Arterial Line Placement Using Modified Seldinger Technique: A Novel Approach.

: Srinivasan A, Naidu V, Dhivya P. Arterial Line Placement Using Modified Seldinger Technique: A Novel Approach. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(7):515-516.

Effect of Self-Directed Learning Module and Assessment on Learning of National Health Programme by Medical Undergraduates - A Mixed Methods Evaluation.

Background: Competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum in India has introduced many new concepts like a foundation course, early clinical exposure, and self-directed learning (SDL). Sometimes SDL simply means self-study. Self-directed learning as defined by Knowles is a process in which individuals take the initiative with or without the help of others in diagnosing their learning needs, setting their own learning goals, identifying appropriate learning resources, and selecting appropriate learning strategies.

Maxillofacial fractures in Pondicherry, India: An eight-year single centre retrospective study.

Background: The purpose of the present study was to analyze the etiology, incidence, pattern, and treatment modalities of patients with maxillofacial fractures treated at the Department of Dentistry of a medical college in Pondicherry during the period between June 2011 and June 2019.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective epidemiological study of 277 patients treated for maxillofacial fractures between June 2011 and June 2019 was performed. Data regarding age, gender, etiology, site of the fracture, time of injury, presence of associated injuries, treatment modalities, and complications were recorded.

Comparison of conventional needle holding technique and pen holding method of needle holding for real-time ultrasound-guided internal jugular venous cannulation - A randomised parallel-group study.

Background And Aims: Ultrasound-guided central venous (CV) cannulation is the standard of care for inserting CV catheter in the right internal jugular vein (RIJV). However, mechanical complications can still occur. The primary objective of this study was to compare the incidence of posterior vessel wall puncture (PVWP) using conventional needle holding technique with pen holding method of needle holding technique for IJV cannulation.

Contact sensitizers in commercial hair dye products in the Indian market: A consumer exposure study.

Background: Hair dye is a concoction of various ingredients that can result in allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) which is a common problem encountered by dermatologists.

Objectives: To find out the presence of potent contact sensitizers in commercially available hair dyes in Puducherry, a union territory in South India, and to compare the findings with similar studies conducted in different countries.

Methods: Ingredients labels of 159 hair dye products from 30 brands that were manufactured and marketed in India screened for the presence of contact sensitizers.

Clinicoetiological Study of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum and the Correlation of SCORTEN with Prognosis.

Background: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) are severe cutaneous adverse reactions of major concern because of its high mortality. The prognosis of SJS and TEN is widely assessed with SCORTEN (SCORe of TEN). Although, it is a largely useful scale, the predictive ability is still variable.

Mind Mapping as a Novel Method in Teaching the Morphology of Skin Lesions: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Introduction: Mind mapping is a visual mapping technique used in a few disciplines of medical education to represent ideas linked to and arranged around a central core idea or topic through different subtopics/categories. We aimed to utilize this technique to teach the undergraduate medical students the morphology of skin lesions and assess its effectiveness.

Methods: This pre- and post-test quasi-experimental study was done among 144 undergraduate medical students.

Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma with rare distant metastasis.

Metastasis accounts for the most common tumor of the central nervous system (CNS) in adults. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the common carcinoma showing brain metastasis, with a predilection for clear cell variant. Chromophobe RCC (ChRCC) in contrast to clear cell RCC shows far less common distant metastasis.

Aggressive Thoracic Hemangioma of Spine Presenting as Painful Adolescent Scoliosis - Diagnosis and Management.

Introduction: Spinal hemangioma is the most common benign lesion of the spine with an incidence of 10-12%. Aggressive hemangioma presents with back pain, deformity, or neurologic deficit. Aggressive hemangioma presenting as painful scoliosis is very rare and literature reporting them is very limited.

Genotype Distribution and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Clinical Isolates of Group B in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Puducherry, South India.

Background: apart from being a colonizer in the genital region is also associated with several other invasive infections in all age groups. With the varied distribution of serotypes across different regions of the world, universal vaccination is also unattainable. However, in India, the knowledge of group B (GBS) genotype distribution is deficient.

Strategies in the Management of Osteoporotic Kummell's Disease.

Introduction: Kummell disease is a condition characterized by severe pain, progressing kyphosis with or without neurological deficit following a trivial trauma in the old age osteoporotic population. It is an osteoporotic vertebral fracture due to avascular necrosis of the vertebra, having an asymptomatic period initially followed by progressive pain, kyphosis, and neurologic deficit. Although various management options are available for Kummell's disease, a dilemma occurs in selecting an optimal modality in each case.

Comparative analysis of the red-complex organisms and recently identified periodontal pathogens in the subgingival plaque of diabetic and nondiabetic patients with severe chronic periodontitis.

Aim: This analytical case-control study sought to evaluate the presence of the recently established putative periodontal pathogen organisms, and , against the levels of the already established red-complex pathogens, , , and , in chronic periodontitis sites of patients with and without diabetes mellitus.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six subgingival plaque samples were obtained from the deepest sites of subjects diagnosed with severe chronic periodontitis with and without diabetes mellitus. These patients were categorized into two groups of 28 each.

Clinical Use of Non-Suture Silk-Containing Products: A Systematic Review.

Aims: The purpose of this systematic review is to determine how various innovative non-suture silk and silk-containing products are being used in clinical practice, and compare patient outcomes following their use.

Methods: A systematic review of PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane was completed. A qualitative synthesis of all included studies was then performed.

Assessment of efficiency of mirror therapy in preventing phantom limb pain in patients undergoing below-knee amputation surgery-a randomized clinical trial.

Purpose And Objectives: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a major cause of physical limitation and disability accounting for about 85% of amputated patients. Mirror therapy is used as a therapeutic modality for patients with phantom limb pain. Primary objective was to study the incidence of PLP at 6 months following below-knee amputation between the mirror therapy group and control group.

Linear focal elastosis.

Linear focal elastosis (LFE) is an uncommon, benign, acquired elastotic condition with uncertain pathogenesis. It is characterized clinically by asymptomatic, multiple, yellowish, elevated, irregularly indurated, striae-like lines or bands distributed horizontally across the lower and middle part of the posterior trunk. The histopathological hallmark of LFE is a focal increase of elastic fibres in the dermis.

Translation and validation of the Voice Handicap Index in Tamil language.

Voice Handicap Index (VHI) is the most commonly used tool to assess the quality of life in voice disordered patients. A validated Tamil language version of VHI is not developed yet. Hence, this study was undertaken to translate and validate the Voice Handicap Index in Tamil language, which can potentially benefit Tamil speaking patients with voice disorders.

Predictive models for fentanyl dose requirement and postoperative pain using clinical and genetic factors in patients undergoing major breast surgery.

Fentanyl exhibits interindividual variability in its dose requirement due to various nongenetic and genetic factors such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This study aims to develop and cross-validate robust predictive models for postoperative fentanyl analgesic requirement and other related outcomes in patients undergoing major breast surgery. Data regarding genotypes of 10 candidate SNPs, cold pain test (CPT) scores, pupillary response to fentanyl (PRF), and other common clinical characteristics were recorded from 257 patients undergoing major breast surgery.