Publications by authors named "Rupinder K Bahniwal"
Background: In heart failure patients, obesity is associated with better outcomes as compared to normal weight, a phenomenon called the obesity paradox.
Objective: To examine if obesity modifies the relationship between NT-proBNP and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in adults without coronary artery disease or heart failure history.
Methods: We used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 1999 to 2004 and linked it with mortality through December 31, 2019.
Article Synopsis
- Current heart transplant rejection diagnosis mainly relies on endomyocardial biopsy, even with advancements in biomarkers and imaging technology.
- New molecular evaluations and imaging techniques are being developed that could reduce the need for invasive biopsies.
- As these non-invasive approaches improve, they might enable more accurate and personalized treatment plans for rejection in heart transplant patients.
Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is an excessive parathyroid hormone (PTH) production disorder, causing increased calcium levels. Commonly, these cases are asymptomatic and detected incidentally on routine labs. These patients are usually conservatively managed and monitored periodically, including bone and kidney health evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hearing Loss Among Patients in a Coastal City of South India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
November 2019
Unlabelled: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic culprit known to perpetuate several disease processes. The relationship between hearing loss (HL) and type 2 DM (T2DM) remains unclear despite the vast volume of research devoted to this topic. We conducted this study with the aim to evaluate HL among T2DM patients and to assess the relationship between severity of HL, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and duration of T2DM.
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