Publications by authors named "C R Mukundan"
Background: Radiation exposure and the effect of anti-scatter grids are not well studied in premature infants during transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure.This study aimed to investigate whether the use of anti-scatter grids altered the level of radiation exposure to premature infants undergoing transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure.
Methods And Results: Demographic and radiation exposure data for premature infants who underwent transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus closure at the Stead Family Children's Hospital from 10/2019 to 10/2021 were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed.
Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) continues to rapidly increase worldwide. With an estimated 1.5 million adults with ACHD in the USA alone, there is a growing need for better education in the management of these complex patients and multiple knowledge gaps exist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Research highlights the benefits of specific musical scales, or 'Raagas', in reducing stress, but lower-level music properties like tempo and octave are less studied.
- A study with 21 male medical students tested two types of instrumental music: 'Varying music' (VM) with tempo and octave changes, and 'Stable music' (SM) without variations, assessing their effects on anxiety over six days.
- Results showed VM significantly reduced anxiety scores and altered brain activity patterns, while HRV remained stable during both music types, suggesting that carefully selected music can effectively aid in stress management.
Objective: Conventional polysomnographic recordings reflect brain dynamics associated with sleep architecture. We hypothesized that noninvasive tools like transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and acoustic stimulation (for generating event related potentials [ERPs]) would help to predict sleep stability and provide a window to actively assess brain activity during sleep.
Materials And Methods: Twelve healthy male volunteers participated in the multiple whole-night polysomnography (PSG) recording protocol.
There are several studies that compared neuropsychological performance of OCD patients with healthy controls. However, there are hardly any studies which have used drug-naïve as well as non-depressed OCD subjects in their studies. The present study compared eighteen drug-naïve non-depressed OCD patients with similar number of age, education and sex matched healthy controls on neuropsychological tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF