TMT
An exercise machine consisting of a moving belt on which you walk or run. The intensity of the exercise can be adjusted by altering the speed of the belt or altering its gradient.
Motorized treadmills are often used in hospitals to test for cardiovascular disease. Many hospital treadmills incorporate electrocardiograms to measure heart activity, and other devices to measure blood pressure and breathing rate. The great advantage of hospital treadmill tests is that there is expert help on hand if anything goes wrong.
Doctors
| Name |
Description, Contact info. |
| Dr Barnali Bhuyan MD (GMC) |
Mobile Number:+91 94361 11297
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Endosccopy
Endoscopy is the process whereby an optical instrument is introduced into one or other of the body tubes or cavities so that the organs of the body may be directly inspected. The instruments of endoscopy are most usually inserted through existing orifices, such as the mouth and rectum, but in certain cases an incision may be made so that otherwise inaccessible body cavities may be examined. The word is derived from the Greek endon 'within' and scopeo.
A revolution in endoscopic techniques, however, followed the discovery of fibre optic instruments, since their flexibility permitted a far wider application than hitherto. Such techniques were to be of particular value in gastroenterology. It was not, however, possible to obtain the help of British industrial firms in this venture, and Hirschowitz later went to work in the US. There, he successfully pioneered the use of a fibreoptic bundle which could be introduced with relative ease into the stomach and, for the first time, beyond that into the duodenum, enabling duodenal ulcers to be directly examined. His work was at once followed up by Japanese workers in association with companies such as Olympus. It was they who introduced the new range of gastrointestinal endoscopes that have enabled clinicians directly to examine virtually the entire alimentary tract, as well as making it possible to visualize, with associated radiological techniques, organs such as the pancreas, which had until then been examined only by a major operation involving the opening of the alimentary tract. In addition, skilled operators were able to remove gallstones from the bile ducts. Flexible colonoscopy in particular brought the entire colon within view, as well as making it feasible to remove lesions such as polyps, considered to be premalignant, through the endoscope.examine
In the endoscopic unit of Nazareth hospital routine vedio endosciopies are done on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Emergency endoscopies are done as and when required. Besides diagnostic upper GI endoscopy the following procedures are done routinely:
- Sclero therapy
- Banding
- Oesophageal balloon dialatation
- Oesophageal stenting
Doctors
| Name |
Description, Contact info. |
| Dr. M.S. Islam, MBBS |
MBBS Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh.
Training in Upper GI Endoscopy
Mobile Number:+91 94361 01068
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