Prevalence of hypogonadism in transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients of Bangladesh: investigating the role of serum ferritin level as a diagnostic tool.

Introduction: Hypogonadism is one of the most frequent complications in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients and early recognition and treatment is the core element in restoring impaired gonadal function. Despite the high burden of disease, relevant studies are scarcely addressing the gonadal function of such patients in Bangladesh. The pattern of gonadal function in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients must be characterized before planning a generalized management plan.

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.

Frequency of insulin resistance in nondiabetic adult Bangladeshi individuals of different obesity phenotypes.

Unlabelled: Insulin resistance (IR) is the corner stone of metabolic obesity. This cross-sectional analytical study was aimed to find out the frequency of IR in non-diabetic adult individuals of different obesity phenotypes that would help to implement preventive measures to avoid the cardiometabolic catastrophes.

Methods: Total 955 nondiabetic adult individuals were selected and categorized into six metabolic phenotypes by metabolic syndrome criteria in each BMI group (18.

Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in Bangladesh: reflections from the first nationwide survey.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance in Bangladesh.

Design: Weighted cluster sampling among smear-positive cases, and standard culture and drug susceptibility testing on solid medium were used.

Results: Of 1480 patients enrolled during 2011, 12 falsified multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients were excluded.