COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance During Pregnancy, Women's Views, and Influencing Factors.

Background: COVID-19 vaccination is advised for pregnant women all over the world; however, vaccine acceptance is variable across the globe.

Methods: This study was conducted by enrolling 292 antenatal women attending the outpatient department (OPD) in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, India, between August 1, 2022 and October 31, 2022, with the aim to determine the acceptability of vaccination against COVID-19 disease in pregnancy, women's views regarding the vaccine and to ascertain reasons for acceptance or denial during pregnancy.

Result: Of the 292 pregnant women who completed the questionnaire, 39.

A Study of Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection, Knowledge and Preventive Practices Against Hepatitis B Virus in Barbers Serving the Armed Forces.

Objective: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major health problem in the world. Barbers deal with frequent abrasions/lacerations due to sharp equipment, making them a high-risk group. Determination of HBsAg positive status excludes most reservoirs of transmission in the population.

Microbiology of bile in extrahepatic biliary obstruction: A tropical experience.

Purpose: Bile is considered sterile, but in obstructed biliary system, growth of micro-organisms results in bacteraemia and toxaemia. We analysed bacterial profile of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and evaluated antibiotic resistance patterns to formulate strategy for antibiotics in patients undergoing ERCP.

Materials And Methods: Patients with cholestasis who underwent ERCP were enrolled.

Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: There are epidemiological lacunae in literature of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We report a prospective observational study of asymptomatic HCV infected patients from a tertiary care Government Hospital.

Methods: All consecutive asymptomatic antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) positive patients were studied from July 2011 to April 2016.

Acute pancreatitis with gliptins: Is it a clinical reality?

There are reports of acute pancreatitis with the use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (gliptins). This class of drugs is widely being prescribed for type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in our country. We evaluated the incidence of acute pancreatitis with the use of gliptins during the period January 2012-June 2013.

Sublingual misoprostol to reduce blood loss at cesarean delivery.

Objective: This prospective randomized controlled study was carried out with the purpose of assessing the efficacy of sublingual misoprostol in decreasing intraoperative blood loss and the need for additional uterotonic agents at cesarean delivery.

Methods: One hundred seventy-four women undergoing elective or emergency cesarean delivery were assigned randomly to receive either 400 μg misoprostol or placebo sublingually at the time of cord clamping. An intravenous infusion of 20 units of oxytocin was started in all women at the same time.

Intestinal myiasis due to Musca domestica: a report of two cases.

Myiasis is the infestation of live human and vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which, at least for a certain period, feed on the host's dead or living tissue, liquid body substances, or ingested food. Intestinal myiasis is usually an accidental phenomenon, which occurs due to the ingestion of eggs or larvae present in food. Usually the patient is asymptomatic and the larvae are excreted harmlessly in the feces.