CO RADS grade of HRCT Thorax and RT PCR testing for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19): A descriptive hospital based study of asymptomatic planned surgery cases.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reporting and data system (CO-RADS) grade of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)-thorax scan investigation is an innovative tool for the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. By this tool, majority of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 patients are screened to detect lung pathologies. Hardly any study has explored its use vis-a-vis reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in asymptomatic patients.

A large outbreak of Japanese encephalitis predominantly among adults in northern region of West Bengal, India.

Unusual rise of acute encephalitis syndrome cases (AES) were reported in July 2014 in the northern region of West Bengal, India. Investigations were carried out to characterize the outbreak and to identify the associated virus etiology. This observational study is based on 398 line listed AES cases, mostly (70.

Status of carotid intima-media thickness and associated risk factors in diabetic, prediabetic and non-diabetic acute stroke.

Objective: Measure carotid intima-medial thickness (CIMT), its variability, risk factors, their correlation, in type 2 diabetic (DM), pre-diabetic (PDM) and non-diabetic (NDM) acute strokes.

Methods: Twenty four DM and a matched population of 14 patients each of PDM and NDM strokes were studied. Each group was compared as whole and by gender and stroke segregation.

Utilization of therapeutic intervention to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in a teaching hospital in Kolkata, India.

Aim: To assess the uptake of an HIV screening program and therapeutic intervention to minimize the risk of mother to child transmission.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional, observational study with retrospective data obtained from patient medical records. Pregnant women presenting to a tertiary care center in Kolkata, India, from 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2007 underwent HIV serology by rapid test after receiving group counseling.

Comparative evaluation of ophthalmoscopy and angiography for the assessment of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is emerging as a common cause of visual loss. This study was aimed at comparing the relative utility of fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) with ophthalmoscopy (OPT) in its diagnosis with a cross-sectional cohort. A total of 100 patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus was divided into 3 groups depending on the duration from initial diagnosis and matched by important risk factors.

Diabetic microvasculopathy: the renal-retinal link.

Manifestations of diabetic microvasculopathy are protean. Graded increases in the severity are recognised in both nephropathy and retinopathy. This study was undertaken with 100 patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus to evaluate how far these graded increments could be linked at each stage and in each patient.

Foetomaternal complications in pregnancies with diabetes mellitus: association with the amount of insulin requirement, mean terminal blood glucose and HbA1C levels.

Pregnancy hyperglycaemia can lead to foetomaternal complications. Normoglycaemia with exercise, diet and/or insulin can alter outcomes. The insulin requirement itself may alter outcomes independently.