Health system factors related to COVID-19 mortality in Eastern India: Hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left footprints across all ages and socio-economic strata. The deaths because of COVID-19 are usually multi-factorial. The study aimed to assess the health system factors related to COVID-19-related deaths.

The Perspectives of Educators and Learners on E-Learning: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study in a Medical School.

Purpose: To determine the challenges, effectiveness, level of reception and acceptance of E-learning by students (learners) and faculty (educators) in a medical college during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: An online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted among learners and educators at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, in the month of August 2020. A total of 203 learners and 24 educators participated in the study.

Redefining the tail of pancreas based on the islets microarchitecture and inter-islet distance: An immunohistochemical study.

Researchers divided the pancreas distal to the neck into 2 equal parts as the body and tail region by an arbitrary line. Surgeons considered the part of the pancreas, left to the aorta as the tail region. We performed this study to identify the transition zone of low-density to high-density islet cells for redefining the tail region.

Role of ivermectin in the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in India: A matched case-control study.

Background: Ivermectin is one among several potential drugs explored for its therapeutic and preventive role in SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study was aimed to explore the association between ivermectin prophylaxis and the development of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers.

Methods: A hospital-based matched case-control study was conducted among healthcare workers of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, India, from September to October 2020.

Regional variation of human pancreatic islets dimension and its impact on beta cells in Indian population.

: Islet of Langerhans, the endocrine pancreas plays a significant role in glucose metabolism. Obesity and insulin resistance are the major factors responsible for beta cell dysfunction. Asian Indian population has increased susceptibility to diabetes in spite of having lower BMI.

Ornament induced complications in snake bites: Revisiting the "Do it RIGHT" approach.

Limb adorning ornaments (LAO) can exacerbate the local effects of envenoming in case of venomous snake bite. Cultural presuppositions do inhibit victims from removing symbolically/ritually important jewelry even under circumstances that might increase the dangers of envenoming-induced gangrene formation. The recommendation to remove the LAO is usually skipped in guidelines and if at all included the very real hazard is uncommonly documented.