Publications by authors named "Hariom Soni"

Background: We estimated plasma amyloid-peptides levels (Aβ and Aβ) as diagnostic biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and evaluated its association with clinical severity and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) Z score of the different brain regions in the Indian population.

Patients And Methods: A case-control study was conducted. Diagnostic and statistical manual-IV, Dubois, and NIA-AA criteria were used for the diagnosis of AD.

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Background: Role of chemoprophylaxis for prevention of antitubercular therapy-related drug-induced liver injury (ATT-DILI) is uncertain.

Methods: Electronic databases were searched for randomized trials reporting on chemoprophylaxis agents for prevention of ATT-DILI. We included studies evaluating the role of a drug in comparison to controls/placebo.

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Background: We performed a meta-analysis to determine diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of abdominal (intestinal or peritoneal) tuberculosis (TB) in various tissues (intestinal, omental/peritoneal tissue or ascitic fluid).

Methods: Electronic databases were searched for observational studies on use of Xpert MTB/RIF in ascitic fluid, peritoneal, or omental tissue for diagnosis of peritoneal and intestinal TB. We calculated the pooled sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic odds ratio of Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosis of peritoneal TB in comparison to composite reference standard (CRS) and culture, and in comparison to CRS for intestinal TB.

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Aim: Coronary slow flow (SF) is an important complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) associated with poor prognosis. The aim was to assess grey-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and virtual histology (VH-IVUS) characteristics of culprit lesion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Methods: A total of 295 consecutive patients with STEMI underwent coronary angiogram and IVUS.

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Background: Various antibiotic regimens are used for primary and secondary prevention of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP). A systematic review and network meta-analysis to compare various antibiotics regimens for primary and secondary prevention of SBP were done.

Methods: We did a comprehensive literature search using various databases (i.

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: To compare risk of hepatotoxicity between various regimens for reintroduction of antitubercular therapy (ATT) in patients with previous episode of ATT hepatitis.: We searched various databases (PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, Scopus, WoS and LILACS) for studies comparing ATT reintroduction regimens using terms 'drug-induced liver injury' and 'antitubercular drugs' AND 'reintroduction'. The reintroduction regimens i.

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Introduction: Data on the use of Xpert Mtb/Rif for the diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis is sparse. We report on the utility of Xpert Mtb/Rif testing for diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) in patients with ileocecal ulcers.

Methodology: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with ileocecal ulcers and suspected to have ITB and in whom testing of intestinal tissue for Xpert Mtb/Rif was performed.

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Background: The role of adjunctive steroids in abdominal tuberculosis is unclear.

Objective: To evaluate effect of adjunctive use of steroids for abdominal tuberculosis in reducing/preventing complications.

Methods: We searched electronic databases (Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL) from inception to 25th June 2018 using the terms "abdominal tuberculosis" OR "intestinal tuberculosis" OR "peritoneal tuberculosis" OR "tuberculous peritonitis" AND steroids OR methylprednisolone OR prednisolone.

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Capsules are important component of day to day health management. But recently an issue came up whether the capsule you are using is of vegetarian or non-vegetarian origin. Capsule shell can be divided into vegetarian and non-vegetarian origin on the basis of their origin.

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