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Rajendra Koju
Researcher at Kathmandu University
Publications - 91
Citations - 1231
Rajendra Koju is an academic researcher from Kathmandu University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 85 publications receiving 988 citations. Previous affiliations of Rajendra Koju include Dhulikhel Hospital & University of Washington.
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Total cardiovascular risk approach to improve efficiency of cardiovascular prevention in resource constrain settings
Shanthi Mendis,Lars H Lindholm,Simon G. Anderson,Ala Alwan,Rajendra Koju,B.J.C. Onwubere,Azhar Mahmood Kayani,Nihal Abeysinghe,Alfredo Duneas,Sergo Tabagari,Wu Fan,Nizal Sarrafzadegan,Porfirio Nordet,Judith A. Whitworth,Anthony M. Heagerty +14 more
TL;DR: Adopting a total cardiovascular risk approach instead of a single risk factor approach reduces health care expenditure by reducing drug costs, and limited resources can be more efficiently used to target high-risk people who will benefit the most.
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Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Nepal: findings from the Dhulikhel Heart Study.
Biraj Man Karmacharya,Rajendra Koju,James P. LoGerfo,Kwun Chuen Gary Chan,Ali H. Mokdad,Archana Shrestha,Nona Sotoodehnia,Annette L. Fitzpatrick +7 more
TL;DR: The levels of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in this sample of Nepalese adults were low and hypertension awareness was associated with increasing age.
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Pattern of Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Relationship with Components of Metabolic Syndrome
Prabin Gyawali,Jyoti Shrestha Takanche,Raj K. Shrestha,Prem Bhattarai,K Khanal,Prabodh Risal,Rajendra Koju +6 more
TL;DR: Although there was no evidence of any relationship between thyroid status and all components of MetS, TD should be taken into account when evaluating and treating patients with MetS to reduce the impending risk of ASCVD.
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Poisoning cases attending emergency department in Dhulikhel Hospital- Kathmandu University Teaching Hospital
TL;DR: Females were at greater risk for poisoning than males, self-poisoning cases constituted the majority of all poisonings, and the main agents of self-Poisoning were OP poisoning.
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High Rates of Enteric Fever Diagnosis and Lower Burden of Culture-Confirmed Disease in Peri-urban and Rural Nepal.
Jason R. Andrews,Krista Vaidya,Caryn Bern,Dipesh Tamrakar,Shawn Wen,S K Madhup,Rajeev Shrestha,Biraj Man Karmacharya,Bibush Amatya,Rajendra Koju,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Elizabeth L. Hohmann,Edward T. Ryan,Isaac I. Bogoch +13 more
TL;DR: Enteric fever diagnosis rates were very high throughout Nepal, but in rural settings, few patients had culture-confirmed disease, and culture positivity was highest among young adults and was strongly associated with higher population density.