Sanjay A Pai, Dhaneshwar N Lanjewar, Amita S Joshi
{"title":"V.R. Khanolkar's initial years as pathologist and researcher in India: 1924-1941.","authors":"Sanjay A Pai, Dhaneshwar N Lanjewar, Amita S Joshi","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_682_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_682_2023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vasant Ramji Khanolkar was the first Indian pathologist and a pioneering researcher who was at the forefront of the diverse fields of cancer research, blood group genetics, epidemiology and leprosy research, etc. in the mid-twentieth century. All his cutting-edge research took place after he joined Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay (now Mumbai), as Director of Laboratories. There is little evidence of his research in the first 17 years of his career in India, at J.J. Hospital and K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay. We tried to address this gap by attempting to obtain information on Khanolkar's papers from PubMed, prior to his having joined Tata Memorial Hospital. We evaluated the abstracts of the presentations that he made at the meetings of the Teaching Pathologists Association, Bombay. Finally, we extracted from the autopsy registers at the two hospitals, any useful information about the autopsies that he had performed. Khanolkar performed preliminary laboratory research in anaemia as well as some experimental pathology in his stint at K.E.M. Hospital. Further, surprisingly, histology was not performed on most autopsies at J.J. Hospital for the period that he was Professor, but was done at K.E.M. Hospital. Why Khanolkar was a late bloomer and did not perform much research or publish in the first two institutions that he was Professor at, remains a mystery.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"155-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142515958","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":"Revised point system for publications by Dental Council of India.","authors":"Balaji Manohar, Richik Chakraborty","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_1173_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_1173_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"170-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485295","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":"Co-WIN and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: The way forward.","authors":"Pulkit Athavle","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_169_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_169_2023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As Covid-19 becomes, for better or worse, an endemic disease, the future of the revolutionary Covid-19 Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) platform needs to be considered seriously. Rather than being made obsolete, the Co-WIN platform can serve as a stepping stone to catalyse a true digital healthcare revolution in India if steps are taken to harness its features and data for varied uses as part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. By bringing these features to other vaccinations, as well as integrating outbreak data from the Integrated Health Information Platform for public knowledge and awareness, disease responses can become faster and more public-driven (rather than government-driven as currently). This will also create a data pool that will be of value in post-vaccination monitoring.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"149-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485284","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":"Evaluating the readability, quality and reliability of online patient education materials on chronic low back pain.","authors":"Erkan Ozduran, Volkan Hanci, Yuksel Erkin","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_327_2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_327_2022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background There are concerns over the reliability and comprehensibility of health-related information on the internet. We analyzed the readability, reliability and quality of online patient education materials obtained from websites associated with chronic low back pain (cLBP). Methods On 26 April 2022, the term 'cLBP' was used to perform a search on Google, and 95 eligible websites were identified. The Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES) and Gunning Fog (GFOG) index were used to evaluate the readability. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) score was used to assess the reliability and the Health on the Net Foundation code of conduct (HONcode) was used to assess quality. Results The mean (SD) FRES was 55.74 (13.57) (very difficult) and the mean (SD) GFOG was 12.76 (2.8) (very difficult) of the websites reviwed. According to the JAMA scores, 28.4% of the websites had a high reliability rating and 33.7% adhered to the HONcode. Websites of different typologies were found to significantly differ in their reliability and the quality scores (p<0.05). Conclusion The reading ability required for cLBP-related information on the internet was found to be considerably higher than that recommended by the National Health Institute and had low reliability and poor quality. We believe that online information should have readability appropriate for most readers and must have reliable content that is appropriate to educate the public, particularly for websites that provide patient education material.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"124-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485287","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":"Publication requirement: Mind the gap.","authors":"Aarati Pokale","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_12_2024","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_12_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"171-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485294","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":"Who will be the Third Umpire: AI or Radiologists?","authors":"Saurabh Jha","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_1018_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_1018_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"121-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485209","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":"Gastric volvulus: Bird's beak sign on computed tomography.","authors":"Yusaku Kajihara","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_330_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_330_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485288","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":"Letter from Mumbai.","authors":"Sunil K Pandya","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_641_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_641_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"163-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485292","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":"Prevalence of substance use and substance use disorder in medically ill patients: A cross-sectional, hospital-based study from India.","authors":"Ravindra Rao, Rakesh Chadda, Preethy Kathiresan, Rishi Gupta, Roshan Bhad, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Koushik Sinha Deb, Pallavi Rajhans, Ragul Ganesh","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_211_2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_211_2022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background Untreated co-occurring substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) in patients with medical conditions may be associated with unfavourable medical outcomes. Understanding the prevalence of substance use and SUDs among patients admitted to hospital for medical illness may help in developing appropriate strategies to manage SUDs in this population and improve the outcomes of medical illness. We assessed the prevalence of substance use and SUDs among patients admitted for medical illnesses and the association between substance use and medical illness. Methods This cross-sectional study was done in an in-patient setting in a multidisciplinary teaching medical institution in India. Using systematic sampling, adult patients admitted in various departments for at least 24 hours were interviewed using standard instruments by psychiatrists trained in the study methodology. Results Two hundred and ninety patients participated. Their mean (SD) age was 42.2 (15.6) years. One hundred and nine participants (37.6%) reported lifetime use of any psychoactive substance, with tobacco being the most common substance used (91, 31.4%), followed by alcohol (69, 23.8%) and cannabis (12, 4.1%). Lifetime alcohol use was significantly associated with diseases of the circulatory system. Lifetime use of any substance or of alcohol, and current use of any substance or tobacco were significantly associated with injuries, poisoning and other consequences of external causes. Conclusions A large proportion of patients hospitalized for medical illness reported the use of psychoactive substances or had SUDs. The use of some of these substances was also associated with injuries as well as diseases of the circulatory system.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"131-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485293","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":"Errata.","authors":"","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_37_3_172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_37_3_172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485286","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}