Publications by authors named "A K Pawah"
Background: Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is a chronic, painful condition and is often resistant to conventional therapy. We evaluated the benefits of a combined steroid and lignocaine injection in resistant cases of tennis elbow.
Materials And Methods: In this prospective, interventional study, we included chronic lateral epicondylitis patients resistant to analgesics and physiotherapy.
Occult endocrine dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis of liver.
J Family Med Prim Care
January 2016
Background: Liver dysfunction leads to endocrine disturbance due to the alteration in protein metabolism or synthesis. We studied the presence of occult endocrine dysfunction in liver cirrhosis and compared the same with underlying etiology.
Materials And Methods: We evaluated thirty patients with liver cirrhosis in this cross-sectional, observational study.
Antithyroid drugs in Graves' disease: Are we stretching it too far?
Indian J Endocrinol Metab
January 2016
Article Synopsis
- * Results indicated that RAI therapy is associated with higher rates of achieving hypothyroid status compared to ATDs, particularly significant for patients treated for over 24 months.
- * The cost analysis showed that RAI therapy is more economical per patient after 12 months of treatment compared to continuing with ATDs.