Acute myocardial infarction is one of the major challenges faced by the physicians. It is now well established that timely detection and proper treatment of early complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can save many lives and decrease immature death from myocardial infarction. Considering this matter, the early complications of AMI was observed in this study and found the following: a) the incidence of complications is higher during the 1st 1-2 days, but nevertheless, it may occur later on, b) the commonest complication was arrhythmia with ventricular ectopics at the top of the...

Bangladesh has one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the world, i.e. 3/1000 live births. The situation is worse due to inadequate access to modern health care services & poor utilization. One of the public health challenges is, therefore, to identify vulnerable groups and to provide them with needed health care services. Considering this matter, this study examined the socio-economic, demographic & cultural determinants of utilization of maternal health care services in slum areas of Dhaka city. The primary data was collected from 540 women aged 15-49. A semi-structured...