{"title":"Comparison of Clinical Profile of Acute Myocardial Infarction between Elderly and Young Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital","authors":"Anil S. Nelivigi","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131817006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anesthetic Management of Pheochromocytoma in a Child-A Case Report","authors":"Ahamed Ashar Ali H","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128676294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Rare Case of Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in a Patient with Migraine","authors":"Dhileeban Cm","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124391117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Significance of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Heart Failure: A Hospital Based Study","authors":"Tejal. S. Kakhandki","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.6220.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116390358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical and Echocardiographic Profile of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease","authors":"Nidhi Gupta, Chitralekha Vora, Pankaj Garg, Kinjal Patel, Harshad Chovatiya","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.4218.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.4218.5","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is defined as a disease formal categorized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Electrocardiography (ECG) carries information about cardiac disease and prognosis in COPD patients. However, Echocardiography provides a rapid, noninvasive, portable, and accurate method to evaluate cardiac functions. Methods: 125 patients of COPD fulfilling the inclusion criteria coming to OPD/ wards of Medicine, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad were recruited. They were staged by pulmonary function test (PFT) and evaluated by electrocardiography and echocardiography. Statistical analysis of correlation was done with chi square test and statistical significance was taken p<0.05. Results: Mean age was 56.24±9.41years, with male preponderance, male to female ratio 4.43:1. Mean duration of disease was 6.22±4.28years. The common symptoms were Breathlessness (100%). Most common ECG and ECHO finding was RAD (51.2%) and PAH (54.4%) respectively. Statistically Right axis deviation and Poor ‘r’ wave progression were significantly correlated with disease severity by ECG findings while R.A. dilatation, R.V.dilatation and Pulmonary hypertensionwere significantly correlated with disease severity by ECHO findings (p<0.05). Conclusions: COPD is more common in males and in the 5th and 6th decadeof life. Most of the patients have fairly advanced disease at presentation. The incidence of abnormalities of ECG and echocardiography increases with COPD severity. ECG and echocardiography are better tools than clinical methods in detecting R.V. dysfunction in COPD.","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129998817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reactive Hypoglycaemia of Pre-Diabetes: A Diagnostic Delima","authors":"Tanushree Jain, K. Datta","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5219.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5219.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125009960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Misleading Features of an Unwitnessed First Episode of Status Epilepticus; Causing Confusion with Assault and Head Injury","authors":"Dhileeban Cm, S. Naidu, D. Nair","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5319.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5319.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123792671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delayed Presentation of Rectum and Sigmoid Colon Injury Following a Blunt Abdominal Trauma","authors":"M. K. A. Khan, Naheeda Shaik","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5219.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5219.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121185064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights into Preparation of Dissertation by Postgraduate Students in Emergency Medicine","authors":"M. Nizami, Ashima Sharma","doi":"10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5119.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311x.5119.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":357122,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121193452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}