A Retrospective Observational Study to Compare the Clinical and Laboratory Parameters of Patients Requiring Hospitalization during 3rd Wave vs 2nd Wave of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Following the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China in 2019, there has been multiple waves of different variants of COVID-19 throughout the world in the continuum of a pandemic. This study aims to compare different clinical and laboratory parameters of hospitalized patients in Omicron-driven 3rd wave vs Delta-driven 2nd wave in India. This was a retrospective cross-sectional observational study that was done in the Department of General Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Dr S N Medical College, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

Quality of Life among Cancer Patients.

Introduction: Cancer is a leading cause of death. People living with cancer experience a variety of symptoms. Quality of life (QOL) is a major concern of patients with terminal cancer.

Symptoms experienced by cancer patients and barriers to symptom management.

Background: People living with cancer experience wide variety of symptoms. If symptoms are not managed well, it may hamper an individual's ability to continue his or her activities of daily life. Treatment of symptoms relieves suffering and improves the rate of recovery as well as the quality of life.

Detection of formaldehyde in textiles by chromotropic acid method.

Background: The common causes of textile dermatitis are formaldehyde resins and disperse dyes. There are various methods to detect the presence of formaldehyde in clothing.

Aim: To detect the presence of formaldehyde in various types of textiles by the chromotropic acid method and to assess the effect of washing on the formaldehyde content.

Urinary hydrogen peroxide: a probable marker of oxidative stress in malignancy.

Background: Urinary hydrogen peroxide was postulated to be a biomarker of oxidative stress. We estimated urinary hydrogen peroxide along with other established parameters of oxidative stress in malignancies where oxidative stress is well documented.

Methods: The oxidative stress markers tested were concentrations of erythrocyte glutathione, erythrocyte malonaldehyde (MDA) and plasma hydroperoxide, and activities of plasma glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and erythrocyte catalase.