Publications by authors named "A B Pooja"
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- HCV guidelines suggest using direct-acting antivirals (DAA) for patients who either fail treatment or get reinfected, but identifying the cause of HCV viremia in patients with follow-up issues is tricky.
- A study analyzed the outcomes of 112 patients in Massachusetts who were retreated with either first-line or rescue DAA therapies after having indeterminate prior treatment outcomes.
- Results indicated that first-line DAA therapy had similar effectiveness to rescue therapy, showing comparable rates of sustained virologic response and treatment failure, suggesting potential for easing treatment access for HCV patients.
Aim Of The Study: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) lesions are usually solitary. The presence of multifocal disease can alter resectability and management. There are no systematic imaging-based studies evaluating multifocality in GBC.
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of non-contrast abbreviated magnetic resonance imaging (AMRI) in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), where traditional ultrasound fails.
- Researchers analyzed MRI scans from 75 NAFLD patients to evaluate AMRI performance, finding it had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 93.9% for HCC detection.
- The results suggest AMRI is a reliable diagnostic tool for HCC in NAFLD, but further studies are needed to directly compare its effectiveness with ultrasound.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to study the incidence, demographic features, clinical course, profiling, and management of uncommon species of Pseudomonas keratitis (other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa ) at a tertiary eye care center.
Methods: Thirty cases of culture-proven uncommon species of Pseudomonas keratitis between January 2017 and December 2021 were retrospectively studied. The incidence, demographic and clinical profile, predisposing factors, microbial results, treatment, and visual outcomes were analyzed.
Pollinator conservation is a global priority. Efforts are taken to restore pollinators by improving flower resources, a crucial driver of pollinator diversity and population growth. It helped gardening and landscaping supply chains, which introduced lists of bee-friendly plants and bee hotels, yet, desirable results seem distant.
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