{"title":"Letter from Mumbai.","authors":"Sunil Pandya","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_202_23","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_202_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10050429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inclusion of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the medical curriculum: A step in the right direction.","authors":"Neha Singh","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_704_21","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_704_21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background Although physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) was first introduced in India in the 1960s, it was not until the 1990s when it was offered as an optional rotation to Indian medical graduates. Lately, with the introduction of a competency-based undergraduate curriculum in 2018, PMR has been included as an essential subject in the medical graduate curriculum, to be implemented from 2019. We aimed to ascertain the importance of incorporating PMR in the medical graduate curriculum while also discussing the awareness about PMR among Indian healthcare professionals. Methods We drafted an online questionnaire-based survey and sent that to participants through cloud-based software. Responses were collected over a period of 4 weeks and a descriptive analysis was performed. Results The initial hypothesis was that most healthcare professionals would be unaware of the scope of PMR as a medical specialty. The results of this study did not support our hypothesis with 96.8% of the participants being familiar with PMR as a medical specialty. In addition, 85% of the participants reported being introduced to PMR either in their medical school or during their residency training and 92% of the participants appreciated the late integration of PMR within the medical graduate curriculum. Conclusions Introduction of medical graduates to PMR would help in bridging the gaps faced by people with disabilities in accessing healthcare facilities. It would also help clinicians from other specialties to collaborate with physiatrists in a more coordinated manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10050427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News from here and there.","authors":"","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_569_23","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_569_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10056902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Certification of maxillofacial disability and impairment.","authors":"Thorakkal Shamim","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_600_22","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_600_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10056897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V Srinivasa, S Jayendiran, Darshan Kayarkar, Aleena Aliyar, T I Aravind
{"title":"Bilateral internal jugular vein ectasia: A rare cause of neck swelling.","authors":"V Srinivasa, S Jayendiran, Darshan Kayarkar, Aleena Aliyar, T I Aravind","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_282_20","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_282_20","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Internal jugular vein ectasia or phlebectasia is a condition in which there is an isolated fusiform dilatation of the internal jugular vein. The patient usually presents with swelling in the neck, which aggravates in size while coughing or straining. This is a rare condition and is often mis-diagnosed. It can be diagnosed by proper history, clinical examination and imaging. We report a 5-year-old boy who had bilateral internal jugular vein ectasia aggravating in size while straining and coughing. Ultrasonography and computed tomography scan showed dilatation of internal jugular veins on both sides. Since the patient was asymptomatic and had no complications, he was advised regular follow-up. This rare benign condition should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis of an expansile neck mass.</p>","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10050423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Basic life support.","authors":"Akshay Kumar, Praveen Aggarwal","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_581_21","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_581_21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10050424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to letter: Narrative approaches to reviews.","authors":"Bhavuk Garg, Jaiben George, Nishank Mehta","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_920_22","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_920_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10062595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metastatic calcification: An uncommon issue in peritoneal dialysis.","authors":"Samriti Gupta, Partap Sadan, Ram Singh, Asheesh Kumar","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_99_22","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_99_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10050428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notice of Retraction: Guinea-worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection presenting as a diabetic foot abscess: A case report from Kerala.","authors":"","doi":"10.25259/NMJI-32-22_ER","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI-32-22_ER","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article 'Guinea-worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection presenting as a diabetic foot abscess: A case report from Kerala is being retracted based on a letter received from the Director of the National Centre of Disease Control, New Delhi where the centre has objected to the identification of the guinea-worm by the authors only on the basis of morphological observation, without any microscopic and histopathological examination. The author has agreed to the objection and to the withdrawal of the article. This article is therefore being retracted. PEUSH SAHNI Editor The National Medical Journal of India All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India nmji@nmji.in.</p>","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10056903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Narrative approaches to reviews.","authors":"G Shankar Ganesh","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_735_22","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_735_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49782,"journal":{"name":"National Medical Journal of India","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10059653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}