Publications by authors named "Nirmala Venugopal"

Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) require intensive monitoring, which was adversely affected during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions.

Methods: We evaluated the management of type 1 DM and the role of telephonic consultation and follow-up in 46 patients (10 on insulin pump) with type 1 DM at our centre from 1 February 2020 to 31 January 2021. Patients were telephonically counselled fortnightly.

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 Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment (ANI) in people living with HIV (PLWH) can lower quality of life, reduce drug compliance, increase unemployment, and reduce life expectancy.  This study was aimed to identify risk factors of ANI in PLWH in an Indian cohort and explore the usefulness of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score (MoCA) as screening tools.  PLWH under follow-up at an antiretroviral treatment center who were 18 to 60 years were included in this study.

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