Publications by authors named "Sagar Kadam"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the increase in cases of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) during the second wave of COVID-19 in India, mainly affecting patients with diabetes.
- Conducted at Noble Hospital in Pune between April 2020 and August 2021, the research involved 59 CAM patients, revealing high mortality rates linked to factors like uncontrolled diabetes and high COVID-19 CT severity scores.
- Treatment success was achieved through surgical debridement and antifungal therapy, with 74.6% of patients recovering, highlighting the urgent need for appropriate steroid use in COVID-19 treatment to prevent complications like CAM.
Background: Acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE), a rare variant of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), often presents differently from classical ADEM, thereby posing a diagnostic challenge to the clinician.
Aim: To report AHLE, its clinic-radiological manifestations, process of diagnosis and prognosis.
Method And Results: Eight patients presented with altered sensorium, acute focal deficits with or without seizures.
Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or cytokine storm is thought to be the cause of inflammatory lung damage, worsening pneumonia and death in patients with COVID-19. Steroids (Methylprednislone or Dexamethasone) and Tocilizumab (TCZ), an interleukin-6 receptor antagonist, are approved for treatment of CRS in India. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy of TCZ and steroid in COVID-19 associated CRS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnatomical quadrilateral plate for acetabulum fractures involving quadrilateral surface: A review.
J Clin Orthop Trauma
October 2020
Introduction: The management of acetabulum fractures in osteoporotic elderly, as well as comminuted fractures in younger patients is likely to be difficult. These fractures need specific fixation techniques especially when the quadrilateral plate is involved. Standard implants may not be able to adequately support the fixation, so newer pre-shaped fixation plates have been proposed with some of these already in use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImplant-associated Hoffa's Fracture in a Floating Knee: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
J Orthop Case Rep
January 2019
Introduction: Complex floating knee in the presence of a previous implant creates an unusual fracture pattern which is a rare entity and poses a unique challenge in management and subsequent rehabilitation.
Case Report: A 56-year-old psychiatric patient who jumped from height had a polytrauma and a floating knee injury. Following the primary care and damage control surgery with knee-spanning fixator at some other centers, he was shifted to us on ventilator care and was directly admitted to intensive care unit for further management.