A 65 year old male patient presented in the OPD of a district hospital with extreme low back ache and generalised swelling of body. The patient had to use a stick for support, the patient looked pale, complained of extreme fatigue and loss of weight. Patient also gave history of long standing Diabetes mellitus and hypertension. The young doctor on duty made a differential diagnosis of chronic kidney disease of old age. He attributed the anaemia to malnutrition. He asked for routine investigations: complete blood count, Kidney and liver function tests
An elderly patient has been brought to emergency with H/O convulsion at home. His comorbid illness are DM & IHD on medications. On physical examination, he is disoriented. His Blood Glucose= 84, Serum Na= 105, Blood urea= 29, serum creatinine= 1.4, serum potassium= 4.0. His neuroimaging is within normal limits. What are the possible risk factors for his electrolyte disturbance in the elderly and how will you manage the emergency
An elderly patient admitted with acute ischemic stroke. While in the hospital, his conscious level worsened. Neuro imaging did not suggest any cause for worsening. His laboratory parameters were as follows- serum sodium 118, blood urea= 31, plasma glucose=117. His urine output was 3200 ml. Patient’s family is keen know to cause of his ill health. How will you investigate further
Discuss the anthropological definitions of Tribes. Critically examine the debate on Tribe-Caste continuum
Deliberate on the concept of Indigenous populations. Discuss the same in the context of identity in India
Son and daughter-in-law have taken all the property from their mother-in-law and throw her outside. Which rehabilitation strategy can be used in this situation
Mrs C is widowed and has a child with cerebral palsy. Taking care of the child is difficult. Her friends and neighbours help her in household chores, shopping and taking care of the child. What type of care model is this
As a result of decrease in birth rate, along with further decrease in death rate due to more improvement in health and sanitation, the population growth starts to decline as compared to the second stage. As an example, Mexico arrived at this stage at the beginning of the 21st century. The One-Child Policy of China helped the country to move towards the and next to these stages more rapidly. Examples of this stage are Mexico, China, Kenya, UAE. Please answer the following- 1) In which stage of demographic transition they are in? 2) Mention the reasons for decrease in birth rate.
Discuss National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) under the following heading : Goals & Objectives and Strategies
Explain any two of the excerpts of poems given below with reference to their context: (i) Ye Presences of Nature, in the sky And on the earth ! Ye Visions of the hills ! And Souls of lonely places ! can I think A vulgar hope was yours when ye employedSuch ministry.. (ii) Tyger ! Tyger ! burning bright In the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eye, Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?(iii) My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the workings of his lie(iv) Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well
What was the Reformation? What relations can you identify and trace between the Renaissance and the Reformation
70-year-old man who has been a hypertensive for the past 20 years presented with sudden headaches, vomiting, and left sided weakness of 8 hours duration. He has been poorly compliant. On examination he has a blood pressure of 200/130, is conscious and can obey simple commands and has a left hemiparesis grade 1-2. He also has left hemisensory impairment. There is no neck stiffness. What is the likely diagnosis and how would you manage his condition
O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven, It had the primal eldest curse upon’t A brother’s murder! Pray can I not. Though inclination be as sharp as will
What boots it then to think of God or heaven ? Away with such fancies and despair; Despairin God, and trust in Beelzebub … Abjure this magic, turn to God again
Astride of a grave and a difficult birth Down in the hole, lingeringly, the gravedigger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener
