Publications by authors named "Kritika Bhattarai"

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is used for the maintenance dialysis in patients with end stage renal disease. Treatment's complications in CAPD generally exist, of which transudate hydrothorax falls under the minority of the cases. Here, we aim to present a case of a 51 years old female, a newly diagnosed case of chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing CAPD for 3 weeks who presented at our institution with complaints of difficulty in breathing.

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Article Synopsis
  • Gastric antral vascular ectasia is a rare condition that primarily causes severe gastrointestinal bleeding in older adults, particularly affecting the gastric antrum, and is uncommon among patients undergoing hemodialysis for chronic kidney disease.
  • A case is presented involving a 71-year-old male from Nepal who was diagnosed with this condition alongside erosive gastritis after experiencing symptoms like melena and fatigue, leading to a low hemoglobin level and the need for blood transfusion.
  • Diagnosis was confirmed through an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, and despite initial management, advanced treatment like argon plasma coagulation was required at a different facility due to limited resources.
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Introduction And Importance: Malignant hypertension is the most severe form of hypertension that may cause life-threatening manifestations. Carbamazepine is an antiepileptic drug primarily used for seizure disorders and trigeminal neuralgia. One of the rarely triggered adverse side effects of carbamazepine is drug-induced malignant hypertension.

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A simple, sensitive, precise, and environmentally safe spectrophotometry method was developed and validated for the determination of organophosphate in various fruits and vegetables using a UV-Visible spectrophotometer using a magnesia mixture. The volume of reagent used for analysis and the stability of the color complex were also optimized. The drug showed a stable white color complex at 420 nm.

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