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A K Dey

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Training of final year MBBS students in neonatal resuscitation.

Sixty final year MBBS students were trained in the art of neonatal resuscitation based on the 'NALS' course material. The students scored 11.6 +/- 3.02 in the pretest and 17.85 +/- 4.42 (out of 20) in the post-test. The trainees felt that the programme was extremely useful. Majority of them said that the course content was optimum with appropriate use of teaching-learning media. It is recommended that this training may be imparted to all the undergraduate students at the entry of final year MBBS course before their labor room posting so that they can have effective reinforcement of the training.

Education, Medical, Undergraduate↗

Changing pattern of antimicrobial utilization in an Indian teaching hospital.

A study was conducted at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India, on the pattern of antimicrobial utilization in hospitalized patients. A retrospective study was conducted during a one-month period between January 18 to February 17, 1987. The data were analyzed according to modified Kunin's criteria. The results were compared with a similar study conducted a decade ago. The study revealed a marked increase in the use of antimicrobial agents (from 19.9% to 56.1%). A more appropriate use of antimicrobial agents was observed (from 66.8% to 79.5%). A significant increase in their appropriate use for therapeutic purpose (50% to 88.2%), but not for prophylaxis (79.05% to 71.18%) was seen. The study revealed a marked increase in the use of antimicrobial agents during the last decade resulting in the emergence of nosocomial infections of resistant strains of organisms.

Anti-Infective Agents↗