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Raquel Melo Vieira, Eudes Alves Simões Neto, José Mauricio Pereira Lopes, Raul Rodrigues Barros, Bernardo Nogueira Faé, Jucier Gonçalves Junior, Modesto Leite Rolim Neto*, Maria do Socorro Vieira dos Santos*, Claudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva*, Regis Santana Figueiredo**
Affiliation:-
* Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
** Faculty of Medicine, Estacio - FMJ, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed:
1. Faculty of Medicine,Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil
2. Faculty of Medicine, Estacio - FMJ, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Brazil
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Maria do Socorro Vieira dos Santos.
284, Divine Savior Street, Downtown, Barbalha, Ceará, Brazil, 63180000.
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ABSTRACT:
Background: Diabetes and HIV infection are common co-morbid conditions of disseminated Histoplasmosis. Case report: This study reports a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a 4 year old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus history diagnosed a year before. He was admitted with high fever and cough in pediatric emergency. The child evaluated with more productive cough, hepatosplenomegaly, generalized painful lymph node, whitish plaques in the oral cavity, angular cheilitis and ocular disease (erythema in the sclera and bilateral conjunctiva, leftmost). Diagnosis was based on histopathological examination, culture, bacterioscopy and PCR. Despites the adequate treatment, patient developed blinds in the left eye. Conclusion: After all, we conclude that histoplasmosis became an important public health problem due to the high number of immunocompromised patients, what makes it important the attention on differential diagnosis.
KEYWORDS: Case Report; Child preschool; Histoplasmosis; Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
Article citation:
Raquel Melo Vieira, Eudes Alves Simões Neto, José Mauricio Pereira Lopes, Raul Rodrigues Barros, Bernardo Nogueira Faé, Jucier Gonçalves Junior, et al. Disseminated Histoplasmosis in the Child With Diabetes Mellitus: Case Report. J Pharm Biomed Sci 2014; 04(12):1153-1159.
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The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
Copyright © 2014. Raquel Melo Vieira, Eudes Alves Simões Neto, José Mauricio Pereira Lopes, Raul Rodrigues Barros, Bernardo Nogueira Faé, Jucier Gonçalves Junior, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Original article
Deepak Viswanath*, R.Hemalatha, Priya Nagar
Affiliation:-
1Professor and Head, 2Post Graduate Student, 3Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, International airport road, Hunasamaranahalli, via Yelahanka SMVIT Post, Bangalore 562157, India
The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed:
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, International airport road, Hunasamaranahalli, via Yelahanka SMVIT Post, Bangalore 562157, India
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Dr.Deepak Viswanath
Professor and Head Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, International airport road, Hunasamaranahalli, via Yelahanka SMVIT Post, Bangalore 562157,India
Article citation:
Viswanath D, Hemalatha R, Nagar P. Forensic odontology- knowing the unknown- guidelines to general Dentists. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2014; 04(12):1106-1111. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT
A dentist caries a considerable responsibility since his scientific opinion is of great help when all other paths of forensic identification have been exhausted, a broad background knowledge of general dentistry, encompassing all dental specialties and basic knowledge of the role of the forensic pathologist and the methods used in autopsy is essential.
Forensic dentistry is a collaboration of law enforcement officials, forensic pathologists, forensic odontologists, forensic anthropathologists, serologists, criminalistics, & other specialists as per necessity. This gives article gives a in details explanation of the applications of forensic odontology like the identification of unknown decedents, recognition of victims of mass disasters, age estimation of both living and deceased including neo natal remains, analysis of bite marks and attack and weapon marks, investigation of family violence, contribution in anthropological and archaeological research and dental jurisprudence including expert witness testimony. In India, probably due to the lack of proper awareness, neither the government nor the people have completely understood the role that can be played by a forensic dentist.
KEYWORDS: Forensic Dentistry; Dental Identification; Dental Evidence.
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The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript
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Original article
Vijaya Mahanth Prasad.K 1,*,Vijay Mahantesh Sunkad 2,Jyothi Gopal3,Chethana. K.V4
Affiliation:-
1,2Senior Resident, Department of Orthopedics, 3Senior Resident, Department of Anesthesia, 4Post Graduate, Department of Community Medicine,Navodaya Medical College Hospital, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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Navodaya Medical College Hospital, Raichur, Karnataka, India
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Dr Vijay Mahantesh.
Senior Resident, Department of Orthopedics, Navodaya Medical College Hospital, Raichur, Karnataka, India
Article citation:
Prasad VM, Sunkad VM, Gopal J, Chetnana KV. Functional outcome of fracture neck femur treated with bipolar hemiarthroplasty. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2014;04(12):1050-1056. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT
Background: Hip fractures are common and comprise about 20% of the operative workload of an orthopedic trauma unit. Intracapsular femoral neck fractures account for about 50% of all hip fractures. The objective of treatment of femoral neck fractures in the mobile elderly population is the early restoration of premorbid walking ability and quality of life. Hemiarthroplasty (Unipolar or Bipolar) is the most common treatment for displaced fractures of the femoral neck in the elderly and is associated with better functional outcome and fewer reoperations than internal fixation.
Aims and Objectives: To study the results of bipolar prosthesis with respect to pain, mobility and stability.
Methodology: The present study was conducted in the department of Orthopaedics, on patients who had sustained an intracapsular femoral neck fractures during the period of October 2011 to October 2012.
Results: The average age of the patients was 70.4years. The size of the prosthesis used varied from 39 mm to 49 mm. The fracture was managed by Bipolar hemiarthroplasty, we have excellent results in 10 cases (33.33%), good in 11cases (36.67%), fair in 7 cases (22.33%) and poor in two cases (6.67%) according to the Harris hip rating system. The pain was analysed at 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months follow up according to Visual analogue scale (VAS). At 6 months follow up period, 70 % patients had no pain (0), 20 % had mild pain (1-4), 6.67 % moderate pain (5-8) and 3.33 % severe pain (>8).
KEYWORDS: Hip fractures; Bipolar hemiarthroplasty; Visual analogue scale.
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The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
Copyright © 2014 Prasad VM, Sunkad VM, Gopal J, Chetnana KV. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Case report
Navpreet Kaur Sandhu1, Amandeep Kaur Multani1,Saurabh Bither3, Priya Gupta2,Shruti Gupta2,*,Tejveer Singh3,¥
Affiliation:-
1BDS Intern,2Senior lecturer,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Luxmi Bai Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
3Reader,3¥Senior lecturer,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Luxmi Bai Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India,
The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed:
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Luxmi Bai Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
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Priya Gupta,
577/4A Ekta Vihar,
Anand Nagar B,Patiala, Punjab, India
ABSTRACT
Oral mucosa is constantly subjected to external and internal stimuli and therefore manifests a spectrum of disease that range from developmental, reactive, and inflammatory to neoplastic. These lesions present either as generalized or localized conditions. Localized hyperplastic lesion of the gingiva or ‘epulide’, a well-recognized clinical entity is used to designate all discrete tumors and tumor-like masses of gingiva. We present a case where patient had a gingival hyperplastic lesion on the lingual aspect of anterior mandibular teeth.
KEYWORDS: Epulide; Hyperplastic; Reactive.
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Article citation:
Sandhu NK, Multani AK, Bither S, Gupta P, Gupta S, Singh T. Gingival Growths: A diagnostic enigma. J Pharm Biomed Sci. 2014;04(12):1079-1083. Available at www.jpbms.info
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Case report
Sunil Kumar1,*, VaibhaoGabhane2, Sanjay K Diwan1
Affiliation:-
1Professor,2Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed:
Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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Sunil Kumar.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMS (DU), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Article citation: Kumar S, Vaibhao GS, Sanjay DK. Leptospirosis induced acute kidney injury in elderly: It’s different?. J Pharm Biomed Sci.2014; 04(12):1103-1105. Available at www.jpbms.info
ABSTRACT:
Leptospirosis is very important zoonosis in the world. Patients are typically young men. Here we report a 68-year-old healthy elderly man presented to our hospital with flu like syndrome and acute kidney injury. Eventually, Ig M Antibody for leptospira was found positive. Antibiotic treatment is efficient in the early and late or severe phases. In this case early and daily hemodialysis leads to rapid recovery of the patient.
KEYWORDS: Leptospirosis, acute kidney injury, elderly.
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The author(s) have no competing interests for financial support, publication of this research, patents and royalties through this collaborative research. All authors were equally involved in discussed research work. There is no financial conflict with the subject matter discussed in the manuscript.
Copyright © 2014 Kumar S, Vaibhao GS, Sanjay DK. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.