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Introduction Breast cancer is a significant health concern in India, representing a large portion of all cancers affecting women and ranking as one of the most common cancers overall. Reliable diagnostic tools are essential for accurately predicting malignancy and reducing the need for unnecessary biopsies. A Breast Imaging Reporting and Database System (BI-RADS) 3 designation suggests a low likelihood of cancer, indicating that findings are likely benign.

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  • * A total of 150 laboratory workers participated, using a questionnaire to assess demographics, safety practices, and perceptions of workplace safety, with statistical analysis performed via Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
  • * Results show poor safety habits: 62% of participants do not wash their hands before wearing gloves, and 20% consume food at work; perceptions about workplace disturbances are significantly influenced by factors like age and job responsibilities.
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, particularly those that produce carbapenemases, pose a significant public health concern due to very limited treatment options. The timely identification of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is essential for putting in place efficient infection control measures and selecting appropriate antimicrobial therapies, thereby improving the clinical outcome of the patient. The purpose of this systematic review is to compare the diagnostic accuracy and practicality between two phenotypic tests, namely the modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) and carbapenemase Nordmann-Poirel (Carba NP) test, in detecting carbapenemase production by Enterobacterales and thereby aiding the clinician in making a decision to choose an appropriate test for their phenotypic detection.

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Background: Intensive medical care units (IMCUs) usually admit patients who are in critical medical need and require the utmost attention of healthcare professionals, along with the best treatment options available. These patients are prone to infections and require various antibiotics for the treatment. Varying costs of antibiotics, variable dosage forms, and antibiotic resistance cause an economic burden on patients Methodology: This study was designed and conducted prospectively to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antibiotics at the IMCU in a tertiary care hospital.

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Background and objective Acute hypoxic respiratory failure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia has been treated with oxygen delivered by oxygen masks and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and more recently with high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) devices. There is a paucity of randomized controlled trials to compare the efficacy of CPAP with HFNC in COVID-19 pneumonia. We conceptualized a randomized control study to compare the efficacy of HFNC and CPAP in reducing the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, estimation of mechanical ventilation-free days, and risk of intubation in COVID-19 patients with hypoxic respiratory failure.

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  • Depressive disorders result from disrupted brain networks and lower allopregnanolone levels, a metabolite of progesterone.
  • New treatment approaches are exploring neuroactive steroids, specifically brexanolone and zuranolone, for managing depression.
  • Brexanolone was FDA-approved in 2019 for postpartum depression, prompting ongoing studies on zuranolone, which is in phase 3 trials, although both drugs show potential and side effects that need further investigation.
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Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an intricate and heterogeneous genetic disorder that engenders a formidable risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). While initially regarded as an electrophysiological aberration, emergent studies have illuminated the presence of underlying structural anomalies in select BrS cases. Although mutations in the SCN5A gene encoding the α-subunit of the cardiac sodium channel were originally identified as a primary causative factor; they account for only a fraction of the syndrome's multifaceted complexity pointing at genetic heterogeneity as a contributing factor.

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