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An Epidemiological Study of Snake Envenomation in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India Amit Kumar; Shweta Tanwar; Rajesh Chetiwal; Rajesh Patnaik Thonangi
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15268

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Purpose: To study the epidemiological profile, clinical features, complications, and outcome of snake bite cases in a tertiary care teaching hospital in north India.Materials and Methods: A prospective cohort study of snake bites was carried out from June 2012 to October 2013. Data was collected regarding the socio-demographic profile, clinical features, complications, management and the outcome. The ICU LOS and the associated mortality were taken as the measures of outcome.Results: Out of the total 88, majority of the victims were rural men in the age group of 21-30 years. More than 90% of incidents were reported during the monsoon season. Neuroparalysis was present in 92% of patients. The mean bite to hospital time was 5.66 ± 1.78 hours. All patients had received polyvalent ASV with a mean dose of 20.85 ± 5.73 vials. 61.36% patients required ventilatory support with mean duration of 5.22 ± 7.69 days. The ICU LOS was observed to be 4.83 ± 6.96 days and associated mortality rate was 6.8%.Conclusion: There is urgent need to create awareness amongst the vulnerable population. To get a real picture of the burden, information need to be collected from community based surveys along with the peripheral primary healthcare centers
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR NUSSELT NUMBER AND HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION ON SOLAR AIR HEATER ROUGHENED WITH SQUARE RIB ROUGHNESS ON THE ABSORBER PLATE Amit Kumar; Apurba Layek
AGRIBUSINESS JOURNAL Vol 13, No 1 (2019): AGRIBUSINESS JOURNAL
Publisher : Departement of Agribusiness Faculty of Science and Technology

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Heat transfer rate on solar air heater system is generally achieved by suitable modification of absorber plate surface with acceptable geometry of rib roughness. In this paper a numerical study is performed using CFD based computational analysis of heat transfer augmentation equipped with the square rib roughness created artificially on the absorber plate. The 2D analysis is performed using ANSYS 16.2 Code with RNG k-ε turbulence model to investigate the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics. The augmentation of heat transfer on increase of Reynolds number enhance the Nusselt number which is referred as energy gain ratio with the use of rib roughness was examined and their relative evaluation has been plotted. The parameter which is considered for the range of analysis is taken as relative roughness pitch (P/e), relative roughness height (e/D) and the Reynolds numbers (Re) ranging from 3800-18000. The enhancement of heat transfers due to rib roughness on the absorber plate have been compared with those for smooth ducts for the same flow and thermal boundary condition to determine the energy gain ratio of solar air heater. The result obtained by the present investigation shows that the maximum value of energy gain ratio is found to be about 1.93 times the smooth duct for the studied range of parameters.