Publications by authors named "S Pralhad Patki"

Context: Prostate cancer (PC) disproportionately affects men of Black race, and lower educational and socioeconomic status. Guidelines are based on randomised controlled trials (RCTs); however, the representation of different races, educations, and socioeconomic backgrounds in these trials is unclear.

Objective: To assess reporting of equality, diversity, and inclusion characteristics (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion [EDI]) and differences in treatment effects between different races, and educational or socioeconomic status.

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Background: Although the potential for alternate conceptions of gender roles and sexual orientations are diverse, it is by-and-large not well tolerated. This study explores the self-reported gender-roles and sexual orientations of Indian undergraduate medical students.

Aim: To study self-reported gender role and sexual orientation of undergraduate medical students in India.

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Immediate access to the patient in crisis situations, such as cardiac arrest during robotic surgery, can be challenging. We aimed to present a full immersion simulation module to train robotic surgical teams to manage a crisis scenario, enhance teamwork, establish clear lines of communication, improve coordination and speed of response. Start time of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first defibrillator shock and robotic de-docking time from the first 'cardiac arrest call' were recorded.

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Background: In response to this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, vaccines reaching the predetermined levels of safety and efficacy were rolled out for use under emergency use approval/listing (EUA/EUL). The government of India has introduced three vaccines for emergency use as of today.

Aim: The study was conducted to evaluate the association between the Covishield vaccine and COVID-19 infection among adults (≥45 years) who undergo reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) COVID-19 testing.

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