Prevalence and determinants of emotional violence faced by married women in Delhi, India: A cross-sectional study.

Context: Emotional violence is the lesser recognized form of intimate partner violence (IPV) but causes long-lasting harm to a woman's mental and physical wellbeing.

Aims: To estimate the prevalence and describe the determinants of emotional violence faced by women residing in a metropolitan city of India.

Settings And Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 'presently married' women living in an urban residential area of Delhi.

Managing acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation during COVID 19 pandemic by minimally invasive technique with suture anchor and miniplate: A pilot study.

Background: Acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation is common in sportsmen and physically active population. Its management depends upon the grade of injury and functional demands of the patient. A variety of surgical procedures have been described with different limitations and advantages.

Association of CD 34 positive cell dose with engraftment kinetics in autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant patients of multiple myeloma.

Background: Treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation has prolonged survival in patients of multiple myeloma (MM). A dose-response relationship between number of CD34+ cells infused and leukocyte and platelet recovery, exists. Patients receiving dose of <2.

Gestational Age-Specific Nomogram of Transcutaneous Bilirubin in First 120 h of Life for Term and Late Preterm Indian Neonates.

Objective: To create a nomogram based on transcutaneous bilirubin values (TCB) in first week of life for term and late preterm (>34 weeks) neonates.

Methods And Design: Prospective longitudinal study.

Setting: Four tertiary-care teaching hospitals (one each in eastern and southern India, two in northern India) between February 2019 and March 2020.

Vaccine effectiveness to protect against moderate or severe disease in COVID cases: A prospective cohort study.

Background: This study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of partial and full vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (COVISHIELD) to prevent the development of moderate or severe illness among COVID-positive cases.

Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted among Armed Forces personnel deployed in Northern India who were found COVID positive during the study period between January and June 2021. Information about the vaccination status, age and comorbidities was collected at the time of diagnosis.

Weight of Schoolbags Among Indian Schoolchildren in Pune and Hyderabad.

Objective: This study was done to determine proportion of children carrying heavy school bags and to compare new guidelines issued by Government of India on school bag weight limit, based on class of the child with previous guidelines based on child's weight.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among students of schools from two cities of India - Pune and Hyderabad. Weight of school bag of 1321 children was measured and classified as 'heavy' or 'normal' based on existing as well as new guidelines.

Controlling Behavior and Intimate Partner Violence: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Urban Area of Delhi, India.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread issue faced by women across the world. While prevalence and epidemiology of IPV has been studied extensively, its association with controlling behavior has been largely ignored. We carried out this study to assess the prevalence of IPV against married women and its association with sociodemographic factors, justification of violence, and controlling behavior by their spouses in Delhi, India.

Determinants of consistently high HIV prevalence in Indian Districts: A multi-level analysis.

Introduction: Factors associated with persistently high Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence levels in several districts of India are not well understood. This study was undertaken to determine the association of socio-demographic characteristics, economic factors, awareness about HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), and condom use with consistently high HIV prevalence in the Indian districts and to ascertain whether these associations differed across various regions of India.

Methods: This study was carried out including all 640 districts of India.

Dermatological Manifestations in Patients Undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation: A Prospective Study.

Background: Changing sociodemographic patterns with an increase in the age of childbirth have affected fertility rates worldwide. With advancing reproductive medicine, assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) are becoming common. While dermatological manifestations in normal pregnancies have been well documented, there is a paucity of data regarding cutaneous manifestations in patients undergoing ART.

HIV drug resistance following a decade of the free antiretroviral therapy programme in India: A review.

Objective: The objective of this review was to assess the burden of HIV drug resistance mutations (DRM) in Indian adults exposed to first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) as per national guidelines.

Methods: An advanced search of the published literature on HIV drug resistance in India was performed in the PubMed and Scopus databases. Data pertaining to age, sex, CD4 count, viral load, and prevalence of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)/non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) DRM were extracted from each publication.

Antiretroviral resistance following immunological monitoring in a resource-limited setting of western India: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The free antiretroviral therapy (ART) program in India still relies on the clinico-immunological monitoring for diagnosis of treatment failure. As the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone is shared in first- and second-line regimens, accumulation of drug resistant mutations (DRMs) can compromise the efficacy of NRTI. This study was undertaken to describe the pattern of HIV DRMs following immunological monitoring and investigate its impact on the cycling of NRTI between first- and second-line ART.

Can we replace HIV sentinel surveillance platform with prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) program data to assess HIV burden and trends in India?

Background: Estimates of HIV burden in India are based on HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS), which has limitations such as insufficient sample size for district level analysis and ethical concerns. We analysed prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) program data, for its suitability for HIV surveillance in India.

Methods: Correlation and differences in ante-natal clinic (ANC) attendees' HIV prevalence from the last four rounds of HSS (2007-2012) and PPTCT data for the corresponding years were analysed at national, state and district levels.