Publications by authors named "Arun Jamkar"
Evaluation of clonidine as an adjuvant to brachial plexus block and its comparison with tramadol.
J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol
January 2017
Background And Aims: It has been reported that clonidine when used as an additive in a dose of 90 μg in adults increases the duration of peripheral nerve blocks. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of clonidine in brachial plexus blocks and to compare it with tramadol.
Material And Methods: Ninety patients posted for upper limb orthopedic surgery were divided randomly into three groups.
Our Experience of Laparoscopic Anterior Exenteration in Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma.
J Minim Invasive Gynecol
September 2016
Study Objective: To show the feasibility, technique, and results of laparoscopic anterior exenteration in selected patients.
Design: A retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Galaxy Care Laparoscopy Institute, Pune, India.
Background: In 2010, the Medical Council of India published the Vision 2015 document, which sought to create an 'Indian Medical Graduate' as a 'physician of first contact of the community while being globally relevant'. This vision for undergraduate medical education is proposed to be realised through a competency-based curriculum. We conducted a gap analysis using a cross-sectional survey to document surgeons' perceptions regarding competencies identified in surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyse the factors associated with increased mortality among Indian Children with H1N1.
Methods: Data were abstracted from available hospital records of children less than 12 y of age, who were admitted to Sassoon General Hospital in Pune, India, with confirmed pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza infection from August 2009 through January 2010. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify clinical characteristics associated with mortality.
Background: HIV-infected and HIV-exposed, uninfected infants experience a high burden of infectious morbidity and mortality. Hospitalization is an important metric for morbidity and is associated with high mortality, yet, little is known about rates and causes of hospitalization among these infants in the first 12 months of life.
Methods: Using data from a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) trial (India SWEN), where HIV-exposed breastfed infants were given extended nevirapine, we measured 12-month infant all-cause and cause-specific hospitalization rates and hospitalization risk factors.
Background: Maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA load, CD4 cell count, breast-feeding, antiretroviral use, and malaria are well-established factors associated with mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV; the role of maternal tuberculosis (TB), however, has not been well established.
Methods: The study population was 783 HIV-infected Indian mother-infant pair participants in randomized and ancillary HIV-infected cohorts of the Six Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) Study, a study comparing extended nevirapine versus single-dose nevirapine, to reduce MTCT of HIV among breast-fed infants. Using multivariable logistic regression, we assessed the impact of maternal TB occurring during pregnancy and through 12 months after delivery on risk of MTCT.
Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of the PlasmaKinetic (PK) Superpulse system with that of conventional transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in terms of restoration of urinary flow and early postoperative course.
Patients And Methods: One hundred five men older than 45 years with lower-urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were randomized, 51 undergoing standard TURP with glycine as the irrigation fluid and 53 TURP with the PK Superpulse system with normal saline as irrigant. The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, catheter time, change in serum electrolytes (particularly sodium), and uroflowmetry and American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Scores were compared.