12 articles in this issue
Shashirekha C. A., Rahul Singh R., Ravikiran H. R., Krishna Prasad, Sreeramulu P. N.
Background: Most diseases of the breast present as a palpable mass. The majority of breast lesions are not malignant, and most benign lesions do not progress to cancer; however the accuracy of diagnosis can be increased by a combination of preoperative te... see more
Nnadi I G, Egejuru R O, Ekwunife C N
Background: Colorectal carcinoma is becoming a public health issue in black Africans. Its frequency is increasing among people in their active productive years of life. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe the clinic-pathologic characteristics of col... see more
Prachi Saban, Rl Gopal
Introduction: Surgical site infections (S.S.I.) are most often due to the organisms present as indigenous flora and are a common problem in most of the hospitals. One of the risk factor is the presence of foreign material which includes suture. The use of... see more
Abhilasha Sharma, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Basudha Khanal
Objective: To find out resistance pattern and production of ESBL among gram negative blood culture isolates. Methods: This study was carried out in Microbiology laboratory, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal from July 2011-June 2012. A... see more
Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Ruhi Khan, Shahid Anjum
The Neonatal mortality rate in India is high and stagnant. Special Care Newborn Units (SCNUs) have been set up to provide quality level II newborn-care services in several district hospitals to meet this challenge. The units are located in some districts ... see more
Neha Ande, Rahul Bogam, Salil Barsode
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is 100% centrally sponsored scheme which integrates the benefit of cash assistance with institutional care during antenatal, delivery and immediate post partum care. It is very crucial to educate beneficiaries about certain ma... see more
Pravin Shingade, Milind Vyawahare, Mange Abhaykumar
Aims and Objectives: To study epidemiological characteristics and clinical profile with specific attention to non classical/atypical clinical presentation and deficiencies/lacunae in post exposure prophylactic management as per WHO guidelines in adult rab... see more
Rajan Shah, Arvind Kumar Sinha, Anju Pradhan, Rajat Kumar Agarwal
Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) breast is generally considered as a rapid, safe and reliable diagnostic tool to distinguish benign from malignant breast lesions. Masood's Scoring Index has been proposed to categorize the breast lesions ... see more
Nimesh Poudyal, Lok Bahadur Shrestha, Sanjay Gautam, Deepak Yadav, Ratna Baral, Rajendra Gurung
Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infestations are one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality, infecting millions of people world-wide. Due to the various disability, differently-abled people are unable to maintain proper sanitation, making... see more
Vani Aditya, Alka Verma, Ankita Kumari, Reena Srivastav
Background: Eclampsia is still prevalent in India with high maternal mortality. Aim: To analyse the factors affecting maternal outcome in antepartum eclampsia in BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. Method: The present observational prospective study was under... see more
Yoganand J Phulari
Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is the classic presentation of delayed type hypersensitivity response to exogenous agents.(1) Rapid urbanization, westernization of lifestyles, poor quality of objects available and extremely relaxed vigilance on adherenc... see more
Neha Varun, Renu Tanwar, Sudha Prasad, Nidhi Gupta
Primary ovarian pregnancy is one of the rarest varieties of ectopic pregnancies and is usually seen in young highly fertile multiparous women using intra uterine devices. Primary ovarian pregnancy accounts for 0.153% of all ectopic gestations. Patients fr... see more