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The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to the need to use personal protective equipment such as masks, among healthcare professionals and the general public. Numerous facial dermatoses linked to the use of masks have been described, from which the term has emerged. Although prolonged mask usage has been necessary, and a vast majority of people develop various skin conditions, there is a lack of research on the effects of masks on skin.

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Background: Sixty percent of children with nephrotic syndrome have frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent course. Serious infections like peritonitis, cellulitis, pneumonia etc. and anasarca with reduced urine output and complications there of including acute kidney injury and thromboembolism contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in these children.

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Study of Relationship between Bone Mineral Density in Ipsilateral Proximal Femur and Severity of Osteoarthritis of Knee.

J Family Med Prim Care

February 2022

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is the most common rheumatic disease that is characterized by degradation of articular cartilage, subchondral bone alteration, meniscal degeneration, synovial inflammatory response, and overgrowth of bone and cartilage. In severe OA, the reduced mobility caused by pain can increase bone loss and reduction of bone mineral density leading to osteoporosis.

Objective: To examine the possible relationship between severity of osteoarthritis (OA) and bone mineral density (BMD) by evaluating the bone mineral density in ipsilateral proximal femur and radiographic grading of knee OA in the Indian population.

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the multisystem involvement in COVID-infected patients is beyond the usual clinical manifestations of other respiratory viral illnesses. This study aims to evaluate the upshots of COVID-19 in women with preeclampsia.

Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted in department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital (May-November 2020), wherein a retrospective review of the medical records of laboratory confirmed SARS CoV2-positive pregnant women (as per ICMR), with preeclampsia (as defined by ACOG guidelines), was done in the dedicated COVID labour ward.

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Outcome of Atypical & Complex Clubfoot Managed by Modified Ponseti Method-A Prospective Study.

J Foot Ankle Surg

September 2022

Senior Resident, Department of Orthopedics, Gautam Buddha Chikitsa Mahavidyalaya, Jhajhra, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address:

Atypical or complex clubfoot constitutes a small number of cases. Due to the difference in complexity of anatomy, standard deformity correction by Ponseti is not effective. Hence a modified Ponseti method was advised which focuses on deformity differences for treatment.

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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the kidneys: principles and potential applications.

Abdom Radiol (NY)

April 2022

Department of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an extension and an enhanced form of ultrasound that allows real-time evaluation of the various structures in different vascular phases. The last decade has witnessed a widespread expansion of CEUS applications beyond the liver. It has shown fair potential in kidneys and its diagnostic efficacy is comparable to CT and MRI.

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Magnetic resonance neurography: is it so complicated that it needs a touch of genius?

Eur Radiol

June 2022

Radiology & Orthopaedic Surgery, UTSW, TX, 75390-9178, Dallas, USA.

• Neuropathy imaging is not that complicated or illusive that it needs a touch of genius.• By gaining MR imaging expertise of peripheral nerve lesions and using knowledge of common clinical patterns and diseases, general radiology practitioners can prudently participate in the multidisciplinary care for appropriate and timely management of peripheral neuropathy patients.

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Introduction: Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon condition with a high risk of death due to spontaneous rupture. The symptoms are nonspecific and diagnosis is often delayed. Surgical repair is the treatment of choice despite associated operative mortality.

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  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the gall bladder is rare and aggressive, with some cases presenting as a liver abscess, a situation that has been documented only twice before.
  • A 45-year-old male presented with fever, right upper quadrant pain, and jaundice, initially diagnosed with a liver abscess, but further examination revealed the presence of gall bladder squamous cell carcinoma that had metastasized to the liver.
  • Despite treatment with palliative chemotherapy, the patient succumbed 11 months later, highlighting the challenges of managing such advanced cases, though early diagnosis and surgery could improve outcomes.
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Background/aims: This study aimed to study the outcome and survival of patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving drug-eluting beads (DEBs) transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). In addition, tumor morphologies were correlated with the response and survival to analyze the association of morphology with the outcome.

Methods: Patients with large HCC (>5 cm) who underwent DEB-TACE for palliation were analyzed retrospectively.

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Objective: India is among the largest consumers of antibiotics. Easy availability and growing sales of Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) of antibiotics can worsen Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). There is lack of comprehensive data on available antibiotic FDC formulations, their dose strengths and adequacy of scientific evidence regarding their efficacy, safety and suitability for human use.

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  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common but often overlooked complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in stages 4 and 5.
  • A study involving 100 CKD patients at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital revealed that 61 of them had PAH, with varying degrees of severity, and identified several associated risk factors, such as high blood pressure, prolonged hemodialysis, and specific biochemical abnormalities.
  • The findings emphasize that managing these risk factors could potentially reduce the severity of PAH and improve overall patient outcomes in those suffering from advanced CKD.
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has aggravated the demand for diabetes care due to restrictive measures like the lockdown affecting access to healthcare services. The current study was conducted to assess the changes in medication compliance, dietary pattern, and glucose monitoring during the lockdown period as compared to the pre-lockdown period among patients living with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) attending a diabetes clinic in northern India. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and July 2020.

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Introduction: Genetically defined spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 1 and 2 patients have differential clinical profile along with probable distinctive cortical and subcortical neurodegeneration. We compared the degree of brain atrophy in the two subtypes with their phenotypic and genotypic parameters.

Methods: MRI was performed using a 3T scanner (Philips, Achieva) to obtain 3D T1-weighted scans of the whole brain and analyzed by FreeSurfer (version 5.

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The twenty-first century, with its transforming ideology and rising acceptance, is witnessing an increased number of transgender people applying for gender reassignment surgery (GRS). The procedure of GRS is a lengthy and complex one involving the active collaboration of multiple disciplines including psychology, psychiatry, family medicine, plastic surgery, endocrinology, otolaryngology, urology, gynaecology, maxillofacial surgery, and anaesthesiology. The considerable paucity of literature regarding the management of patients presenting for GRS places health care providers at a disadvantage.

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Introduction: Warfarin is widely used and will continue to be prescribed especially in developing countries due to its low cost. Given the huge patient load requiring anticoagulation, there is a need to develop strategies to optimize warfarin therapy for ensuring safe and effective anticoagulation. In the present work, we aimed at elucidating the association of genetic and nongenetic variables with warfarin dose requirement in patients attending the cardiovascular clinic in a tertiary care center of North India.

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Objective: Early detection of peripheral neuropathy is extremely important as leprosy is one of the treatable causes of peripheral neuropathy. The study was undertaken to assess the role of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in ulnar neuropathy in leprosy patients.

Methods: This was a case-control study including 38 patients (72 nerves) and 5 controls (10 nerves) done between January 2017 and June 2019.

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Objective: Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which, autonomic dysfunction is a common manifestation. Brain area atrophy also involves the areas comprising central autonomic network (CAN) in SCA. Structural atrophy of CAN and autonomic dysfunction should go hand in hand.

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A congenital nevi is a pigmented patch which requires complete surgical excision for cosmetic reasons. Here, we report a case of a patient with facial hairy pigmented lesion, occupying the right half of her face since birth, who underwent complete surgical excision and staged reconstruction utilizing, preexpanded forehead and neck skin. We used two rectangular tissue expanders with 150 and 300 cubic cm of volumes inserted in the forehead and the neck, respectively.

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Metabolic syndrome is a known risk factor for various diseases including coronary artery disease and is associated with subclinical-inflammation. Various inflammatory markers have been evaluated in metabolic syndrome. However, the data evaluating serum ferritin in metabolic syndrome is sparse.

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Left anterior descending/right coronary artery bifurcation angioplasty in a rare case of single coronary artery: a case report.

Eur Heart J Case Rep

April 2021

Professor of Medicine & Interventional Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Jaipur-302016, India.

Background: Single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital coronary anomaly with incidence of 8-66 per 100 000 cases. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with SCA is technically challenging. This is a case of bifurcation angioplasty involving left anterior descending/right coronary artery (LAD/RCA) in a patient with SCA and 1-year follow-up with computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA).

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Correlation between Vitamin D deficiency and nonspecific chronic low back pain: A retrospective observational study.

J Family Med Prim Care

February 2021

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR), AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Context: Chronic lower back pain (CLBP) and Vitamin D deficiency are two common conditions presenting to primary care physicians.

Aims: To study the vitamin D status in North Indians presenting with nonspecific CLBP and the correlation between vitamin D levels and pain severity by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

Settings And Design: An observational study.

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