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Frequency Of Metabolic Syndrome In Psychiatric Patients, Is This The Time To Develop A Standardized Protocol To Reduce The Morbidity From An Acute Care Psychiatry Unit., Tariq Munshi, Archana Patel, Mir Nadeem Mazhar, Emaduddin Siddiqui
Frequency Of Metabolic Syndrome In Psychiatric Patients, Is This The Time To Develop A Standardized Protocol To Reduce The Morbidity From An Acute Care Psychiatry Unit., Tariq Munshi, Archana Patel, Mir Nadeem Mazhar, Emaduddin Siddiqui
Department of Emergency Medicine
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the frequency of Metabolic Syndrome among psychiatric patients and to look for the correlation between the two medical conditions.
METHODS:
The cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2013 at the acute care psychiatry in-patient unit at Kingston General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, and comprised adult patients of both genders diagnosed under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. For Metabolic Syndrome, definitions outlined by the International Diabetes Federation were used. The patients were divided into two groups on the basis of presence or absence of the Syndrome and were compared for clinical and …
Psychosocial Support Programme To Reduce Stress Among Emergency Physicians, Muhammad Shahid
Psychosocial Support Programme To Reduce Stress Among Emergency Physicians, Muhammad Shahid
Department of Emergency Medicine
No abstract provided.