Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)-Can this be a boon to tide over ICU crisis in pandemic? A case series.

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) disease has caused unusual overload of health care systems all over the world. We describe four severe COVID cases managed by non-intensivist.

Cases And Outcome: We had four unvaccinated cases with acute onset influenza like illness with signs of respiratory failure.

Perinatal Mortality and its Causes in a Rural Block in Tamil Nadu, Southern India: A Community-Based Nonconcurrent Cohort Study.

Background: Globally, over 130 million babies are born every year, and almost 8 million die before their first birthday. Data on perinatal mortality (PM) and its various causes are lacking in many parts of the world including India.

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate stillbirth (SB), early neonatal, and PM rates and its causes over the last decade in a rural development block, India.

A retrospective study on the microbial spectrum and antibiogram of uropathogens in children in a secondary care hospital in Rural Vellore, South India.

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common among children. Empiric antibiotics have to be started as early as possible or it may lead to an irreversible renal parenchymal damage and renal scarring in children. The objectives were to determine the prevalence and microbial profile of paediatric UTI and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern.