Publications by authors named "M Vasantha Padma"
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- Leptospirosis and dengue are major health concerns in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, India, where both diseases are understudied and have significant health risks.
- The study aimed to determine the prevalence of these diseases among people with febrile illnesses and assess co-infection rates during 2020-2021.
- Results indicated that 21% of febrile cases had leptospirosis and 10% had dengue, with a low co-infection rate of 1.3%, emphasizing the need for better public health strategies and diagnostic tools in the region.
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- Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (NR) is crucial for managing cognitive deficits in epilepsy, particularly in resource-limited countries, leading to the development of a culturally suitable 6-week program called EMPOWER, which includes psychoeducation, compensatory training, and cognitive retraining.
- A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 28 adults aged 18-45 with Drug Refractory Epilepsy (DRE) to determine the program's efficacy, assessing various outcomes like memory improvement, mood, and quality of life through specific tests.
- Results indicated significant improvements in memory-related tasks (learning, recall) and patient-reported everyday memory issues, particularly among those with temporal lobe epilepsy who had previously undergone surgery.
Unlabelled: Presence of additional copies of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) is characteristic of chronic myeloid leukemia in blast crisis, very rarely observed in de novo acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Ph positive (Ph+ve) ALL and CML in lymphoid blast crisis (CML-LBC) are biologically different with divergent clinical course. Double Ph+ve ALL has little data available as to its incidence and prognostic significance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Early dementia diagnosis in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenging due to limited availability of brief, culturally appropriate, and psychometrically validated tests. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is one of the most widely used cognitive screening tests in primary and secondary care globally. In the current study, we adapted and validated MoCA in five Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam) and determined the optimal cut-off points that correspond to screening for clinical diagnosis of dementia and MCI.
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