There have been no published recommendations for the management of low-risk chest pain in emergency departments (EDs) across India. This is despite the fact that chest pain continues to be one of the most common presenting complaints in EDs. Risk stratification of patients utilizing an accelerated diagnostic protocol has been shown to decrease hospitalizations by approximately 40% with a low 30-day risk of major adverse cardiac events.
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May 2010
Heart is one of the most frequently affected organs in electrocution. Electrical injury can cause life-threatening cardiac complications such as asystole, ventricular fibrillation, and myocardial rupture. In this case report, we describe a 22-yr-old male patient who sustained electric burn injury and presented with electrocardiogram showing transient Brugada type pattern.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy following first unprovoked seizure is controversial.
Aim: To study the patients' preferences towards AED therapy following first unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizure (GTCS).
Design: Prospective cohorts with one year follow-up study.
Objective: To evaluates the physical growth and psychomotor development of infants born to women with epilepsy on regular Anti Epileptic Drugs (AEDs).
Setting: Govt. Stanley Medical College and Hospital, Tertiary care referral centre, Chennai.
Aim: To study the clinical features, precipitating stressful life events and prognosis of nonepileptic attack disorder (NEAD) among married women.
Design: Prospective cohort study with 1-year follow-up.
Setting: A tertiary care teaching hospital.
J Vasc Interv Radiol
September 1997
Purpose: Retrospective evaluation of the efficacy of percutaneous nephrostomy and nephroureteral stent placement for treatment of post-transplant ureteral leak, and percutaneous nephrostomy and balloon dilation for treatment of post-transplant ureteral obstruction.
Patients And Methods: Data were reviewed for all patients who underwent percutaneous therapy for complications after renal transplantation between January 1985 and June 1995. A total of 61 patients with complications (leak, n = 17; obstruction, n = 44) had been treated.