Publications by authors named "Ige Abraham George"
Article Synopsis
- Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious and often fatal condition found in liver transplant recipients, with a 37% mortality rate over 12 weeks.
- A study involving 62 IA cases and 124 controls identified key risk factors such as systemic antibiotic use and history of pneumonia that contribute to IA occurrence.
- Factors like Aspergillus colonization and ICU stays significantly increased the risk of mortality among IA cases, while recent use of tacrolimus was found to be protective.
Background: Although enterococci are relatively common nosocomial pathogens in surgical intensive care units (ICUs), their significance in blood cultures from patients in the medical ICU is unclear.
Materials And Methods: In this retrospective study spanning 2 years, the clinical and microbiological characteristics of enterococcal bacteremia among medical ICU patients were evaluated.
Results: Of 1325 admissions, 35 with enterococcal bacteremia accounted for 14.
A 24 year old lady presented with pruritis and lichenified nodular skin lesions for 1 year. She also had clinical features to suggest a superior venacaval syndrome (SVC) with large rubbery cervical lymph nodes. She was subsequently diagnosed to have Hodgkin lymphoma on lymph node biopsy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: India has a high burden of drug resistant TB, although there are few data on XDR-TB. Although XDR-TB has existed previously in India, the definition has not been widely applied, and surveillance using second line drug susceptibility testing has not been performed. Our objective was to analyze clinical and demographic risk factors associated with isolation of MDR and XDR TB as compared to susceptible controls, at a tertiary center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To systematically review the efficacy of steroids in the prevention of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in critically ill adults, and treatment for established ARDS.
Data Sources: Search of randomised controlled trials (1966-April 2007) of PubMed, Cochrane central register of controlled trials, Cochrane database of systematic reviews, American College of Physicians Journal Club, health technology assessment database, and database of abstracts of reviews of effects.
Data Extraction: Two investigators independently assessed trials for inclusion and extracted data into standardised forms; differences were resolved by consensus.
Objective: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has been shown to decrease the need for invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) in patients presenting with acute respiratory failure (ARF). We conducted a prospective study to assess if NIPPV use, in a developing country, was associated with clinical and physiological improvements.
Design: Prospective observational study.