Profile of hepatocellular carcinoma in a tertiary care hospital in Punjab in northern India

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Sood ◽  
Vandana Midha ◽  
Omesh Goyal ◽  
Prerna Goyal ◽  
Neena Sood ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 855-867
Author(s):  
Filippo Pelizzaro ◽  
Federica Soldà ◽  
Romilda Cardin ◽  
Angela Imondi ◽  
Anna Sartori ◽  
...  

Aim: Squamous cell carcinoma antigen immune complexed with immunoglobulin M (SCCA-IgM) is a useful but not completely satisfactory biomarker of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Considering its gender-specific behavior in preclinical models, we investigated gender-related differences of SCCA-IgM as a prognostic marker in HCC. Patients & methods: Two hundred and eight prospectively recruited patients treated with transarterial chemoembolization in a single tertiary care hospital were retrospectively evaluated. Correlations between SCCA-IgM levels, clinical characteristics and survival were assessed according to gender. Results: When the disease was advanced, SCCA-IgM was higher in males and lower in females. Levels below 130 AU/ml predicted a significantly longer survival in males (p = 0.007) and a shorter survival in females (p = 0.01). Conclusion: In predicting the prognosis of HCC patients, the interpretation of SCCA-IgM should consider gender as a relevant variable.



2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 717-719
Author(s):  
Nidhi Bedi . ◽  
Chandra Mohan Kumar . ◽  
Shweta Singh .




2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabina Habibi ◽  
Naveet Wig ◽  
Sunil Agarwal ◽  
Surendra K Sharma ◽  
Rakesh Lodha ◽  
...  

This prospective observational study describes the rates of nosocomial infections (NI), the sites of infection, the pathogens involved, their antibiogram and the risk factors at a tertiary care hospital in northern India. In 62 of the 182 enrolled patients 95 episodes of NI were recorded (incidence rate 28.6/1000 person days): pneumonia (77%); urinary tract infection (24%) and blood stream infection (24%). All isolates of Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas and Klebsiella and 83.3% of Escherichia coli were resistant to the third generation cephalosporins. An increased duration of the time spent in intensive care units and days of intervention were associated with incident NI.



Author(s):  
Varsha Chaudhary ◽  
Ved Prakesh ◽  
Kian Agarwal ◽  
Vijender Agrawal ◽  
Arun Singh ◽  
...  


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