Ambispective study of clinical picture, management practices and outcome of snake bite patients at tertiary care centre in Northern India.

Background: Snakebite is a common but neglected public health problem of tropical & subtropical regions worldwide. This study was conducted to look into profile, first aid measures, management strategy and outcomes of snake bite patients.

Methods: This was an ambispective study conducted in the Department of Medicine & Emergency Medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi from June 2011 to May 2017 and enrolled 54 patients.

Metastatic amebic brain abscess: A rare presentation.

Amebiasis is an endemic protozoal infection in developing countries. Extra-intestinal involvement in the form of abscess is frequently seen in liver and lungs. The occurrence of amebic brain abscess is a rare and life-threatening presentation of systemic amebiasis.

Estimated prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms in the medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in India.

Purpose: There is a paucity of scientific evidence from the Indian subcontinent regarding the magnitude and burden of Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS). This study aims to fill the evidence gap by assessing the prevalence and pattern of MUPS amongst patients attending the Medicine Out-Patient Department (OPD).

Methodology: The study assessed all consecutive new patients, presenting to the Medicine OPD of a tertiary care center in India over a period of nine months.

Complicated malaria: a rare presentation of Plasmodium ovale.

Malaria has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide. Complications are commonly seen in Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) and Plasmodium vivax (P.