1,460 results match your criteria: "Indira Gandhi Medical College.[Affiliation]"
Indian J Psychiatry
November 2024
Department of Psychiatry, IQ City Medical College, IQ City Road, Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Background: Information about the experience of practicing psychiatrists with the use of the Mental Health Care Act (MHCA), 2017, India, after 5 years of its promulgation has not been available.
Aim: The present study was carried out to understand the experience of the practicing psychiatrists in using and complying with the MHCA 2017 and to bring out the problems and suggested reforms, if any, in various provisions of the MHCA 2017.
Methods: An online survey by practicing psychiatrists of Indian Psychiatric Society on the various sections and provisions of the MHCA 17 was carried out through structured and open-ended responses.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
January 2025
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been known to infect humans for eons. It is an airborne infectious disease transmitted through droplet nuclei of 1 to 5 µm in diameter. Historically, tuberculosis (TB) was considered a distinct condition characterized by TB infection and active TB disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurg Neurol Int
December 2024
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Neuroanesthesia Division Under, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
Severe mental illness (SMI) encompasses depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia which affect the daily quality of life. While it has a significant impact on their social life, it is also supposedly linked with various comorbidities, of which, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most frequently reported. Various biological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms are thought to play a role: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, autonomic nervous system dysregulation, inflammation, and psychotropic medications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntibiotics (Basel)
November 2024
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Unity Point Health at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, 2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA 51104, USA.
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition with increasing global incidence, primarily caused by , especially methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA). Biofilm formation by is a critical factor in pathogenesis, contributing to antimicrobial resistance and complicating the treatment of infections involving prosthetic valves and cardiovascular devices. Biofilms provide a protective matrix for MRSA, shielding it from antibiotics and host immune defenses, leading to persistent infections and increased complications, particularly in cases involving prosthetic materials.
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December 2024
Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, IND.
Indian J Med Res
November 2024
Department of Diabetology, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr.Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Background & objectives Biobanks are crucial for biomedical research, enabling new treatments and medical advancements. The biobank at the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) aims to gather, process, store, and distribute biospecimens to assist scientific studies. Methods This article details the profile of two cohorts: the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study and the Registry of people with diabetes in India with young age at onset (ICMR-YDR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Public Health
December 2024
Mamta Health Institute for Mother and Child (HIMC), New Delhi, India.
Background: The World Health Organization defined adolescent age group as a life span between 10 and 19 years. Adolescence is a phase of transition from childhood to adulthood, it is a unique stage for human development and a very sensitive period for laying the foundation of good health. Investment in this life-stage yields triple dividend.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Family Med Prim Care
November 2024
Department of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
Background: Prescription auditing is a crucial tool for evaluating a range of concerns, including injectable usage, polypharmacy, the use of generic names, and the quality of treatment given to patients in primary care facilities. The objective of the study was to assess, using WHO core drug use indicators, the drug use patterns of general outpatients (OPD) at a rural healthcare facility.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a rural peripheral health centre in Puducherry for a period of one year from September 2019 to August 2020.
J Contemp Brachytherapy
October 2024
Department of Radiotherapy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Purpose: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) due to their aggressive nature, pose challenges in achieving optimal local control (LC) rates following surgery. Brachytherapy offers precise delivery of high radiation doses to target tissues, potentially enhancing LC rates. This feasibility study explored the efficacy of perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy (PHDRB) and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in improving LC rates for STS, with a particular focus on interstitial brachytherapy and dose escalation strategies for high-risk patient sub-groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open Gastroenterol
December 2024
All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Introduction: Acute and chronic pancreatitis (CP) are inflammatory conditions of the pancreas that cause local and systemic complications. The epidemiology of these conditions are not well-known in India.
Methods And Analysis: We describe the protocol and procedures of a multicentre study for delineating the epidemiology of pancreatitis in India.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
January 2025
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171001 India.
We hereby present a case of a 34-year-old male patient diagnosed with Behcet's disease where computed tomography revealed the presence of thrombosis and occlusion of the infrarenal aorta and bilateral renal arteries. Such a pattern of vascular involvement is an unusual and uncommon manifestation of Behcet disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Dermatol
October 2024
From the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a very rare tumour arising from the vulvovaginal mesenchymal tissue. The literature has not reported its co-existence with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). A 30-year-old female presented with a giant pedunculated mass arising from a scarred and disfigured perineum for 3 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Assoc Physicians India
December 2024
Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, Corresponding Author.
Aim: To study abnormalities of lipids in patients suffering from severe scrub typhus and their relationship with complications.
Methods: This cohort study was conducted in patients of severe scrub typhus [immunoglobulin (IgM) positive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)] admitted to our institute from 1 August 2020 through 31 July 2021. The lipid profile was estimated initially at the time of hospitalization.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
November 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kathirkamam, Pondicherry, 605009, India.
Purpose: The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire for analyzing Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) about risk factors in otitis media (OM) in children among their caretakers.
Methods: The questionnaire was developed following a standardized protocol that consisted of a literature search, peer review, item generation, and expert validation, for construct, content and face validity of items in the questionnaire followed by a cross-sectional survey on 100 caretakers, this was followed by the reliability test of the items in Questionnaire.
Results: A KAP questionnaire with 24 items categorized under three domains knowledge, attitude, and practices was developed.
Indian J Dermatol
October 2024
Department of Dermatology, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry, India.
Background: Androgenetic Alopecia (AGA) refers to the appearance of common non-scarring progressive loss of terminal hair. Trichoscopy shows a magnified view of the hair shafts and hair follicle openings and helps us to diagnose, prognosticate and determine the disease severity.
Aims: The aim of the study was to identify the trichoscopic findings in patients with androgenetic alopecia and associate these findings with disease severity.
Int J Stroke
January 2025
Indian Council of Medical Research, Non-Communicable Diseases Section, New Delhi, India.
Rationale: Early mortality in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is due to hematoma volume (HV) expansion, and there are no effective treatments available other than reduction in blood pressure. Tranexamic acid (TXA) a hemostatic drug that is widely available and safe can be a cost-effective treatment for ICH, if proven efficacious.
Hypothesis: Administration of TXA in ICH patients when given within 4.
Indian J Gastroenterol
November 2024
Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, 171 001, India.
J Assoc Physicians India
November 2024
Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Tuberculosis (TB) represents a significant communicable disease on a global scale. The clinical manifestations of abdominal TB frequently resemble those of various gastrointestinal disorders, potentially leading to delays in accurate diagnosis. From January 2012 to December 2019, consecutive patients aged 12 years and older, diagnosed with gastrointestinal TB at a tertiary care center in North India, were enrolled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Cell Infect Microbiol
November 2024
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by in South-East Asian endemic countries including India, Nepal and Bangladesh has been the primary focus of the ongoing VL elimination program. With a major reduction in VL cases resulting from the elimination program during the last two decades, the efforts are now focused on the challenges posed by potential reservoirs within the asymptomatic cases, HIV-co-infection VL cases and Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases that continue to sustain the parasite transmission cycle in known and newer endemic zones. This article brings attention to a new potential parasite reservoir in the form of atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) cases caused by novel genetic variants.
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October 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, IND.
Objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy among Indian women after breast cancer. This study was undertaken to determine the pattern of care, long-term survival outcomes, and prognostic factors for cervical cancer patients treated at a tertiary care cancer centre in North India.
Methods: Ten-year data was retrieved for 435 stage I-IVA carcinoma cervix patients treated between 2009 and 2019.
Indian J Surg Oncol
December 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, J N Medical College, Belagavi, Karnataka India.
J Curr Ophthalmol
October 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, GS Medical College and Hospital, Pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Purpose: To study the outcomes and complications of Nd: YAG laser capsulotomy in patients with uveitis.
Methods: This study retrospectively evaluated outcomes of Nd: YAG laser capsulotomy in 260 eyes of 260 patients with uveitis. The main indications for performing capsulotomy were a visually significant posterior capsule opacification (PCO) and inability to visualize the posterior segment.