Browsing by Author "Kapoor, A."

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    Assessment of the patient satisfaction level with outpatient department services in a tertiary care hospital of Jammu region
    (Medip Academy, 2023-12) Sharma, R. K.; Gupta, R.; Kapoor, A.; Zaffer, I.; Hassan, Z.; Chalotra, R.; Singh, A.; Gupta, R. K.
    Background: Outpatient department (OPD) is that section of the hospital which is staffed and equipped to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative care to those patients who are not registered as inpatients while receiving the services during scheduled working hours. Objective of the study was to assess the patient satisfaction level with OPD services in a tertiary-care hospital of Jammu region. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients visiting the OPD of the SMGS hospital GMC Jammu from January to March 2023. Exit interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire among patients availing the services from OPD. Results: Average percentage of total satisfaction score among sampled OPD patients has come out to be 68.13% whereas total average dissatisfaction score was 20.87% and the total average mild dissatisfaction score as 11.00%. Conclusions: This study suggests that patients were satisfied to a larger extent with OPD services except a few which are least satisfied especially with waiting time at registration counter.
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    Spontaneous laceration of spleen with hilar lymph node metastasis: a case of primary splenic mantle cell lymphoma in elderly
    (Medip Academy, 2024-05) Bhargav, M.; Mehrotra, B.; Kapoor, A.; Raj Gopal, V.
    Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin (B-cell) lymphoma (NHL) with manifestations ranging from indolent to aggressive disease. It arises from mantle zone or primary follicle lymphocytes and is associated with translocation t (11;14) which is seen in almost all cases. Most of the cases present at stage III/IV with hepatospenomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, bone marrow involvement or lymphoid polyposis. Rate of relapse is high occurring in 50-60% patients and 5-year survival rates are low ~27-30%. Median overall survival is 3.5 years. Age >60 years, raised serum LDH, high mitotic count, Ki67>30%, blastoid or pleomorphic variants, TP53 mutation, gains in 3q,11q and deletions of 13q as well as 17p are important prognostic factors associated with worst outcome. Treatment involves conventional chemo-immunotherapy and stem cell transplantation (SCT). In our case the elderly patient had an atraumatic splenic rupture with no past medical history of trauma. The patient presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain in left upper quadrant. Thus emergency splenectomy was executed successfully, and the patient was stabilized. After receiving initial cycle of R-CHOP regime, he was lost to follow up. In this case report, we will discuss the clinical presentation, as well as current treatment guidelines for atraumatic splenic rupture.