community medicine 4 Flashcards
BMI is calculated
weight in KG/Height in meter2
Below 18.5 ————underweight 18.5—24.9————healthy weight 25—29.9——-over weight 30 and above obesity
All are critical determinants of FRU except
Safe abortion service
Instrument used to measure chlorine demand of water
Horrock’s apparatus
Swap gas is
Methane
The process of soaking in water, half boiling with husk and drying is called
Parboiling
Fast breathing is when
(1)40 breaths per minute or more in a child aged 1year to 5 years (2)50 breaths per minute or more in a child aged 2months up to 12 months (3)60 breaths per minute or more in a child less than 2 months of age
about reduced osmolarity ORS composition (in gram/l)
Sodium chloride 2.6
glucose 13.5
Potassium chloride 1.5
Tri sodium citrate 2.9
about dengue fever
(1) There are 4 serotypes of virus (2) Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are vectors (3) Once a mosquito become infective, it stays so for life (4) Transovarian transmission is possible
most common cause of malaria in India is due to
Plasmodium falciparum
the malarial species not usually found in India
Plasmodium vivax
with regards to malaria
(1) thick smear is more dependable in searching for parasite (2) thin smear is better than thick smear in finding species
about prevention of plasmodium vivax malaria relapse,
primaquine is used
Relapse in India is about 30%. Primaquine should not be given to pregnant, infants and glucose 6phosphatase deficient (G6PD). if we give primaquine to G6PD patient they will develop hemolysis. patient on primaquine should be advised to stop primaquine and consult doctor if he develops any of symptoms like dark colored urine, yellow color in eyes, abdominal pain, vomiting, bluish color of lips.
PFA act ensure, at production level, iodine content of salt should not be less than
30ppm
at production level it should not be less than 30ppm; and at consumer level it should not be less than 15ppm
neurolathyrism is caused by eating
khesari dhal
Lathyrus sativus is commonly known as khesari dhal. The toxin presents in its seed is Beta Oxalyl Amino Alanine.
Nalgonda technique is used to
defluoridation of water
about Pasteurization of milk which is correct
kill Q fever organism
Pasteurization kills tubercle bacillus and Q fever bacteria (Coxiella burnetii). It does not kill bacterial spores and thermoduric bacteria
visual center of brain is in
occipital lobe
Broca’s area is in the dominant frontal lobe and is motor speech area. Optic chiasm is the X shaped part where right and left optic nerve cross. Cerebellum coordinate motor activities.
Phosphatase test is done
to check the efficiency of Pasteurization
other test used to check efficiency of pasteurization are standard plate count and coliform count
Anganwadi worker serve a population of
400 to 800
Ortho tolidine test is used to detect
FREE chlorine in water
about triage in disaster which is not correct
red indicate dead or moribund
triage uses 4 coloring codes RED-high priority transfer or treatment Yellow—- medium priority Green——ambulatory Black—–dead or moribund
which of the following is considered as good
HDL
True nerve of hearing is
cochlear nerve
taste sense is carried by
7th ,9th,10th cranial nerves
right and left cerebral hemisphere of brain is connected by
corpus callosum
