Perception regarding COVID-19 vaccine and COVID appropriate behavior among adolescents at a tertiary hospital, West Bengal: A longitudinal survey.

Background: Vaccination against COVID 19 and observing COVID appropriate behavior are effective measures to control, manage and prevent COVID-19 infection. With India starting its adolescent vaccination program, this study aimed to explore the adolescents' perception of vaccination, their COVID-appropriate behavior, compliance with two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and the experienced side effects following vaccination.

Methods: A longitudinal survey was conducted among 440 adolescents visiting the COVID Vaccination Center (CVC) of a tertiary hospital in West Bengal.

Need to reinvigorateTuberculosis research in India - A review of studies registered under clinical trial registry of India.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most serious public health issues in India. According to the global TB report 2020, India accounts for about one-quarter of the global TB burden. Despite considerable advances in mandatory notification of all TB cases, incorporation of the national health programmes with general health services (National Health Mission), and national drug resistance surveillance and many other accomplishments, much more needs to be considered in India to significantly decrease TB incidence.

Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among private medical college students in South India: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Medical education is competitive across the globe. The long duration of the medical and paramedical courses and exposure to clinical settings potentially causes mental health issues. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress among undergraduate students in a private medical college in South India.

Effective Evaluation of Medical Images Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques.

This work is implemented for the management of patients with epilepsy, and methods based on electroencephalography (EEG) analysis have been proposed for the timely prediction of its occurrence. The proposed system is used for crisis detection and prediction system; it is useful for both patients and medical staff to know their status easily and more accurately. In the treatment of Parkinson's disease, the affected patients with Parkinson's disease can assess the prognostic risk factors, and the symptoms are evaluated to predict rapid progression in the early stages after diagnosis.

Cutaneous Hypersensitivity Reaction After Phenytoin Therapy in a Neonate: A Case Report and Review of Literature Elucidating the Potential Pharmacological Plausibility and Preventive Strategies.

Background: Drug-induced hypersensitivity reaction is a potentially life-threatening condition reported among patients of different age groups. Phenytoin is a prototypic drug prescribed for the treatment of a variety of seizure disorders. Allergic reaction to phenytoin therapy in a newborn is relatively a rare clinical manifestation that is not frequently reported.

Clinical Pattern and Causality Assessment of Drug-induced Cutaneous Reactions in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India: A Prospective Study.

Background: Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are common and pose a serious challenge to physicians, especially in cases when the patient has many comorbidities, is polypharmacy, or self-administers over-the-counter medications.

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical pattern and incidence of cutaneous ADRs and perform causality assessment using the WHO-UMC scale and Naranjo's scale. The severity of the reactions was determined by the Hartwig scale.

Anaphylaxis to Pantoprazole: A Case Report and Prerequisite for Vigilant Prescribing Practises for Proton Pump Inhibitors.

Background: Pantoprazole is a Proton Pump Inhibitor, commonly used by clinicians all over the world as a gastric acid synthesis inhibitor for a wide variety of gastrointestinal disorders. The efficacy and the safety of the drug are unsurmountable. PPIs are being prescribed nowadays for unapproved indications.

The assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials published in Indian medical journals.

Aim: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we sought to evaluate if the published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reported in the year 2017 among the Indian medical journals (IMJs) complied with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines and identify domains where reporting could be improved.

Methods: A literature search was performed using PubMed and Google Scholar to identify all the IMJs that published RCTs in the year 2017. In the archives of the identified journals, the number of published RCTs was identified and the full text was obtained.

Do ANGPTL-4 and galectin-3 reflect the severity of coronary artery disease?

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. We thereby sought to investigate whether the biomarkers, angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL-4) and galectin-3, reflect the severity of CAD.

Methods: Patients were screened based on inclusion/exclusion criteria and written informed consent was obtained from the patients.

A rare submucosal tumour of stomach-glomus tumour: A case report.

Introduction: Glomus tumour (GT) of the stomach is a rare submucosal mesenchymal tumour. Gastric glomus tumours are clinically recognized as benign. Nevertheless, some show biological behaviour similar to that of malignant lesions and presurgical confirmation is often impossible.

Study on paraoxonase 1 in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T 2 D M) occurring as a result of reduced insulin action, is seen in a larger section of population. It is also a condition of Oxidative Stress utilizing the antioxidant resources of the body. One such antioxidant is the Paraoxonasel (PON1) enzyme associated with High Density Lipoprotein.

Synthesis and characterization of Ni(II) and Zn(II) complexes of (furan-2-yl)methyl(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)dithiocarbamate (ftpedtc): X-ray structures of [Zn(ftpedtc)2(py)] and [Zn(ftpedtc)Cl(1,10-phen)].

Seven complexes of a new dithiocarbamate ligand (ftpedtc = (furan-2-yl)methyl(2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl)dithiocarbamate) namely [Ni(ftpedtc)2] (1), [Ni(ftpedtc)(NCS)(PPh3)] (2), [Ni(ftpedtc)(PPh3)2]ClO4 (3), [Zn(ftpedtc)2] (4), [Zn(ftpedtc)2(py)] (5), [Zn(ftpedtc)2(1,10-phen)] (6) and [Zn(ftpedtc)2(2,2'-bipy] (7) have been prepared. The complexes were characterized by IR, UV-Vis and NMR ((1)H and (13)C) spectroscopy. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis was carried out for complexes 5 and [Zn(ftpedtc)Cl(1,10-phen)] (8).

Prescription patterns of hypolipidaemic drugs in a tertiary care teaching hospital of southern India.

Objective: To evaluate the prescribing patterns of hypolipidaemic drugs which were prescribed to patients who visited the department of General Medicine in a tertiary care teaching hospital of southern India.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was done for three months in the department of General Medicine. A total of 506 prescriptions of hypolipidaemic drugs were evaluated, based on the various inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Study on total antioxidant status in relation to oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a condition of increased oxidative stress and requiries antioxidants. The sum of endogenous and food derived antioxidants represents the total antioxidant activity of the system. The cooperation among different antioxidants provides greater protection against damage caused by reactive oxygen species or reactive nitrogen species, than any single compound alone.