Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score in Comparison to Alvarado Score in Acute Appendicitis.

Appendicitis is a common differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain. Clinical evaluation alone results in high negative appendicectomy rates. Alvarado scoring is the most commonly used clinical prediction rule.

Surgical Consent during COVID Pandemic: COVID Times-Surgical Consent Checklist.

COVID-19 caused many countries to stop their elective procedures to allow preservation of resources for COVID-19 care. With restriction being gradually lifted, the surgical services have to face the pending burden of elective cases alongside the pandemic. The true impact of the pandemic and the COVID-19 on perioperative outcomes is still being discovered.

Topical timolol promotes healing of chronic leg ulcer.

Background: Chronic ulcers are a common problem, with chronic diabetic and venous ulcers forming a large proportion. This is the first case-control study to assess the effect of topical timolol on healing of chronic venous and chronic diabetic ulcers.

Methods: The study included 60 patients with chronic leg ulcers.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy leads to reduction in thyroxine requirement in morbidly obese patients with hypothyroidism.

Background: The impact of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on various co-morbidities including type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and sleep apnea is well established. However, its effect on hypothyroidism has not been given due attention evidenced by the scant literature on the subject. The purpose of this report is to assess the change in thyroxine (T4) requirement in morbidly obese patients with clinical hypothyroidism after LSG.

Use of Indian smell identification test for evaluating olfaction in idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients in India.

Background: Olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease (PD) has been recognized for a long time and a number of studies have been performed in various parts of the world, using culturally appropriate smell identification tests.

Objective: In this study, for the first time, olfactory function has been assessed in the Indian Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (IPD) patients using an indigenously developed smell test.

Materials And Methods: Olfaction was assessed in 53 IPD patients and 50 healthy controls using SniffIn-sticks ® test and Indian Smell Identification test (INSIT).