SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis syndrome) is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by a combination of both osteoarticular and dermatological manifestations. We encountered an interesting case of a 54-year-old female patient who presented with symptoms of recurrent chest infections. Extensive investigations, including laboratory tests and imaging, were conducted with an initial suspicion of malignancy, but the patient was ultimately diagnosed with SAPHO.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To appraise the dietary perception and knowledge of cardiac patients visiting Outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: A cross sectional study of 466 patients attending cardiac outdoor clinic at a tertiary care cardiac hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan were selected through convenient sampling from January to April 2021. Patients included in the study were above 18 years of age and had a cardiac disease.
Background: Malnutrition is a common problem in children postsurgery especially in low-middle-income countries. Health-based mobile apps play an important role for better nutritional status.
Methods: This is a two-arm randomised controlled trial, which was conducted at a tertiary care hospital, Rawalpindi.
Objective: To assess the effect of diet-related mobile application based on artificial intelligence on the nutritional status of children post-cardiac surgery, and to compare their diet-related problems with their counterparts having the usual diet.
Methods: The two-arm double-blind randomised controlled trial will be conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, over an expected duration of 6 months from March to August 2021. Intervention group A will be given a diet-related mobile application based on artificial intelligence, while usual-care group B will be handed a pamphlet with instructions related to post-operative diet on discharge.
The main purpose of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize evidence about pulmonary complications following stem cell transplantation to raise awareness among physicians since it is a lesser-known topic. Studies that included targeted pulmonary complications that occurred after stem cell transplantation; in humans; and were randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and case studies between January 2011 and 2021. Fifteen intervention features were identified and analyzed in terms of their association with successful or unsuccessful interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a Gram-negative microorganism that causes chronic dyspepsia, gastritis, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Various antibiotic regimens are employed to eradicate it; however, antibiotic resistance has skyrocketed in recent years, resulting in a reduction in eradication rates. As a result, numerous novel therapeutic approaches are being adopted in clinical practice, and probiotics are being extensively investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with a progressive neurodegenerative pattern. It is characterized by demyelination of white matter in CNS and apoptosis of oligodendrocytes. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha is a major cytokine in the pathogenesis of MS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe title compound, C(11)H(17)NS, is an important inter-mediate for the synthesis of biologically active adamantlythia-zolo-oxadiazo-les. The adamantyl residue is disordered about a twofold rotation axis over two sites with site-occupation factors of 0.817 (3) and 0.
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