Platelet indices as prognostic markers of ischemic stroke and their correlation with lipid profile.

Objective: Stroke is the cause of one in eight deaths and adds a dreadful burden of disability for the patients. Ischemic stroke is caused by a loss of blood supply to brain due to sudden occlusion of the arterial system, caused by an emboli or thrombus. Our aim was to correlate platelet indices, total cholesterol ratio, and various comorbidities with stroke.

Do food distribution and competitor density affect agonistic behaviour within and between clans in a high fission-fusion species?

According to the ecological model of female social relationships (EMFSR), within-group competition and between-group competition in female-bonded species are shaped by food distribution. Strong between-group contests are expected over large, monopolizable resources and high population density, but not when low-quality food is distributed across large, undefended home ranges. Within-group contests are expected to be more frequent with increasing heterogeneity among feeding sites and with group size.

Craniocerebral Maduramycosis: Masquerading as a Tumor.

Eumycetomas of craniocerebral are rare, and we report an extraordinary case of maduramycosis involving brain and skull bone in a middle-aged male who presented with complaints of headache, behavioral abnormalities, and memory disturbances for 3 months. Imaging showed a frontal lesion. It was mistaken for a tumor clinically and radiologically.

Dynamic diffusion lung capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) as a predictor of pulmonary microangiopathy and its association with extra pulmonary microangiopathy in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.

Background And Aim: Lung as a target end organ for microvascular disease often remains underdiagnosed. This study aims to assess occurrence of pulmonary microangiopathy among Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) using dynamic diffusion lung capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO).

Methods: A total of 120 participants aged >18 years were enrolled in this study.