7 results match your criteria: "Thirumalai Mission Hospital[Affiliation]"
Screening for Cervical Cancer Using Visual Inspection after Acetic Acid in a Rural and Semiurban Population in South India.
Indian J Community Med
July 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
Evolution of viral pandemics.
Med J Armed Forces India
April 2022
Consultant Physician, Endocrinologist & Honorary Medical Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Thirumalainagar, Vanapadi Road, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
Osteoporosis in a Rural Community - Long-Term Effects of a Community Level Program of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation - A Prospective Observational Study.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab
December 2021
Department of Medicine and Endocrinology, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Vanapadi Road, Ranipet, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
In a defined geographic area in rural India (1,60,000 population), osteoporosis detection and calcium and vitamin D supplementation program was instituted. Of the eligible 15,386 subjects, 5,992 (38%) participated in the program; 2,882 (48%) had osteopenia and osteoporosis; supervised calcium and vitamin D supplementation was instituted; 2,113 (73.3% of those identified) completed 2 years of supplementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19 epidemic: cocoon the elderly and the vulnerable.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb
June 2020
CMC Hospital, Vellore, India.
Diclofenac-Induced Rhabdomyolysis - A Great Masquerader.
J Assoc Physicians India
November 2016
Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist, Honorary Medical Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Ranipet, Tamil Nadu.
We report herein a patient who developed diclofenac-induced acute rhabdomyolysis and hypovolemic shock. Timely recognition and management led to rapid recovery. Awareness of this potentially life-threatening side-effect is very important to encourage sparing and selective use of this drug in clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiphasic Effect of Rifampicin on Bilirubin- A Case Report.
J Clin Diagn Res
April 2016
Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Honorary Medeical Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Ranipet, Tamilnadu, India .
Article Synopsis
- Drug-induced hepatitis is a significant concern, especially with the rise of tuberculosis cases requiring Antituberculous (ATT) drugs, where rifampicin is commonly used.
- Rifampicin can cause liver enzyme elevation in 10-20% of patients, usually without requiring dose adjustments, but severe cases can lead to serious complications, including potential fatalities.
- The exact mechanism for rifampicin-induced hepatotoxicity isn't fully understood, but it may involve idiosyncratic reactions to its metabolites, and interestingly, it can cause atypical bilirubin elevation without accompanying enzyme increases.
Back to the future: examining type 2 diabetic vasculature using the gestational diabetic placenta.
Diab Vasc Dis Res
September 2014
Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Ranipet, India.
Understanding the association between the intrauterine hyperglycemic milieu and the development of adult diabetic vasculopathy is of particular relevance in India, where diabetes and vascular disease are prevalent. The gestational diabetes mellitus placenta is a valuable tool to examine blood vessels that have been exposed to hyperglycemic cues. We report an interesting observation in a cohort of gestational diabetes mellitus foetal placental vasculature from South India.
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