10 results match your criteria: "ESI PGIMSR MGM Hospital[Affiliation]"

Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes 15-20% of tuberculosis cases in India. Earlier studies have evaluated treatment outcomes of EPTB with little information on outcomes of individual site of EPTB.

Aims: The objective was to study the outcome of Directly Observed Treatment Short course (DOTS) treatment of EPTB in different organ systems under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.

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Introduction: Quality of life is adversely affected in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), due to irreversible, progressive nature of the disease and limitations of current treatment options available. One of the important aim of treatment of COPD is to improve Quality of Life (QoL). Cigarette smoke contains numerous free radicals and other oxidants.

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Objectives: Cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) is involved in the metabolism of isoniazid and the mediation of its hepatotoxicity. It exhibits genetic polymorphism in humans. This study evaluated the polymorphism of CYP2E1 in adult healthy Western Indians and patients on antituberculous drugs by phenotyping and genotyping.

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Acute pulmonary oedema has been described in relation to perioperative period. The aetiology may be multifactorial and its management poses a challenge to the anaesthesiologist. Its occurrence in a normal healthy person with no other medical history makes the diagnosis difficult.

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Pulmonary and ileal tuberculosis presenting as Fever of undetermined origin.

J Clin Diagn Res

October 2014

Professor & Head, Department of Paediatrics, ESI-PGIMSR & MGM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India .

A 12-year-old girl presented with prolonged fever with no obvious focus on either history or clinical examination. High-resolution computerized tomography of the chest revealed the 'tree-in-bud' sign in the right lung and necrotic mediastinal lymph nodes. Barium meal showed multiple ileal strictures.

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Giant follicular cyst of ovary in an adolescent girl.

J Clin Diagn Res

July 2014

House Officer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ESI PGIMSR MGM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India .

Cystic abdominal lesions are extremely common in adolescent girls and are now diagnosed more frequently due to the availability of better imaging modalities. Presentations as huge cysts have become rare as most of them are diagnosed and treated early. Adolescent girls presenting with huge benign abdominal cysts is not uncommon, most of them due to serious cystadenomas of the ovary, but large follicular cysts are rare.

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This was a retrospective study done on 110 patients hospitalized with P. vivax malaria in three medical college hospitals, one in the union territory of Chandigarh and the other two in Gujarat, that is, Ahmedabad and Surat. The clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome were recorded.

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Nimesulide controversy: a comparison of EU and Indian scenario.

Int J Risk Saf Med

August 2014

National Chair in Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India; Dean, ESI-PGIMSR MGM Hospital, Government of India, Parel, Mumbai, India.

Background: Regulatory decision for withdrawal of a drug from market in European Union (EU) or other developed countries poses a challenge to authorities in developing countries specially when decision varies from different countries, such as for nimesulide.

Objectives: To compare and evaluate, benefit and risk data for regulatory action, of nimesulide in India and EU.

Methods: Data on Nimesulide from EU available from Report on EMA website and Indian data from published literature (SCOPUS data base), WHO Vigibase and International Medicines Statistics (IMS) was compared.

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Comparative regulatory performance on introduction & withdrawal of drugs in India and EU/internationally.

Int J Risk Saf Med

August 2014

National Chair in Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), ESI-PGIMSR MGM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.

Background: With globalization and signing of WTO GATT treaty, the market in India has expanded. This has necessitated important regulatory decisions.

Objective: This study aims to determine the gap in introduction and withdrawal of drugs in India and EU.

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Clinical pharmacology: Prospects and development in India.

Indian J Pharmacol

September 2011

National Chair (Clinical Pharmacology), Indian Council of Medical Research, Dean, ESI-PGIMSR MGM Hospital, Govt. of India, Parel, Mumbai, India. E-mail:

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