Changing trends in the profile of rodenticide poisoning.

Background: Deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, with rodenticides being common compounds used by many victims. However, comprehensive data regarding the spectrum and outcome of rodenticide poisoning is scant.

Method: This retrospective study was conducted in the Emergency Department (ED) of a large tertiary care hospital in South India between January 2017 and December 2018.

Severe or not so severe? The gravity of geriatric trauma.

Background: Due to associated comorbidities, the elderly population is more vulnerable to injuries with complications. This study was done to assess the severity of trauma and outcome of injuries among these patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.

The adverse effects of Ketamine on Procedural Sedation and Analgesia (PSA) in the Emergency Department.

Background: Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in the emergency department (ED) is mainly used for wound irrigation, reduction of fractures, and wound closure. Ketamine is one of the most commonly used drugs for PSA in the ED. The study was conducted in the ED of a large tertiary care hospital in southern India to evaluate the adverse effects of Ketamine on PSA.

Nanosized Anti-Stokes Phosphors for Antitumor Drug Delivery and Solid Tumor Theranostics.

Abstract-Theranostics is the direction in modern biomedicine aimed at developing drugs that combine the capabilities of diagnosis and therapy of tumors in one agent. Upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs) are inorganic crystalline materials that can be used to create a nanoplatform providing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. They have been proposed as luminescent markers for optical imaging of biological tissue due to their anti-Stokes luminescence, lack of photodegradation and low toxicity.

Long-term follow-up and outcomes of discrete subaortic stenosis resection in children.

Background: Studies of long-term outcomes of discrete subaortic stenosis (DSS) are rare. Therefore, we reviewed the long-term outcomes of subaortic membrane resection in children with isolated DSS over 16 years from a single institution.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients ( = 27) who underwent resection of DSS between 2000 and 2017.