Clinicopathological profile of post-COVID-19 mucormycosis cases: A report from a tertiary care center.

Introduction: Mucormycosis is a fatal fungal infection, which is rare but commonly affects immunocompromised patients. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who were immunocompromised, due to comorbid conditions, such as hematological malignancy and diabetes mellitus (DM), and patients on immunosuppressive therapy such as steroid therapy were the important host for mucormycosis infection.

Aim: This study aimed to study the clinicopathological correlation of mucormycosis in post-COVID-19 patients.

Microbial Etiologies of Otitis Media with Resistance Pattern in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India.

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the bacterial and fungal profiles in Otitis Media (OM), Acute Otitis Media (AOM), and Chronic Otitis Media (COM) and the sensitivity patterns to antibiotics available in our hospital settings.

Materials And Methods: A total of 150 clinically diagnosed cases of OM (AOM or COM) with ear discharge were enrolled. Swabs were cultured for microbial flora.

Ultrasound-guided seldinger technique-assisted submental intubation for panfacial trauma-walking off the beaten path.

Introduction: After introduction of ultrasound, there is paradigm shift towards under vision performance of procedures in anaesthesia. Blind puncture and dissection of submental space may lead to vascular injury and injury to salivary glands. We describe the ultrasound guided Seldinger technique assisted submental intubation for panfacial trauma.

Role of Optimal Features Selection with Machine Learning Algorithms for Chest X-ray Image Analysis.

Introduction: The objective of the present study is to classify chest X-ray (CXR) images into COVID-positive and normal categories with the optimal number of features extracted from the images. The successful optimal feature selection algorithm that can represent images and the classification algorithm with good classification ability has been determined as the result of experiments.

Materials And Methods: This study presented a framework for the automatic detection of COVID-19 from the CXR images.

Therapeutic artifact: Case series.

Artifacts are pervasive in every realm of biological science, and this includes the field of medicine. Unless explicitly recognized by scientific experts, artifacts can be found and may influence research and findings in the medical domain, just as they do in other branches of biological science. Therapeutic artifacts are changes that occur in the body as a result of medical interventions.

Kounis Syndrome: A Rare Case of Allergic Angina Secondary to Loxoscelism.

Kounis syndrome or allergic angina is characterized by a sudden transient or permanent myocardial dysfunction caused by inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, neutral proteases, and a number of cytokines and chemokines. Herein, we discuss a case of Kounis syndrome, which was brought on by loxoscelism.

Comparison of clinical performance of Ambu® AuraGain™ and BlockBuster® in anaesthetised preschool children-A randomised controlled trial.

Background And Aims: Supraglottic airway (SGA) devices are a boon to paediatric airway management. The clinical performances of the BlockBuster laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and Ambu® AuraGain™ in preschool children were compared in this study.

Methods: After ethical approval and trial registration, this randomised controlled study was conducted on 50 children, aged 1-4 years, randomised into two groups.

Live Ants Lodged in Hypopharynx: An Unusual Case Report.

Foreign bodies in throat are one of the most common cases encountered by us Otorhinolaryngologists. Here we report a case in which 14 ants (both dead and alive) were retrieved from the patient's throat who presented with foreign body sensation and pain in throat with a definitive history.

COVID-19 outbreak… journey of dental care workers: A systematic review.

The conditions of health-care professionals including dental fraternity have been extremely affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dental care workers have suspended all routine dental activities with the fear of transmission of the virus from aerosol-generating dental procedures. They have also stood with medical care professionals as frontline warriors because of the exponentially overburdened of the COVID-19-positive patients worldwide.

The epidemiology, clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in CNS actinomycosis: a systematic review of reported cases.

Background: CNS actinomycosis is a rare chronic suppurative infection with non-specific clinical features. Diagnosis is difficult due to its similarity to malignancy, nocardiosis and other granulomatous diseases. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnostic modalities and treatment outcomes in CNS actinomycosis.

A comparison of the quality of images of chest X-ray between handheld portable digital X-ray & routinely used digital X-ray machine.

Background & Objectives: Chest X-ray (CXR) is an important screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Accessibility to CXR facilities in difficult-to-reach and underserved populations is a challenge. This can potentially be overcome by deploying digital X-ray machines that are portable.

A comparison of serological phenotyping and molecular genotyping for Kell, Kidd, and Duffy antigens in multi-transfused thalassemia patients.

Background: In multi-transfused thalassemia patients, serological phenotyping fails to test patient's actual blood group antigen profile due to the presence of donor red blood cell (RBC) in the circulation. This limitation of serological tests can be overcome by genotype determination using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods. The aim of this study is to compare the serological phenotyping of Kell, Kidd, and Duffy blood group systems with molecular genotyping in the normal blood donors and multi-transfused thalassaemia patients.

To study the pattern of seroconversion for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in COVID-infected cancer patients and to correlate it clinically - A cross-sectional study.

Background: Though as per literature cancer is also consider an associated risk factor for morbidity and mortality for covid infection but practically most of the cancer patients showed no symptoms with less mortality in second wave of pandemic. So this cross sectional comparative analysis study was designed to see the prevalence of sero-conversion for SARS -coV for IgG in covid infected cancer patients and to compare the IgG antibodies level between covid infected cancer patients and covid infected healthy persons.

Material And Method: Covid-19 antibody screening of covid recovered cancer patients as well as covid recovered healthy persons was done in department of Transfusion Medicine.

Atypical Lumbar Scheuermann's Disease: A Rare Entity and Literature Review.

Introduction: Atypical Scheuermann disease involves one or two vertebral bodies which result in kyphosis.

Case Report: An 18-year-old male presented in OPD with a complaint of chronic lower back pain without any lower limb pain and neurological deficit. Radiological imaging and blood parameters were in favor of atypical Scheuermann disease.

A Comparative Study to Evaluate Difficult Intubation Using Ratio of Patient Height to Thyromental Distance, Ratio of Neck Circumference to Thyromental Distance and Thyromental Height in Adult Patients in Tertiary Care Centre.

Objective: Patients' airway assessment is one of the foremost responsibility of every anaesthesiologist. Several preoperative predictive methods have been studied by various authors to find the best difficult airway predictor. We conducted this study to compare three methods to predict difficulty of laryngoscopic endotracheal intubation viz Ratio of patient Height to Thyro-Mental Distance (RHTMD), Ratio of Neck Circumference to Thyro-Mental Distance (RNCTMD) and Thyro-Mental Height (TMHT) in adult patients.

Comparison of the effects of intravenous lignocaine and ketamine on postoperative pain after lower abdominal surgeries under general anaesthesia.

Background And Aims: As a component of multimodal analgesia, the administration of systemic lignocaine and ketamine is a well-known technique. This study was designed to compare the effect of intravenous lignocaine and ketamine on postoperative pain in the patients undergoing lower abdominal surgeries under general anaesthesia.

Methods: Total 126 patients, aged between18 to 60 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I and II, were randomly allocated into lignocaine (Group L), ketamine (Group K), or control (Group C).

Unusual Presentation of Aggressive Hemangioma of Thoracic Vertebrae-A Case Report.

Introduction: Hemangioma is most common lesion frequently encountered in dorsolumbar region. Although most of these lesions are asymptomatic and are incidental findings on imaging such as computed tomography (CT)-scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Case Report: A 24-year-old young male presenting to orthopedic outdoor with complaint of severe mid backache and lower limb paraparesis which developed after trivial trauma and increases with daily routine activities such as sitting, standing, and postural changes.

Treatment of intractable cholangitis in children with biliary atresia: Impact on outcome.

Objectives: To evaluate the response and outcome with prolonged intravenous antibiotics including home-based intravenous antibiotics in children with intractable cholangitis (IC) after Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) for biliary atresia (BA).

Methods: A retrospective review of treatment and outcome of children with IC post KPE (no resolution after four weeks of antibiotics) was done between 2014 and 2020. A protocol-based antibiotic regimen was used based on sensitivity and hospital antibiogram.

Attention for and awareness of anemia in adolescents in Karnataka, India: A qualitative study.

Between 1990 and 2016 the number of adolescents with anemia world-wide increased by 20% to almost one in four. Iron deficiency in adolescence results in compromised growth, decreased cognitive function, and depressed immune function, and can increase the risk of negative outcomes in pregnancy, especially in the case of young adolescents. In India, despite several decades of governmental investment in anemia prevention and treatment, more than half of women of reproductive age are anemic, with rates even higher in the adolescent population.

Economic Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Testing for Screening of Blood Donations for Thalassemia Patients (ECONAT) in Western India.

Background: Transfusion Transmitted infections(TTI) are of significant concern for blood safety. The thalassemia patients who receive multiple transfusions are at an increased risk of TTIs and the Nucleic Acid Test (NAT ) has been advocated for safe blood. Though NAT can reduce the window period compared to serology, cost is a constraint.

Recent advances in paediatric anaesthesia.

Recent development in science has led to a significant improvement in safety for the anaesthetic management of children. Enhanced recovery after surgery is one of the novel approaches aiming to enhance paediatric surgical outcomes and their quick recovery. Preoperative counselling, minimal fasting, and no routine pharmacological premedication are critical components of enhanced recovery after surgery.

Long-term quality of life and work ability among severe COVID-19 survivors: A multicenter study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is known for its variable severity and high infectivity. Though fewer than 15% of infected cases develop severe disease, a major proportion had prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Prolonged ICU stay is known to have a long-term impact on behavior and quality of life.