Assessment of Risk Factors for Enteric Fistula and Intra-Abdominal Sepsis in Patients with Open Abdomen in Trauma: An Original Research.

Introduction: In emergency surgeries, open abdomen or laparostomy, especially with perforated viscus, has been used primarily to prevent delayed ventral hernia, burst abdomen, and abdominal compartment syndrome. In the present study, the clinical and resuscitative factors that are linked with open abdomen morbidity are evaluated.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis was done for all the subjects who were admitted at the tertiary care center between May 2020 and May 2022 for the open abdomen surgeries.

Sleep Disorders among Dental Students: An Original Research.

Introduction: With the increased stress among the students, their sleep patterns have been derailed from the routine. Hence, in our study, we aimed to appraise among the dental students the occurrence of sleep disorders.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a questionnaire-based survey study among 1115 dental students of 1-4 years.

Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Gallbladder Diseases: An Original Study.

Introduction: The diagnostic accuracy for the diseases of the gall bladder is high for the Ultrasound. Hence, in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the application of the ultrasound as a major diagnostic aid for the gallbladder diseases.

Materials And Methods: We piloted observational study among 100 patients with gallbladder diseases.

Knowledge and practices of Indian dental students regarding the prescription of antibiotics and analgesics.

Background And Aim: Making a diagnosis and prescribing medicine is the most important skill required by any doctor in the colleges, hospitals or clinical practice. Prescribing is the intervention that has the greatest influence on patients' health requiring complex series of sub-competencies like making a diagnosis, setting a therapeutic goal, choosing the approach, choosing the best drug, route and frequency of administration, duration of therapy, writing the prescription, patient information, monitoring drug effects and, lastly, review the prescription.The aim of this research is to assess the knowledge and practices of Indian dental students regarding the prescription of antibiotics and analgesics.

Amelogenin Gene - The Pioneer in Gender Determination from Forensic Dental Samples.

Introduction: In the event of any mass fatality incident, DNA analysis plays a vital role in disaster victim identification. Teeth are one of the most resistant structures in the human body that resist decomposition hence making them prime choice for extracting DNA for identification of individuals. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analysis that target regions of Amelogenin gene have become the method of choice for sex determination of biological samples.