Sex-specific differences in presenting symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea.

Objectives: Scant data from India are available on the gender differences in presenting features of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in India. This study aims to compare male and female patients with OSA for general characteristics and presenting symptoms.

Methodology: Retrospective study was done in OSA patients diagnosed in our sleep lab.

Enhanced skin burn assessment through transfer learning: a novel framework for human tissue analysis.

Visual inspection is the typical way for evaluating burns, due to the rising occurrence of burns globally, visual inspection may not be sufficient to detect skin burns because the severity of burns can vary and some burns may not be immediately apparent to the naked eye. Burns can have catastrophic and incapacitating effects and if they are not treated on time can cause scarring, organ failure, and even death. Burns are a prominent cause of considerable morbidity, but for a variety of reasons, traditional clinical approaches may struggle to effectively predict the severity of burn wounds at an early stage.

First report of tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) and detection of other viruses in field-grown tomatoes in North-Western region of India.

Unlabelled: Tomato crop is known to be infected by large number of viruses across the globe causing severe losses in its yield. Accurate information on the distribution and incidence of different viruses is essential to implement virus control strategies. This study provides information on prevalence and distribution of different viruses infecting tomato crop in North-western region of India.

Efficacy and Safety of Thrombolysis in COVID-19 Related ARDS.

Introduction: COVID-19 causes significant pulmonary microthrombi in some individuals, leading to ARDS and death. Thrombolysis could be an effective approach in some patients with severe ARDS. We describe our experience with the usage of thrombolytic agents in critically ill COVID-19 patients who were in worsening respiratory failure.

Predictive factors for CPAP failure in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Objectives: Some patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) do not respond to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and for these patients, Bi-level PAP is the next level modality. This study by a theory driven hierarchical approach, tries to identify the predictors for CPAP failure among OSA patients.

Methodology: The potential predictors for the model were identified from a theoretical framework rooted in clinical examination, laboratory parameters, and polysomnographic variables pertaining to OSA patients.

Metabolic syndrome in non-obese patients with OSA: learning points of a cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Central India.

Study Objectives: Obesity is often considered mandatory for the diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome (MS). Data on the prevalence of MS in non-obese patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is scarce. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of MS in non-obese patients with OSA.

Combination of positional therapy with positive airway pressure for titration in patients with difficult to treat obstructive sleep apnea.

Introduction: Positional therapy has been described as add-on therapy to a mandibular advancement device, but the efficacy of combination of positional therapy and positive airway pressure (PPAP) has not been documented. We have found PPAP therapy as an effective method of titration in patients with difficult to treat OSA (obstructive sleep apnea).

Methodology: This retrospective analysis was done in patients who had difficult to treat OSA, i.

Women with OSA have higher chances of having metabolic syndrome than men: effect of gender on syndrome Z in cross sectional study.

Study Objectives: This study was done to find out prevalence of Metabolic syndrome (MS) in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and whether there is any difference in prevalence of syndrome Z in male and female.

Methodology: All consecutive diagnosed patients with OSA between June 2015 and Oct 2019 were screened for metabolic syndrome and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in OSA were analyzed.

Results: During study period, 502 patients (357 males; 145 females) were diagnosed with OSA.

Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea patients with isolated nocturnal hypoventilation and defining obesity hypoventilation syndrome using new European Respiratory Society classification criteria: an Indian perspective.

Background: Recently, new classification criteria for obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) have been described. OHS prevalence according to new criteria has not been reported in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Prevalence of OHS has not been previously reported from India.

Nocturic obstructive sleep apnea as a clinical phenotype of severe disease.

Study Objectives: This study was done to find whether a history of nocturia is associated with severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and also whether patients with nocturia constitute a separate phenotype of OSA.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective chart review was done in consecutive OSA patients who were diagnosed in sleep laboratory of our institute. Detailed sleep history, examination, biochemical investigations, and polysomnography reports were taken for the analysis.

Bioactivities of phytochemicals present in tomato.

Tomato is a wonder fruit fortified with health-promoting phytochemicals that are beneficial in preventing important chronic degenerative disorders. Tomato is a good source of phenolic compounds (phenolic acids and flavonoids), carotenoids (lycopene, α, and β carotene), vitamins (ascorbic acid and vitamin A) and glycoalkaloids (tomatine). Bioactive constituents present in tomato have antioxidant, anti-mutagenic, anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic activities.

Effectivity of host-Rhizobium leguminosarum symbiosis in soils receiving sewage water containing heavy metals.

Disposal of sewage water in cultivated soils often containing considerable amount of potentially toxic metals such as Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Pb and Cr can be beneficial or harmful to plant growth, rhizobial survival, nodulation and nitrogen fixation. Soil samples from 14 such locations were collected. Symbiotic effectivity of host-Rhizobium leguminosarum symbiosis in these soils was assessed.