Rare case of Lingual Nerve Schwannoma Presenting as Submandibular Area Swelling with Parapharyngeal Extension.

Schwannoma is a rare benign encapsulated nerve sheath tumor which originates from Schwann cells. Generally, schwannoma arising from lingual nerve involves the oral tongue and tongue base in the oral cavity. We report a rare case of lingual nerve schwannoma in a 16-year-old girl with complaint of right-side submandibular swelling for last 4-5 years.

Transfusion transmissible malaria: seroprevalence of malaria parasitemia in blood donors in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.

Background And Objectives: Malaria was the first ever reported case of transfusion transmitted infection (TTI). Transfusion transmissible malaria (TTM) can result in febrile transfusion reaction in the recipient. TTM can be fatal if the blood transfusion recipient is from vulnerable population i.

Study of behavioral and psychosocial factors relating to needle stick injuries in nursing staff of a tertiary care cancer hospital of Punjab, India.

Background And Objectives: Needle stick injury (NSI) is the most dreaded occupational health hazard affecting a healthcare worker (HCW) psychologically and physically. The risk of infection post needle stick injury ranges between 1.9% to greater than 40% for HBV infections, 2.

Perplexing First Branchialcleft Anomalies-A Case Series with Review of Literature.

Incomplete obliteration of the branchial apparatus results in the formation of branchial cleft anomalies. First branchial cleft anomalies may persist anywhere in the first branchial arch, from the external auditory canal at the level of the bony cartilaginous junction to the submandibular triangle. The majority of cases present in childhood as an opening in the skin though they may present as cysts or neck masses, mostly mistaken for neck abscesses which leads to inadequate treatment and complications.

Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship on Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance.

Antimicrobial resistance has become a serious global issue, posing a significant threat to public health and healthcare professionals. Since the advent of penicillin, many antibiotics have lost their effectiveness in combating microbes simply due to inappropriate, irrational, unnecessary, and unrestricted use. The ineffectiveness of an increasing number of antibiotics necessitates the utilization of more potent antimicrobial agents for combatting uncomplicated infections.

Spatio-temporal variability of surface chlorophyll and pCO over the tropical Indian Ocean and its long-term trend using CMIP6 models.

Under the global climate change scenario, ever-increasing ocean temperatures and elevated carbon dioxide (CO) concentration levels in the ocean and atmosphere significantly affect ocean biogeochemistry. The spatiotemporal distribution of chlorophyll and partial pressure of CO (pCO) over the Indian Ocean (IO) are investigated using satellite, in-situ, and simulations from eleven Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project phase 6 models. All the models show negative bias near the Somali region over the Arabian Sea (AS) during the southwest monsoon season.

Selected-Lesion Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SL-SRS) as a Novel Strategy in the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Brain Metastases.

Introduction: With the diminishing use of whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), there is increasing debate regarding the maximum number of brain metastases that should be treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). In patients with >10-15 lesions, some groups are proposing a new approach - selected-lesion SRS (SL-SRS) - where only a subset of intracranial lesions are chosen for irradiation. This study is an initial look into this practice.

Situational analysis of the quality of palliative care services across India: a cross-sectional survey.

Objective: Palliative care services in India were established in the 1980s but there is no detailed up-to-date knowledge about the quality-of-service provision nationally. We aim to describe the current quality of palliative care provision in India, as measured against nationally adopted standards.

Method: A digital survey adapted from the Indian Association of Palliative Care Standards Audit Tool was administered to 250 palliative care centres.

Prevalence of nonviral reproductive tract infections/sexually transmitted infections in female patients with cervicovaginal discharge: Excerpts from a regional reference center in North India.

Background: To study the prevalence of common nonviral reproductive tract infections/sexually transmitted infections (RTI/STI) prevailing among females who presented to our regional STI reference center and to ascertain the association of various symptoms with different RTI/STIs.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of female patients presenting to our STI Regional center located in the Department of Medical Microbiology in PGIMER, Chandigarh, was done between April 2018 and December 2019 for patients presenting with cervico-vaginal discharge. Two to three swabs were collected from each patient.

A retrospective analysis of sexually transmitted infections among males presenting to a tertiary care hospital of India.

Context: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the most neglected diseases, leading to a high percentage of morbidity and mortality in India. The World Health Organization estimated that 20% of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome are in their 20s and one out of twenty adolescents contract an STI each year.

Aims: The present study was conducted to study the characteristics of the pattern of STI in adult males and study the prevalence of various STIs among them.

Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer.

Introduction: Patients with brain metastases (BrMs) arising from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have favorable prognoses and evolving treatment options. We evaluated multicenter outcomes for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to multiple (≥4) BrMs, where randomized data remain limited.

Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from 5 academic centers on EGFR and ALK NSCLC who received SRS to ≥4 BrMs with their first SRS treatment between 2008 and 2018.

Bacterial diversity of hospital water tanks and the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide based cleaning: Experience in a tertiary care center in India.

Background: Hospital water is often an overlooked yet preventable source of hospital-acquired infections. CDC recommends annual cleaning of water reservoirs in health care settings. In our tertiary care hospital, periodic disinfection and microbiological surveillance of all the water tanks in hospital premises is carried out.

Sociodemographic features associated with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in pregnant females: A tertiary care centre study from Malwa region of Punjab (North India).

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is high in state of Punjab, however very few studies have been done till date. We all know that pregnant females are a most important section of our community and are usually screened for HCV, HIV, and Hepatitis B at time of presentation. HCV is capable of causing chronic infections and having long-term implications on a person's health.

Anaerobic infections in patients admitted in various surgical units of a tertiary care hospital of north India: neglected but important.

Background And Objectives: Anaerobic infections are usually caused by the host's endogenous flora due to a breach in the anatomical barriers and spp. are the most notorious organisms associated with anaerobic infections. The identification of anaerobes has been a challenge since times.

"So, when a woman becomes ill, the total structure of the family is affected, they can't do anything…" Voices from the community on women with breast cancer in India: a qualitative focus group study.

Background: Psychological symptoms are common in women with breast cancer and profoundly affect their role in the family and wider community, varying across cultural backgrounds. Breast cancer is becoming the most common cancer among women in India. We aimed to understand the cultural context within which Indian women with breast cancer living in India, experience psychological concerns from the perspectives of healthcare professionals, volunteers and church members.

Clinico demographic profiling of the (RSV) infected children admitted in tertiary care hospital in North India.

Background: Acute bronchiolitis is fatal disease involving lower respiratory tract of infants and children of paediatric age group. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is responsible for causing more than 70% hospital admissions of children aged less than 2 years thus making a necessity for accurate and timely diagnosis.

Aims: The main aim of study was clinicodemographic correlation of RSV positive children presenting to our tertiary care hospital.

Clinical and laboratory profile of trichinellosis from a non-endemic country.

Trichinellosis is a zoonotic parasitic infection caused by nematodes of the genus Trichinella. Humans mostly get infected by eating raw/under-cooked pork. In India, it has been reported mostly as sporadic cases especially from North Eastern and Eastern part of country.

The shastri and the air-pump: Experimental fictions and fictions of experiment for Hindi readers in colonial north India.

In the early twentieth century, the vernacular science periodical emerged as a key medium for building science-literate publics in colonial South Asia. This article argues that the Hindi science monthly became a discursive laboratory for experiments with language, literary genres, narrative plots, and settings to create culturally grounded science lessons for Hindi readers in the mid-1910s. I focus on the writings of Prem Vallabh Joshi, a pandit, science graduate, and small town teacher, who experimented with distinct literary genres to create a sensibility for science - an experimental temper - amongst 's readers.

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Metastatic and Recurrent Solid Tumors in Children and Young Adults.

Purpose: The use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in pediatric patients has been underreported. We reviewed practice patterns, outcomes, and toxicity of SBRT in this population.

Methods And Materials: In this multi-institutional study, 55 patients with 107 non-central nervous system lesions treated with SBRT between 2010 and 2016 were reviewed.

Coinfection with and infection in a child from North India: A rare case report.

Hymenolepiasis is considered the most common tapeworm infection throughout the world infecting 50-75 million people. infection is not commonly reported in human beings as compared to because it is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. There are few case reports of in the Indian population.

Evaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases: The FIRE-SCLC Cohort Study.

Importance: Although stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is preferred for limited brain metastases from most histologies, whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) has remained the standard of care for patients with small cell lung cancer. Data on SRS are limited.

Objective: To characterize and compare first-line SRS outcomes (without prior WBRT or prophylactic cranial irradiation) with those of first-line WBRT.