Syed Atiqul Haq, John Darmawan, Md. Nazrul Islam, Mohammed Zahir Uddin et al.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of rheumatic disorders in adults (age >/= 15 yrs) in Bangladeshi rural and urban communities. METHODS: The survey was carried out in a rural community, an urban slum, and an affluent urban community with samples of 2635, 1317, and 1259 adults, respectively. Through ...
Moshtaq Ahmed, Mohammad Fazlur Rahman, Jeroen van Ginneken
BACKGROUND: Although the recent decline in child mortality in Bangladesh is remarkable, death from causes other than infectious diseases and malnutrition remains an important component of child mortality. Death from drowning of children can be expected to be a problem in Bangladesh given the geograp...
Mohammad Towhidul Islam, Md. Nurun Nabi, Md. Arman Arefin, Khodadad Mostakim et al.
The world has capitalized on numerous renewable energy resources by developing its energy infrastructure mainly around solar, biomass, and hydro energy. However, geothermal energy has not yet been developed at a significant scale, despite reports from 62 wells showing evidence of geothermal gradient...
Janet Douglass, Hayley Mableson, Sarah Martindale, Sanya Tahmina Jhara et al.
Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a major cause of lymphedema, affecting over 16 million people globally. A daily, hygiene-centered self-care protocol is recommended and effective in reducing acute attacks caused by secondary infections. It may also reverse lymphedema status in early stages, ...
Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Fazlur Rahman
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a comprehensive survey on disability to determine the prevalence and distribution of cause-specific disability among residents of the Manikganj district in Bangladesh. METHODS: The survey was conducted in Manikganj, a typical district in Bangladesh, in 2009. Data were collected...
Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Fazlur Rahman, Uttam Golder, Sarkar Humayun Kabir
Abstract This study examines the effectiveness of internal corporate governance mechanisms (ICGMs) in managing non-performing loans (NPLs) in listed banks within an emerging economy, specifically Bangladesh. We focus on addressing dynamic endogenous bias, which has often been overlooked in prior stu...
Hassan M. Al‐Emran, Fazlur Rahman, Laxmi Sarkar, Prosanto Kumar Das et al.
Background: SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 has accumulated a series of point mutations and evolved into several variants of concern (VOC), some of which are more transmissible and potentially more severe than the original strain. The most notable VOCs are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Omicron, whic...
Ashaduzzaman Talukder, Mohamed Mausool Siraj, Md Noornabi Khondokar, SM Ahsan Habib et al.
Background: Heart Failure (HF) is a major public health burden worldwide. Approximately 5 million Americans, 0.4–2% of the general European population and over 23 million people worldwide are living with heart failure. Like few other chronic disease, low serum albumin is common in patients with hear...
Muhammad Mobarock Hossain, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Md Abu Siddique, Subhash Banerjee et al.
PCI has been used increasingly for revascularization in ischemic heart disease patients. In the cardiology practice, the assessment of left ventricular (LV) function is of paramount importance. Two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography remain the most important diagnostic tests/t...
Mir Jamal Uddin, Fazlur Rahman, Mohammad Salman, Khondker Shaheed Hussain et al.
This prospective observational study was done in National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and hospital Dhaka, during the period April 2002 to July 2008. In this study the immediate results of balloon mitral valvuloplasty with mitral restenosis patients with previous surgical mitral commissuroto...
Subhash Banerjee, Fazlur Rahman, Mohammad Salman, Md Abu Siddique et al.
Clinicians continue to face the challenges of identifying and treating the idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy to improve symptoms and survival. A study on idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy was done in the Department of Cardiology, University Cardiac Center, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University...
Hassan M. Al‐Emran, Fazlur Rahman, Laxmi Sarkar, Prosanto Kumar Das et al.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that emerged in late 2019 has accumulated a series of point mutations and evolved into several variants of concern (VOCs), some of which are more transmissible and potentially more severe than the original strain. The most notable VOCs are...
Saidur Rahman Mashreky, AKM Fazlur Rahman, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman
Globally more than a billion people are living with disabilities. Injuries are one of the major causes of disabilities. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2009 to explore the epidemiology of injury-related disability in a district of Bangladesh. A total of 37,039 populations were interviewed ...
Mohammad J. Hossain, Md Shakhawat Hossain, Al-Amin Bhuiyan, AKM Fazlur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: Despite the high magnitude of drowning, medical care-seeking behaviours among drowning casualties remain unexplored in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore this behaviour among drowning casualties in Bangladesh. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a mu...
Md Noornabi Khondokar, Khurshed Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraf Hossain, Rakibulh Rashed et al.
Background:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the most common and prognostically unfavorable outcome of many diseases of the cardiovascular system. Clinical trials have demonstrated mortality and morbidity benefits of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in patients with heart failure. These st...