Inflammatory bowel diseases in Tamil Nadu: A survey of demographics, clinical profile, and practices.

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly diagnosed in South Asia. This survey by the Tamil Nadu Chapter of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (TNISG) documents the demography, clinical profile, and therapeutic practices related to IBD in Tamil Nadu.

Methods: TNISG members from 32 institutions completed an online cross-sectional questionnaire on IBD patients from March 2020 to January 2021.

Current state of follow-up care for patients with Hymenoptera venom anaphylaxis in southwest Germany: Major impact of early information.

Background: Up to 3.5% of the population experience anaphylactic reactions in response to Hymenoptera stings. Current guidelines are in place for the diagnostic workup and follow-up care of patients with Hymenoptera venom anaphylaxis (HVA).

Predictors of operating room extubation in adult cardiac surgery.

Objective: The primary objective of the study was to identify perioperative factors associated with successful immediate extubation in the operating room after adult cardiac surgery. The secondary objective was to derive a simplified predictive scoring system to guide clinicians in operating room extubation.

Methods: All 1518 patients in this retrospective cohort study underwent standardized fast-track cardiac anesthetic protocol during adult cardiac surgery.

Complete Recovery of Thoracic Myelopathy after Eleven Months of Paraplegia: A Case Report.

Instances of neurological recovery after early decompression of the spine in non-traumatic spinal cord compression are well documented. We present a patient with paraplegia of 11 months' duration due to atypical spinal tuberculosis who showed complete neurological recovery in three months.

Bertolotti's syndrome: A commonly missed cause of back pain in young patients.

Bertolotti's syndrome must be considered as a differential diagnosis for lower back pain in young people. Treatment, whether conservative or operative, is still debatable. In this paper, we report a case of a 20-year-old girl presenting with lower back pain for 8 years.

Brain injury in canine models of cardiac surgery.

Neuropathology and neurologic impairment were characterized in a clinically relevant canine model of hypothermic (18°C) circulatory arrest (HCA) and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Adult dogs underwent 2 hours of HCA (n = 39), 1 hour of HCA (n = 20), or standard CPB (n = 22) and survived 2, 8, 24, or 72 hours. Neurologic impairment and neuropathology were much more severe after 2-hour HCA than after 1-hour HCA or CPB; histopathology and neurologic deficit scores were significantly correlated.

Efficacy and safety of itolizumab, a novel anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody, in patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis: results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, phase-III study.

Background: Itolizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody to CD6, is a novel therapeutic agent evaluated in chronic plaque psoriasis.

Objective: We sought to assess the safety and efficacy of itolizumab in moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

Methods: A total of 225 patients were randomized (2:2:1) to 2 different itolizumab arms (A or B; A = 4-week loading dose of 0.

A rare case of heterotopic ossification in a newborn: a case report.

Abstract: Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the growth of bone in soft tissue, and can be broadly classified into neurogenic, genetic and traumatic causes. The pathophysiology of HO remains unknown. This disorder is extremely rare in infants and can mimic or coexist with thrombophlebitis, cellulitis or osteomyelitis.

Pre-injury demographic patterns of patients sustaining hip fractures in malaysia.

Introduction: Hip fractures entail a growing economic burden on the health care system. Study is warranted to further our understanding of its patterns and to create increased awareness in health care providers and the public.

Materials And Methods: Data was extracted from the ongoing National Orthopaedic Registry of Malaysia (NORM), for the period June 2008 till December 2009.

The impact of the chronic disease assistance plan (CDAP) on the control of type 2 diabetes in Trinidad.

Objectives: (1) To measure the proportion of participants who used hypoglycaemic agents provided by CDAP only, for at least 6 months, and attained an HbA1c of
Design And Methods: The attainment of a glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) concentration of View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Mitral valve reoperation through the left atrial appendage in a patient with mesocardia.

We report the case of a patient with mesocardia, mitral restenosis, and mitral regurgitation. He had undergone an open mitral valvotomy 4 years earlier and, therefore, presented us with a problematic approach to the mitral valve. In such cases, access to the mitral valve is almost impossible due to the position of the valve, which is more posterior and to the left of a normal valve, and due to adhesions from the previous surgery We approached the mitral valve through the left atrial appendage and replaced the mitral valve with a mechanical prosthesis.

Role of bacteriological monitoring of the hospital environment and medical equipment in a neonatal intensive care unit.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of performing routine monthly bacteriological surveillance of the nursery environment, resuscitation equipment, baby placement sites, medications, formula feeds, cleansing solutions and miscellaneous medical items such as intravenous cannulae in relation to development of hospital-acquired bacteraemia in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) over a period of 19 months. The study is based on a retrospective review of records from the neonatal division and the microbiology laboratory. On discriminant analysis, only three NICU sites, namely baby placements, resuscitation equipment and various cleansing solutions were found to be significantly associated with hospital-acquired infections (HAI) (P less than 0.

Serum magnesium concentrations in atrial fibrillation.

Serum magnesium and digoxin levels were obtained in 13 nontoxic patients with atrial fibrillation due to chronic rheumatic heart disease receiving digoxin for the control of ventricular rate and heart failure. Fairly good correlations were made between serum digoxin levels and ventricular rates. Hypomagnesemia was quite common (7 out of 13) and mean magnesium serum levels were significantly lowered in total as well in 7 hypomagnesemic patients, as compared to in healthy controls.