Objective: In the present study we investigated the role of hematological parameters, including neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in the evaluation of treatment efficacy in adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis. Methods: The study group included 45 adult patients diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis ...

Introduction: Computerized treatment planning is a rapidly evolving modality that depends on hardware and software efficiency. Despite ICRU recommendations suggesting 5% deviation in dose delivery the overall uncertainty shall be less than 3.5% as suggested by B.J. Minjnheer. J. In house spreadsheets are developed by the medical physicists to cross-verify the dose calculated by the Treatment Pl...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of knowledge of and capability for application of isolation precautions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary-level pediatric hospital, and a questionnaire including structured questions and clinical scenarios was applied to healthcare personnel. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed with the chi-squared test a...

Objectives: Total leukocyte count, a marker of inflammation has long been reported to be related with coronary artery disease (CAD). Recently, differenttial leukocyte count and elevated neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (N/L) has been shown to indicate an increased long-term risk of mortality in patients with stable CAD, myocardial infarction and undergoing cardiovascular surgery. These studies of...

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set up 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030. One of various SDGs is achieve zero hunger, which directly connected end food security improved nutrition. Present study attempted analyse dimensions insecurity among tribal households Gujarat with help Foster, Greer Thorbecke (FGT) index. The head coun...

The government’s lockdown and restriction measures on the COVID-19 pandemic adversely altered livelihoods, commodity/food prices as well food security status in Nigeria, especially for rural farming households. A multistage sampling technique was used to collect data from 480 households across three selected states of SouthWest geopolitical zone Nigeria. This research entailed rapid evaluation ...

BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia has been shown to predict mortality. We hypothesize that platelet indices may be more useful prognostic indicators. Our study subjects were children one month to 14 years old admitted to our hospital. AIM To determine whether platelet count, plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) and their ratios can predict mortality i...

Objective: The present study attempts to determine normal values of CD4, CD8, CD4/CD8 ratio, total WBC and differential counts, hematocrit and total lymphocyte count (TLC) in healthy HIV sero-negative and sero-positive subjects, and to assess the prognostic significance of these parameters in these subjects as compared to AIDS subjects. Material and Methods: A total of 300 subjects (147 M, 153 ...

Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery, although it remains difficult to diagnose. Aim of this study is to investigate the supporting role of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The medical records of 241 patients who had undergone appendectomy between June 2013 and March 2014 were investigated retrospectively. Sixty patients...