Profile of neonatal septicaemia at a district-level sick newborn care unit.

Although sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among newborns in resource-poor countries, little data are available from rural areas on culture-proven sepsis. The aim of the present study was to provide information in this regard. The study reports results on the incidence and aetiology of neonatal sepsis cases admitted to a facility in a rural area in eastern India.

A short term experience of management of open and osteoporotic intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus using a mini-external fixator.

Seven cases of intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus were treated by a mini-external fixation technique. The average range of motion was 30 degrees to 110 degrees. All fractures united with radiologic and clinical evidence of union at 10-12 weeks.

Studies on Ender's intramedullary nailing for closed tibial shaft fractures.

Low cost multiple flexible Ender's nails can be used in tibial shaft fractures in a non-ideal operating room set-up in India, also because of easy methodology. It is commonly used in femur and humerus but not in tibia. So we made the study in which prospective and consecutive patients were taken based on selection criteria.

Colonization of the gut with Gram-negative bacilli, its association with neonatal sepsis and its clinical relevance in a developing country.

This study examined the pattern of colonization of the neonatal gut by aerobic Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) and evaluated the association between gut colonization and sepsis in the developing world. This deserves attention because of the high incidence of sepsis and the differences in hygienic environments in developing countries compared with the developed world. The study was carried out on neonates in a tertiary-care government hospital.

Neonatal screening for hemoglobinopathies.

A pilot study was undertaken to develop a feasible neonatal screening strategy for hemoglobinopathies. Isoelectric focusing using dried blood spots samples as a primary screening technique was standardized for the first time in India. The screened positives were confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography followed by parental screening, confirmation, and education.