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Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha
Healthcare•New Delhi, India•
About: Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha is a healthcare organization based out in New Delhi, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Health care & Population. The organization has 654 authors who have published 794 publications receiving 9139 citations.
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TL;DR: RARP is equivalent to ORP in cancer control and may be advantageous in the preservation of continence and potency, suggesting that RARP is a valuable therapeutic option for localized prostate cancer.
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01 Jan 2020TL;DR: Abdominal wall hernias are defects in abdominal wall with protrusion of some part of the abdominal contents through the defect.
Abstract: Abdominal wall hernias are defects in abdominal wall with protrusion of some part of the abdominal contents through the defect.
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TL;DR: In this article, the typical causes, potential hazards, and clinical concerns of falling orthopaedic implants, instruments, and devices are explored and strategies to alleviate such incidents and avoid this conundrum are explored.
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TL;DR: The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of malaria among blood donors and to summarize the experience with the notification algorithm that was developed for infected donors.
Abstract: Background and Objective
Transfusion-transmitted malaria is of great concern in endemic countries. From 1940, the Drugs and Cosmetic Act in India mandates the testing of all blood donations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg), hepatitis C virus (HCV), malaria and syphilis. The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of malaria among blood donors and to summarize our experience with the notification algorithm that was developed for infected donors.
Materials and Methods
Records of all eligible donors, which were collected between 2011 and 2015, were analysed for the prevalence of malaria. Malaria screening was performed using by WHO-approved immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic test (RDT) (Malascan®; Zephyr Biomedicals, India) for malarial antigen and confirmed by thick and thin blood smear. Those testing positive for malaria were called for post-test counselling.
Results
A total of 108184 blood donors donated during the analysed period. Twenty-six donors (0·024%) tested positive for malarial antigen by RDT. One (3·8%) of the 18 donors with double band on RDT showed the presence of mixed infection (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum). Fifteen (83·3%) donors were infected with P. falciparum. In the remaining two (11·1%) positive samples, further analysis by microscopy failed to find any evidence of malaria. There were eight non-falciparum cases of P. vivax. Twenty-one (80·8%) infected donations were avoided by post-test counselling strategy as these donors underwent treatment prior to scheduling their next blood donation.
Conclusion
Blood donors in our region have a 0·024% prevalence of malaria. With proper donor testing, notification and post-test counselling the rate of TTM can be further minimized.
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Sita Naik | 41 | 140 | 4704 |
Abid Haleem | 39 | 304 | 7178 |
Ambrish Mithal | 35 | 157 | 6184 |
Mohd Javaid | 31 | 157 | 3731 |
Raju Vaishya | 30 | 397 | 3926 |
Abhijit Chowdhury | 29 | 112 | 3278 |
Manish Bansal | 24 | 110 | 2700 |
Anil C. Anand | 24 | 75 | 2622 |
Veena Kalra | 23 | 127 | 1699 |
Narendra N. Khanna | 19 | 61 | 1174 |
Aditya V. Maheshwari | 19 | 77 | 936 |
Saurabh Agarwal | 17 | 53 | 950 |
Sunil Taneja | 17 | 119 | 1047 |
Neerav Goyal | 17 | 138 | 915 |
Subash Gupta | 16 | 64 | 757 |