Publications by authors named "Vinita Elizabeth Mani"
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- * The prevalence of vascular risk factors like hypertension and smokeless tobacco use is high among women; they also experience delays in recognizing stroke symptoms, leading to delayed hospital presentations.
- * There are significant gaps in stroke awareness and healthcare access, particularly affecting women, highlighting the need for targeted educational and policy measures to address sociocultural barriers in stroke care.
Introduction: Here we report a child of Gullian Barre syndrome (GBS) with opisthotonic posturing and we subsequently detected Scrub typhus in him.
Case Report: An 11-year-old boy presented with progressive motor quadriparesis with transient bladder retention, bilateral facial weakness, diminished gag reflex, absent reflexes and his nerve conduction studies suggested Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy (AMAN) GBS. His power gradually started recovering after one week.
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a common parasitic condition of the central nervous system in certain parts of the world. The racemose variety of NCC is distinct from the commonly seen parenchymal form. It frequently infiltrates the basal cisterns and Sylvian fissures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was a pandemic with many physical, psychological, and socioeconomic effects. COVID-19 caused a global increase in anxiety and depression because of its novelty, high infectivity, varied presentation, and unpredictable mortality. In the face of collapsing healthcare facilities, monetary setbacks, and loneliness because of lockdowns, people were anxious, and this was compounded by media sensationalism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations of the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor gene. It is an adult-onset leukodystrophy, with a wide spectrum of neurological and psychiatric manifestations that includes Parkinsonism, dementia, seizures, limb weakness, spasticity and abnormal motor behaviour. Alien-hand syndrome and mirror movements are rare manifestations of this and other neurodegenerative disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSetting: A tertiary care teaching hospital in India.
Objective: To report a syndromic approach to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and propose a cost-effective model.
Study Design: AES patients were categorized by the presence or absence of myalgia/rash into systemic and neurological AES.
Background: Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) occurs without regional and seasonal predilections. HSE is important to differentiate from arboviral encephalitis in endemic areas because of therapeutic potential of HSE. This study evaluates clinical features, MRI and laboratory findings which may help in differentiating HSE from Japanese encephalitis (JE).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neurological involvement in dengue virus (DENV) infection is being increasingly reported. There is paucity of studies evaluating the relative frequency of central nervous system (CNS) and muscle involvement in dengue.
Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and prognosis of neurological and muscle involvement in dengue, and correlate these with dengue subtypes.
Objectives: To find out the impact of HbAlc levels on the severity and short term complications of patients with heart disease admitted to the Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU).
Methods: One hundred and sixty six patients admitted to ICCU in 2006 with acute cardiac states (unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiomyopathy) were prospectively studied. Patients were divided into two groups--Group A (diabetics) and Group B (non diabetics).