August 2010 « PG Blazer

Acronyms

CACFP – Acronym

CACFP stands for: Child and Adult Care Food Program

Acronyms

SNP – Acronym

SNP stands for: Special Nutrition Program

Preventive medicine

Special Nutrition Program (India)

Special Nutrition Program was introduced in 1970 to improve the nutritional status of specific target groups The target groups are: children under 6 years pregnant and lactating mothers

Preventive medicine

Vitamin A Prophylaxis programme

Vitamin A prophylaxis program aims at providing Vitamin A – 2 lakh IU (110mg retinol palmitate) – to all preschool children – every 6 months It is a

Ophthalmology

Distichiasis – Congenital and Acquired

Distichiasis is a condition in which an extra row of eyelashes occupy the usual site of meibomian glands It is of 2 types Congenital distichiasis The meibomian glands open into

Acronyms

IMCD – Acronym

IMCD stands for: Integrated Maternal and Child Development

ENT

Sites of snoring

Snoring is vibration of the respiratory structures and the resulting sound that results from obstructed air movement during sleeping The site of snoring varies from person to person

Ophthalmology

Causes of uniocular diplopia

Uniocular diplopia refers to the appearance of an object in double even when viewing it through one eye. The causes of uniocular diplopia are: Subluxated clear lens Subluxated

Preventive medicine

Difference between IMCI and IMNCI

IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Infections) is the Indian adaptation of IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Infections) IMNCI differs from IMCI in the following ways: Includes

Month: August 2010