Outcome of hyperglycemic emergencies in a tertiary hospital, South East, NigeriaMarcellinus O Nkpozi, Ignatius U Ezeani, Ibitrokoemi F Korubo, Sunny Chinenye, Assumpta U Chapp-JumboSahel Medical Journal 2019 22(2):47-54Background: Hyperglycemic emergency (HE) is typically represented by diabetic ketoacidosis, (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS). It is a common cause of hospitalization due to diabetes mellitus (DM) and is associated with considerable mortality. In South East Nigeria,...
Caring for Patients with Physical Disabilities: Assessment of an Innovative Spinal Cord Injury Session that Addresses an Educational GapDespite the fact that one-fifth of Americans live with disability, caring for these patients is not routinely part of the undergraduate medical student curriculum. An innovative session addressing care of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) was developed for medical students and led by physiatrists, faculty experts in communications and individuals with SCI. A...
Competency-based psychiatric education for Indian medical undergraduatesVijayalakshmi PernenkilArchives of Mental Health 2019 20(1):1-2Beyond infatuation and love: Review of adolescent mental health manuals in IndiaManjula Basavaraju, Janardhana NavaneethamArchives of Mental Health 2019 20(1):3-8Romantic relationship is one among the defining feature and developmental task of adolescence, often considered to have significant influence on the course of other developmental tasks, overall health and...
Methylphenidate induced tongue movementsBhogaraju AnandArchives of Mental Health 2019 20(1):26-27In this paper, we report the case of 7-year-old female, diagnosed wih mild intellectual disability and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who developed tongue rolling movements following the use of methylphenidate treatment. The onset of tongue movements started 2½ h after starting methylphenidate and subsided in 3–4 h. Recurrence was noticed only when she was exposed to the medication. This case...
Effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Cyperus rotundus L. Rhizome against ethylene glycol and ammonium chloride-induced urolithiasis in male sprague-dawley ratsNasreen Jahan, Humaira Bano, Shaikh Ajij Ahmed Makbul, BN Kumar, Ansari MushirUrological Science 2019 30(3):99-106Background: Cyperus rotundus L. is used in various dosage forms by Unani physicians in the treatment of urolithiasis. Aims and Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Cyperus rotundus...
Please read this issue of Urological Science and return the postage-paid reply slip with your answers by August, 2019. A score of 80% or better will earn three CME credits. http://www.e-urol-sci.com/Questions/answers:Which is a regarded as a beneficial effect for performing circumcision?Reduction of urinary tract infection incidenceReduction of sexually transmitted disease incidenceDecreased rate of cervical cancer in partnersA lower incidence of the penile or prostateImproving erectile function.Urol...
Retroperitoneal fibrosis: Challenge in diagnosis and treatmentChia-Hsiang Liu, Tzu-Chun Wei, Alex T.L Lin, Yen-Hwa Chang, Howard H.H Wu, Junne-Yih Kuo, Hsiao-Jen Chung, Eric Yi-Hsiu Huang, Chi-Cheh Lin, William J.S HuangUrological Science 2019 30(3):114-117Objective: Literature documented for the diagnosis and treatment of retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF) is still relatively limited and diverse, which makes it more challenging, especially in the Taiwanese population. This article was aimed to describe...
Consensus report on controversial use of 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia under Taiwan National Health Insurance RegulationsTe-Yen Chuang, Chung-Cheng Wang, Po-Cheng Chen, Ming-Hong KaoUrological Science 2019 30(3):131-135Introduction: Although the National Health Insurance regulations for 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) use is well documented, urologists and medical claims review committee members have sometimes felt confused when determining claims for...
Urolithiasis and inflammationStephen Shei-Dei YangUrological Science 2019 30(3):91-91Lower urinary tract symptoms associated with Double-J stentSheng-Wei Lee, Po-Jen Hsiao, Chao-Hsiang Chang, Eric Chieh-Lung ChouUrological Science 2019 30(3):92-98Urinary drainage for hydronephrosis including the placement of an internal double J (D-J) or external percutaneous nephrostomy tube is common practice. Although D-J insertion is less invasive and may provide better quality of life than percutaneous nephrostomy,...
Useful tips and tricks for secure circumcisionChing-Wei Huang, Ta-Min Wang, Li-Chueh Weng, Hsiao-Wen ChenUrological Science 2019 30(3):136-139Introduction: The study aimed to find a secure procedure for circumcision, using monopolar diathermy with several key steps of technique to facilitate the surgical process and minimize the postoperative complications. Methods: Patients who underwent the secure technique for circumcision, due to different reasons, from 2012 to 2016 were retrospectively reviewed....
Rational use of antibiotics in clinical practice: Pharmacological considerationsSagun V DesaiJournal of Integrated Health Sciences 2019 7(1):1-2Recognizing and plugging the gaps toward holistic pediatric dental careAdrija Buch, Swara Shah, Pratik B Kariya, Vinay MulchandaniJournal of Integrated Health Sciences 2019 7(1):3-7Pediatric dentistry is the most versatile branch of dentistry that caters to the dental needs of infants to young adults. Pediatric dentists believe in delivering comprehensive...
Hd1 function conversion in regulating heading is dependent on gene combinations of Ghd7 , Ghd8 , and Ghd7.1 under long-day conditions in riceAbstractGhd7, Ghd8, Ghd7.1, and Hd1 are all pleiotropic genes regulating heading date, plant height, and yield in rice. Early studies showed that Hd1 promoted heading under short-day conditions (SD) and delayed heading under long-day conditions (LD). Recent studies found that Hd1 also promoted heading in some genetic backgrounds under LD. In this study, we developed...
Hand Hygiene Compliance in the ICU: A Systematic ReviewObjectives: To synthesize the literature describing compliance with World Health Organization hand hygiene guidelines in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of extant research, and to examine differences in compliance levels across geographical regions, ICU types, and healthcare worker groups, observation methods, and moments (indications) of hand hygiene. Data Sources: Electronic searches were conducted in August 2018 using Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo,...
Management of Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic ShockObjectives: Cardiogenic shock is a highly morbid condition in which inadequate end-organ perfusion leads to death if untreated. Peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is increasingly used to restore systemic perfusion despite limited understanding of how to optimally titrate support. This review provides insights into the physiologic basis of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support...
Camurati-Engelmann disease with good treatment response to LosartanMansoor Cherumkuzhiyil AbdullaIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):223-225Camurati–Engelmann disease (CED) or progressive diaphyseal dysplasia is a rare autosomal dominant inherited condition which belongs to the group of craniotubular hyperostosis. A 24-year-old man presented with insidious onset, progressive pain over both legs, and forearms for 3 years. He was born as the second child of a nonconsanguineous union by vaginal...
Thyroid cartilage metastases on F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography: A tale of two cases with a brief review of literatureSarthak Tripathy, Girish Kumar Parida, Abhinav Singhal, Shamim Ahmed Shamim, Rakesh KumarIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):220-222Metastases to thyroid cartilage are rare entities and can often easily be missed on computed tomography (CT) scan alone. Positron emission tomography (PET)-CT imaging has overcome this diagnostic dilemma...
Upcoming role of prostate specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography-computed tomography in detecting occult metastases in prostate cancerParul Gupta, Rohini Mishra, Manoj Gupta, Partha Sarthi ChoudhuryIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):213-215Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequent malignancy in men. Most common sites of disease involvement other than the prostate gland include abdominopelvic lymph nodes and the skeleton. The detection of nodal metastases is of utmost...
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva – A rare genetic disorder and the role of Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate bone scanNitin Gupta, Ankur Pruthi, Suneel Kumar, Ritu Verma, Ethel Shangne BelhoIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):209-212Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a rare genetic disease believed to occur in approximately 1 in 2 million people worldwide and is characterized by progressive extraosseous ossification over the course of a lifetime in an inevitable and unpredictable...
Evaluation of positron emission tomography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan in nodal staging of early operable uterine cancersAnand A Zade, Venkatesh Rangarajan, Nilendu C Purandare, Sneha A Shah, Archi R AgrawalIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):183-187Introduction: In early operable stages of cervical an endometrial malignancies, surgical staging of lymph nodes is advocated as contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) has limited sensitivity and accuracy. Although fluorine-18...
Comparison of image quality of different radionuclides technetium-99m, samarium-153, and iodine-123Youssef Bouzekraoui, Farida Bentayeb, Hicham Asmi, Faustino BonuttiIndian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2019 34(3):201-204Introduction: The choice of the radionuclide has a key role in nuclear medicine which appearing the lowest scatter fraction. In addition, the presence of penetrated and scattered photons from collimator in single-photon emission computed tomography images degrades resolution and contrast....
Presidents messageV GopikrishnaJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 2019 17(2):87-87Honorary secretary's messageSabyasachi SahaJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 2019 17(2):88-88From the editor's deskKR SowmyaJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 2019 17(2):89-89Role of probiotics in the treatment and prevention of oral malodor/halitosis: A systematic reviewPragati Ishwar Shringeri, Nusrath Fareed, Hemant Battur, Sanjeev KhanagarJournal...
Role of probiotics in the treatment and prevention of oral malodor/halitosis: A systematic reviewPragati Ishwar Shringeri, Nusrath Fareed, Hemant Battur, Sanjeev KhanagarJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry 2019 17(2):90-96Oral malodor is a condition which impedes people's social life and self-esteem. With more widespread acceptance of the potential for probiotic intervention providing health benefits for nonintestinal body sites, application of it on alternative target tissues...
Standardized Xin-Ke-Shu tablets improves the disturbances of lipid, energy, and amino acid metabolism in a rabbit model of atherosclerosisYong Yang, Jing-Bo Peng, Meng Yu, Hong-Mei Jia, Hong-Wu Zhang, Zhong-Mei ZouWorld Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2019 5(2):71-80Objective: Xin-Ke-Shu (XKS), a patent drug, used to treat coronary artery diseases in China for many years. Previous research indicates that XKS has similar therapeutic effect as atorvastatin (AS) against atherosclerotic in rabbits....
Successful treatment of bronchorrhea with gefitinib in a patient with bronchioloalveolar cell lung carcinomaSibes Kumar Das, Bhaswati Ghoshal, Anirban DasThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians 2019 7(2):63-65Bronchorrhea is defined as production of more than 100 mL watery sputum per day. Although found in several diseases and disorders, it is classically described in bronchioloalveolar cell lung carcinoma. It hampers the quality of life of the patient with lung cancer. Several treatment options...
Water lily or Camelotte sign in pulmonary hydatid cyst − an orphan diseaseSudheer Tale, Soibam Pahel Meitei, Mrudula KolliDepartment of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, IndiaDate of Web Publication20-Jun-2019 Correspondence Address:Dr. Sudheer TaleDepartment of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, RishikeshIndiaSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheckDOI: 10.4103/jacp.jacp_23_18 Case A...
Valproic acid-induced diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: a rare case report from South IndiaPriyadarshini Raykar, Eti Ajit, Anup Banur, Kushal BondadeThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians 2019 7(2):70-73Valproic acid (VPA) is an antiepileptic drug that is widely used in various seizure disorders both in adults and in children. Hematological and coagulation abnormality is a well-known adverse effect associated with VPA. However, VPA-induced diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is a rare entity. We are reporting...
Management of parapneumonic effusion and empyemaSarvinder Singh, Santosh Kumar Singh, Ajai Kumar TentuThe Journal of Association of Chest Physicians 2019 7(2):51-58Parapneumonic effusions are pleural effusions that occur in the pleural space adjacent to a bacterial pneumonia. When bacteria invade the pleural space, a complicated parapneumonic effusion or empyema may result. Empyema is collection of pus in pleural cavity. If left untreated, complicated parapneumonic effusion/empyema leads to chronic...
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