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How familiar are our doctors towards Rabies prophylaxis- A study from coastal south India.
Holla, Ramesh; Darshan, Bhagawan; Guliani, Astha; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Thapar, Rekha; Mithra, Prasanna; Kumar, Nithin; Kulkarni, Vaman; Kumar, Avinash; Anwar, Salman.
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  • Holla R; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Darshan B; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Guliani A; Undergraduate MBBS student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Unnikrishnan B; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Thapar R; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Mithra P; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Kumar N; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Kulkarni V; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Kumar A; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
  • Anwar S; Undergraduate MBBS student, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Mangalore, Karnataka State, India.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis ; 11(10): e0006032, 2017 Oct.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29084226
BACKGROUND: Rabies, a 100% fatal disease claims more than 59,000 human lives every year globally. One human life is lost every 15 minutes due to this deadly preventable disease. Timely initiation of post exposure prophylaxis following an animal exposure can result in 100% preventability of this fatal disease. METHODOLOGY: This facility based study was conducted among clinical fraternities of teaching hospitals. A semi structured questionnaire was used for collection of data. Institutional Ethics Committee approval was sought. The study investigators visited the workplace of the participants and distributed the questionnaire. SPSS Ver 16 (Chicago, IL, USA) was used to analyse the data. FINDINGS: Most of the participants knew that veterinary groups and zoo-keepers should be given pre-exposure prophylaxis. Many participants knew about the Intra Muscular schedule of anti-rabies vaccine and its site of administration for pre exposure prophylaxis. It was observed that most participants had knowledge regarding correct intramuscular regimen of anti-rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis but less than half were able to differentiate between the intramuscular and intradermal regimens. Less than half of participants were aware of the fact that local administration of anti-rabies serum is useful. CONCLUSION: The knowledge regarding WHO categorisation of animal exposure and recommended post exposure prophylaxis according to type of exposure observed to be minimal among clinical fraternity.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Médicos / Rabia Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Aspecto: Ethics Límite: Adult / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Médicos / Rabia Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Aspecto: Ethics Límite: Adult / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Asunto de la revista: MEDICINA TROPICAL Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos