OBJECTIVE Our aim was to prospectively evaluate the accuracy of the bedside index for severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) score in predicting mortality, as well as intermediate markers of severity, in a tertiary care centre in east central India, which caters mostly for an economically underprivileged population. METHODS A total of 119 consecutive cases with acute pancreatitis were admitte...

BACKGROUND Studies concerning clinical course and outcome of acute pancreatitis (AP) according to etiologies were rare, especially after year 2000. This study was designed to investigate the difference between the clinical course of alcoholic and biliary AP. METHODS Of the 153 patients diagnosed as AP with a first attack between January 2011 and January 2013, extensive clinical data of 50 pat...

Bridging the valley of death” is a phrase that has been used in nonhealth-related disciplines to describe the fundamental challenge of applying research and development advances to operations.1 However, the “valley of death” metaphor is equally appropriate to describe the two major gaps in the translational research continuum: (1) the translation of laboratory discoveries to human subjects and ...

Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as we all know has wreaked havoc in many countries due to its high rate of infectivity. A High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) thorax scan is a must determine the extent lung involvement, which helpful further management. Aim: To compare severity involvement COVID- 19 patients with double dose, single dose vaccinated and unva...

Biomedical research enterprises require a large number of core facilities and resources to supply the infrastructure necessary for translational research. Maintaining the financial viability and promoting efficiency in an academic environment can be particularly challenging for medical schools and universities. The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute sought to improve core and...

Running title: Nitrotyrosine disturbs mitochondrial function 8 9 Correspondence: Ru-Jeng Teng, M.D., Division of Neonatology, Department of 10 Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Suite C410, Children Corporate Cen11 ter, 999N 92nd Street, Wauwatosa, WI 53226. TEL: 414-266-6820 ; Fax: 41412 266-6979 13 e-mail: [email protected] 14 15 16 17 The study was supported by CRI Start-up fund from Chil...