Publications by authors named "Dakshin Sitaram Padmanabhan"
Context: A significant number of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for thyroid nodules is reported as indeterminate. Expensive molecular testing can give a clue to the possibility of malignancy in this group. The effectiveness of serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels as a diagnostic tool in euthyroid patients with indeterminate cytology has not been previously studied, especially in the Indian population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Sulfasalazine has been widely used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis. This study aims to assess persistence with sulfasalazine and also frequency and severity of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) encountered with this very well-established disease-modifying anti-rheumatoid drug.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective study was done in 1,114 patients from medicine and rheumatology outpatient departments of six centers across India.
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- Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a stage of cognitive decline influenced by various risk factors, with limited research specifically in the elderly population of Kerala, South India.
- The study aims to identify significant neuropathological comorbid conditions and assess additional risk factors, such as laboratory results and psychosocial aspects, in elderly MCI patients.
- Findings show that factors like female gender, higher depression, more medications, and lower education levels are associated with MCI, while a history of alcohol use appears to be negative; Parkinson's disease was the most common neuropathological diagnosis noted.
This retrospective study is looking into the long-term morbidity after endometrial cancer staging surgery and compares the long-term morbidity of patients who underwent open staging surgery vs. robotic approach. One hundred twenty-nine patients who underwent staging surgery for endometrial cancer from January 2014 until June 2017 were included in the analysis.
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