Barriers and facilitators for the use of telehealth by healthcare providers in India-A systematic review.

It is widely assumed that telehealth tools like mHealth (mobile health), telemedicine, and tele-education can supplement the efficiency of Healthcare Providers (HCPs). We conducted a systematic review of evidence on the barriers and facilitators associated with the use of telehealth by HCPs in India. A systematic literature search following a pre-registered protocol (https://doi.

Indexing blood banking performance in India: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of states and districts.

Background: Multiple international assessments have highlighted gaps in blood banking globally. However, there is a dearth of subnational assessments. We applied a thematic framework with multiple composite indices to assess blood bank performance across Indian states and districts.

Antero posterior elongation of midbrain in traumatic brain injury- significant sign yet a mistaken entity.

Background: Antero posterior elongation of the midbrain is observed occasionally in severe traumatic brain injury and generally implies a bad outcome. The objective of the study was to document midbrain elongation and identify the implications of this finding.

Methods: This prospective study included 100 patients with traumatic intracranial haematoma of more than 20 cc in volume.

Accurate lumen diameter measurement in curved vessels in carotid ultrasound: an iterative scale-space and spatial transformation approach.

Monitoring of cerebrovascular diseases via carotid ultrasound has started to become a routine. The measurement of image-based lumen diameter (LD) or inter-adventitial diameter (IAD) is a promising approach for quantification of the degree of stenosis. The manual measurements of LD/IAD are not reliable, subjective and slow.

Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Questionnaire Survey of Management Practice in India and Review of Literature.

Objective: To identify the current management modalities practiced by neurosurgeons in India for chronic subdural hematoma.

Methods: A questionnaire was prepared for the survey and sent via e-mail to neurosurgeons. It covered the following aspects of managing chronic subdural hematoma: 1) demographic and institutional details; 2) choice of surgical procedure; 3) surgical adjutants such as placing a subdural drain; 4) pre- and postoperative care; and 5) recurrences and management.

Design of an expert system for mitigating trace element toxicity in cancer risk management.

Cancer risk management involves obliterating excess concentration of cancer causing trace elements by the natural immune system and hence intake of nutritious diet is of paramount importance. Human diet should consist of essential macronutrients that have to be consumed in large quantities and trace elements are to be consumed in very little amount. As some of these trace elements are causative factors for various types of cancer and build up at the expense of macronutrients, cancer risk management of these trace elements should be based on their initial concentration in the blood of each individual and not on their tolerable upper intake level.

The efficacy of Ayurvedic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: Cross-sectional experiential profile of a longitudinal study.

Context: Allopathic and Ayurvedic physicians collaborated on a study of traditional medicine, which was sponsored by the World Health Organization.

Aims: The aim of the study was to test the efficacy and safety of Ayurvedic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Settings And Design: This study was conducted at the Ayurvedic Trust, Coimbatore, India.

Reduction of noise due to systematic uncertainties in 113mIn SPECT imaging using information theory.

SPECT images using radiopharmaceuticals are limited by noise caused by both random and systematic uncertainties. All the efforts so far have been directed only to minimize the random uncertainty and no attempt has ever been made to minimize the noise due to systematic uncertainty. As these radiopharmaceuticals encounter many systematic uncertainties during their formation, we constructed the covariance matrix with some of these systematic uncertainties for the gamma count rate of (113m)In.

Psychological aspects of the sri chakra.

The author presents in this article an explanation for the beneficial psychic effects caused by the worship of Sri Chakra.