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Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI)

Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) is the number of apnoea and hypopnea events per hour during sleep RDI upto 5 per hour is considered normal Based on the the

Acronyms

RDI – Acronym

RDI stands for: Respiratory Disturbance Index

Acronyms

ESI – Acronym

ESI stands for: Employees’ State Insurance

Anatomy

Fallopian canal – Clinical anatomy

It is a bony canal in the temporal bone through which the facial nerve passes Starts at internal acoustic meatus Ends at stylomastoid foramen It is the longest

Ophthalmology

Difference between amaurosis and amblyopia

Amaurosis is the complete loss of vision in one or both eyes in the absence of ophthalmologic or other objective signs Amblyopia is the partial loss of vision in one or both eyes

Ophthalmology

Riddoch phenomenon

It is a ophthalmological condition in which the person can see only moving (kinetic) objects Static objects are invisible to the patient The colour or shape of the

Ophthalmology

Night Blindness – Causes

Night blindness (nyctalopia) is a condition in which there is impaired vision in dim light. The causes of night blindess are: Conditions affecting the functioning of rods (as

Anatomy

Blood Supply of Facial Nerve

The facial nerve gets it’s blood supply from 4 vessels: Anterior inferior cerebellar artery – at the cerebellopontine angle Labyrinthine artery (branch of anterior inferior cerebellar artery) –

Preventive medicine

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) – Objectives, Components, Syndromes under surveillance, Reporting units

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) is a decentralised state based surveillance system in India. Objectives: Identification of cases and cluster of cases that are of public health importance Prevention

Month: August 2010