Publications by authors named "Nitesh Goyal"

Introduction Anemia during pregnancy can lead to poor pregnancy outcomes, increasing maternal, fetal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Timely detection and management can lead to improved pregnancy outcomes. Objective To study various fetomaternal outcomes in severe anemia during pregnancy.

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Introduction: Pleural effusion is due to the pathological accumulation of pleural fluid in the pleural space, 25%-30% of which may remain undiagnosed despite the combination of biochemical, microbiological, and pathological tests and closed pleural biopsy. Medical thoracoscopy may help physicians diagnose such cases. We aimed to study the diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and assess the safety profile of the medical thoracoscopy.

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Objective: New-onset or persistent symptoms beyond after 4 weeks from COVID-19 are termed "long-COVID." Whether the initial severity of COVID-19 has a bearing on the clinicoradiological manifestations of long COVID is an area of interest.

Material And Methods: We did an observational analysis of the long-COVID patients after categorizing them based on their course of COVID-19 illness into mild, moderate, and severe groups.

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Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) can occur due to various known or unknown causes. They usually present with dry cough and exertional dyspnea. On radiology usual findings are ground glass opacities (GGO's), reticular shadows, nodules etc.

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Some patients even 4 weeks after Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain to be symptomatic and are known as "long-COVID". In the present study we performed the follow up evaluation at 3 months of long-COVID patients, after treatment with systemic steroids. During the study duration, out of the 4,542 patients managed in the outpatient department of the particular unit, there were 49 patients of Long-COVID.

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In the present COVID-19 pandemic situation, there is a gradual increase in number of patients with post-COVID-19 sequalae. The present study is a retrospective analysis of these post-COVID-19 patients presenting to one of the units of Viswanathan Chest Hospital, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi in the period from 17 June 2020 to 22 October 2020. We analysed the demographic profile, history, functional assessment and all investigations of this study cohort.

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Unilateral pulmonary artery atresia (UPAA), commonly detected in childhood, can occasionally present in adulthood with typical symptoms of recurrent pulmonary infections, dyspnoea on exertion and hemoptysis. An 18-year-old girl presented with complaints of cough, dyspnea on exertion and hemoptysis. Chest radiograph revealed dilated pulmonary trunk, signs of left sided volume loss and cavitating lesion in left lower zone.

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Background: Stocking unused or expired medicines or donating these to others can lead to accidental or inappropriate ingestion, increasing the risk of adverse drug reaction(s) and even lead to antibiotic resistance. Further improper disposal of expired or unused medicines is associated with environmental pollution, health hazards and damage to ecosystem. Ecopharmacovigilance is an important area in this context.

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