Journal of Nepal Medical Association  

Badri Man Shrestha

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Shriraj Shrestha, Saurav Dahal, Parash Bhandari, Suraj Bajracharya, Anurag Marasini

Introduction:  Osteoporosis is a common metabolic bone disease characterized by increased bone fragility, yet underdiagnosed and undertreated. With the increase in longevity of the populace, it is becoming an urgent and serious global epidemic. This ... see more

Jyotshna Sapkota, Manisha Sharma, Beena Jha, Chandra Prakash Bhatt

Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the commonest cause of nosocomial infections. Resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain has become a matter of concern. This study was done to find out the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus from different clini... see more

Nikhil Shrestha, Neharika Shrestha, Smriti Khanal, Sujata Dahal, Roshan Lama, Prashant Simkhada, Sudarshan Narsingh Pradhan

Introduction: Depression is one of the major problems encountered by medical students. This maycause a negative effect on cognitive functioning and learning of students resulting in poor healthcare and service delivery in future. The presence of this majo... see more

Kripa Rajak, Anu Radha Twayana, Rashmi Shrestha, Puja Amatya, Calvin Ghimire

Introduction: Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis of unknown etiology. The epidemiological data available for Nepal remains insufficient. In Nepal, Kawasaki disease has only been reported in cases of brief reports, leaving the true disease burden unkn... see more

Anita Lamichhane, Kiran Panthee, Sharmila Gurung

Introduction: Respiratory distress in newborns is a very common reason for admission in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which may be transient or pathological; morbidity is high if not prompted for early diagnosis and treatment. The present study is undertak... see more

Bhuwan Raj Pandey, Poonam KC

Introduction: Underlay technique myringoplasty is most commonly used technique to repair tympanic membrane perforation by temporalis fascia graft and Trans-tympanic pop-in technique is an another technique that allows temporalis fascia graft placement med... see more

Muna Kadel, Shanta Hada, Bishwo Prachanda Sedhain

Introduction: The radial artery is commonly originated from the brachial artery in the cubital fossaat the level of the neck of the radius. It is the artery of choice for coronary artery angiography,percutaneous coronary artery intervention, cannulation, ... see more

Manisha Sharma, Jyotshna Sapkota, Beena Jha, Bhavesh Mishra, Chandra Prakash Bhatt

Introduction: Acinetobacter species are short, stout, gram-negative coccobacilli, generally considered to be a relatively low-grade pathogen. However, its resistance towards multiple classes of antibiotics through an array of resistance mechanisms includi... see more

Calvin Ghimire, Sajan Acharya, Abhiskar Thapa, Asha Shrestha, Deep Basnet, Kripa Rajak

Introduction: Patient interaction is a vital aspect of medical education. Bedside teaching encounters involve clinicians, medical students, and patients, and comprise a formative and focused activity. Patients' willingness to cooperate and contribute to t... see more

Rupesh Kumar Shreewastav, Krishna Prasad Jaishi, Madan Raj Pandey, Ganesh Prasad Singh, Arambam Giridhari Singh

Introduction: Acid base disorder is a condition characterized by alteration in blood pH by theimbalance between the components of blood leading to a life threatening situation. The main aimof this study was to find the prevalence of acid-base disorders an... see more

Kalpana Silwal, Sarala Joshi

Introduction: Verbal abuse is the act of forcefully criticizing, insulting or denouncing another person.Verbal abuse can be devastating to doctors and may cause long lasting emotional and psychologicaldamage. This study aims to find the prevalence of verb... see more

Krishna Murari Adhikari, Gajal Lakhe, Anjali Subedi Adhikari

Introduction: General anesthesia is feared to have adverse feto-maternal outcomes compared to neuraxial anesthesia. It is recommended to keep rate of caesarean sections under general anesthesia below 5% and 15% for elective and emergency caesarean section... see more

Robin Joshi

Introduction: Renal stone disease has been affecting people for centuries. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is one of the five interventions offered to a patient with renal stone. With the continuous development of noninvasive or minimally invasive techniques... see more

Krishna Bahadur Raut, Roshani Agrawal Khatry, Tumla Shrestha

Introduction: Adolescent girls often lack knowledge regarding reproductive health includingmenstruation which can be due to socio-cultural barriers in which they grow up. It is importantto educate adolescents about issues related to menstruation so that t... see more

Anjana Maharjan, Sarita Joshi, Anand Verma, Ujjwal Rimal

Restoration of excessively worn dentition is a challenging treatment procedures. It requires effi cientdiagnosis and treatment plan. Hobo’s techniques and Pankey Mann Schuyler’s philosophy arewidely used and documented for full mouth rehabilitation. We ha... see more

Asmita Neupane, Prabesh Luintel, Subodh Sagar Dhakal

Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disease characterized by wide-spread vascular lesionsand fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. It is an immune mediated rheumatic disease with thepresence of an immunological dysfunction of T lymphocytes, espe... see more

Sabina Khadka, Indu K.C., Rabindra Jang Rayamajhi, Pravakar Dawadi, Pravash Budhathoki

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is rare complication of hyperthyroidism characterized by the sudden onset of hypokalemia and muscle paralysis. It is typically present in young Asian males. There are very few literatures regarding the occurrence of thyrotoxi... see more

Sunil Kumar Daha, Anish Karn, Nikhil Shrestha, Neharika Shrestha, Sanjaya Paudyal, Niraj Giri

The thoracic kidney is the rarest form of an ectopic kidney that usually present on the left thoraxand twice more common in males. No case has been reported from Nepal and very few cases arereported worldwide. We report a 24 years-old female with right th... see more

Kishori Mahat, Badri Thapa

The burden of non-communicable diseases is growing and countries are committed to combat this and achieve the sustainable development goals and targets. Non-communicable diseases are complex conditions attributed by multiple behavioural risk factors and w... see more