12 articles in this issue
Rajnesh Chakrawarty, Mahendra Kumar Jaiswal
Background: Microneedling a newer treatment modality for facial acne scars induces collagen production through mechanical stimulation of the dermis and leads to the softening of scars, realignment of collagen bundles and stimulation of new collagen. Topic... see more
Piyali Das, Parthapratim Pradhan, Sharmistha Ghoshal
Objective : Like overt cases, whether subclinical hypothyroidism also causes supressed neuronal transmission is still debated . In this study, we tried to explore whether neuronal transmission is impaired in peripheral nerves in subclinical hypothyroidism... see more
Tarun Rao, Jyoti Jain, Richa Chaudhary
Background: Hypertension is a chronic disease which over the years can predispose to stroke, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. So, longer hypertension is present more adverse events are observed. This makes it important to diagnose and control hyp... see more
Nimesh Poudyal, Lok Bahadur Shrestha, Tejendra Pandit, Dipesh Tamrakar, Deepak Yadav, Madhab Lamsal, Basudha Khanal
Background and Objectives: Hepatitis is a common cause of jaundice. Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E are enterically transmitted viral diseases. This study investigated an outbreak of viral hepatitis at Biratnagar, Morang district, Nepal, during April 2014. Ma... see more
Neha Sheth, H.B Sirajwala
Introduction: The serum phosphorus level is recently considered as one of the foretelling markers for the severity of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, this study is aimed to investigate whether the serum phosphorus level in myocardial infarction patien... see more
Shailesh Nagpure, Ranjana Kale, Swanand Pathak, Satyavan Patel
Objective: To study the effects of once monthly regimen of Ibandronate on bone marrow density, severity of osteoporosis and quality of life in postmenopausal osteoporotic leprosy patients. Materials and Methods: Out of 204 eligible participants, written c... see more
Mrinal Kanti Ghosh, Shyamlal Agarwal, Subarna Sankar Dutta
Background: Nodular thyroid disease is a common health problem affecting women affected more frequently than men. Benign conditions like simple thyroid cyst, iodine deficiency disorder, chronic inflammatory disease of thyroid (like Hashimoto?s thyroiditis... see more
Sadhana R. Zope, Radha G. Ghildiya, Prachi S. Karnik
Aims and Objectives: To study the etiology, occurrence and pattern of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage and investigations this would aid in the early diagnosis and management of children with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Methods: This study was c... see more
Darshana Kumbhre, R. K. Jain
Aims and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to compare the onset time, duration of action of sensory and motor blockade and postoperative pain relief between 0.25% bupivacaine and 0.25% ropivacaine in caudal block for children undergoing lower a... see more
Snehal Jumnake, Jayawant Mahadhani, Sanjay Khandekar, Nilima Lodha, Snehalata Hingway
Background: Infections caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are global public health problems. The safety of donated blood can be estimated by monitoring the prevalence of viral markers in the donor population. The present stu... see more
Ankita Singh, S N Basu, Seema Jain
Osseous metaplasia of endometrium is a rare clinical entity charactised by presence of mature or immature bone in endometrium. Reported cases of endometrial ossification are associated with previous history of pregnancy or abortion in more than 80% cases.... see more
Lulu Fatema Vali, Apeksha A Bhure
A large pericardial mass compressing lower trachea and main bronchi was diagnosed in 1 month old baby who presented with dyspnea and cough. Anticipating potential danger of airway collapse during general anaesthesia management of such patient is discussed... see more