nasogastric tube (ng) insertion is a usual technique in any neonatal intensive care unit. this procedure is undertaken for the children who are in need of invasive care. sometimes, the insertion of nasogastric tube in infants with esophagus friable anatomy tissues may have some dangerous side effect, but such problems are not very common. esophageal perforation is a rare but known complication ...

We consider linear initial-boundary value problems that are a coupling like second-order thermoelasticity, or the thermoelastic plate equation or its generalization (the α-β-system introduced in [1, 26]). Now, there is a delay term given in part of the coupled system, and we demonstrate that the expected inherent damping will not prevent the system from not being stable; indeed, the systems wil...

In the present study assessment of Public Opinion of two groups, relatives and non-relatives attending the out patient department with the patients, were done. Analysis of the data revealed that both groups held heredity as the cause of mental illness and both groups preferred, significantly the efficacy of Psychiatric treatment like E.C.T. and drugs to that of Homoeopathic and Ayurvedic treatm...

An HIV diagnosis, like that of any another chronic illness, alters family dynamics. Although the whole family is affected by the illness, in most cases only one person assumes the sick person’s care. This is usually a family member who must adapt to the stresses of caregiver demands.[3,4] Many families have experience in caring for a chronically ill member, in which the primary caregiver is usu...

Mental Illness. By Thomas S. Szasz. {Seeker & Warburg, ̂ s\t Over a century and a half ago Pinel removed the chains from the insane , Paris, John Conolly in England introduced more humane methods of treatment them, and since the days of Charcot, Kraepelin and Freud, mental illness has W' the subject of scientific enquiry like other illnesses. The author of The Myth of Mental Illness puts forward...

Even though we are all exposed to various pathogens at all times, we only seldom become clinically ill. This is because we are endowed with a robust immune apparatus that is highly evolved and multi-facet with the ability to distinguish between “self” and “non-self”. On escaping and by-passing the mechanical barriers like the skin and muco ciliary clearances, as a part of the antigen non-specif...

'Education, education, education' was the priority of the Labour government when it came to power in 1997. Although it was joined by health and 'Bobbies on the beat' as the key political issues during the recent election, it can be argued that of the three, education is the only one capable of positively influencing the other two. In any developed society, education is the essential public serv...

This report presents a review of the literature and reports the results of an investigation of the acute and hangover effects of ethanol on driving related skills, a s well as focussing on 'event-related potential' data recorded in a sub-group of subjects participating in the project. An earlier study had noted an impairment of a relatively simple reaction time task 3 hours after a dose of alco...

The analysis initially compared LNS intake on days when children were reported to be ill versus not ill. The categories ‘ill’ and ‘not ill’ were then further subdivided. Mutually-exclusive groups were developed to categorize illnesses: fever was given the first priority in forming the groups, followed by diarrhoea, as these have the largest effect on food intake of children (2,3). Fever was def...