Acceptability of Prenatal Screening Tests Among Expectant Mothers in India: Insights and Implications for Public Health.

Introduction: Prenatal screening tests are essential for preventing common genetic disorders, yet their acceptability among pregnant women in India remains unexplored. This study aims to investigate the acceptability of prenatal screening tests and their correlation with demographic characteristics among pregnant women in India.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care, public hospital, involving 200 pregnant women.

Understanding the Awareness of Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests Among Pregnant Women in India: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction Genetic disorders pose a significant health challenge in India, with chromosomal abnormalities ranking second only to congenital anomalies in terms of disease burden. Prenatal testing offers a crucial strategy for identifying and managing these disorders. However, the awareness and understanding of prenatal screening tests among pregnant women in India remain understudied.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice About the Process of Genetic Counselling Among Clinicians.

Introduction Clinicians agree with the fact that the impact of genetics in the field of medicine is humongous. They have to cope with the rapid advances in the field of clinical genetics and offer the best treatment to the patients at the right time. Disease with an underlying genetic cause not only involves the patient but also the family and the community.

Major complications following central neuraxial block - A multi-centre observational study in Maharashtra (MGMM CNB Study).

Background And Aims: Major complications of central neuraxial block (CNB) are rare and their incidence in India is not known. This information is essential for explaining risk and medico-legal concerns. The present multi-centre study in Maharashtra was conducted to provide insight into the characteristics of rare complications following this popular anaesthetic technique.

Morphometry and aberrant morphology of the adult human tricuspid valve leaflets.

The tricuspid valve complex has been studied since the beginning of the twentieth century, and variations in the structural orientation of the tricuspid leaflets has been reported before, as the occurrence of accessory leaflets poses a major problem during surgeries related to the tricuspid valve. In this study, 36 adult formalin-fixed human hearts were analyzed to compare the number, form and size of the tricuspid leaflets. The result shows that in right ventricles, the number of leaflets can vary from the routine three to as many as seven, and the localization of such accessory leaflets of the tricuspid valve differs between specimens.

Karapandzic flap.

For full-thickness lip defects, the choice of reconstructive option depends on the size of the defect. Defects of one-quarter to one-third of the upper lip can be closed primarily. Largerdefects measuring one-third to two-thirds of the lower lip width may be closed with the Karapandzic, Abbe or Estlander flaps.