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Introduction
Ocular injury is the commonest ocular emergency and can vary across geographical and socioeconomic regions. This study was conducted to determine the pattern of ocular injuries presenting to our tertiary care hospital located in Puducherry, Southern India.
Methods
A retrospective hospital-based study was performed and analyzed the rec...
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes for global public health crisis mainly affecting the Asian countries. Cardivascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Assessment of the cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic patients and advising them for...
Peripheral venous access is a routine procedure in emergency and critical care areas. However, not all procedures are successful due to altered venous anatomy, varied patient characteristics and blind nature of procedure. Sometimes, this seemingly easy procedure may become difficult, time-consuming, and exasperating. Needle punctures in the process...
Background: Mini- Broncho-Alveolar Lavage (m-BAL) is a blind technique which is reported to be as good as Bronchoscopic-BAL (B-BAL) in terms of safety and microbiological yield. The m-BAL catheter is not always available; hence, we devised an alternative technique, the modified m-BAL. Objective of this study was to compare diagnostic yield, duratio...
Objectives. Etiology and outcomes of acute lung injury in tropical countries may be different from those of western nations. We describe the etiology and outcomes of illnesses causing acute lung injury in a rural populace. Study Design. A prospective observational study. Setting. Medical ICU of a teaching hospital in a rural-urban fringe location....
Potassium levels in critical care unit patients and its association with mortality Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of abnormal serum potassium levels in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit and to determine the range of serum potassium associated with least mortality among such patients. Patients and...
Kidney International aims to inform the renal researcher and practicing nephrologists on all aspects of renal research. Clinical and basic renal research, commentaries, The Renal Consult, Nephrology sans Frontieres, minireviews, reviews, Nephrology Images, Journal Club. Published weekly online and twice a month in print.
