Brain stem auditory evoked potentials in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at varying frequencies.

Introduction: As per the World Health Organization, in 2005, more than 180 million people had diabetes worldwide. This figure will be more than double by 2030. Neuropathy is common and late complication of diabetes mellitus (DM).

Modified Bain's Circuit as an Alternate to Non-invasive Ventilation in COVID 19.

Introduction COVID-19 is a pandemic that severely affects the lungs. Symptomatically affected individuals often become severely hypoxic, requiring non-invasive ventilation. The scarcity of resources in resource-compromised countries like India led to the adoption of novel strategies like using Bain's circuit for assisting spontaneous ventilation.

Prevalence of incidental and total human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and hepatitis C seropositivity among patients posted for cataract surgery at a tertiary care center in India.

Purpose: To study the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) viral seropositive among the patients posted for cataract surgery at a tertiary care center in north India.

Methods: It was a cross-sectional study done for 30 months duration. All the patients posted for cataract surgery underwent comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation followed by routine hematological workup, including viral markers for HIV, Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and anti-HCV.

Short to long term outcomes of 154 cemented total hip arthroplasties in ankylosing spondylitis.

Background: Long-term outcome of Total Hip arthroplasty (THA) in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) remains unreported. Literature suggests a higher overall failure rate in ankylosing spondylitis as compared to osteoarthritis. Concern has been expressed regarding joint survival, given that recipients are generally young.

A Cross-Sectional Study of Barriers in Prevention of Anemia in Pregnancy.

Introduction Anemia in pregnancy is a significant health challenge in India and other developing countries. Various health programs aiming anemia prevention are existing in India for many decades. Despite that, anemia affects more than half of pregnant women.