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1.
Indian J Public Health ; 66(4): 490-493, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37039179

RESUMO

The aim of the study is to reveal the common birth defects among parents of newborns belonging to the below poverty line (BPL) category in Karnataka state (South India) by analyzing Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust data. In the last 10 years, 3672 kids in BPL families have been born with various birth abnormalities. It is found that 50.3% of newborns have anorectal malformations, 33.1% have hypospadias, 6.0% have diaphragmatic hernia, 5.1% have esophageal atresia, and 2.8% have intestinal atresia and obstruct. As a parent's age rises, the likelihood of having a child with birth abnormalities raise as well, particularly anorectal malformations than diaphragmatic hernia. Male newborns have a higher risk of birth defects. We hypothesized that poverty, material deprivation, and low socioeconomic profile throughout the life course among the BPL community could be some of the key reasons for poor maternal health care and related neonatal outcomes.


Assuntos
Malformações Anorretais , Hérnia Diafragmática , Criança , Feminino , Masculino , Recém-Nascido , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Pobreza , Pais
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J Postgrad Med ; 66(3): 128-132, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32675448

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Although oxygen is one of the oldest drugs available, it is still one of the most inappropriately administered drugs leading to over utilization of this very expensive resource. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective observational study was done in a large emergency department (ED) in India. The pattern of oxygen usage was studied before and after the strict implementation of an oxygen treatment algorithm. The algorithm was taught to all doctors and nurses and its implementation was monitored regularly. The main outcome measures were proportion of patients receiving oxygen therapy, inappropriate usage, and avoidable direct medical cost to the patient. RESULTS: The 3-week pre-protocol observation phase in April 2016 included 3769 patients and the 3-week post-protocol observation phase in April 2017 included 4608 patients. The baseline demographic pattern was similar in both the pre-protocol and post-protocol groups. After the strict implementation of the algorithm, the number of patients receiving oxygen therapy decreased from 9.63% to 4.82%, a relative decrease of 51.4%. The average amount of total oxygen used decreased from 55.4 liters per person in pre-protocol group to 42.1 liters per person in the post-protocol group with a mean difference of 13.28 (95% CI 5.30-21.26; P = 0.001). Inappropriate oxygen usage decreased from 37.2% to 8.6%. There was a significant decrease in inappropriate oxygen use for indications like low sensorium (60.8% vs 21.7%) and trauma (88.5% vs 15.8%). The mortality rate in the pre-protocol phase was 2.7% as compared with 3.2% in the post-protocol phase. The total duration of inappropriate oxygen usage significantly decreased from 987 h to 89 h over the 21-day study period. CONCLUSION: The implementation of an oxygen therapy algorithm significantly reduces inappropriate oxygen use and decreases treatment cost to the patient with no additional mortality risk.


Assuntos
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Oxigenoterapia Hiperbárica/estatística & dados numéricos , Prescrição Inadequada/psicologia , Oxigênio/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Algoritmos , Feminino , Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos
3.
J Pediatr Urol ; 9(2): 230-3, 2013 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22498008

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of laparoscopy in the treatment of pediatric urolithiasis, we report our experience with the transperitoneal laparoscopic removal of stones. METHOD: Renal pelvic stones of size ≥1 cm on ultrasound were included for laparoscopic pyelolithotomy while smaller stones were managed with shock-wave lithotripsy monotherapy. Intrarenal stones, calyceal stones, complete staghorn stones, multiple stones and kidneys with intrarenal pelvis were excluded. Ureteric stones included for laparoscopic ureterolithotomy were of size ≥1 cm in the upper, mid or lower ureter, and smaller stones not responding to non-operative treatment. RESULTS: A total of 22 procedures were performed: 12 pyelolithotomies, and 8 lower and 2 upper ureterolithotomies. Complete removal of calculi was accomplished in 21 (95.45%) procedures. Complications associated with laparoscopic lithotomy included urinoma (4.54%), failure (4.54%) and omental prolapse (4.54%). CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic lithotomy is safe and feasible in pediatric urolithiasis with pyelic and ureteric stones, with minimal complications and failure rate.


Assuntos
Cálculos Renais/cirurgia , Rim/cirurgia , Laparoscopia/métodos , Ureter/cirurgia , Cálculos Urinários/cirurgia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Terapia Combinada , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Humanos , Cálculos Renais/terapia , Litotripsia a Laser , Masculino , Peritônio/cirurgia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Resultado do Tratamento , Cálculos Urinários/terapia
4.
Asian J Endosc Surg ; 5(3): 145-8, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22823173

RESUMO

Purulent pericarditis is an extremely rare complication of pneumococcal pneumonia in children that may result in to cardiac tamponade. While image-guided pericardiocentesis is the treatment of choice for such a condition, it may fail in the presence of thick pus; loculations and thoracoscopic pericardiotomy are useful procedures for such situations. Herein, we report such a case involving a 6-year-old boy who presented with purulent pneumococcal pericarditis that was managed with thoracoscopic pericardiotomy and who recovered well. Thoracoscopic pericardiotomy is a safe procedure that allows effective drainage under vision, pericardial biopsy for diagnosis, and a simultaneous opportunity to perform thoracoscopic pleural drainage.


Assuntos
Drenagem/métodos , Pericardiocentese/métodos , Pericardite/cirurgia , Infecções Pneumocócicas/cirurgia , Streptococcus pneumoniae/isolamento & purificação , Toracoscopia/métodos , Criança , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pericardite/microbiologia , Infecções Pneumocócicas/microbiologia , Supuração/microbiologia , Supuração/cirurgia
5.
J Pharm Biomed Anal ; 43(4): 1587-93, 2007 Mar 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17207602

RESUMO

Three impurities in ropinirole hydrochloride drug substance at levels approximately 0.06-0.15% were detected by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). These impurities were isolated from the drug substance. These impurities were analyzed using reverse-phase HPLC. Based on the spectral data (IR, NMR and MS), structures of these impurities were characterized as 4-[2-(propylamino) ethyl]-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one hydrochloride (impurity-A), 5-[2-(diropylamino) ethyl]-1,4-dihydro-3H-benzoxazin-3-one hydrochloride (impurity-B) and 4-[2-(diropylamino) ethyl]-1H-indol-2,3-dione hydrochloride (impurity-C). Synthesis of these impurities is discussed.


Assuntos
Antiparkinsonianos/análise , Indóis/análise , Antiparkinsonianos/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Contaminação de Medicamentos , Indóis/química , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Espectrometria de Massas , Estrutura Molecular , Espectrofotometria Infravermelho , Espectroscopia de Infravermelho com Transformada de Fourier
6.
J Neurosci Methods ; 148(1): 36-42, 2005 Oct 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15908013

RESUMO

With the increasing use of normal and genetically modified mice in the field of motor physiology, there is a need for a simple and reliable technique for recording electromyographic (EMG) activity in behaving mice. Here, we describe a new method for the fabrication and implantation of fine EMG recording electrodes into multiple muscles of adult mice. This method minimizes surgical damage to the muscles and the connecting leads have only a modest influence on leg movements when electrodes are implanted into distal muscles. We demonstrate that excellent EMG recordings can be obtained during walking, swimming and scratching for the vastus lateralis, tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscles in normal adult mice. EMG recordings were also made in a mutant EphA4 mouse to demonstrate the utility of the method for examining motor patterns in genetically modified animals. We also developed a method for constructing highly reflective markers that could be viewed over a range of orientations to measure the kinematics of legs movements during stepping. A commercial motion analysis system was used to track six markers during walking and to synchronize video and EMG data during walking sequences.


Assuntos
Eletrodos Implantados , Eletromiografia/métodos , Movimento/fisiologia , Músculo Esquelético/fisiologia , Animais , Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Eletromiografia/instrumentação , Teste de Esforço/métodos , Feminino , Lateralidade Funcional/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Atividade Motora/fisiologia
7.
J Org Chem ; 66(6): 2011-8, 2001 Mar 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11300894

RESUMO

By using the convenient protocol for conversion of 2-substituted furans into 4-oxo-2-alkenoic acids ((i) NBS, (ii) NaClO(2)), macrosphelide B (2) was synthesized from furyl alcohol 5 (>98% ee) and acid 6 (99% ee). The protocol was first applied to the PMB ether of 5 to afford acid 13b. On the other hand, DCC condensation of acid 6 with 5 gave 16 after deprotection of the TBS group. Condensation was again carried out between 13b and 16 to furnish the key ketone 17, which upon reduction with Zn(BH(4))(2) afforded anti alcohol 18 stereoselectively (15:1). After protection/deprotection steps, the furan 18 was converted to seco acid 3 by using the furan oxidation protocol mentioned above, and lactonization of 3 with Cl(3)C(6)H(2)COCl, Et(3)N, and DMAP afforded 22 (MOM ether of 2), which upon deprotection with TFA produced 2. Transformation of 22 to macrosphelide A (1) was then investigated. Although the chelation-controlled reduction of 22 should afford the desired anti alcohol 24, Zn(BH(4))(2) at <-90 degrees C gave a 2 approximately 1:1 mixture of anti/syn alcohols. On the contrary, reduction with NaBH(4) in MeOH at -15 degrees C produced the syn isomer 23 with >10:1 diastereoselectivity. Mitsunobu inversion of the resulting C(14)-hydroxyl group and deprotection of the MOM group with TFA afforded 1. Similarly, reduction of 2 with NaBH(4) afforded the C(14)-epimer of 1 stereoselectively. The observed stereoselectivity in the reductions of 22 and 2 could be explained on the basis of computer-assisted calculation, which showed presence of the low-energy conformers responsible for the stereoselective reduction. In addition, conversion of 2 to 1 was established, for the first time.


Assuntos
Furanos/química , Compostos Heterocíclicos/síntese química , Compostos Heterocíclicos/química , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Oxirredução
8.
J Mol Neurosci ; 11(2): 165-78, 1998 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10096043

RESUMO

NeuroD, a vertebrate homolog of Drosophila atonal gene, plays an important role in the differentiation of neuronal precursors (Lee et al., 1995). We have investigated whether NeuroD subserves a similar function in mammalian retinal neurogenesis. Expression of NeuroD is detected in successive stages of retinal neurogenesis and is associated with a differentiating population of retinal cells. The association of NeuroD predominantly with postmitotic precursors in early as well as late neurogenesis suggests that NeuroD expression plays an important role in the terminal differentiation of retinal neurons. The notion is supported by observations that overexpression of NeuroD during late neurogenesis promotes premature differentiation of late-born neurons, rod photoreceptors, and bipolar cells, and that NeuroD can interact specifically with the E-box element in the proximal promoter of the phenotype-specific gene, opsin.


Assuntos
Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Neurônios Aferentes/citologia , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastonetes/citologia , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos , Northern Blotting , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Regulação Viral da Expressão Gênica , Sequências Hélice-Alça-Hélice/genética , Mamíferos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/análise , Neurônios Aferentes/química , Gravidez , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/genética , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastonetes/química , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastonetes/embriologia , Retroviridae/genética , Opsinas de Bastonetes/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Proteínas Virais de Fusão/genética
9.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 233(2): 459-63, 1997 Apr 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9144558

RESUMO

We have shown that bHLH proteins are involved in mammalian retinal development. Here we report the identification and analysis of the expression of a neurogenic differentiation gene, NeuroD, in human retina. In situ hybridization and immunocytochemical analyses of adult retina showed that NeuroD transcripts and NeuroD immunoreactivity are predominantly localized to the outer nuclear layer which contains the photoreceptors. Southern analysis of PCR-amplified cDNA revealed that NeuroD mRNA is also expressed in fetal human retina. Fetal monkey retina was used to analyse the spatial distribution of NeuroD in the developing retina. Both NeuroD transcripts and immunoreactivity are largely detected in the outer neuroblastic layer. Therefore, NeuroD may be involved in the differentiation as well as maintenance of the differentiated properties of photoreceptors.


Assuntos
Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Retina/metabolismo , Adulto , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Fatores de Transcrição Hélice-Alça-Hélice Básicos , Western Blotting , DNA Complementar/genética , DNA Complementar/metabolismo , Haplorrinos , Sequências Hélice-Alça-Hélice , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Hibridização In Situ , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Alinhamento de Sequência
11.
J Assoc Physicians India ; 43(1): 34-5, 1995 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9282637

RESUMO

Twenty two patients having mild to moderate hypertension were treated with a single daily dose of amlodipine for 4 weeks. Satisfactory response defined as final diastolic blood pressure < 90 mm of Hg and a reduction from baseline values > 10 mm of Hg could be achieved in 81.8% of patients in supine position and 70% of patients in standing position. Thirteen patients responded to 5 mg dose and 9 patients required 10 mg. Postural hypotension and reflex tachycardia were absent. Three patients has mild leg cramps and constipation. No deleterious effects were observed on liver, kidney and hemopoetic function, or on E.C.G. Changes. Amlodipine given once daily is effective and safe, and is a useful addition to the existing armamentarium of antihypertensive drugs.


Assuntos
Anlodipino/uso terapêutico , Anti-Hipertensivos/uso terapêutico , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Idoso , Anlodipino/administração & dosagem , Anlodipino/efeitos adversos , Anti-Hipertensivos/administração & dosagem , Anti-Hipertensivos/efeitos adversos , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Constipação Intestinal/induzido quimicamente , Diástole , Eletrocardiografia/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Hematopoese/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Hipotensão Ortostática/induzido quimicamente , Rim/efeitos dos fármacos , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Cãibra Muscular/induzido quimicamente , Postura , Segurança , Decúbito Dorsal , Taquicardia/induzido quimicamente
12.
J Assoc Physicians India ; 42(2): 120-3, 1994 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7860471

RESUMO

Ramipril 5 mg once daily was compared to Captopril 50 mg twice daily in a randomised, double-blind, parallel group study in 60 patients with a diastolic blood pressure between 95 to 120 mmHg over a period of 2 months. Both drugs in the dose regimen used in this study exerted a similar anti-hypertensive effect at the end of 2 months of treatment resulting in a fall of supine diastolic blood pressure with Ramipril = 19.27 +/- 3.34 mmHg and Captopril = 19.15 +/- 2.63, in patients receiving the drugs without the diuretic. The mean fall in supine diastolic blood pressure 4 hours after the first dose of Ramipril was 6.5 mmHg and Captopril 8 mmHg. None of the patients developed first dose hypotension or orthostatic hypotension and there was no significant alteration of the heart rate in either group. The serum K+ levels remained unchanged in both groups of patients. Both drugs were well tolerated and there were no adverse effects observed on the liver, kidney, blood sugar or haemopoietic system. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the antihypertensive efficacy of 5 mg ramipril in a once daily dose is equivalent to 50 mg captopril given twice daily. However an appreciably greater number of patients reported improvement in the "quality of life' parameters with ramipril as compared to captopril. Thus for the routine treatment of mild to moderate arterial hypertension, ramipril offers reliable antihypertensive efficacy in a once daily dose, thereby helping to improve patient compliance and making the treatment more economical.


Assuntos
Captopril/uso terapêutico , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Ramipril/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Idoso , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Captopril/efeitos adversos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Método Duplo-Cego , Esquema de Medicação , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ramipril/efeitos adversos
13.
Nature ; 228(5273): 758-9, 1970 Nov 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16058684
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