Acute neuroendocrine profile in predicting outcomes in severe traumatic brain injury: A study from a tertiary care center in South India

Abstract Objective Nursing profession is subject to occupational stress, which can be a trigger for headaches. Our study aimed to study the prevalence of migraine, its characteristics, triggers, and relieving factors among nursing students in a tertiary care center. Materials and Methods This study was performed in a super-specialty hospital in South India. A structured questionnaire captured data on the occurrence of headache, demographics, aura, triggering factors, relieving factors, and lifestyle habits. Results are presented in numbers and percentage. Results A total of 20% of nursing students in the study had headache of which 85% had migraine. Weekly and daily attacks were reported in 12 and 4% students, respectively. Twenty-two percent had headache severity of more than 5 visual analogue scale. Most common accompanying symptoms were photophobia (80%), phonophobia (70%), nausea (75%), vomiting (71%), neck pain (25%), and vertigo (20%). Thirty-nine percent had auras. Ninety-five percent reported triggers with 70% students having more than one trigger. Sleep was the relieving factor in 69%, head massage in 50%, and relaxing from work in 48%. Conclusion The most common type of primary headache in nurses in our study was migraine. More than three-fourths nurses reported triggers and relieving factors. Addressing these factors could help in managing migraines and help in improving the quality of life and increased work productivity of nurses.

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Detection and Enumeration of the Commonest Stool Parasites Seen in a Tertiary Care Center in South India

ISRN Tropical Medicine ◽

10.1155/2013/808571 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Vani Chandrashekar

Keyword(s):

Entamoeba Histolytica ◽

South India ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Age Group ◽

Tertiary Care Center ◽

Care Centre ◽

Tertiary Care Centre ◽

Stool Samples

The aim of this study was to identify common stool parasites in patients attending a tertiary care centre in South India. We evaluated 2355 stool samples and parasites were detected in 7.9% of samples. 41.1% of our patients were in the 45–58-year age group. Protozoal infections were the commonest seen in 7.8% of samples. Entamoeba histolytica was the commonest protozoa (4.6%) followed by Entamoeba coli (1.2%) and Giardia (0.8%). Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli were together seen in 0.63%, and they were the commonest organisms seen in samples with multiple-organism infection. Both were equally detected in diarrheal samples.

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Worrisome trends in rising minimum inhibitory concentration values of antibiotics against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus – Insights from a tertiary care center, South India

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1016/j.bjid.2015.08.005 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 19 (6) ◽

pp. 585-589 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nagasundaram Niveditha ◽

Sistla Sujatha

Keyword(s):

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration ◽

South India ◽

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Inhibitory Concentration ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Tertiary Care Center ◽

Methicillin Resistant

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GASTRIC CANCER: A 5 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND TREATMENT ASPECTS FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTH INDIA.

10.36106/gjra/0711411 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 129-132

Author(s):

B. Ramkumar ◽

J. Kannan ◽

Ingersal. N ◽

Srigopal mohanty ◽

Amit saklani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Gastric Cancer ◽

South India ◽

Care Center ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Tumor Location ◽

Advanced Stage ◽

Tertiary Care Center ◽

Nodal Disease ◽

Female Ratio

Context: Gastric cancer(GC) is fth most common cancer worldwide. Mostly presents with advanced stage and poor overall survival. Methods: Retrospective study on clinical, pathological, pattern of distant metastasis(DM) , treatment aspect of GC treated between January 2014 to December 2018 in a tertiary care center in south India. Statistical analysis : Chi square test and multivariate analysis (MVA) were used for analysis. P <0.05 was considered signicant. Results: Median age at diagnosis is 57 years. Higher male : female ratio. Most common presentation was abdominal pain followed vomiting. Malignant Gastric outlet obstruction(MGOO) was present in 22.7%. Histologically , all patients had adenocarcinoma with predominantly moderate differentiation (51.1%). Liver (19.1%)was most common site of metastasis . Curative surgery was done in 35.5% of patients. D2 lymph node dissection was performed in 12.4% of patient. Patients were given perioperative /preoperative/ adjuvant / palliative chemotherapy. MVA revealed history of tobacco use, body of stomach tumor location, nodal disease were risk factors for DM. Conclusion : The present analysis revealed use of tobacco, alcohol intake were main risk factors for GC. Most of the patients present in advanced stage , so prevention by avoiding risk factors and early detection by signs , symptoms and endoscopy are necessary. Use of tobacco,site of tumor location, nodal disease were factors associated with DM. Aggressive management with both surgery and chemotherapy is warranted for locally advanced disease.

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