The impact of music guided deep breathing exercise on blood pressure control - A participant blinded randomised controlled study.

Introduction: As pharmacological treatment of hypertension has become a burden worldwide, the study looked into nonpharmacological ways of reducing blood pressure. The objective was to determine if music guided, slow and deep breathing will reduce the blood pressure among patients with hypertension in eight weeks.

Methods: A participant blinded, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial was conducted in which the participants in the intervention group (IG) practiced deep breathing exercise guided by sound cues and those in the control group (CG) listened to the music.

Better Predictor of Adverse Pregnancy Outcome: Asian or WHO International Cutoff? A Single-Centre Prospective Study.

Objectives: To compare the Asian Indian body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with World Health Organization (WHO) BMI and WC in the prediction of adverse maternal and perinatal outcome in overweight and obese women.

Materials And Methods: Prospective analysis of 239 women booked within 10 weeks of pregnancy and followed till delivery at our centre was performed.

Results: The mean age of the study group was 26.

A Pilot Randomized Control Cross over Study Evaluating the Effectiveness and Safety of Mechanical Percussor Compared with Conventional Chest Physiotherapy in Adults with Productive Cough.

Introduction: Conventional Chest Physiotherapy (CCPT) remains the mainstay of treatment for sputum mobilization in patients with productive cough such as bronchiectasis and "Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease" (COPD). However CCPT is time consuming requires the assistance of a physiotherapist and limits the independence of the patient. Mechanical percussors which are electrical devices used to provide percussion to the external chest wall might provide autonomy and greater compliance.

Prevalence and risk factors for proteinuria: the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia Lifecheck Health Screening programme.

Aim: Treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a huge burden to the healthcare system. To address the problem, the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia embarked on a programme to screen for proteinuria and educate the public on CKD.

Methods: The public was invited for health screening and the data collected over a 21 month period was analyzed.

Long-term efficacy and safety of a generic atorvastatin in usual clinical care setting.

A multicentre study was conducted to assess the long term efficacy and safety of a generic atorvastatin in the treatment of primary hypercholesterolaemia. Eighty five patients who received 10mg or 20 mg of atorvastatin for 8 weeks depending on target cholesterol goal were followed up by their own physicians and had final evaluation at 52 weeks. Reduction in mean low density Lipoprotein (LDL-C) was 36.

A multicenter study in Malaysia to determine the efficacy and safety of a generic atorvastatin.

A multicenter study was conducted to assess the efficacy of a generic form of Atorvastatin (Ranbaxy's Storvas) in the treatment of Primary Hypercholesterolemia. One hundred and nineteen patients were given 10 mg of Storvas for four weeks and increased to 20 mg if target LDL-Cholesterol was not achieved. LDL-Cholesterol was reduced by 36.