptoms of Dyspnea, Chronic cough, one patient had hypovolemia, temperature irregularities. After using standardized tool for assessment and planned nursing care to the patients their recovery process was satisfactory. At the time of discharge or end of study the patients major symptoms got relieved or alleviated and they and their relatives were satisfied with the care provided. Thus, it can be concluded that the planned nursing care was effective for the patients having Tuberculosis.
Background: Dry eye disorder is a disease mainly due to the tear insufficiency which results in eye discomfort and disturbances in vision. Dry eye also affects the ocular dimensions, especially ...corneal thickness. Central corneal thickness (CCT) assessment plays an important role in refractive surgeries and in the pre-operative assessment of other ocular surgeries.
Aims and Objectives: This study aims to assess the effect of dry eye disease (DED) on CCT with age- and gender-matched controls.
Materials and Methods: One hundred and four subjects (52 cases and 52 controls) who attended SRM Medical College and Hospital ophthalmology outpatient department were included in the study. DED was diagnosed with DEQS questionnaire, slit-lamp examination, TFBUT, and Schirmer’s test. Pachymetry was used for measuring the CCT of all subjects. Student “t”-test was used to determine the significance of difference between two means. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: In our study, there were 60 female patients and 44 male patients. The ratio of male-to-female was 1:1.3. The CCT among cases was very low (533.19 μm±30.05) compared to controls (569.27 μm±45.56) and this difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). When subgrouped under gender, the difference in CCT among males between the two groups was statistically significant and it was highly significant among females. When the reduction in CCT among the cases was studied under different age groups, the subjects in the 41–60 years age group had a statistically highly significant difference in CCT between the two groups while it was also significant in other age groups.
Conclusion: There is a significant decrease in CCT due to DED. Pachymetry for central corneal estimation shall be included in the routine management of dry eye patients so that corneal thinning could be identified earlier and treated with artificial tears or other substitutes.
An 18-year old Obese female with a history of hypothyroidism & PCOS presented with complains of headache for 5 days associated with nausea and double vision for 2 days. Her neurological examination ...together with Cranial Nerves was Normal except for bilateral restriction of abduction, suggestive of bilateral abucens nerve involvement. Fundus findings revealed bilateral grade III disc edema. Lumbar puncture indicated increased opening pressure and MRI was normal, which further ruled out the other Causes for Raised Intracranial Pressure. Patient was treated with IV mannitol and then switched over to oral acetazolamide. Patient improved over 1 week. Patient was further followed with serial visual field tests.
An investigation was carried out in this work to assess the potential of graphene as an Electrode in the removal of hardness. The synthesis of graphene was obtained from pencil graphite by using the ...modified hummers method. Three sets of experimental studies were carried out to achieve the aim of this work. The first set of studies was carried out to assess the potential of Graphene Oxide (GO), Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO), and graphene as an electrode material to reduce the concentration of hardness. The second set of studies was carried out to investigate the efficiency of different proportions of Poly Ethylene (PE) and Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP) binders to reduce the concentration of hardness. The last set of experimental studies was carried out to identify the parameters like Contact time, pH and initial concentration of hardness affecting the performance of the selected electrode material with the selected proportions of binder. The Graphene was found to have high removal efficiency of hardness due to its high specific surface area rather than GO and rGO. The PVP binder has high removal efficiency than PE binder. The maximum reduction of 87.75% hardness may be obtained when the contact time is kept as 30 min, pH in neutral condition and the electrolyte concentration as 400 mg/L.
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