Contralateral Nodal Metastasis from Tongue Malignancy.

Oral cavity is the most common site of cancer in India, tongue forms the most common single subsite. Neck node involvement plays an important prognostic role in disease-free survival and overall survival. Most of the nodal metastasis are occult and only an elective neck dissection can disclose the nodal metastasis, which is accepted only when the risk of metastasis exceeds 15-20%.

Effectiveness of Peer-Led Education on Knowledge and Attitude among Adolescents regarding Road Safety.

Background And Objective: Children and adolescents are the most vulnerable groups for road traffic injuries in India (39%). Hourly, forty youngsters die in road traffic crashes. Road safety education aims at reducing this burden.

'Sufficient Pain relief ' as a Practical Benchmark in Cancer Pain Management: A Prospective Study of Serial Pain Scores, Patient-rated Pain Relief and Perceived Sufficiency of Analgesics.

Objectives: Serial pain scores are used to guide pain management but there can be variability in what constitutes 'adequate' pain relief for an individual patient. We aimed to evaluate how patient-rated sufficiency of pain relief corresponded to pain scores, pain relief scores, and the felt need for increasing analgesics.

Material And Methods: Baseline and follow-up scores on the 11-point numerical rating scale (11-NRS) and verbal rating scale were obtained for116 patients with cancer pain.

Timeliness of care and adverse event profile in children undergoing general anesthesia or sedation for MRI: An observational prospective cohort study.

Background And Aims: Anaesthesia for children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ranges from moderate to deep sedation in order to facilitate uninterrupted completion of the scan. While various intravenous and inhalational techniques of anaesthesia have their own merits and demerits, there is a paucity of comparative literature between the two in children undergoing diagnostic MRI.

Materials And Methods: This prospective observational cohort study was conducted at the Radiology suite of a 2800-bedded tertiary care hospital, wherein 107 unpremedicated children between the ages of 6 months to 15 years received either sedation with propofol infusion (Group GSP, = 57) or inhalational anaesthesia with a laryngeal mask airway (Group GAL, = 50).