Publications by authors named "Khan Dibyendu"
Seed endophytes are actively used by the mother plant as both reservoir and vector of beneficial microbes. During seed dormancy endophytes experience significant physiochemical changes and only competent endophytes could colonise successfully in seeds and some of them act as obligate endophyte that are transmitted vertically across generations. The adaptive nature of endophytes allows them to switch lifestyles depending on environment and host conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a wearable, flexible, wireless and smartphone-enabled epidermal electronic system (EES) for the continuous monitoring of a prognostic parameter for hypertension. The thin and lightweight EES can be tightly attached to the chest of a patient and synchronously monitor first lead electrocardiograms (ECG) and seismocardiograms (SCG). To demonstrate the concept, we developed the EES using state-of-the-art cleanroom technologies.
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- Fast-tracking in surgery helps reduce recovery time and complications by improving pain management and minimizing stress during and after procedures.
- The study compared the effectiveness of a new pain management technique, serratus anterior plane block (SAPB), using ultrasound guidance against traditional fentanyl infusion for patients undergoing minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS).
- Results showed that the SAPB group experienced significantly lower pain levels and cortisol (stress hormone) levels, along with more stable vital signs compared to the fentanyl group, indicating it was a more effective pain management strategy.
Contamination of soil by antibiotics and heavy metals originating from hospital facilities has emerged as a major cause for the development of resistant microbes. We collected soil samples surrounding a hospital effluent and measured the resistance of bacterial isolates against multiple antibiotics and heavy metals. One strain BMCSI 3 was found to be sensitive to all tested antibiotics.
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- - The tracheal bronchus is a rare congenital condition where an extra bronchial tube develops, usually from the right side of the trachea, during early embryonic development.
- - It often doesn't cause symptoms but can lead to respiratory issues like pneumonia or chronic bronchitis.
- - A case is presented involving a 57-year-old woman who was found to have this anomaly during preparation for heart surgery, emphasizing the importance of recognizing such conditions in clinical practice.
The incidence of cardiac surgery in elderly patients has been increasing. Recent studies have shown that cardiac surgical procedures performed in octogenarians, in otherwise good physical and mental health, can improve mortality, morbidity, and quality of life. This study aimed to describe the preoperative clinical and demographic characteristics associated with immediate postoperative outcomes and determine whether intra-operative factors related to surgical and cardiopulmonary by-pass techniques impacted upon these.
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