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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...