Rural-Urban Disparities in Evaluating Cardiovascular Health- a cross-sectional study from North India

Authors: Bijay Prakash Yadav, Poonam Kushwaha

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.5193.1759119684

Keywords: Cardiovascular Health, Rural-urban disparities, Sex-differences, Age-difference, Echocardiography

Background- India has made significant strides in improving health outcomes in recent years. However, there remains a notable gap in health status between individuals living in rural and urban areas,...

Advancing Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in India: Utilizing Urine-based Liquid Biopsy and Transrenal Cell-Free DNA

Authors: Anmol Mahani, Vipul Nautiyal, Viney Kumar, Mansi Barthwal

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.6765.1761296330

Keywords: Liquid biopst ,Trans renal cell free DNA ,Indian context,cancer

Advancements in cancer therapy have greatly increased treatment options for both early and advanced cancers, highlighting the importance of molecular profiling for personalized medicine. Liquid biopsi...

Initial presentation and clinico-radiological profile of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in an Eastern Indian Tertiary Care Hospital

Authors: Subrata Halder, Ayon Ghorai, Pinaki Maiti, Tanvir Ahmed, Shankar Prasad Nandi, Ramesh Bhattacharyya, Gouranga Prasad Mondal

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.7785.1759119147

Keywords: unilateral tremor, gait disturbance,visual disturbance

Objectives : To find out Initial presentation and clinical and neuro-imaging findings of patients with Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Neur...

Bilateral Lower limb gangrene in neonate– Protein C deficiency: A Rare Inherited Thrombophilia.

Authors: Renu Sharma, Geeta Gathwala, Kapil Bhalla, Dinkar Yadav

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.8144.1761294525

Keywords: Neonatal lower limb gangrene, Protein C deficiency, Aortic thrombosis

Congenital Protein C deficiency is a rare inherited thrombophilia with autosomal dominant inheritance. Bilateral lower limb ischemia and gangrene is a rare complication of Protein C deficiency. Index...

A STUDY OF PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS IN NON-OBESE AND OBESE PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AT A TERTIERY CARE CENTRE

Authors: SONAL SURESH ARSUDE, Ravi Kamble, Rakhi Gosavi, Rahul Lokhande

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.8472.1759751551

Keywords: Asthma, pulmonary function test, obesity

Background and objective: Bronchial asthma and obesity are chronic diseases that pose significant health challenges globally. Both conditions are characterized by inflammation. Therefore, this study a...

Is psoriasis a psychosocial issue: Exploring the connection between anxiety, depression and psoriasis severity

Authors: Jeetendra Kumar, Pravesh Kumar, Umesh Kumar mishra, Anubhav Dwivedi, Monika Chaudhary

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.8814.1761294043

Keywords: Psoriasis, Anxiety, Depression.

Introduction-Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease that has a major negative effect on one's mental health. High levels of anxiety, especially social anxiety, are common in people with psoriasis,...

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PALATAL RUGAE PATTERNS AMONG BENGALI SUBJECTS IN KOLKATA AND SOUTH 24 PARGANAS - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors: Dr. Moumita Nayek, Dr. Banani Kundu, Dr. Pradip Kumar Ray, Oishi Rudra

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.9112.1761300063

Keywords: Palatal rugae, Gender differences, Rugoscopy, Forensic identification, Bengali population, ANOVA

The study examined gender differences in palatal rugae patterns among Bengali individuals from Kolkata and South 24 Parganas. A total of 192 participants (119 females, 73 males) were selected, excludi...

Clinico-pathological correlation of Oral cavity lesions in North Indian population

Authors: Priyanka Bhat, Syed Mohd Faiz, Anuja Bhargava, Saurabh Srivastava, Rajeev Krishna Gupta, Nirupma Lal, Litika Verma, Prajwal Gupta, Sanya Siddiqui

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.10046.1759833949

Keywords: oral malignancies, submucous fibrosis, leukoplakia, premalignant, malignant lesions.

Aim and objectives : To evaluate the histopathological profile of oral cavity lesions who underwent oral mucosal biopsies. Introduction: Oral lesions are one of the common occurrences in the lifetime...

Clinico-Radiological Outcome of Proximal Femoral Varus Derotation Osteotomy In Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

Authors: Ananda Mandal, Kiran Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Pratyay Pal, Anindya Sarkar, Amiya Kumar Bera

Keywords: Paediatric Hip, Perthes disease, varus derotation, osteotomy, containment, functional outcome

INTRODUCTION: Legg-calve-Perthes disease is a paediatric hip disorder in which a self-limiting avascular event affects the capital epiphysis of the femur, resulting in variable course. Management is u...

Does Non-Gaussian Error Distribution Demand a New Approach? A Comparative Cancer Study for Multi-Site Analysis of Setup Margins in Radiotherapy

Authors: Kalyan Mondal, Muskaan NA, Abhijit Mandal, Anuj Vijay, Suresh Yadav, Samrat Dutta, Ganeshkumar Patel

Keywords: NEOPLASM, IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY, UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS, RADIOTHERAPY SETUP MARGIN, VAN HERK’S FORMALISM

Accurate setup margin (SM) estimation is essential in radiotherapy to ensure optimal target coverage and minimize radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissues. Conventional approaches such as van...

Prevalence of Systemic and Ocular comorbidities in Cataract Patients admitted through Camps versus Out patients in a tertiary care centre

Authors: Beena Ramanujam

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.10966.1760436424

Keywords: Cataract,outpatient,camps,systemic comorbidities,ocular comorbidities

ABSTRACT BACK GROUND Cataract is a significant curable cause for blindness . Comorbidities associated with cataract are responsible for delay in interventions to restore vision and...

AN ASSESMENT OF EXTENT OF DEPRESSION IN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER.

Authors: SANTOSH KUMAR CHAURASIA, RITIKA DIVAN

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.11158.1758367893

Keywords: mental health, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Depression, Anxiety, a persistence in low mood, emotional imbalance, Y-bocs (Yale brown obsessive compulsive disorder scale), HAM-D(Hamilton Depression Rating scale.

INTRODUCTION: Obsessions and compulsions are slowly developing changes in the personality of an individual whereas low mood, irritability, sleep pattern with increase heart rate and palpitations are v...

EVALUATING PLATELET INDICES AS PREDICTIVE MARKER FOR MICROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Authors: Ashraf Ahmed Zubair, Madhavi Ajit Kulkarni, Asfia Sultana, Anand Anantha rao Shankar

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.11404.1761305368

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus,microvascular complications ,Platelet indices

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder marked by insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. It is associated with long-term complications, particularly mic...

Novel Ophthalmological insights into the cause of winter trends of corona virus infection and emergence of a new hypothesis.

Authors: Parthasarathi Roy

DOI: 10.18231/j.pjms.13052.1761293451

Keywords: Meibum flow, Seasonal changes, Tears pH, Tears temperature, Relative humidity of air, Covid-19 pandemic, SARS CoV-2, Carboxylate ion.

Context: Winter trends corona virus infection were observed world-wide during Covid 19 pandemic. Eyes appear to play a key role in replication and downstream transmission of SARS-CoV2 virus. Aims: To...