Background and Aim: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is becoming the leading cause of chronic worldwide surpassing both Alcoholic Hepatitis ‘B’ & ‘C’. This study was conducted to know prevalence NAFLD/NASH in selected geographical area North Karnataka. Methods: General population screening done for subjects between 18-55 years without any history disease. These were screened with detail...

Although underutilized, spirometry is essential in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) asthma. This study aimed to investigate a mobile (i.e., transportable) lung function testing (LFT) services two metropolitan rural clinics Western Australia. Individuals attending LFT clinic 2021 were invited complete questionnaires at baseline after 6–8 weeks. Questio...

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of biologics - encompassing the measurement (trough) concentrations and anti-drug antibodies is emerging as a valuable tool for clinical decision-making. While this strategy needs further validation, attention its implementation into clinic warranted. Rapid testing easy sampling are key to implementation. Here, we aimed evaluate feasibility volunteers’ percepti...

Abstract This study examines thermodynamic–convection coupling in observations and reanalyses, attempts to establish process-level benchmarks needed guide model development. Thermodynamic profiles obtained from the NOAA Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive, COSMIC-1 GPS radio occultations, several reanalyses are examined alongside Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation estimates. Cyc...

A criticism of the study reported in the Annals is that age was not taken into account in the evaluation of the probability of development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among symptom free subjects with persistently raised rheumatoid factor (RF). The prevalence of RF can be as high as 14.1% in apparently healthy people aged 67–95 (mean age 81). RF is also 3.5 times more common in healthy elderly ...

Objective: In this study, lipid profile parameters and liver function were measured correlated in hypertensive obese non-obese patients who attended a tertiary care teaching hospital.
 Methods: This study is retrospective observational, cross-sectional over the course of year hospital. All adult with hypertension, both non-obese, are included population. The involved 150 participants total...

BACKGROUND Liver function tests (LFTs) are ordered in large numbers in primary care, and the Birmingham and Lambeth Liver Evaluation Testing Strategies (BALLETS) study was set up to assess their usefulness in patients with no pre-existing or self-evident liver disease. All patients were tested for chronic viral hepatitis thereby providing an opportunity to compare various strategies for detecti...