Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Chronic Kidney Diseases of Unknown Etiology: A Hospital-Based, Cross-Sectional Study from Central India.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) not associated with known risk factors, called CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu), has been reported from several geographically distinct regions across the world. This study reports the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with CKDu from a new hotspot in central India.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study describes the sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory profile of the patients diagnosed with CKDu visiting a tertiary care public hospital in the state of Chhattisgarh in central India between June 2019 and June 2021.

Changes in body mass index and three-year incidence of overweight/obesity among urban women aged 30-40 years in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India: A non-concurrent cohort study.

Background: Although studies often report the prevalence of obesity, community-based studies reporting the incidence of overweight or obesity in India are scarce. Such incidence data are crucial for improving projections about the future burden of obesity.

Methods: A non-concurrent follow-up study was done in 2015 in urban Vellore, Tamil Nadu, among two groups of women aged 30-40 years, with body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m (normal) and BMI ≥25 kg/m (overweight/obese) in 2012, to assess changes in BMI.

The Safety and Effectiveness of Interval Stellate Ganglion Neurolysis in a Patient with Bilateral Digital Ischemia of Hands Due to Buerger's Disease: A Case Report.

Introduction: Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) or Buerger's disease (BD) is a small and medium-sized arteriovenous segmental occlusive inflammatory disease frequently occurring in men as compared to women. Although a common etiological agent is smoking or tobacco consumption, it has also been reported infrequently in non-smokers. Except for smoking other etiological agents, HLA, autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus, and periodontitis have also been suggested.

Buerger's Disease of Hand; my Experience with Phenol Chemical Neurolysis of Stellate Ganglion: Case Series of Six Patients.

Introduction: Buerger's disease is common in 74.70% of cases in the lower limb but in 20.20% of cases, it is found in the upper limb or hand.

Teaching Systems and their Sub-Topics Under Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) to Undergraduate Medical Students in a Stepwise Approach.

Medical education in India is confronting a charismatic transformation from traditional curriculum to competency-based medical education (CBME). It is more clinically oriented; skill-based and claims to produce competent Indian medical graduates. CBME has divided subjects into competencies and related topics are scattered over different competencies.

Comparative Study on Efficacy of Empagliflozin Versus Sitagliptin, as an Add-on Therapy to Metformin in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.

Introduction: More than 28.7 million individuals throughout the globe suffer from diabetes mellitus, with an estimated 11 percent of the population living with the condition in India. Changes in lifestyle and a variety of treatment plans are used in management.

Diagnostic accuracy of Lipoarabinomannan detection by lateral flow assay in pleural tuberculosis.

Background: Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) antigen serves as an attractive biomarker to diagnose Tuberculosis (TB). Given the limitations of current diagnostic modalities for Pleural TB, current study evaluated LAM's potential to serve as a point-of-care test to diagnose pleural TB.

Methods: A cross sectional, diagnostic accuracy study was conducted during February to November 2021 in a tertiary care hospital in India.

Association of Serum Pentraxin 3 and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein with Severity of Coronary Stenosis.

Background: Atherosclerosis being the keystone in the pathology of coronary artery disease (CAD) is a chronic inflammation of arterial intima mediated by various inflammatory markers. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) are the two important biomarkers of chronic inflammation that causes atherosclerosis.

Aims: This study aims to investigate the association of serum PTX3 and hs-CRP with the severity of coronary stenosis in patients undergoing coronary angiogram.

The Keyhole Approach in Anterior Circulation Aneurysm - Current Indication and Limitation with Review of Literature.

Introduction: The keyhole approach has been an emerging technique for cerebral aneurysm surgery in the past two decades. The preoperative simulation and tailored-made approach for each patient make feasible to clip many cerebral aneurysms via keyhole approach. In our study, we reviewed the previous experiences of the keyhole approach, related specifically for anterior circulation aneurysm.

A 5-Year Follow-up of Intracranial Arterial Dolichoectasia: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

A patient with multiple dolichoectasia of the intracranial cerebral artery was followed sequentially with clinical and radiological progression of disease in the past 5 years. The patient was treated in multiple stages in the past 5 years with the endovascular and microsurgical clipping method. The maximum diameter of each major intracranial artery segment was recorded and compared in the follow-up year.

Interhemispheric Approach to Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm: A Case Illustration.

There are two main types of approaches for anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysms, namely pterional approach, and an interhemispheric (IH) approach. Pterional approach is the most common for anterior circulation aneurysms. However, this approach cannot be used without resection of gyrus rectus when aneurysm is located high within the IH fissure and directed posterosuperiorly, which is better handled with IH approach.