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Rajesh K Chudasama
Researcher at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
Publications - 66
Citations - 617
Rajesh K Chudasama is an academic researcher from Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 62 publications receiving 551 citations.
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Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding in South Gujarat Region of India
TL;DR: Exclusive breastfeeding practices in Surat are not in a better situation than at national level and factors related to early weaning denote a weak breastfeeding support given by maternal and infant health services.
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Biomedical Waste Management: A study of knowledge, attitude and practice among health care personnel at tertiary care hospital in Rajkot
Rajesh K Chudasama,Matib Rangoonwala,Ankit M. Sheth,Skc Misra,Amiruddin M. Kadri,Umed V Patel +5 more
TL;DR: The importance of training regarding bio medical waste management cannnot be overemphasized, lack of proper and complete knowledge about bioMedical waste management impacts practices of appropriate waste disposal.
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Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and its determinants in first 6 months of life: A prospective study
TL;DR: Exclusive breastfeeding prevalence rate found higher than at national level indicating better feeding practices in these part of India, and factors classically considered as supportive for breastfeeding had shown no association with breastfeeding pattern.
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Clinico-epidemiological features of the hospitalized patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in Saurashtra region, India (September, 2009 to February, 2010).
Rajesh K Chudasama,Umed V Patel,Pramod B Verma,Chikitsa D Amin,Dinkar Savaria,Rakesh Ninama,Nilesh C. Fichadiya +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that infection-related illness affects both children and adults with survival of 74% patients and the median time from onset of illness to virus detection with use of real-time RT-PCR is five days.
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Breastfeeding initiation practice and factors affecting breastfeeding in South Gujarat region of India
TL;DR: Assessment of the determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in newborn infants in South Gujarat region of India found that 85% newborns have received only exclusive breast milk.