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Nutrition and health status of school children in urban area of Ahmedabad, India: Comparison with Indian Council of Medical Research and body mass index standards
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Nutrition and health status of school children in urban area of Ahmedabad, India: Comparison with Indian Council of Medical Research and body mass index standards

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Nehal Patel1, Geet Gunjana1, Shital Patel2, Rashmi Thanvi1, Paresh Sathvara1, Rajesh Joshi11Department of Paediatrics, GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.2Department of Oral Surgery, AMC MET Dental College and Hospital, Khokhara, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160010 ABSTRACT Background: Identifying the commonly prevailing health and…

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Effect of intraoperative infusion of low-dose ketamine on management of postoperative analgesia
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Effect of intraoperative infusion of low-dose ketamine on management of postoperative analgesia

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Sarvjeet Kaur1, Richa Saroa2, Shobha Aggarwal11Department of Anaesthesiology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.2Depratment of Anaesthesiology, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160012 ABSTRACT Background: Use of opioids for perioperative analgesia is associated with sedation, respiratory depression and postoperative nausea…

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Phenotypic detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase and Amp-C β-lactamase producing clinical isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A preliminary study
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Phenotypic detection of extended spectrum β-lactamase and Amp-C β-lactamase producing clinical isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A preliminary study

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S Sageerabanoo1, A Malini2, T Mangaiyarkarasi3, G Hemalatha41Department of Microbiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India.2Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (Government of Puducherry Institute), Puducherry, India.3Department of Microbiology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Puducherry, India.4Department…

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Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of tubercular and pyogenic spondylodiscitis
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Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of tubercular and pyogenic spondylodiscitis

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Ritu Dhawan Galhotra, Tanica Jain, Parambir Sandhu, Vineet GalhotraDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Dyanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160016 ABSTRACT Aim: We evaluated the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of spinal infections and specifically its accuracy in…

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Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterococci isolates from nosocomial infections in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India
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Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterococci isolates from nosocomial infections in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India

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Atreyi Chakraborty1, Nishith K Pal2, Soma Sarkar1, Manideepa Sen Gupta11Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.2Department of Microbiology, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160018 ABSTRACT Background: Resistance to commonly used antibiotics by Enterococci causing nosocomial infections is of concern,…

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A prospective study assessing clinicians attitude and knowledge on radiation exposure to patients during radiological investigations
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A prospective study assessing clinicians attitude and knowledge on radiation exposure to patients during radiological investigations

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Paramdeep Singh1, Simmi Aggarwal1, Amteshwar Mohan Singh Kapoor1, Rupinderjeet Kaur2, Amarpreet Kaur31Department of Radiology, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India.2Department of Medicine Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Baba Farid University…

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Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity during early pregnancy is associated with pregnancy complications and maternal morbidity in later life
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Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody positivity during early pregnancy is associated with pregnancy complications and maternal morbidity in later life

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Raghunath Bhattacharyya1, Kasturi Mukherjee2, Anjan Das3, Madhuri Ranjana Biswas3, Sandip Roy Basunia3, Anindya Mukherjee41Department of G and O, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.2Department of Biochemistry, Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.3Department of Anaesthesiology, College of…

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Comparing Ksharasutra (Ayurvedic Seton) and open fistulotomy in the management of fistula-in-ano
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Comparing Ksharasutra (Ayurvedic Seton) and open fistulotomy in the management of fistula-in-ano

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Gouranga Dutta1, Jayanta Bain1, Ajay Kumar Ray2, Soumedhik Dey3, Nandini Das4, Biswanath Das51Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.2Department of General Surgery, Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.3Department of Anatomy,…

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Evaluating the cost effectiveness of national program for control of blindness in Jorhat district, India
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Evaluating the cost effectiveness of national program for control of blindness in Jorhat district, India

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Nasrin B LaskarDepartment of Community Medicine, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences and Central Referral Hospital, Gangtok, Sikkim, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160024 ABSTRACT Background: We evaluated the cost of different components of the national program for control of blindness (NPCB) and assess the cost effectiveness…

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Immunomodulatory potential of shatavarins produced from Asparagus racemosus tissue cultures
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Immunomodulatory potential of shatavarins produced from Asparagus racemosus tissue cultures

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Mashitha Vinod Pise, Jaishree Amal Rudra, Avinash UpadhyayBiotechnology, Hislop School of Biotecnology, Hislop College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160025 ABSTRACT Medicinal properties of Asparagus racemosus (vernacular name: Shatavari) are attributed to its steroidal saponins called shatavarins. This plant is facing the threat of being endangered due…

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