4 results match your criteria: "Dr RPG Medical College[Affiliation]"
Smartphone-Based Telestroke Vs"Stroke Physician" led Acute Stroke Management (SMART INDIA): A Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol
June 2022
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Background: One of the major challenges is to deliver adequate health care in rural India, where more than two-thirds of India's population lives. There is a severe shortage of specialists in rural areas with one of the world's lowest physician/population ratios. There is only one neurologist per 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of a quality improvement package on reducing newborn mortality from 26 to 14 in a Himalayan North Indian State.
Indian J Public Health
July 2022
Medical Student, Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Background: In India, newborn mortality remains high due to a number of factors, including poor quality of care at health facilities. The experience of executing complete neonatal care quality improvement (QI) package at selected hospitals in Himachal Pradesh and reduction in newborn mortality rate (NMR) is described in this study.
Objective: The short-term objective was the participants' retention of knowledge and skills, and the achievement of uniform QI objectives following training and after a minimum of 6 months.
Emerging Evidence on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.
SN Compr Clin Med
January 2021
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA 51104 USA.
Article Synopsis
- A systematic review and meta-analysis examined 17 studies on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), focusing on 992 patients from both low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) as well as developed countries.
- The most prevalent symptoms of MIS-C were fever (95%), gastrointestinal (78%), cardiovascular (75.5%), and respiratory (55.3%) issues, with underlying evidence of inflammation and SARS-CoV-2 infection observed in patients.
- Treatment varied, with 63% of patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin and 58% corticosteroids; mortality was recorded at 2.2%, and a significant disparity in tocilizumab treatment was noted between LMICs and developed
Genetic Diversity among Group A Streptococcus Isolated from Throats of Healthy and Symptomatic Children.
J Trop Pediatr
April 2016
Department of Microbiology, Dr RPG Medical College, Kangra (Himachal Pradesh), India.
Background: Group A streptococcus (GAS) is the commonest bacterial cause of pharyngitis. Children in the age group of 5-15 years are most commonly affected. It can also colonize throats of healthy children in this age group.
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