scholarly journals Clinical characteristics of takayasu arteritis: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital in North India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Arun Hegde ◽  
Vishal Mangal ◽  
Kavita Singh ◽  
KovilapuUday Bhanu ◽  
Anurag Jain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Takayasu Arteritis ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital

Delay in initiation of clozapine: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital in North India

2015 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Grover ◽  
Nandita Hazari ◽  
Subho Chakrabarti ◽  
Ajit Avasthi
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
North India ◽  
Care Hospital

Acanthamoeba keratitis: A 4-year review from a tertiary care hospital in North India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
Kirti Megha ◽  
Anchal Thakur ◽  
Sumeeta Khurana ◽  
Rakesh Sehgal ◽  
Amit Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Acanthamoeba Keratitis ◽  
Complete Healing ◽  
North India ◽  
Eye Drops ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Body Sensation ◽  
History Of

Introduction: Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a blinding condition reported from both developed and developing countries. Limited knowledge on the clinical characteristics of AK and scarce laboratory diagnostic facilities in such countries poses difficulties in the accurate diagnosis. Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics as well as management of Acanthamoeba keratitis in a tertiary care hospital in North India. Methods: All clinically suspicious cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) presenting to our centre were screened for Acanthamoeba. All patients diagnosed as Acanthamoeba on microscopic examination, culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were given Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) eye drops 0.02% half hourly for 1 week, then hourly for 1 week and then gradually tapered according to the response. Out of 300 consecutive patients evaluated, Acanthamoeba was detected in 11(3.6%) patients. A history of trauma was elicited in majority of the patients, 6 (55%). The most common complaints were eye pain, redness and watering in all of the patients, diminution of vision (8, 72.7%), photophobia (7, 63.6%) and foreign body sensation (2, 18.2%). Complete healing with vascularization and scarring was observed in 7 patients (63.6%) patients whereas progression to perforation of corneal ulcer and corneal melt was seen in 3 (27.3%) cases and these patients underwent therapeutic keratoplasty later. One patient did not come for follow up examination. Conclusion: The most common risk factor for the occurrence of Acanthamoeba Keratitis is trauma followed by contact lens use.

A Retrospective Study on Clinical Characteristics of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 404-405
Author(s):  
Dr.K.Narayanasamy Dr.K.Narayanasamy ◽  
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R.Parvathavarthini R.Parvathavarthini ◽  
Dr.A.Chezhian Dr.A.Chezhian ◽  
Dr.R.Senthil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital

scholarly journals Looking into Array of Clinical Presentations of Patients with Leprosy and their Clinico-epidemiological Profile: A Retrospective Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Goel ◽  
Dimple Chopra ◽  
Geetika Gera
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
North India ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Case Detection ◽  
Who Grade ◽  
Clinical Presentations

Introduction: The prevalence of leprosy in India has decreased to <1 per 10,000 population by 2016 after the introduction of Multidrug Therapy (MDT) in 1982; still wide variations in Prevalence Rates (PR) continue to exist across the states and regions in the country. Aim: To determine the current clinical profile of leprosy and study various presenting features of patients with leprosy at a tertiary care hospital in North India. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study, based on seven years data, was conducted on patients diagnosed and registered in the leprosy clinic of a tertiary care hospital in North India, from January 2013 to December 2019. Data regarding their demographic details, presenting complaints, clinical features, associated complications and treatment administered was analysed and was entered into Microsoft Excel and presented as tables. Results: A total of 181 patients of leprosy were registered over a period of seven years. There were 133 males and 48 females with M:F ratio of 2.77:1. Of the total patients registered, 3.86% were children (≤14 years) and 97.8 % patients were immigrants from the adjoining states. The most common clinical type was Multibacillary (MB) leprosy in 88.95% patients whereas most frequent morphological type was Borderline Tuberculoid (BT) leprosy (72.93%). Thirty-three (18.23%) patients presented with leprosy reaction (Type 1 reaction in 16.6% and Type 2 reaction in 1.66%). World Health Organisation (WHO) grade 2 deformities (G2D) were diagnosed in 3 (1.66%) patients, with claw hand being the most common deformity (1.10%). Anaesthetic to hypoaesthetic patches were the most common presenting feature (64.1%). Conclusion: Despite statistical elimination, MB disease and leprosy reactions are commonly seen as presenting manifestations. It highlights the need for high quality leprosy services including good referral system for an active case detection. Varied clinical presentations of leprosy should be contemplated while examining patients that can assist in an early and better case detection that will prevent delay in therapy and associated deformities and also decrease the transmission of disease in the community.

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