Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Mofiz Ullah, Ireen A Choudhury et al.
Background Severely malnourished children have high mortality rates. Death commonly occurs during the first 48 h after hospital admission, and has been attributed to faulty case-management. We developed a standardised protocol for acute-phase treatment of children with severe malnutrition and diarrh...
Mohammed Nasir Uddin, A. K. M. Saiful Islam, Sujit Kumar Bala, G. M. Tarekul Islam et al.
The coastal region of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable due to its low adaptive capacity, dense population, flat topography and exposure to various natural disasters such as cyclone, storm surges, sea level rise, tidal floods, bank erosion etc. In addition to present vulnerability, climate change will...
Golam Rabbani, Thomas Butler, Joseph A. Knight, S. C. Sanyal et al.
To evaluate the antisecretory activity of berberine sulfate (BS), we studied 165 adult patients with acute diarrhea due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Vibrio cholerae in randomized controlled trials. In patients with ETEC diarrhea who received 400 mg of BS in a single oral dose, the ...
Mohammad Didar Hossain, Helal Uddin Ahmed, MM Jalal Uddin, Waziul Alam Chowdhury et al.
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders. The prevalence of ASD in many South Asian countries is still unknown. The aim of this study was to systematically review available epidemiological studies of ASD in this region to identify gaps in our cu...
Golam Rabbani, Telahun Teka, Badiuz Zaman, N. Majid et al.
Background & aims Because of the beneficial intestinal effects of dietary fibers, we have evaluated the therapeutic effects of green banana or pectin in children with persistent diarrhea. Methods In a double-blind trial, 62 boys, age 5-12 months, were randomly given a rice-based diet containing eith...
Golam Rabbani, Atiq Rahman, Khandaker Mainuddin
Experimental research work in applying aqueous ammonia solution for the simultaneous reduction of acidic gaseous emission from fossil fuel-fired utility plants is currently being performed at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The traditional monoethanolamine process for CO2 removal suffers ...
Golam Rabbani, W. B. Greenough
Cholera has been recognized as a killer disease since earliest time. Since 1817, six pandemics have swept over the world, and the seventh one is in progress. The disease is caused by infection of the small intestine by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 and is characterized by massive acute diarrhoea, vomi...
Santosh K. Chaturvedi, Shayanth Manche Gowda, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Fahad D. Alosaimi et al.
BACKGROUND: Anxiety disorder, one of the highly disabling, prevalent and common mental disorders, is known to be more prevalent in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than the general population, and the comorbid presence of anxiety disorders is known to have an impact on the diabetes outco...
Md Golam Rabbani Fahad, A. K. M. Saiful Islam, Rouzbeh Nazari, Muhammad Ahmed Hasan et al.
ABSTRACT A multi‐model ensemble provides useful information about the uncertainty of the future changes of climate. High‐emission scenarios using representative concentration pathways (RCP8.5) of the Fifth Phase Coupled Model Inter‐comparison Project (CMIP5) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Umakanta Sarker, Tofazzal Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Shinya Oba
Twenty vegetable amaranth genotypes were evaluated for total antioxidant capacity, antioxidant leaf pigments, vitamins, and selection of suitable genotypes for extraction of juice in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Vegetable amaranth was rich in chlorophyll, β-cyan...
Md. Kamruzzaman, Md. Golam Rabbani, A Saw, Md. Abu Sayem et al.
BACKGROUND: Anemia is one of the most common public health problems globally, and high prevalence has been reported among women of reproductive age, especially in developing countries. This study was conducted to evaluate differentials in the prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant, ever-married wom...
Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Mohd S. Iqbal, Mohiuddin Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Golam Rabbani et al.
BACKGROUND: The global burden from cancer is rising, especially as low-income countries like Bangladesh observe rapid aging. So far, there are no comprehensive descriptions reporting diagnosed cancer group that include hematological malignancies in Bangladesh. METHODS: This was a multi-center hospit...
Golam Rabbani, Jan Holmgren, W. B. Greenough, Ivar Lönnroth
Because chlorpromazine inhibited cholera-toxin-stimulated intestinal adenylate cyclase and fluid secretion in laboratory animals its ability to reduce fluid-loss in human cholera was investigated. Eleven cholera patients with severe purging (360--1340 ml/h) were studied. Eight were given chlorpromaz...
Amal K. Mitra, Golam Rabbani
The therapeutic efficacy of Bioflorin (Streptococcus faecium SF68; Gipharmex, Milan, Italy) in acute watery diarrhea was evaluated in 183 Bangladeshi adults. Vibrio cholerae organisms were isolated from stool cultures in 114 patients, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli organisms were isolated in 4...
Sheikh Md. Abu Hena Mostafa Alim, Md. Golam Rabbani, Enayet Karim, Mohammad Syedul Islam Mullick et al.
Medical students confront significant academic, psychosocial and existential stressors for coping with new college and schedule,. So assessment of the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress among medical students are essential to take necessary steps to treat or prevent any psychiatric morbidity...