2018-31-1 Archives - The National Medical Journal of India

Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, January-February

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Medical Council of India’s Amended Qualifications for Indian Medical Teachers: Well intended, yet half-hearted

Sunita V.S. Bandewar, Amita Aggarwal, Rajeev Kumar, Rakesh Aggarwal, Peush Sahni, Sanjay A Pai

PMID: 30348911 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243404

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Evaluation of a novel flushing protocol for a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in the neurological intensive care unit: A prospective randomized study

Fan Liu, Tianzhi Liao, Qiong Wang, Yan Tao

PMID: 30348912 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243419

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Erratum: Students’ perceptions of gaps in teaching communication skills and behavioural sciences in undergraduate dental education

PMID: 30348913 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243432

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Rapid antigen diagnostic testing for the diagnosis of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci pharyngitis

S Balasubramanian, Sumanth Amperayani, K Dhanalakshmi, S Senthilnathan, Vaishnavi Chandramohan

PMID: 30348914 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243433

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Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in a rural tribal population of Mokokchung, Nagaland, India

Aonungdok Tushi, Sudha Ramachandra Rao, Kamaraj Pattabi, Prabhdeep Kaur

PMID: 30348915 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243405

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Frontline use of bevacizumab in ovarian cancer: Experience from India

Richa Vatsa, Lalit Kumar, Sunesh Kumar, Kallol Kumar Roy, Neeta Singh, Jyoti Meena

PMID: 30348916 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243406

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Leptospirosis following heavy rains in 2017 in Mumbai: Report of large-scale community chemoprophylaxis

Avinash Supe, Mini Khetarpal, Shantaram Naik, Padmaja Keskar

PMID: 30348917 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243407

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Incidentally detected right aortic arch with mirror image branching in a patient with rheumatic calcific mitral valve disease

Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Sanjay Ganapathi, Sonali Inamdar, Arun Gopalakrishnan, Tirur Raman Kapilamoorthy, Ajitkumar Valaparambil

PMID: 30348918 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243408

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Prophylactic platelet transfusion in dengue: Blanket of false comfort?

Ashish Sharma, Mohammad Ali

PMID: 30348919 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243409

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Aspirin for pregnancies at high risk for preterm pre-eclampsia

Aparna K Sharma, Neerja Bhatla

PMID: 30348920 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243410

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Does vitamin A supplementation decrease the risk of progression of tuberculosis among household contacts?

D Vignesh, Harshal Ramesh Salve

PMID: 30348921 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243411

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Students’ perception of lacunae in medical education in India, and suggestions for reforms

Vaishali Adlakha, Tanvi Jha, Pallavi Sahoo, Aishwarya Muralidharan, Damodar Bachani

PMID: 30348922 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243412

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Predictive utility of performance of students of dentistry in the first periodic assessment

Shivasakthy Manivasakan

PMID: 30348923 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243413

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Coping with diabetes as an everyday experience: A study from urban Chennai

D Arutselvi

PMID: 30348924 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243414

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Patient safety at a public hospital in southern India: A hospital administration perspective using a mixed methods approach

Laxmitej Wundavalli, SG Bulkapuram, NL Bhaskar, N Satyanarayana

PMID: 30348925 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243415

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Why we don’t get doctors for rural medical service in India?

Kanjaksha Ghosh

PMID: 30348926 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243416

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What’s wrong with doctors’ handwriting?

Santosh K Chaturvedi

PMID: 30348927 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243417

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Letter from Mumbai

Sunil Pandya

PMID: 30348928 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243418

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Letter from Ganiyari

Puja Chebrolu, Priyank Jain

PMID: 30348929 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243420

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Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy Integrated

M Manjula

DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243421

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Complications after Gastrointestinal Surgery

Venkatramani Sitaram

DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243423

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Known Unknowns of Everyday Radiology Practice

Anju Garg

DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243422

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Adult Health and Human Capital: Impact of birth weight and childhood growth

Ramesh Agarwal

DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243424

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Tracheomalacia with tracheal bronchus

Sudipta Mohakud, Lipsa Priyadarshini

PMID: 30348930 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243426

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Effect of moxifloxacin on QTc interval in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis

Dina Nair, Banurekha Velayutham, Makeshkumar Marimuthu, Poorana Ganga Devi Navaneethapandian, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Mohammed Shaheed Jawahar, Soumya Swaminathan

PMID: 30348931 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243427

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Vaccine recommendation requires more transparency in India

Yogesh Jain

PMID: 30348932 DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243428

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News from here and there

PM Nischal

DOI: 10.4103/0970-258X.243429

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