Incidence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in western India.

Background Objectives: Injuries occurring from contaminated sharps are a major occupational health hazard. It carries a risk of transmitting blood-borne diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Healthcare workers (HCWs), including personnel handling biomedical waste, are at risk.

Peritoneal dialysis: An effective therapeutic modality in acute kidney injury.

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acute kidney injury (AKI), continues to be underused. We present our experience with PD in patients with AKI.

Method: The data of patients with AKI requiring RRT were retrospectively analyzed.

The Influence of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Tip Design on Technique Survival: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Introduction: The clinical practice guidelines for peritoneal access state that no particular peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) type has been proven superior to another. We present our experience with the use of different PDC tip designs.

Method: The study is a retrospective, real-world, observational, outcome analysis correlating the PDC tip design (straight vs.

Midterm safety and outcome of balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation in neonates and young infants and initial experience of prepartial dilatation using high-pressure noncompliant balloon.

Background: Balloon angioplasty (BA) for aortic coarctation in neonates and infants remains controversial due to high recurrence rate and vascular complications.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the safety and outcome of percutaneous treatment of coarctation in neonates and infants and to share the initial experience of strategy of prepartial dilatation with high-pressure noncomplaint balloon before final targeted dilatation using low-pressure compliant balloon.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of records of all neonates and infants aged <6 months who underwent BA either using only low-pressure balloon (Group A) or those with prepartial dilatation using high-pressure noncomplaint balloon followed by low-pressure compliant balloon (Group B) between July 2017 and February 2020 was performed.

Dengue infection with warning signs: The 2019 epidemic.

Background: Dengue is a common arthropod-borne viral disease with a variable clinical spectrum, course, and outcome.

Method: We conducted a prospective observational study describing the clinical profile of patients hospitalized for dengue with warning signs during the 2019 epidemic.

Result: A total of 1349 patients with dengue, including 459 with warning signs, were seen.

Pulmonary embolism in coronavirus disease 2019: the silent killer.

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) has been identified as one of the deadliest complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Western literature reminds us of the high prevalence of PE in COVID. Here, we report a series of 13 cases of PE diagnosed and managed at our hospital.

Increasing identification of foot at risk of complications in patients with diabetes: a quality improvement project in an urban primary health centre in India.

The majority of foot amputations are preventable in people with diabetes. Guidelines recommend that people with diabetes should receive a foot examination for risk assessment, at least annually. In an audit at a primary health centre (PHC) in Mumbai, India, no patient with diabetes was offered preventive foot assessment in preceding 12 months.

A discussion on controversies and ethical dilemmas in prostate cancer screening.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the the most common cancers in men. A blood test called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has a potential to pick up this cancer very early and is used for screening of this disease. However, screening for prostate cancer is a matter of debate.

Safe and painless manipulation of penile zipper entrapment.

Entrapment of prepuce in a zipper is a common cause of prepuceal injury in children. The reported interventions include dismantling the zipper with bone or wire cutters, to circumcision. A quick, simple and non-traumatic approach to the zipper manipulation is presented in which prepuce is instantly released by lateral compression of the zip fastener, using a pliers.

Lateral sacral meningomyelocele as a gluteal swelling--an unusual presentation.

Paravertebral meningoceles are rare examples of craniospinal dysraphism. A young boy presented with a cystic swelling over left gluteal region with lumbosacral scoliosis. On exploration, he was found to have a laterally placed sacral meningomyelocele.