Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct Caused by Eagle's Syndrome.

Eagle's syndrome is characterised by elongation of the styloid process. The elongated styloid process can cause symptoms like dysphagia, facial or neck pain, syncope, visual changes, etc. In severe cases, it may cause a rupture or dissection of the carotid artery, which can lead to intracranial thrombo-embolism and ischemic stroke.

Demography and Symptom Profile of Tetanus: A Cross-sectional Observation in an Infectious Disease Hospital of Bangladesh.

Tetanus is a potentially preventable neurological infectious disorder with paucity of literature in Bangladesh. We aimed to see the demography and symptom profile of tetanus cases managed at the Infectious disease Hospital Sylhet. This hospital based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted within the time period of January to December 2012 among 50 consecutive admitted patients in the Infectious Disease Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh who were diagnosed as a case of tetanus and fulfilling the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria.

Gender Difference of Common Risk Factors and in Hospital Outcome of Acute Ischaemic Stroke.

This was an observational study with cross-sectional comparison of risk factors between sexes in the distribution of common risk factors and in hospital outcome of acute ischaemic stroke with the purpose of developing optimal strategies for the prevention and care of this disease. This study was conducted in the Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh from March 2013 to August 2013. Patients were divided in Group A- male patients with acute ischaemic stroke (n=47) and Group B- female patients with acute ischaemic stroke (n=47), were included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Prevalence and Common Risk Factors of Hypertension among School Children Aged 12-16 Years in Sylhet Metropolitan City, Bangladesh.

Hypertension is a common disease associated with high mortality and morbidity. Hypertension could have its origin in childhood and go undetected unless specially looked for during this period. With globalization bringing more lifestyle modifications, adolescents are exposed to multiple risk factors including obesity, diet, academic stress, lack of physical work apart from hereditary risk factors.

Seasonal effect and long-term nutritional status following exit from a Community-Based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition program in Bihar, India.

Background/objectives: Children aged 6 months to 5 years completing treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in a Médecins Sans Frontières Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program in Bihar, India, showed high cure rates; however, the program suffered default rates of 38%. This report describes the nutritional status of 1956 children followed up between 3 and 18 months after exiting the program.

Subjects/methods: All children aged 6-59 months discharged as cured with mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) ⩾120 mm or who defaulted from the program with MUAC <115 mm were traced at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months (±10 days) before three exit reference dates: first at the end of the food insecure period, second after the 2-month food security and third after the 4-month food security.