Publications by authors named "Mukherjee Ruchira"

Organophosphorus and carbamate Insectiside is common in Asia-Pacific region consisting of 63% of the Global death. Organophosphorus and Carbamate poisoning can lead into different complications in the respiratory,digestive,neurological aspects and maybe fatal in certain cases.Besides medical management of the same,early rehabilitation is also required to manage different kinds of neurological aspects caused due to Organophosphorus and carbamate poisoning.

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  • - Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS), commonly seen in alcoholics and malnourished individuals, results in various clinical symptoms affecting speech, language, swallowing, and movement due to demyelination in the brain.
  • - A 36-year-old male with a history of alcohol use and hypertension was diagnosed with ODS after MRI showed specific brain lesions, leading to issues like spastic dysarthria and moderate dysphagia.
  • - After receiving speech and swallowing therapy, the patient showed significant improvement in swallowing ability within 5 days, as measured by the Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA), highlighting its effectiveness in assessing dysphagia prognosis in ODS cases.
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Background: Literacy is an important factor that predicts cognitive performance. Existing cognitive screening tools are validated only in educated populations and are not appropriate for older adults with little or no education leading to poor performance on these tests and eventually leading to misdiagnosis. This challenge for clinicians necessitates a screening tool suitable for illiterate or low-literate older individuals.

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The genetic etiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was suggested to overlap with type-2 diabetes(T2D). Transcription factor 7-like 2 () and Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 2 () are T2D susceptibility genes of the insulin synthesis/processing pathway. We analyzed associations of and variants with GDM risk and evaluated their potential impact on impaired insulin processing in an eastern Indian population.

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Unlabelled: Due to the disruption of normal flow of treatment during the restrictions related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the health status of persons with dementia (PwD) and their caregivers' burden might worsen.

Objective: The article aims to find out the health status of PwD and caregivers' burden during the peak of second wave of COVID-19 and make a comparison with the preceding trough phase.

Methods: The study was conducted with 53 PwD and their caregivers in two phases.

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Objective: Bengali, the 6th most spoken language globally with 268 million speakers, demands a culturally appropriate tool for screening any cognitive compromise in this population. Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination-III (ACE-III) is a standardized tool used for screening and/or diagnostic purpose worldwide. The aim of the present study was to adapt and validate ACE-III into Bengali language.

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Background: To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries imposed strict lockdown to ensure social distancing to limit the spread of the virus. This caused difficulties in the management and care of patients with various chronic disorders including dementia.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to explore the health condition of patients with dementia and assess their caregivers' burden during the lockdown.

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Efficacy of the vaccination program for COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoronaVirus-2) was analyzed. The data for number of cases and vaccination, obtained from government websites from 1st January, 2020 to 10th October, 2021 for India, USA, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa and states West Bengal, Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Modified Poisson prediction models were developed using SPSS to predict the number of cases with and without vaccination as predictor to catalogue the efficacy of vaccination.

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Background: Knowledge of normal variation and measurements on a chest radiograph is essential to interpret any abnormality. There is paucity of information about normal measurement ranges and variations in young adolescents, particularly from Indian subcontinent. The aim of this study was to analyze certain normal variations on screening chest radiographs of healthy Indian adolescents and the objectives were to measure/assess (1) degree of inspiration, (2) cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), (3) presence of gastric fundic bubble, (4) fundocupolic distance, (5) presence of splenic flexure, (6) difference in height of diaphragmatic domes and (7) effect of inspiration on the CTR.

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Yanamandra, Uday, Velu Nair, Surinderpal Singh, Amul Gupta, Deepak Mulajkar, Sushma Yanamandra, Konchok Norgais, Ruchira Mukherjee, Vikrant Singh, Srinivasa A. Bhattachar, Sagarika Patyal, and Rajan Grewal. High-altitude pulmonary edema management: Is anything other than oxygen required? Results of a randomized controlled trial.

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Designing multi-functional ligands is a recent strategy by which multiple targets can be inhibited by a single entity. A series of caffeoyl-anilide compounds based on structures of various integrase and CCR-5 inhibitors have been designed and synthesized as anti-HIV agents in the present study. Most of the compounds exhibited potent anti-HIV activity at micromolar concentration in CEM-GFP CD4+ T cells infected with HIV-1NL4.

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