Publications by authors named "Anand Vimal Dev"
Background And Aim: Though rodenticidal hepatotoxicity is reported from India, there is no systematic study to assess its magnitude. This study aimed to assess exposure to rodenticide as a risk factor for acute hepatotoxicity in Tamil Nadu, India.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed acute hepatotoxicity caused by ingestion of hepatotoxin or potentially hepatotoxic drug overdose across 15 hospitals in 6 districts of Tamil Nadu from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019.
Most of the studies on the appropriate dose of anti-snake venom (ASV) are from tertiary hospitals and the guidelines are unclear. Our observational study compared the outcomes of two prevalent treatment regimes for haematotoxic snake bite in a secondary care hospital in South India. The time to normalisation of whole blood clotting time, mortality and complications were not different between the groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Majority of the Indians live in rural areas where resource constrained settings depend on cheaper and less invasive tests to diagnose extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The decline in prevalence of TB in the country could affect the validity of the diagnosis. The aim was to measure validity of the pleural fluid study of proteins, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and cell counts in diagnosis of tuberculous pleuritis.
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- A case report describes a 21-year-old man with severe falciparum malaria who experienced multiple rare systemic complications during his hospital stay.
- The patient initially presented with high fever, jaundice, and altered consciousness, later developing acute pancreatitis and persistent fever despite treatment with artesunate and doxycycline.
- After switching to quinine and addressing further complications, including seizures and subdural hematomas, he eventually recovered after 38 days in the hospital, demonstrating the challenges and importance of recognizing complications in malaria treatment.