Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Stroke Rehabilitation on Awareness, Activities of Daily Living and Coping in Stroke Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.

Introduction Stroke is a major global cause of mortality and disability, with many survivors lacking awareness. Nurses play a pivotal role in the early identification and management of symptoms with regard to stroke. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of stroke rehabilitation on awareness, activity of daily living (ADL) and coping among stroke patients.

Comparative analysis of remineralizing efficacy of strontium-doped bioactive glass, BioMin, and NovaMin containing dentifrice on artificial white spot lesions after chlorhexidine pretreatment - An study.

Aim: This study aimed to compare the remineralizing efficacy of strontium-doped bioactive glass, BioMin, and NovaMin containing dentifrices on artificial white spot lesions (WSLs) after chlorhexidine (CHX) pretreatment using energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX).

Materials And Methodology: Twenty-four samples of maxillary first premolars extracted for orthodontic purposes were selected. Artificial WSLs were produced by immersing the samples in a prepared demineralizing solution for 3 days.

A Study of the Prevalence of Anemia in Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition at a Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital in South India.

Introduction In developing countries such as India, severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been a cause for great concern in the pediatric population. SAM is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in children less than 60 months of age and leaves them vulnerable to diseases due to a decrease in immunological response. Children with SAM are prone to infections, and due to nutritional deficiency, many have anemia which may be a direct or indirect cause of morbidity and mortality.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Deciphering Chest Pain, Hypertension, and Elevated Creatinine to Unveil Aortic Dissection.

Chest pain is a common yet complex presentation in the emergency department, often requiring the exclusion of life-threatening conditions such as aortic dissection. Stanford type B aortic dissection, which affects the descending aorta, poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges but can often be managed medically without immediate surgery. This case underscores the necessity of having a vigilant mindset, performing a detailed clinical examination, and including aortic dissection in the differential diagnosis, especially when typical symptoms are observed.

Unveiling the Veiled: Enteroviral Meningitis Mimicking Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

Meningitis is a significant health concern globally, with enterovirus (EV) being the most common cause of viral meningitis in adults. We discuss the case of a 57-year-old female patient with enteroviral meningitis manifesting as pseudotumor cerebri, posing significant clinical challenges. She presented with symptoms, signs, and radiological evidence suggesting idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Determinants of Conception and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Endometriosis: A Longitudinal Study.

Endometriosis, affecting approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women globally, poses significant challenges, including chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. In low- and middle-income countries like India, accessibility to affordable infertility care remains a concern. This multicenter prospective cohort study, conducted across six tertiary care hospitals in India from 2017 to 2022, aims to explore the natural progression of conception and pregnancy outcomes in women with endometriosis.

A novel management of vertical root fracture in an endodontically treated mandibular premolar with titanium screw: A case report.

Introduction: Vertical root fracture is one of the conditions prevalent in endodontically treated teeth. The treatment options include extraction of the fracture fragment or the affected tooth as a whole. This case report highlights the successful management of vertical root fracture in an endodontically treated mandibular first premolar.

Reference range for glycated haemoglobin in full term non diabetic pregnant women: a multicentric cross sectional study.

Background: There are no large studies to define the normal value of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measured in full term pregnant women measured at the time of delivery.

Research Design And Methods: The study was conducted at three government hospitals in South India. Clinical data, maternal blood sample and foetal cord blood sample were collected from women admitted for safe confinement.

A study to evaluate association of nuclear grooving in benign thyroid lesions with RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 gene translocation.

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common malignant lesion of the thyroid characterized by unique histological features like nuclear grooving, nuclear clearing, and intra-nuclear inclusions. However, nuclear grooves are observed even in benign thyroid lesions (BTL) like nodular goiter (NG), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), and follicular adenoma (FA) resulting in diagnostic dilemma of the presence of PTC in such BTL. RET/PTC gene translocation is one of the most common oncogenic rearrangements seen in PTC, known to be associated with nuclear grooving.

Pharmacological Prospects of Morin Conjugated Selenium Nanoparticles-Evaluation of Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Thrombolytic, and Anticancer Activities.

Abstract: Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have gained wide importance in the scientific community and have emerged as an optimistic therapeutic carrier agent for targeted drug delivery. In the present study, the effectiveness of nano selenium conjugated with Morin (Ba-SeNp-Mo) produced from endophytic bacteria reported in our earlier research was tested against various Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacterial pathogens and fungal pathogens that showed good zone of inhibition against all selected pathogens. Antioxidant activities of these NPs were studied by 1, 1-diphenyl-2- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-Azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiozoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), hydrogen peroxide (HO), superoxide (O), and nitric oxide (NO) radical scavenging assays that exhibited dose-dependent free radical scavenging activity with IC values 6.

A novel technique for detecting sudden concept drift in healthcare data using multi-linear artificial intelligence techniques.

A financial market is a platform to produce data streams continuously and around 1. 145 Trillion MB of data per day. Estimation and the analysis of unknown or dynamic behaviors of these systems is one the challenging tasks.

Physical activity adaptation towards control of selected noncommunicable diseases-A detailed part of large community trial in rural areas of India.

Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of systematically induced health education on physical activity over control of hypertension, diabetes. The secondary aim of this study was to assess the changed pattern of physical activity among hypertensives and diabetics with continuous follow-up.

Methods: This is part of a larger study A community trial in coastal Karnataka with three villages where one village was introduced with physical activity alone.

Characterization, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Biofabricated Silver Nanoparticles from Endophytic .

Endophyte mediated nanoparticles fabrication were emerging as a new frontier in nanomedicines that produce high biocompatible and functionalized silver nanoparticles. In this study, silver nanoparticles were successfully biosynthesized from the extracellular extract of endophytic bacterium isolated from the stem of for the first time. The synthesized nanoparticles showed a strong absorption band at 410 nm in the UV-Visible range.

Incidence and outcomes of dengue in a cohort of pregnant women from an endemic region of India: obesity could be a potential risk for adverse outcomes.

Background: The primary objectives of the study were to determine the incidence of dengue and outcomes associated with dengue among pregnant women.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was done among 1579 antenatal women in an endemic region in India. Dengue immunoglobulin G (IgG) was tested in 490 women at baseline.

Seroprevalence of dengue infection in pregnant women and placental antibody transfer.

Background: Pregnant women and infants are vulnerable for developing severe dengue. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of dengue infections among pregnant women, their offsprings and its association with outcomes.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women, admitted for delivery in a tertiary mother and child hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

Insights into dovetailing GTD and Cancers.

Gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTD) encompass a group of placental tumors which mostly arise due to certain fertilization defects, resulting in the over-proliferation of trophoblasts. The major characteristic of this diseased state is that β-hCG rises up manifold than that is observed during pregnancy. The incidence of GTD when analyzed on a global scale, figures out that there is a greater risk in South-East Asia, the reason of which remains unclear.

Women with epilepsy and infertility have different reproductive hormone profile than others.

Purpose: One-third of women with epilepsy (WWE) may experience infertility (failure to conceive after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse). We aimed to compare the hormone profile of WWE and infertility (WWE-I) with that of WWE who had conceived earlier (WWE-F).

Materials And Methods: In the Kerala Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy, we compared the clinical and hormone profile of 50 WWE-I and 40 age-matched WWE-F.

ARSH 9: Lower reproductive tract infections among unmarried girls (15-24 y) - a clinic based validation study.

Objective: To compare clinical and laboratory diagnosis of lower reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in a clinic setting, among unmarried adolescents and young adults between 15 and 24 y and to validate clinical diagnosis of lower RTIs against the microbiological diagnosis as gold standard.

Methods: A structured questionnaire was administered among the participants to assess symptoms of lower reproductive tract infections and associated known risk factors. A qualified gynecologist conducted the visual inspection of the external genitalia for any clinical evidence of lower RTIs and took cotton tipped swab from the vulva (outside the hymen) for laboratory examination.

Factors determining noncompliance to mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination.

Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination has been implemented worldwide and in India with a goal of eliminating the disease by 2020 and 2015 respectively. Compliance to MDA is less than adequate to achieve the goal in the desired time. This study aims to identify the factors related to awareness, acceptability and attitude and the role of certain theoretical constructs of health belief model in determining the compliant behavior to MDA.

Granulosa cell tumours: a study of 37 cases.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinico-pathological features, surgical procedures and postoperative treatment and their relation to survival in women with granulosa cell tumours.

Methods: Data of 37 women with granulosa cell tumours were collected and reviewed retrospectively. Mann-Whitney test, log rank test and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis were applied appropriately.

Outcome of molar pregnancies in Malaysia: a tertiary centre experience.

Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) is a common problem among Asian ethnics. A total of 102 women with molar pregnancies between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2010, were analysed. The aim of the study was to determine the outcome of all molar pregnancies in our institution.

Symptomatic early congenital syphilis: a common but forgotten disease.

Congenital syphilis is a severe, disabling infection often with grave consequences seen in infants. It occurs due to the transmission of the disease from an infected mother to the unborn infant through the placenta. This long forgotten disease continues to affect pregnant women resulting in perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Knowledge and practice profile of obstetricians regarding epilepsy in women in Kerala state, India.

Purpose: To assess the knowledge of obstetricians about concerns of women with epilepsy.

Materials And Methods: We surveyed 97 obstetricians (teaching hospitals-43, private hospitals-32, and community health centers-21) using knowledge of women's issues and epilepsy (KOWIE) questionnaire II with additional questions.

Results: The mean duration of practice of the surveyed obstetricians was 12.

Erythema induratum--a type of cutaneous tuberculosis.

We report a case of erythema induratum recently encountered in our centre. A 14-year-old male presented with history of fever, weight loss and multiple, painful, hyperpigmented patches over both legs and dorsum of foot, since six months. FNAC showed evidence of granulomatous inflammation.

Changes in nutrient components during ageing of emerging juvenile bamboo shoots.

The newly emerging, tender juvenile shoots of bamboos that belong to the tribe Bambuseae, subfamily Bambusoideae of family Poaceae, are edible. Their rich content of amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and low fat content attracts many people to consume bamboo shoots. A study was conducted to determine the nutrient changes in emerging juvenile shoots of five commercially important bamboos.