Urinary screening for detection of renal abnormalities in asymptomatic school children.

Background: Urinary screening tests for early detection of renal diseases in asymptomatic school children and adolescents are important in the detection of silent renal diseases.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of occult renal diseases by dipstick test (reagent strips) in asymptomatic Nepalese children.

Patients And Methods: A total of 2,243 school children, aged 5-15 years, were screened for urinary abnormalities using dipstick test screening.

LH/FSH ratio: a better marker of secondary amenorrhea in patients from eastern Nepal.

FSH, LH and prolactin (PRL) levels were assessed by ELISA in 50 cases with secondary amenorrhea and 52 age and sex-matched healthy controls from eastern Nepal. Cases were diagnosed by differential diagnosis, and data were analyzed using standard statistical tools. Early stage (3-6 months) and long standing (> 6 months) secondary amenorrhea had no effect (p > 0.

A clinico-epidemiological study of snake bite in Nepal.

Envenoming from snake bite is an important medical condition, frequently encountered at the emergency department of BPKIHS hospital (Dharan, Nepal). This is a retrospective study of 52 cases of suspected snake bite who presented at the department from August 1993 to November 1994. Analysis of the data showed that snake bite was more frequent between the ages of 11 to 20 years (36.