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Item Accuracy of clinical manoeuvres in detection of minimal ascites.(1998-11-28) Chongtham, D S; Singh, M M; Kalantri, S P; Pathak, S; Jain, A PA study was conducted to assess the clinical accuracy of various clinical manoeuvres and signs used routinely for detection of ascites. Sixty-six patients admitted in medical ward of a teaching hospital after initial screening by a consultant were selected. Exclusion criteria were; cases with previous history of ascites, who had undergone paracentesis in the recent past or with evidence of ascites from history. Another clinician blind to history and clinical details assessed the presence of ascites by the selected methods a sonographer blind of clinical and historical details assessed the cases for presence of ascitic fluid. The clinical findings were compared using ultrasonographic (USG) findings as gold standard. Ascites was detected in 35 patients by USG. the mean weight and abdominal girth of study subjects with or without ascites were comparable (p > 0.05). Sensitivity of auscultatory percussion was highest (65.7%) followed by flank dullness (57.1%) and least for fluid wave sign (20.0%). Fluid wave sign had the highest specificity (100%). We found that none of the manoeuvres studied for detection of ascites was both highly sensitive and specific. However, auscultatory percussion could be useful for initial screening of patients to detect ascites.Item Accuracy of palpation and percussion manoeuvres in the diagnosis of splenomegaly.(1997-11-06) Chongtham, D S; Singh, M M; Kalantri, S P; Pathak, SA study was conducted on 80 patients admitted in a teaching hospital to see the accuracy of two palpatory methods (Supine palpation and Middleton's manoeuvre) and three percussion methods (Traube's space percussion, Castell's and Nixon's manoeuvres) in the diagnosis of splenomegaly. Ultrasonographic findings were considered as gold standard for diagnosing splenomegaly. Mean age of study subjects was 31.5 years and mean Quetelet's index was 17.8 +/- 2.6 kg/m2. Sensitivity of Middleton's and Castell's manoeuvres was similar (85.7%) and higher than other manoeuvres. Nixon's manoeuvre had the least sensitivity (66.7%). Specificity was highest (92.1%) with supine palpation and least (31.6%) with Castell's manoeuvre. Supine palpation showed highest positive predictive value (91.7%). Receiver Operating Characteristics curves showed greater area with middleton's manoeuvre (0.93) followed by supine palpation (0.92), Castell's manoeuvre (0.75) and Traube's space percussion (0.74), the findings of the study suggests that palpatory methods like Middeton's manoeuvre and Supine palpation should be routinely used for diagnosing splenomegaly among non-obese individuals.Item Amphotericin B induced ventricular arrhythmia and its relation to central venous line.(2001-10-08) Chongtham, D S; Singh, M M; Ram, TItem Antemortem ants bite and coma. A case report.(1970-11-01) Elhence, G P; Singh, M M; Hazra, D K; Gopal, KItem Antiautonomic nerve antibodies in autonomic neuropathy of diabetes mellitus.(1988-03-01) Singh, M M; Singh, R; Lahiri, V L; Elhence, B R; Goyal, S P; Singh, S PItem Antifertility activity of Caesalpinia decapetala--a preliminary report.(1988-04-01) Keshri, G; Singh, M M; Lakshmi, V; Mehrotra, B N; Gupta, D NItem Assessing the Quality of life and Needs of HIV-AIDS Patients in Manipur A Preliminary Study.(2009-12) Lamkang, A S; Joshi, P C; Singh, M MThis study aims to as.es. the quality of life (QoL) as perceived by HIV/AIDS patients and the needs of such people in their local context in Manipur. A cross sectional study was carried out in two selected districts of Manipur namely, Imphal west and Chandel. A total of 20 People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) respondents were interviewed using WHOQoL-HIV instrument and a semi-structured interview. The overall quality of life mean score was 3.07 from the range of score between 0-5. Similarly, on a scale of 4-20, the scores in the six domains of the quality of life in descending orders were spirituality, religion, personal beliefs or SRPB (12.73); psychological (12.72); physical (12.41); level of independence (12.28); social relationship (11.83); and environment (11.54). Comparison of QoL showed female faring better with 3.12 mean score than their male counterparts (mean score: 2.83). The study also identified some of the needs of HIVIAIDS infected people in relation to clinical, financial, educational, psychological, socio-cultural, household needs, etc.Item Assessment of Quality of Life among HIV Positive People Attending Tertiary Hospital of Delhi, India.(2009-06) Marashi, T; Garg, S; Gupta, V K; Singh, M M; Sinha, Pragya; Dewan, R; Ingle, G K; Jiloha, R CAs per global HIV/AIDS estimates, a total of 33 million [30.3 – 36.1 million] People were living with HIV in 2007. The world's second-most populous country, India, is experiencing a highly varied HIV epidemic, which appears to be stable or diminishing in some parts while growing at a modest rate in others. Quality of life (QOL) of HIV/AIDS patients is becoming an important component of overall assessment of health care and management in health care settings. It is one of the indicators effectiveness of management of PLHAS . The objective of this study was to determine the QOL of patients with HIV/AIDS in New Delhi. Purposive sampling was used to identify subjects from the antiretroviral therapy clinic (ART) in Lok Nayak hospital. 180 patients were interviewed with the WHOQOL-HIV instrument. This questionnaire included demographic data, multi-item scales and six domains namely physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationships, environment and spirituality religion. Study subjects were aged between 20-56 years. Mean age of all study subjects was 33.85±7.01 years, comprising of 34.4 females. More than 50% of the total subjects had received less than secondary school education. All domains have higher scores for women than men except the psychological domain. Correlation of scores of six domains with overall QOL score and among individual domains was statistically significant. Younger people showed poorer QOL and level of education correlated positively with all domains of QOL. Overall results indicate that quality of life of AIDS attending Lok Nayak hospital is satisfactory.Item Awareness about pulse polio immunization among the general population in Delhi.(2001-08-25) Singh, M M; Bano, T; Dabas, P; Mehra, MA study was conducted in three intensive pulse polio immunization (IPPI) centres in Delhi on 24th September, 2000 to assess the awareness about poliomyelitis and the IPPI programme. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit the information from 182 accompanying persons (41 males and 141 females) by qualified medical doctors. Majority (92.9%) of the respondents knew that the administered drops were polio vaccine. Major sources of information were television (32.9%), relatives or friends (24.2%), health staff (20.9%), poster or leaflets (15.9%). Only 18.1% knew the next IPPI day. Out of 43 claiming to know the number of subsequent IPPI days during 2000, only 22 could tell correctly. A large number of respondents (86.2%) knew that IPPI would help in preventing polio in children. Paralysis of limbs as a clinical feature of polio was known to 70.3%, 45.6% knew that polio cannot be cured and 21.9% perceived that polio could also lead to death. The nationwide intensive awareness campaign for polio eradication was found to be partially effective in disseminating the information.Item Awareness and health seeking behaviour of rural adolescent school girls on menstrual and reproductive health problems.(1999-10-25) Singh, M M; Devi, R; Gupta, S SA study was conducted on 130 girl students aged 13-17 years in Haryana to assess their awareness and health seeking behaviour regarding menstrual and reproductive health. Mean age at menarche of the girls was 13.6 +/- 0.83 years. Awareness about the process of menstruation was poor. Commonest reported menstrual problem was dysmenorrhoea (40.7%) followed by irregular menses (2.3%) of which only 5.3% consulted a doctor and 22.4% took over the counter medications from the chemist shops. Knowledge about normal duration of pregnancy and need for extra food during pregnancy was poor. Most of the girls knew about importance, duration of child spacing and need for three medical examinations during pregnancy. Major sources of information were television (73.1%), radio (37.1%) and parents (36.1%). Girls preferred to consult parents (49.2%) and doctors (44.6%) for help at times of having reproductive health problems. This study highlights the need for educating school girls about adolescent health, pregnancy and reproductive health problems through schools and parents by the health professionals.Item BCG and Mantoux intradermal tests in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.(1974-08-01) Choudhry, V P; Singh, M M; Verma, I CItem Bell's palsy.(1995-09-01) Chakravarti, A; Singh, M M; Chaturvedi, V N; Chaturvedi, PItem Benign pulmonary cryptococcosis.(1979-04-01) Singh, M M; Paliwal, D K; Randhawa, H SItem Bifascicular block--a warning arrhythmia in myocardial infarction (the syndrome of right bundle branch block with left anterior or inferior hemiblock).(1972-03-01) Gupta, M C; Mathur, K S; Singh, M M; Hazra, D KItem Biochemical changes in blood in cases of acute copper sulphate poisoning.(1968-06-16) Singh, M M; Singh, GItem Biological properties of 1,2-trans-1-(p(beta-pyrrolidinoethoxy)phenyl)-2-phenyl-5-meth oxyindane (compound E-1487): a new non-steroidal post-coital antifertility agent.(1983-08-01) Singh, M M; Wadhwa, V; Komboj, V P; Malik, M S; Rastogi, S NItem Breast self examination for early detection of breast cancer.(1999-03-08) Singh, M M; Devi, R; Walia, I; Kumar, RBreast cancer is the commonest form of cancer in women in Western countries and second most common in women of developing countries like India. In the absence of an exact aetiological agent for breast cancer, the most appropriate way of controlling it is by early detection and treatment. Of the various methods of screening for breast cancer, mammography is the method of choice but its use is limited due to high cost and unavailability. Considering this, breast self examination (BSE) is an ideal method which can be done by every woman at her leisure time with little training. Medical and paramedical professionals can act as trend setters in promoting BSE for control of breast cancer in the community.Item Cardiac arrhythmias in infancy and childhood.(1968-08-01) Gupta, M C; Thapar, R K; Nigam, D K; Singh, M MItem CDRI-85/287: studies on competition to estrogen binding sites in the immature rat uterus.(1992-12-01) Sreenivasulu, S; Dwivedi, A; Singh, M M; Setty, B S; Kamboj, V PAbility of compound CDRI-85/287, a new nonsteroidal antiestrogen with negligible inherent estrogenicity, to inhibit uptake of 3H-estradiol (3H-E2) by the immature rat uterus in vivo was investigated. Different doses of 85/287 were administered either intraperitoneally 30 min before 3H-E2 or orally 1 and 6 hr before 3H-E2. A dose dependent inhibition in 3H-E2 uptake was observed after administration of the compound by either route and was 69% at 50 micrograms/rat ip dose and 80% at 2.5 mg/kg po dose. In in vitro competitive binding assay, however, the compound showed poor affinity (RBA 0.42% of estradiol-17 beta) for cytosolic estrogen receptors. Considering the potent anti-estrogenic as well as anti-implantation efficacy of the compound, its action in vivo appears to be mediated via its active metabolite(s).