21 articles in this issue
Dr. Eswaran Arumugam, Dr. Nirmal F Bettie, Dr. Rathika Rai, Dr. Eswaran Baskaran, Dr. Ranjani thillaigovindan
Endosseous dental implants have become commonly used in clinical situations. Despite many advances in materials, techniques and implant design, the potential for clinical failure is a significant concern for both dentist and patient. A variety of factors ... see more
Rachel Siqueira de Queiroz Simoes, Ortrud Monika Barth
Epitheliotropic and mucosotropic Papillomaviruses (PVs) constitute the Papillomaviridae family. There are 26 genera comprising levels of inter species genetic similarities by nucleotide sequence analysis of the L1 viral region, the generally most conserve... see more
Manoj G Tyagi, William T Raja, Jayanta K Dey, Arumugasamy K.
The Liver is an important organ of the body for carbohydrate metabolism which include ureogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis. The pituitary hormone vasopressin mediates its actions on the carbohydrate metabolism through the V1 receptors expressed in... see more
Ifeoluwa Silvanus Abiodun
The association between low density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular risk is well established. However, the measurement of the cholesterol content of this lipoprotein incompletely accounts for the risk of cardiovascular disease. As part of its l... see more
Veena M. P., Maheswarappa Gowrakkal, Girish kumar V., P.S.P. Gupta, Narayana swamy M.
Certain blood parameters indicate the postpartum reproductive performance in cattle. In the present study, blood samples were collected from 25 lactating animals on 10thday of calving and thereafter at weekly intervals upto 12 weeks postpartum. The sample... see more
Satya Narayan Shukla, Subrata Basu Ray
Background : Opioids like morphine produce side effects ranging from nausea and vomiting, pruritus, oversedation, dizziness and urinary retention to respiratory depression. Particularly, on chronic administration, it leads to development of tolerance. Com... see more
Pinki Rai, Dr. Upendra Gupta, Dr. Ashima Das, Aman Chawla
Background: The estimation of inter-relationship between arm span and stature has been an important tool in anthropometric measurements. It is found to be of great importance in such cases where direct measurement of stature is not possible. Objective: To... see more
Poonam Bhargava, Anju Kochar, Nawab Ali Khan, Ambika Chandak, Sunita Kumawat, Jyoti Garhwal
Objective: To compare change in refractive astigmatism and visual acuity following pterygium excision followed by sutureless and gluefree conjunctival autograft. Method: A prospective , non randomized , comparative and interventional case series .This stu... see more
Casimir D. Akpovi, Segbo A.G. Julien, Medehouenou T.C. Marc, Anago A.A. Eugenie, Akakpo B. Huguette, Frederic Loko
Background : Abnormal lipid profile is common in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Despite use of lipid-lowering agents, many subjects with T2D do not achieve lipid targets. The present work aimed to assess lipid profile in a randomly selected group of... see more
Dhruba Borpatra Gohain, Sima Malakar
The aim of this study is to evaluate the ultrasonographic findings of carcinoma Gall bladder in proved cases. The study was done retrogradely in proved carcinoma GB cases, which were done by FNAC. A total of 40 cases were evaluated, out of which 30 were f... see more
Sarita Yadav, Shikha Goel, Amod Kumar Yadav
Aim: Health-care associated infections (HAIs) affect 5-20% of patients admitted in the hospitals. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are the commonest HAIs accounting for about 35-45% of these nosocomial infections due to lack of aseptic... see more
Pragnya Paramita Jena, Renu Gur, Shalini Dewan Duggal, Avinash Kumar, Sharon Rainy Rongpharpi
Introduction: Blood culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of bacteremia. It identifies the pathogen and allows susceptibility testing. Objective: To identify Blood stream infections (BSI) which are critical and may prove fatal if not treated promptly... see more
Suthas Horsirimanont, Chumpon Wilasrusmee, Panuwat Lertsithichai, Napaphat Poprom
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Jackson Songa
Background : Hand washing with soap and water is one of the most effective and inexpensive means of preventing infections. Rates of hand washing are low worldwide even amongst health care workers who should know about its importance. The aim of the study ... see more
M. Paul Wilson, S. Mohideen Abdul Kadar
A comparative study was done with intrathecal bupivacaine of two different baricities. viz., isobaric 0.25% and hyberbaric 0.50%. The study was done in patients who underwent urological procedures. Surgical environment was compared in both groups. Surgeon... see more
Ila Bharat Patel, Alka P. Shah, Anil Kumar Bhiwal
Background: Transversus Abdominis Plane Block (TAPB) is a regional anesthesia technique.It provides analgesia after lower abdominal surgery particularly where parietal wall pain forms major component of pain. It allows sensory blockade of lower abdominal ... see more
GurubasavanaGouda Yale, Ravikiran H R, Prabhuhubli C, Akshay Hawaldar
Peritoneal encapsulation is an exceedingly rare developmental abnormality in which the small bowel is completely encased in an accessory peritoneal sac. Diagnosis is intraoperative as the clinical signs rarely help in diagnosis and in majority excision of... see more
Jackson Songa, Dorcus Wandera, Rose Ayugi, Ambrose Muthaura
Introduction: One of the challenges to maintain an agenda for universal coverage and equitable health system is to develop effective structuring and management of health financing. Global experiences with different systems of health financing suggest that... see more
Fayaz Memon, Akash Saraogi, Sunirmal Kumar Mukherjee, Nadir Z Shah, Ayush Singh, Ankit Marfatia, Manish Devidas Chatte
Giant Cell Tumour is a common benign tumour of bone accounting for 3 to 5% of all primary bone tumour. It commonly affects in second decade of life between 18 years to 40 years. Distal ulna is less commonly affected site with reported incidence varying fr... see more
Ram S Kaulgud, Dr Nagaraj A R, Dr Arun B S, Ishwar Hasabi
Symmetric peripheral gangrene is a well-documented but rare clinical syndrome characterized by symmetrical distal ischemic damage leading to gangrene of two or more sites in the absence of large vessel obstruction or vasculitis. We report here one such ca... see more
Ankit Suhag, A. K Verma, Dr. Saurabh, Mariyam Ali, Nishant Gaba, Deepika Yadav
Edentulism from a long term results in high resorption of lower edentulous ridge which often pose a problem in stability of mandibular complete dentures. It is a challenge for a prosthodontist to rehabilitate those patients to near normal function, irresp... see more