Publications by authors named "K A Saravanan"
Background A major challenge in the treatment of MetS is the prevalence of low rates of adherence to the treatment regimen for individual components by the affected persons. This study aimed to estimate the medication adherence level among those with metabolic syndrome, determine the factors significantly associated with low adherence to medication, and explore the reasons for poor adherence to medication Materials and methods This sequential explanatory type of mixed method study was conducted among the metabolic syndrome patients attending the lifestyle clinic of a tertiary care hospital in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. For the quantitative component, 210 was the sample size and for the qualitative component, the sample size was six.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe current study examines the anticancer properties of the chemical carthamidin in breast cancer through in-vitro and in silico analysis. This study's results demonstrated that carthamidin strongly inhibited the proliferation of MCF 7 cells in vitro, as evidenced by an IC50 value of 128.65 µg/mL at 24 h, determined using the MTT test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRhythmicity is a characteristic feature of the inanimate universe. The organization of biological rhythms in time is an adaptation to the cyclical environmental changes brought on by the earth's rotation on its axis and around the sun. Circadian (L.
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- The study compares the accuracy of experienced surgeons and a machine learning model (ResNet50v2) in predicting patient outcomes from knee replacement radiographs.
- The model performed better than the surgeons, identifying 71% of patients with poor outcomes and 82% with excellent outcomes, while the surgeons struggled significantly.
- The findings suggest that there are specific radiographical features linked to poor outcomes that surgeons may not recognize, indicating a need for further research to improve surgical techniques and patient results.
Several muscle variations have been observed in flexor aspect of forearm which can hamper normal functioning of hand or may remain silent. One such unreported variation has been described in this report. An accessory muscle in the left forearm was found involving flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) and palmaris longus (PL).
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