An Observational Study on the Utility of Lab Parameters in Evaluating the Severity of Patients in South India with Covid-19.

Laboratory testing has been extremely helpful in determining the severity and determining the course of treatment for COVID-19 patients. Our aim has been to look for variables of patient's clinical and laboratory profile for two weeks and to observe their significance. Observational, Cross-sectional study.

Low Back Pain Among Nurses in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital at Malappuram Kerala.

 Numerous nurses suffer from low back pain of various origins, which causes them to lose productivity, obtain unwanted medical reports, and sometimes even retire before their time. Age, heredity, obesity, bad posture, poor body mechanics, pregnancy, tension, personal stress, and traumatic incidents like falls or vehicle accidents are all potential causes of musculoskeletal injuries on the job.  A descriptive study was done with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire to determine the burden of low back pain among nurses in a tertiary medical college.

Focus on international and domestic travellers are equally important for successful SARS-COV-2 mitigation: ecological comparison of emigrant and migrant travel patterns and COVID-19 trends in Kerala State, India.

We posit from our ecological analysis of COVID-19 trends that the focus on returning international emigrants helped the Indian State of Kerala to successfully mitigate transmission from emigrants. However, the state’s failure to prevent SARS-COV-2 seeding by returning domestic migrants from other states of India led to extensive community transmission.

Call to avert acceleration of COVID-19 from India's Sabarimala pilgrimage of 25 million devotees.

India has the third-highest COVID-19 burden. Hosting the Sabarimala pilgrimage of an estimated 25 million can compromise the near-mitigated but fragile COVID-19 status of the host State of Kerala, accelerate the ongoing outbreaks in other states of India, and potentially in multiple countries with emigrants from Kerala.