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To evaluate the effectiveness of Frequency Discrimination Training (FDT) programs with and without an integrated game format for treating a person with tinnitus. Searches were conducted in Medline, PubMed, Web of Science, Elsevier, Springer, Scopus, and ProQuest databases from early 2000 to 2024. FDT studies of non-randomised and randomised clinical trials that used validated tinnitus handicap index were considered.

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Air Gun Injuries in Children - A Near Miss!

J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg

September 2023

Department of Paediatric Surgery, Regional Advanced Paediatric Care Centre, Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Air guns that are employed for protection and entertainment/sporting events can have accidentally harmful consequences. We report three examples of air gun injuries in the pediatric population with injuries, which could be potentially fatal.

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Malaria Severity in Mangaluru City in the Southwestern Coastal Region of India.

Am J Trop Med Hyg

February 2019

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Dakshina Kannada district in the Southwestern region of Karnataka state, India, including Mangaluru city is endemic to malaria. About 80% of malaria infections in Mangaluru and its surrounding areas are caused by and the remainder is due to . Malaria-associated clinical complications significantly occur in this region.

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Article Synopsis
  • Artemisinins are at risk of supply disruptions due to climate change, leading to the development of a new synthetic antimalarial combination known as arterolane maleate (AM) with piperaquine phosphate (PQP) for treating uncomplicated malaria.
  • In a clinical trial with 1072 patients, AM-PQP was found to have a high efficacy rate, with 90.48% showing adequate clinical and parasitological response at day 42, comparable to artemether-lumefantrine (A-L) which had a similar success rate.
  • The study concluded that AM-PQP is as effective and safe as A-L in treating uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria, demonstrating quick parasite clearance and minimal
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Background: Chloroquine has been the treatment of choice for acute vivax malaria for more than 60 years. Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax has recently shown resistance to chloroquine in some places. This study compared the efficacy and safety of fixed dose combination (FDC) of arterolane maleate and piperaquine phosphate (PQP) with chloroquine in the treatment of uncomplicated vivax malaria.

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A rare case of pancreatic mediastinal pseudocyst.

Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ)

December 2008

Department of Radiodiagnosis, Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore, India.

Pancreatic pseudocysts are the most common cystic lesions of the pancreas, accounting for 75-80% of such masses. Pancreatic pseudocyst with mediastinal extension is a rare clinical entity and only a handful cases report on dysphagia associated with mediastinal pseudocyst formation.1 We present a case of pancreatic mediastinal pseudocyst that presented with palpitations and dysphagia.

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A custom-made latex conduit for simulation of microvascular repair.

Plast Reconstr Surg

April 2007

Department of Orthopedics, Kasturba Medical College and Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore, India (J. Kamath) Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore, India (S. Kamath).

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Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma. This malignancy has a predilection for the upper aerodigestive tract, although it has been found in multiple other sites. The tumor is highly aggressive biologically, and the overall prognosis is poor despite intensive treatment.

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Nail changes in systemic diseases : A clinical study of 435 cases.

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol

October 2012

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore - 575 001, India.

Nail changes often are reflectors of an internal disease. Four hundred and thirty-five patients admitted in the Medical, Surgical and Obstetric and Gynaecology wards were studied. Nail changes were seen in 134 which included clubbing (21.

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100 cases of Kyasanur Forest Disease were studied clinically and autopsy or postmortem biopsies of various organs were done in 8 cases. 1. Our study showed that KFD passes through 4 stages each lasting for about a week.

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