40 articles in this issue
Ronak Jain,Shefali Mehta,Aditi Mehta,Vishwa Mehta
Tumor markers are assuming a growing role in all aspects of cancer care, starting from screening to followup after treatment, and their judicious application in clinical practice needs a thorough understanding of thebasics of pathophysiology, techniq... see more
Swapna Y,Aamina Arjumand
Background: It is important to find out the most effective method for monitoring the growth of the fetus. The method should also identify the women with problematic pregnancy prone to IUGR so that early action can be taken to prevent adverse con... see more
Kanamatha Reddy Sujana
Background: Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with impaired neurological development of child, increased morbidity and increased risk of death during perinatal period. Doppler ultrasound during pregnancy is a useful tool for e... see more
Priyanka Patel,Kuldeep Kumar Ashta,Yamini Subramani,Sumit Kumar Ghosh
Background: An Emergency Department (ED), or the Emergency Room (ER), is a specialized patient care facility in tertiary and quaternary health care centers dedicated to Emergency Medicine. The main function of which, is to take care of patients ... see more
Supriya Mohanty,Madhusmita Pradhan,Jyoti Ranjan Champatiray,Sristi Ganguly
Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, contribute to significant neonatal mortality and morbidity, with complications ranging from prematurity, low birth weight and respiratory morbidities.Materials and Methods: This study is a observationa... see more
Aphale Manasi,Gawande Sushil,Kirpekar Vivek,Bhave Sudhir,Tadke Rahul,Faye Abhijeet
Background: In a densely populated country like India, the COVID-19 pandemic poses a major concern in front of the already overworked healthcare workers. Paramedical staff deals with patients of COVID-19 throughout their stay in the hospital and... see more
Neha Solanki,Rohit Manyal,Sanjay Dubey,Ashish Patel,Shiv Shankar Sharma,Rajesh Verma
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by symmetrical synovitis, progressive damage to the articular cartilage and the subchondral bone, pain, fatigue, and disability. Recognition of RA as... see more
Mukund P Kulkarni,Nagaraj Naik
Background: Management of obstructive jaundice from periampullary and pancreatic head malignancies is mostly palliative. With advancements in endoscopic and stent technology and instrumentation, endoscopicinterventions are gaining popularity and acce... see more
Teena Thomas,Ranjan Kumar Sen,Jagannath Sarangi,Bibhu Prasad Behera
Background: According to World Health Organization (WHO) global HIV report 2019, people living with HIV is about 38 million. Especially after the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), in PLHIV, cardiovascular complications signify an increasin... see more
Abinayaa Kalidoss,C. Narmadha
Background: In India tuberculosis is a communicable infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing major public health problem. The present study is a prospective study of various haematalogical parameters in sputum po... see more
Juhi Anil Malviya,Sushil Gawande,Abhijeet Faye,Vivek Kirpekar,Sudhir Bhave,Rahul Tadke
Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a phenotypically heterogeneous group of neurodevelopemental syndromes characterized by impairments in social communication and restricted & repetitive behavior. Neurological soft signs (NSS) are ... see more
Anjali R Dhote,Amrapali Gaikwad,Sonali Datar,B Kowe
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest disease known to humanity and among the deadliest epidemics and is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide. The incidence of tuberculosis in India has dramatically increased and contributing t... see more
Dasari Sandhya,Subramanian Preethi,Chitgupikar Sudharshan Raj,Saini Anusha
Introduction: Promotion of knowledge on breast feeding improves the attitude and breast feeding practices of mothers. Studies regarding knowledge, attitude and practices of breastfeeding among Indian mothers are limited, with no studies among mo... see more
Tanmay Mondal,Pradip Saha,Sudip Saha
Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a significant public health problem throughout the world. Even in the Indian context, it has been reported to be present in majority of children in spite of wide availability of sunlight. Our obj... see more
Prasanth P S,Preethamol S
Introduction: K-ras mutation is an early event and p53 mutation is a late event in the tumorigenesis pathway of carcinoma associated with Chronic Pancreatitis.Aim: To identify the immunohistochemical expression of K-ras protein and p53 in surgical sp... see more
Anjali Edbor,Himanshu Dua
Introduction: Normally neonates lose 5-7% of their birth weight in the first week of life. Inadequate breastfeeding resulting from different factors may result in dehydration and excessive weight loss. Hypernatremic dehydration leading to acute ... see more
Anuradha Panda,Deepak Kumar Dasmohapatra,Aditya Narayan Dash,Babita Ekka
Background: Inflammation in subclinical Hypothyroidism (SCH) imposes a significant cardiovascular risk. The aim of the present study was to assess the elevated levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in SCH patients.Materials and ... see more
Rahul Jaiswal,Anubha Shrivastava,A D Tiwari,R K Yadav,Manisha Maurya,Nandita Mishra
Background: Zinc deficiency, common in children of developing countries, leads to susceptibility to infections. Relapses in nephrotic syndrome are precipitated mostly by infections. Most of morbidity and mortality in nephrotic patients is during... see more
Udita Singhal,Pooja Jain,Shalini Trivedi,Uma Kumar
Introduction: Cervical-vaginal infections are one of the most common infections seen in women of the reproductive age group. The important infectious agents in Gardnerella vaginalis, Candida, and Trichomonas vaginalis. Pap smear cytology is used... see more
Shraddha V Halpara,Khyati M Kakkad,Hardik R Parmar,Vaishali J Prajapati
Background: Obesity is a major health problem in children & adults. Due to physiological changes during growing up in children and adolescents, it is difficult to develop one simple index for measurement of overweight & obesity. So, this... see more
M. Chandralekha,Puli Ashwin Kishore
Introduction: Early vascularized soft tissue closure has long been recognized to be essential in achieving eventual infection free union. The question of whether muscle or fasciocutaneous tissue is superior in terms of promoting fracture healing... see more
P. Narasinga Rao,B. Rajamohan
Introduction: Spinal cord injuries are most commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents. The next frequent causes are falls and acts of violence, Sports-related spinal cord injuries. Drastic reduction in the mortality & morbidity was noticed ... see more
Hrishikesh Shivakumar,Anugraha Durairaj,Madhu G,Nirmala A C
Introduction: Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the world. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is one of the most common stroke scale used by neurologist around the world. Serum Ferritin is an a... see more
Sadhana Panda,Abinash Panda
Introduction: Childhood asthma represents a significant burden, not only in terms of morbidity and reduced quality of life but also in terms of healthcare costs, as reflected by the high rates of unscheduled emergency department visits, hospital... see more
Jyotindra Kumar Sahu,M Ravikant,Amar Singh Thakur
Background: Hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder involving hypothalamic–pituitary axis. This results from multiple causes such as medications, hypothyroidism, and pituitary disorders. Hyperprolactinemia and hypothyroidism are... see more
Bhaskar J Dutta,Md Alim Ullah,Pinaki Chakravarty,Md Kalim Ullah,Karabi Adak
Introduction: Research experience gained by medical students during their under graduate tenure plays a significant role in their future endeavours in the field of medical research. The aim of the present study was to assess the level of knowled... see more
U Tripathi,Neha katare,Saurabh Kumar Singh
Background: The frequency of Genital TB is 0.69% in evolved nations and 19% in non-industrial nations. The fallopian tube is most regularly influenced followed by endometrium and cervix. It is optional to TB concentrate somewhere else in body br... see more
Sunil Pathak,Devangi Kanara,Manish Rasania,Prashant Modi,Manasi Shah,Shailee Patel
Introduction: Neurodevelopment of an infant is affected by various factors like birth weight, perinatal events, environmental factors, psychosocial, socioeconomic condition, genetic, racial and nutritional factors, and hypoxic ischemic Encephalo... see more
Prashant S Wagh,Subhash Kashyape,Swati Wagh
Background: Down’s syndrome is one of the common chromosomal abnormalities seen. Also means yes having thyroid dysfunctions would be better than neonatal having thyroid dysfunction. The patients having Down’s syndrome are having thyroid dysfunct... see more
Bishnupriya Sahoo,Mohit Varshney,Ruparna Khurana,Guresh Kumar,Himani Dhingra,Richa .,Daksh Yadav,Jasleen Kaur,Satyakiran Kapur,Pankaj Abrol
Background and Aim: COVID-19 infection and the pandemic have crippled the global life. Direct effects of infection and its severity among children were yet to define, but its indirect effects and associated consequences were significant but larg... see more
Chhabi Satpathy,Nirmal Kumar Mohanty,Satyanarayan Routray,Bijay Dash
Introduction: Platelets have a major role in acute coronary syndrome and their activation is a hallmark of this. Troponin I, Troponin T and Creatine Kinase enzymes are not enough sensitive at an early stage of acute coronary syndrome. Platelet i... see more
Saajid Hameed,Pankaj Kumar,Manish Kumar,Lalit Mohan,Harihar Dikshit
Background: Diabetic patients generally require life-long treatment and continuous follow up. In spite of their benefit of achieving glycemic control, there are many safety concerns with antidiabetic drugs such as gastrointestinal side effects, ... see more
Imran Khan M,Sabarigirivasan Harish V. K,Loknath B
Radhakrishnan KR,Sivasubramanian T,Pandian DR,Ranjani R,Balasubramanian C
Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the leading surgical operations of the ENT profession. Chronic tonsillitis has a massive effect on the quality of life and tonsillectomy used to treat the disease is a major procedure that can lead to multip... see more
Vijayakumar S
Introduction: Patients suffering from Head and Neck Cancers (HNC), when treated with radiotherapy (RT), often experience Oral mucositis (OMS) side effects. OMS can complicate the treatment and worsen the management of HNC. The Radio-oncologist s... see more
Jhatoth Dhoom Singh,K. Raja Ratanam
Introduction: Distal femoral fractures are much less common than hip fractures and account for 7% of all femoral fractures.Aims To determine the fracture characteristics (AO type, Muller’s classification). To study the advantages of fixation wit... see more
B Rajamohan,P Narasinga Rao
Introduction: Some of the most severe brain cancers are tumors in the posterior fossa. This is due to the small space available in the posterior fossa, as well as the possibility of essential brainstem nuclei involvement.Aims: To assess the clin... see more
Prateek Shrivastava,Ankit Jain,Rashmi Jain,Radhika Sharma
Background: Etiology of cervical cancer consist of many factors like genetics, environmental factors etc. Fingertip patterns are formed under genetic control early in development but may be affected by environmental factors during first trimeste... see more
K. Raja Ratanam,Jhatoth Dhoom Singh
Background and Objectives: Supracondylar fractures of the humerus were the most frequent occurrence, accounting for about 65.4% of all fractures around the elbow in infants. Displaced supracondylar humeral fractures need a high degree of respect... see more
Anirban Chatterjee,Malay Kumar Sinha
Introduction: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disease, belongs to the group of the neurocutaneous syndrome. The consequence of genetic mutation is inadequate inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signal pathwa... see more