Publications by authors named "D Annette Beatrice"
Background: Hand Grip Strength (HGS), a basic, non-invasive measure of musculoskeletal function is found to be a risk marker for cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer. Considering the importance and paucity of studies among industrial workers, we aim to study the association between anthropometric adiposity indices and the HGS of industrial workers.
Materials And Methods: The study is a descriptive, cross-sectional study.
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- - Intestinal malrotation (IM) arises from abnormal fetal midgut rotation, increasing the risk of severe complications like midgut volvulus; the upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) is a key diagnostic tool but has inconsistent reliability.
- - This study analyzed UGI exams from patients treated for suspected IM at a pediatric center between 2007 and 2020, focusing on which imaging features reliably diagnose the condition.
- - Findings revealed that antero-posterior (AP) projections were most effective for diagnosis, especially the abnormal position of the duodenal-jejunal junction, while lateral projections were less reliable and sometimes misleading.
Background: Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is primarily a restrictive cardiomyopathy in which the impairment of diastolic function is dominant. Despite this, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) may be depressed in the late stage of the disease, but it poorly predicts prognosis in the earlier phases and does not represent well the pathophysiology of CA. Many echocardiographic parameters resulted important diagnostic and prognostic tools in patients with CA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Asian Indians have an increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes and premature coronary artery disease. Nuts, like almonds, are rich in unsaturated fat and micronutrients with known health benefits.
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the efficacy of almonds for reduction of insulin resistance and improving lipid profile in overweight Asian Indian adults.
The incidence of prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients (RTRs) is increasing, but few data are available in the literature. In this study, we reviewed the 25-year experience in the management of prostate cancer after kidney transplantation at the Florence Transplant Centre. We retrospectively reviewed the data from 617 RTR male patients who underwent renal transplantation at our institute between July 1996 and September 2016.
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