14 articles in this issue
Suchitkumar Govindrao Kamkhedkar, Sundaram Kartikeyan, Aniruddha Arjun Malgaonkar
Objective: This complete-enumeration, before-and-after type of study (without controls) was conducted at a municipal medical college in Western India to comparatively evaluate the cognitive domain scores of the participating first-year MBBS students befor... see more
Jyotsna Aggarwala, Meenu Dhingra
Background : The heart rate variability (HRV) is defined as the capacity of the heart to change the interval between beats when faced with different situations (Sztajzel, 2004). Higher parasympathetic activity and better balance between sympathetic and pa... see more
Tolulope O Afolaranmi, Zuwaira I Hassan, Danjuma A Bello, Tinuade Oyebode, Moses P Chingle
Background: Standard safety precautions are the basic level of infection control precautions which are to be used, as a minimum, in the care of all patients. The control of spread of pathogens from any source is key in avoidance of transmission among heal... see more
Biplabendu Talukdar, Sisir Chakraborty, Rajdip Hazra, Kaushik Biswas, Prasun Bhattacharya
Background: Blood component therapy is a relatively new concept in developing countries and quality control is the most important parameter to assess the efficacy of each blood component. This study was done to assess ex-vivo quality of platelet concentra... see more
Padala Krushna Kishore, Ipsita Choudhary, P. Satyanarayana, U. N. Singh
Background : Several studies have reported a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and insulin resistance however few other studies proved vitamin D supplementation not improving the glucose homeostasis. The present study was aimed to find the associat... see more
Ratna Baral, Sharan Kumar Nepal
Background: Urinary tract infection common bacterial disease with all age group causing lower to complicated UTI leading to life threatening condition urosepsis. Urine culture is gold standard however urine dipstick test can help in early detection of UTI... see more
Shani Constin, Prasanth Y. M.
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a global epidemic defined by an elevated glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The symbiotic relationship between diabetes and dyslipidemia has been studied and glycated hemoglobin has been projected as a potential marker for coron... see more
Daanjuma Ayotunde Bello, Afolaranmi O Tolulope, Hassan I Zuwaira, Yusuf K Olatunde, Ajayi E Olufemi, Egga Akpomushi, Moses P Chingle
Background: Malaria affects 3.3 billion people in 106 countries and territories of the world. In spite of the fact that malaria is treatable and easily preventable, it still remains a big health threat to lives in many communities globally but most especi... see more
Rashmi Tiwari, Mahtabuddin ., Qazi Rais Ahmed, R. C. Sharma
Background: Changes in platelet volume indices have been found in infectious diseases. Higher MPV [mean platelet volume] and PDW [platelet development width] values were observed in patients with sepsis compared to the patients who did not have sepsis. It... see more
Chitrangada Singh, Om Tavri, Madan Manmohan, Rajas Chaubal
Objective: To demonstrate incidence of infective coronary stent fractures and associated complications. Materials and Methods: A retrospective case series study was conducted in a tertiary care centre over two years (2015 and 2016). Patients who had chest... see more
Trina Karmakar, Nootan Chandwaskar
Introduction: An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized ovum implants outside the normal uterine cavity. It is the most important cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in the first trimester. Our aim is to explore the role of various diagnostic ai... see more
Sachinkumar Wagh
Aim and Objectives: The present study was undertaken to compare the efficacy of 0.25% bupivacaine and 0.25% ropivacaine for bilateral ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block for post caesarean section analgesia. Methods: In a double blind study, tota... see more
Nupur Bharti, Nootan Chandwaskar, Sapna Chourasia, Neeta Natu
Aim: To study the clinical presentation and complications in pregnancies in sickle cell patients Methods: The study reported findings in 6 pregnant women with sickle cell disease admitted during the period of May2015-June2016. The incidence of obstetric c... see more
P Gupta, N Kaistha, Omar BJ, P Gupta, V Singh, Aroop Mohanty
Salmonella species enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi infection may result in various presentations like enteric fever, septicaemia with and without local suppurative lesions, gastroenteritis and the carrier state. Arthritis is an uncommon and rar... see more