Clinical, laboratory and high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) thorax profile of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) negative COVID-19 suspects with moderate to severe disease.

Background: Diagnostic dilemma arises when patients with clinical suspicion of COVID-19 disease having moderate-to-severe respiratory symptoms yield negative result for COVID-19 in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This study evaluated the clinical, laboratory and HRCT thorax findings among RT-PCR-negative COVID-19 suspects with moderate-to-severe disease.

Materials And Methods: A hospital-based retrospective observational study was conducted between July 2021 to December 2021, among 60 moderate and severe symptomatic COVID-19 suspects admitted in the severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) ward and intensive care unit (ICU), who were negative for COVID-19 in RT-PCR.

A Study on the Performance of Medical Students in Internal Assessment and its Correlates to Final Examinations of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology Curriculum in a Medical College of Eastern India.

Objectives: The present study was undertaken to assess whether performance in the continuous assessment method as determined by internal assessment, correlates to the final summative evaluation in 2(nd) professional MBBS students in Pharmacology for the last four years (2009-2012).

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted over a period of three months at Nilratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (West Bengal, India). It was a retrospective non-interventional record-based study based on the students' score sheets of 2(nd) MBBS Pharmacology examinations.