Vol. 28 No. 3 (2006)

Published: 2007-10-22

Editorial

HOPE in Nepalese hospitals

P Vaidya

1-2

Original Articles

Effectiveness of health insurance and its impact on rural health development

KP Rosyara, U Acharya, PK Khadka

3-9
Vaginal and rectalmisoprostol for first trimester termination of pregnancy

PR Pant, J Sharma, R Shrestha

10-12
Prophylactic leg wrapping in elective cesarean section under bupivacain spinal anesthesia

SA Sharma, PN Prasad, MN Marhattha, MP Gupta

13-18
Multidrug resistance and extended spectrumbetalactamase producing strains causing lower respiratory tract and urinary tract infection

BM Pokhrel, J Koirala, SK Mishra, RK Dahal, P Khadga, NR Tuladhar

19-27
Bacteriological study of upper respiratory tract infection in pediatric patients

A Shrestha, JB Sherchand, PR Sharma, DR Bhatta

28-31
Audit on the quality of discharge summary in TU Teaching Hospital

Rb Pradhananga, RPS Gurangain

32-34
Ambiguous pricing of Nepalese medicines

PR Shankar, P Subish, P Mishra, M Lalit

35-38
Study of risk factors for human Immunodeficiency virus transmission among seropositive cases

B Acharya, KU Dhungel, JM Easow, YI Singh

39-41

Review Article

Gastric cancer: diagnosis and treatment options

MI Shrestha

42-49

Case Reports

Agenesis of left lobe of liver – a rarity creating a diagnostic confusion in patient

RS Bhandari, PJ Lakhey, ML Shrestha, M Khakurel

50-52
Gall bladder tuberculosis: a rare entity

P Lakhey, ML Shrestha, G Sayami, MP Khakurel

53-54
An association of inguinal and pelvic hernia

A Rana, G Gurung, P Mishra

55-56

Drug Review

Tramadol

DK Upadhyay, S Palaian, PV Kishore, R Paudel, M Prabhu, PR Shankar, P Mishra

57-61

Book Reviews

How to investigate the use of medicines by consumers

PR Shankar

62

Literature Review

Introduction to DOTS strategy and the safety profile of first line antitubercular drugs

AK Chhetri, S Palaian, P Mishra, A Saha, PR Shankar

63