Publications by authors named "H M Vikas"
[18F]FDG PET/CT in Benign and Malignant Diseases Involving the Biliary Tract.
Indian J Nucl Med
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- The role of FDG PET/CT in assessing biliary tract diseases is largely under-researched, but it can be useful for evaluating both infections/inflammations and cancers due to increased glucose uptake in these conditions.
- The article outlines various diagnostic findings from FDG PET/CT scans related to diseases affecting the biliary tract, highlighting its use in staging and monitoring neoplastic diseases as well as differentiating between types of intrahepatic masses.
- It also addresses the issue of false positive FDG uptake near biliary duct stents, which can complicate scan interpretations, and discusses several benign conditions of the biliary system.
"Constrained Medical Oxygen Supply Chain in India During COVID-19: Red-tapism, the Elephant in the Room?".
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
October 2022
Background: Recent disruption of medical oxygen during the second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused nationwide panic. This study attempts to objectively analyze the medical oxygen supply chain in India along the principles of value stream mapping (VSM), identify bottlenecks, and recommend systemic improvements.
Methods: Process mapping of the medical oxygen supply chain in India was done.
Background: Surge of SARS CoV-2 infections ascribed to omicron variant began in December 2021 in New Delhi. We determined the infection and reinfection density in a cohort of health care workers (HCWs) along with vaccine effectiveness (VE) against symptomatic infection within omicron transmission period (considered from December 01, 2021 to February 25, 2022.
Methods: This is an observational study from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Indian healthcare is fast growing and with significant chunk of it being in small, fragmented, informal sector; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pegged as a magical tool for a better healthcare system. There is an inclination to merely mimic the US approach in the on-going policy making and legislative exercises, which can have serious fallouts for Indian healthcare. India needs a different approach to suite her unique requirements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: One of the challenges has been coping with an increasing need for COVID-19 testing. A COVID-19 screening and testing facility was created. There was a need for increasing throughput of the facility within the existing space and limited resources.
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