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M Rahman

Publications and source records attributed to M Rahman.

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PubMed1975

Echinococcosis in bangladesh.

A questionnaire sent out to eight medical college hospitals in Bangladesh revealed the observations of 18 cases of hydatid disease. Seven affected the lungs, another seven the liver, one both, in three the localization was on or behind the peritoneum. Of seven the nature was suspected beforehand, of eleven confirmed after exploration. The conditions for echinococcal disease are often favourable in Bangladesh. Our results contradict the common opinion that it is rare.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Incidence of important blood groups in Bangladesh.

Different blood groups were determined in the Bengalee population. The prominent blood group was B in the ABO system, Rh. D negative was only 2.56% whereas Kell was 0.8%. These results have been compared with the Caucasians, Chinese and the Negroes.

ABO Blood-Group System↗
PubMed1970

Effect of glycine and glucose on sodium and water adsorption in patients with cholera.

Electrolyte solutions containing glucose, glycine, or a combination of the two were absorbed sufficiently well from the intestine to supply maintenance fluid and the electrolytes required by cholera patients. Data on net absorption and duration and volume of diarrhoea show that a solution containing both glucose and glycine provides more effective therapy than solutions containing either glucose or glycine alone.

Adolescent↗
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Isoflurane increases the anaerobic metabolites of halothane.

The effect of isoflurane on the anaerobic metabolism of halothane to chlorodifluoroethene (CDE) and chlorotrifluoroethane (CTE) was studied with microsomes of guinea pig liver by gas chromatography. The reaction mixture used to measure the end products of anaerobic metabolism consisted of a microsomal suspension, 3 mM NADPH, halothane and isoflurane (except in control groups) in 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4). The Km values for CDE formation were 601.61 +/- 266.91, 254.22 +/- 86.58, 257.92 +/- 129.11, 268.55 +/- 125.66 and 319.22 +/- 86.76 microM (mean +/- SD, n = 5) at 0 mM (0%), 0.12 mM (0.26%), 0.29 mM (0.64%), 0.58 mM (1.30%) and 1.16 mM (2.59%) isoflurane, respectively. The Km values for CTE formation were 1204.74 +/- 551.64, 553.75 +/- 177.89, 521.14 +/- 249.77, 560.67 +/- 229.61 and 711.05 +/- 317.13 microM (n = 5) at 0 mM (0%), 0.12 mM (0.26%), 0.29 mM (0.64%), 0.58 mM (1.30%) and 1.16 mM (2.59%) isoflurane, respectively. In contrast, the Vmax values for CDE and CTE formation at these isoflurane concentrations were not significantly different than in the control groups. In this study the production of CDE and CTE was significantly (P < 0.05) increased by isoflurane, at concentrations up to 0.58 mM (1.30%).

Anaerobiosis↗
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Acute lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized patients with diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

This study focused on 401 children less than 5 years old who were hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) and diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and who were investigated for the presence of both bacterial and viral respiratory tract pathogens as well as for selected diarrheal pathogens. The most common manifestations of ALRI were pneumonia (374 cases), bronchiolitis (12 cases), and tracheobronchitis (11 cases). The majority (77%) of the illnesses were in children less than 2 years of age, and 88% of the children were malnourished. A respiratory tract pathogen was identified in 30% of the patients, and a diarrheal pathogen was identified in 34%. The overall case-fatality rate in children with ALRI and diarrhea was 8%. The case-fatality rate was 14% in children with bacterial pneumonia and diarrhea, 3% in those with viral pneumonia and diarrhea, and 14% in malnourished children with shigellosis and ALRI. The most common respiratory tract pathogens were respiratory syncytial virus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, influenza viruses, and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

Acute Disease↗