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Roshana Shrestha

Researcher at Kathmandu University

Publications -  29
Citations -  228

Roshana Shrestha is an academic researcher from Kathmandu University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 24 publications receiving 126 citations. Previous affiliations of Roshana Shrestha include Dhulikhel Hospital & Kigali Institute of Science and Technology.

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Intranasal ketamine for the treatment of patients with acute pain in the emergency department

TL;DR: This study showed that intranasal ketamine is an analgesic choice for patients with acute injury in moderate to severe pain in an overcrowded and resource limited ED.
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Medical Personnel after Nepal earthquake, 2015.

TL;DR: It is suggested that PTSD is highly prevalent among healthcare professionals after disaster management and therefore it highlights the need for targeted interventions to specific staff who respond to large disasters to reduce the psychological burden.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Suicide and Self Harm among Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Teaching Hospital in Nepal

TL;DR: An increase in patients presenting with suicide and SH in the ED during the COVID-19 pandemic is found which is likely to reflect an increased prevalence of mental illness in the community.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide and self-harm among patients presenting to the emergency department of a teaching hospital in Nepal.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study was conducted including all fatal and nonfatal self-harm patients presenting to the emergency department during the lockdown period (March 24-June 23, 2020; Period1), matching periods in the previous year ( March 24- June 23,2019; Period 2) and 3 months period prior (December 24 2019-March 23,2020; Period 3) were included through the electronic medical record system.
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Helicobacter pylori infection among patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms: prevalence and relation to endoscopy diagnosis and histopathology

TL;DR: The overall prevalence of H. pylori infection is high in this setting with no significant difference in gender and chronic active gastritis and chronic follicular gastritis were common histological findings in ulcerative diseases with significantly higher H.pylori positivity.