13 articles in this issue
Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Rajib Biswas, Subarna Sankar Dutta, Rajib Pal, Amitava Pal
Background: Doppler ultrasound velocimetry of umbilical and foetal vessels has become established method of antenatal monitoring, allowing non-invasive assessment of foetal circulation. Aims: To compare role of middle cerebral artery and umbilical artery ... see more
Anup Poudyal, Rajendra Gurung, Nimesh Poudyal, Ratna Baral, Basudha Khanal, Shyamal Kumar Bhattacharya
Background: Tuberculosis can occur in various organ systems of human body. In the recent years, there has been an increase in the occurrence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) worldwide. As very little data is available regarding the situation of EPTB... see more
Wasim Bari Rahaman, Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Arunima Chaudhuri, Subhobrato Majumdar, Moumita Ghar, Abhijit Biswas
Background: Gender plays important role on amplitude, duration and latency of motor and sensory nerve conduction studies. Aims: To compare the effect of gender on nerve conduction properties of upper and lower limbs in Median and Tibial nerves in an urban... see more
Vaibhav Jain, Swati Patel, Neetu S Agarwal, Ajay Gaur
Objectives : To assess the developmental abnormalities in Severe Acute Malnutrition using Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII). Design: Hospital based Prospective Analytical Study. Setting : Department of Pediatrics, Kamla Raja Hospit... see more
Bhawesh Koirala, Gajendra Prasad Rauniar, Anup Ghimire, Sanjib Kumar Sharma
Objectives: To access the drug utilization pattern, drug adherence and occurrence of resistant hypertension in hypertensive patients. Methods: In this prospective crossover study, data was collected from 140 hypertensive patients visiting community progra... see more
Neeharika Mortha, Divya Uppala, Nandita Kothia, Sumit Majumdar, Kodati Sravya
Introduction: A paradigm shift in recent years has led to the consideration of the oral cavity (and, thus, oral disease) not in isolation but as a component integrated with systemic physiology, important in maintaining systemic health and reflective of sy... see more
Badrilal Meghwal, Manisha Balai, Bhupesh Jain
Background and objective: Human milk bank plays an essential role by providing human milk to infants who would otherwise not be able to receive human milk. This retrospective study was carried out to review the basic characteristics of donors and recipien... see more
Srinivas S, Nagendra S, Prashanthkumar Goudappala, Kashinath R T
Dyslipidemia is a significant predisposing factor of diabetes mellitus induced cardio vascular complications in Type-2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) subjects. Triacylglycerols and Cholesterol along with phospholipids forms the basic components of tissue lipids... see more
Vishnu K, Indumathi Shankaraiah, Harishkiran N.E
Objectives: Obesity has become an ever growing problem of epidemic proportions. Recent researches in this field suggested a possible association of high serum parathyroid hormone level and low vitamin D level with obesity and metabolic syndrome. This stud... see more
Medhavi Agarwal, H. S. Joshi, Ashish Kumar Sharma, Swati Khan, Deepak Upadhyay
Introduction: Adolescence is a crucial phase in life and the presence of conditions like depression at this stage of life is a matter of concern. Depression in this population has been shown to be associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior, homic... see more
Jyotsna S. Galat, Chitra B. Upasani
Background: Laryngoscopy and intubation causes reflex sympatho-adrenal response in the form of tachycardia and hypertension. The hemodynamic responses during laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation should be abolished to balance the myocardial oxygen sup... see more
Mukesh Kumar Jha, Tulsi Maya Sharma, Ojashwi Nepal, Manisha Bade
Background: Nerve conduction studies (NCS) are electrodiagnostic tests which are used to evaluate the ability of the conduction of the motor and the sensory nerves. NCS tests are used in the diagnosis of polyneuropathies, mononeuropathies, radicular lesio... see more
Kalpesh Jain, Bhupesh Jain, Devendra Sareen
Introduction: Congenital Heart Diseases are amongst the major congenital malformations contributing to infant mortality. Most CHDs are diagnosed in infancy and cyanosis and cardiac failure are the principal signs. Later, in childhood or adolescence, CHD p... see more