Impact of nutrition status and body mass index on mortality in hospitalized general medical patients: A prospective observational study.

Background: Malnutrition and low body mass index (BMI) are risk factors for mortality in hospitalized patients. Data substantiating this are unavailable for hospitalized general medical patients in our setting. We studied the prevalence of malnutrition among patients admitted to general medical wards in a tertiary care hospital and its role as a risk factor for 1-month mortality.

Acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with febrile urinary tract infections: A prospective observational study.

Background: Febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI) can be associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). We aimed to study the risk factors for AKI, its pathophysiological categories, and the role of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) in differentiating these categories in patients hospitalized with fUTI.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively studied patients with fUTI admitted to the Department of Medicine of a tertiary care hospital in southern India from January 2017 to December 2018.

Frequency and clinical significance of prostatic involvement in men with febrile urinary tract infection: a prospective observational study.

: Frequent asymptomatic involvement of the prostate has been demonstrated in men with febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI). In view of this, men with fUTI are often given a longer duration of antibiotic treatment; however, evidence to support this is limited. : We prospectively studied adult men with fUTI admitted under the Department of Medicine in a tertiary care hospital in southern India.

25-Hydroxyl Vitamin D Deficiency in Nasal Polyposis.

 Vitamin D is known to have immunomodulatory functions and has action on chronic inflammatory processes, such as nasal polyposis.  The present study assessed the levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with nasal polyposis, as compared with healthy control subjects, and identified their association with disease severity in nasal polyposis. It further assessed the levels of 25-hydroxyl vitamin D and hs-CRP in patients with nasal polyposis and atopy and compared it with patients with nasal polyposis without atopy.