10 articles in this issue
Umar G. Adamu, Aisha Abdullahi
Background: Health care workers are continually exposed to occupational health hazards. The study aimed to assess the prevalence of some occupational health hazards and their reporting behavior . Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conduct... see more
Trina Karmakar, Nootan Chandwaskar, Neeta Natu, Kushboo Dudani
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 aimed is to study the different modes of clinical p... see more
Srabani Nitish Bhattacharya, Abhijit Maiti, Sachidanand Venkatrao Wattamwar, Aniruddha Arjun Malgaonkar, Sundaram Kartikeyan
Objective: This complete enumeration, prospective, before-and-after study (without controls) was conducted to evaluate the effect of a computer-assisted simulation module in Experimental Physiology on the cognitive domain scores of first-year medical stud... see more
Naveen Kulkarni, Venkatesh Moger, Ram S Kaulgud, Ishwar S Hasabi
Background: Fever is one of the most common presentations in clinical practice. The clinical spectrum of fever with thrombocytopenia requires the study of clinical and investigations profile. Objective: The study of clinical profile and laboratory diagnos... see more
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Jaiswal, Dr. Rajnesh Chakrawarty, Dr. Sanat Sharma, Dr. Devender Sachdev, Dr. Raj Sharma, Mr. S. Sajid Ali
Objectives: To assess the utilization pattern of Corticosteroids in tertiary care teaching hospital of Bastar district, a tribal region of Chhattisgarh state at central-south India. Methods: All the prescriptions issued to the patients attending the derma... see more
Swati Mallick, Mohamed Imranulla, P G Naveen Kumar, Prashant G M, Sushanth V H, Rubel M, Ipshita Potlia
Introduction Self appraisal of ones appearance is one of the conflicting concerns, especially in adolescence. Facial and dental aesthetics contribute majorly towards overall appearance. Malocclusion is a disorder of multiple traits which has a large impac... see more
Danjuma A Bello, Tolulope Afolaranmi, Zuwaira I Hassan, Faith C Ogbonna, Patrick G Inedu, Cecilia Ejiga, Olubunmi O Chirdan
Background: Diarrheal disease is one of the leading causes of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide, with an estimated 1.8 million childhood deaths annually, accounting for 17% of childhood deaths. Death can occur following severe dehydration if bod... see more
V C Giri, V M Bhagat, S R Baviskar, Showkath MK Ali
Leprosy is chronic infectious disease, mainly affects skin and peripheral nerve, caused by M. Leprae. In India, 58% of global new leprosy cases were detected annually. Due to the passive case detection, large numbers of cases are hidden in community, lead... see more
K. Sheebanancy, C. Maheswari, V. J. Kavitha
Two adjacent single nucleotide polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) ApaI (rs7975232) and TaqI (rs731236) are commonly studied in several pathologies. We aimed to evaluate the distribution of VDR ApaI, and TaqI allele and genotype frequencies... see more
Sunita Bharati, Swayam Jothi S
Ribs are protective ribbon-like bony elements, normally present within the chest wall and are few of the most imaged structures in the clinical practice. First rib takes part in the formation of bony boundary for the inlet of the thorax. The key muscle of... see more