Publications by authors named "Dae Dalus"
Article Synopsis
- Poisoning significantly impacts the economic burden on critical care units, with the study showing it accounts for 2.5% of admissions and costs an average of ₹367,333 annually per case.
- The most common poison identified was organophosphorus, which made up 33.9% of cases and had a high treatment cost of around ₹18,500 per admission.
- The findings indicate that phosphide poison resulted in the highest mortality, with an alarming case fatality rate of 83%, highlighting the urgent need for improved management and prevention strategies in critical care settings.
Cardiovocal Syndrome: A rare cause of hoarseness in a patient with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
November 2017
Hoarseness is a common clinical condition with underlying causes which can vary from reversible and benign to life-threatening and malignant. Cardiovocal syndrome may cause hoarseness secondary to left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy when the recurrent laryngeal nerve is mechanically affected due to enlarged cardiovascular structures. We report a 28-year-old male who presented to the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India, in 2013 with hoarseness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical presentation, management, in-hospital and 90-day outcomes of heart failure patients in Trivandrum, Kerala, India: the Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry.
Eur J Heart Fail
August 2015
Objective: To evaluate the presentation, management, and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) in Trivandrum, India.
Methods: The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry (THFR) enrolled consecutive admissions from 13 urban and five rural hospitals in Trivandrum with a primary diagnosis of HF from January to December 2013. Clinical characteristics at presentation, treatment, in-hospital outcomes, and 90-day mortality data were collected.
Background: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) of Government of India provides intermittent thrice-a-week directly observed treatment short course (RNTCP regimen).
Objective: Assessments of all-cause mortality and nine-month morbidity outcomes of patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) on RNTCP regimen.
Materials And Methods: We prospectively followed up patients registered with RNTCP center, with a diagnosis of TBM from January 1(st), 2010 to December 31(st), 2011.
Background: Formic acid (FA), a common industrial compound, is used in the coagulation of rubber latex in Kerala, a state in southwestern India. Easy accessibility to FA in this region makes it available to be used for deliberate self-harm. However, the literature on intentional poisoning with FA is limited.
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