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Upadhyay A, Anand P. European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome, 2022 : What is New? Indian Pediatr 2023; 60:1035-1038. [PMID: 38087788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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We present a summary of the European Consensus guidelines on management of respiratory distress syndrome, which were released in 2022, and compare these with the current National Neonatology Forum of India guidelines, and discuss the feasibility of their application in the Indian settings.
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- Amit Upadhyay
- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Nutema Hospital, Gadh Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Correspondence to: Dr Amit Upadhyay , Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Nutema Hospital, Gadh Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
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- Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Nutema Hospital, Gadh Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
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Allen J, Balasubramanian B, Donoghue AM, Upadhyaya I, Luo Y, Upadhyay A. Effect of trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion wash on chicken embryo development in fertilized eggs. Poult Sci 2023; 102:102812. [PMID: 37302329 PMCID: PMC10404770 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Cleanliness of eggs is critical in successful hatching egg operations. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion (TCNE) wash treatments, as a sanitation strategy, on embryonic development in fertilized eggs. Trans-cinnamaldehyde is a generally recognized as safe status phytochemical obtained from cinnamon bark. TCNE were prepared with emulsifiers Tween 80 (Tw.80) or gum Arabic and lecithin (GAL) by sonication. Day-old fertilized eggs were subjected to TCNE wash treatments at 34°C for 5 min, followed by 18 d of incubation at 37.7°C. Washing of fertilized eggs with TCNE-Tw.80 or GAL at 0.48% concentration did not significantly alter the egg weight at d 18 of incubation, as compared to baseline and control (P > 0.05). The egg weight loss (calculated as percentage) did not differ significantly between eggs subjected to nanoemulsion wash treatments and control eggs (P > 0.05). In case of embryo fertility and mortality, for baseline and control, ∼ 95% fertility rate was achieved, with combined early and midterm mortality at 16%. Likewise, TCNE-Tw.80 or TCNE-GAL resulted in 95% fertility (P > 0.05), with 11% and 17% combined early and midterm mortality, respectively. Furthermore, TCNE wash treatments did not differ significantly in yolk sac and embryo weight (as compared to control) and did not affect the length of the d 18 embryo (P > 0.05). Moreover, TCNE wash treatments did not alter tibia weight and length (P > 0.05). Results suggest that TCNE could potentially be used as a natural antimicrobial for fertilized egg sanitation. Further studies in industry settings are warranted.
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- J Allen
- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Poultry Production and Product Safety Research, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Extension, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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De Silva UMGD, Mangal G, Attanayake AMHS, Upadhyay A, Vedpathak SM. Effects of Ayurveda interventions on acute pain and quality of life of a trigeminal neuralgia patient - A case report. J Ayurveda Integr Med 2023; 14:100743. [PMID: 37494834 PMCID: PMC10382661 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) is a disease characterized by severe pain in the facial area related to the trigeminal nerve. CTN occurs due to neurovascular compression of the Trigeminal nerve presenting with recurrent pain episodes. This case reports the effect of Ayurveda interventions on CTN. Thirty-nine-year-old male patient with pain on the right side of the face for two years presented to the National Institute of Ayurveda, Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The pain was distributed on the right side of the upper lip, cheek, and chin. Paroxysms of pain appeared at the interval of 1-2 h and were lasting of 1-2 min. The case was diagnosed with the help of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as right-side classical trigeminal neuralgia due to indentation of the vascular loop of the right superior cerebellar artery. The patient had a treatment history of two years with allopathic medicine, and he sought Ayurveda treatment due to recurrence and excessive pain. The patient was given Ayurvedic interventions (oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha) for three months. The improvement were observed on the visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), and Short Form -36 questionnaire (SF-36) for quality of life. After three months of the treatment, the VAS scale for pain and the HADS scale for anxiety and depression showed marked improvement. Improvement in all the domains of SF-36 was observed, with a total percentage improvement from 10.7% to 83.2%. Observations of this case highlight the usefulness of Ayurveda interventions, i.e., Oral medication, Nasya, Kavalagraha, and Gandusha, in reducing the acute paroxysms of pain in Classical TN and improving the quality of life of CTN patients.
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- U M G D De Silva
- PG Department of Panchakarma, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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- PG Department of Panchakarma, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Panchakarma, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Allen J, Balasubramanian B, Rankin K, Shah T, Donoghue AM, Upadhyaya I, Sartini B, Luo Y, Upadhyay A. Erratum to "Trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion wash inactivates Salmonella Enteritidis on shelled eggs without affecting egg color" [Poult. Sci. 102 (4) (2023) 102523. Poult Sci 2023; 102:102649. [PMID: 36935343 PMCID: PMC10102489 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- J Allen
- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Poultry Production and Product Safety Research, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Extension, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Al-Julandani DA, Bagri NK, Tsang N, Clarke S, Upadhyay A, Guly C, Ramanan AV. Outcome of adalimumab monotherapy in paediatric non-infectious uveitis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2023; 21:21. [PMID: 36864437 PMCID: PMC9983208 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-023-00794-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Adalimumab in combination with other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) such as methotrexate has a proven efficacy in the management of paediatric non-infectious uveitis. However, many children experience significant intolerance to methotrexate while on this combination, leaving a dilemma for clinicians for choosing the subsequent therapeutic roadmap. Continuation of adalimumab monotherapy might be an alternative feasible option under such settings. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of adalimumab monotherapy in paediatric non-infectious uveitis. METHODS Children with non-infectious uveitis on adalimumab monotherapy (from August 2015 to June 2022) following intolerance to accompanying methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil were included in this retrospective study. Data were collected at the initiation of adalimumab monotherapy and at three monthly intervals until the last visit. The primary outcome was to evaluate disease control on adalimumab monotherapy as determined by the proportion of patients who had less than a 2-step worsening in uveitis (as per SUN score) and no additional systemic immunosuppression during follow-up. Secondary outcome measures were visual outcome, complications and side-effect profile of adalimumab monotherapy. RESULTS Data was collected for 28 patients (56 eyes). The most common uveitis type and course were anterior and chronic uveitis respectively. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis was the most common underlying diagnosis. During the study period, 23 (82.14%) of the study subjects met the primary outcome. On Kaplan-Meier survival analysis 81.25% (95% CI; 60.6-91.7%) children maintained remission at 12 months on adalimumab monotherapy. CONCLUSION Continuation of adalimumab monotherapy is an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis in children who are intolerant to the combination of adalimumab and methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil.
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- D A Al-Julandani
- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, UK
- Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, UK
- School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Scientist II CRU, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Bristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, UK.
- Translational Health Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Allen J, Balasubramanian B, Rankin K, Shah T, Donoghue AM, Upadhyaya I, Sartini B, Luo Y, Upadhyay A. Trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsion wash inactivates Salmonella Enteritidis on shelled eggs without affecting egg color. Poult Sci 2023; 102:102523. [PMID: 36796244 PMCID: PMC9958492 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Salmonella Enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen that causes enteric illnesses in humans, primarily through the consumption of contaminated poultry meat and eggs. Despite implementation of traditional disinfection approaches to reduce S. Enteritidis contamination, egg-borne outbreaks continue to occur, raising public health concerns and adversely affecting the popularity and profitability for the poultry industry. Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status phytochemicals such as Trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) have previously shown to exhibit anti-Salmonella efficacy, however, the low solubility of TC is a major hurdle in its adoption as an egg wash treatment. Therefore, the present study investigated the efficacy of Trans-cinnamaldehyde nanoemulsions (TCNE) prepared with emulsifiers Tween 80 (Tw.80) or Gum Arabic and lecithin (GAL) as dip treatments, at 34°C, for reducing S. Enteritidis on shelled eggs in presence or absence of 5% chicken litter. In addition, the efficacy of TCNE dip treatments in reducing trans-shell migration of S. Enteritidis across shell barrier was investigated. The effect of wash treatments on shell color were evaluated on d 0, 1, 7, and 14 of refrigerated storage. TCNE-Tw.80 or GAL treatments (0.06, 0.12, 0.24, 0.48%) were effective in inactivating S. Enteritidis by at least 2 to 2.5 log cfu/egg as early as 1 min of washing time (P < 0.05). In presence of organic matter, nanoemulsions (0.48%) reduced S. Enteritidis counts by ∼ 2 to 2.5 log cfu/egg as early as 1 min, (P < 0.05). Nanoemulsion wash also inhibited trans-shell migration of S. Enteritidis, as compared to control (P < 0.05). The nanoemulsion wash treatments did not affect shell color (P > 0.05). Results suggest that TCNE could potentially be used as an antimicrobial wash to reduce S. Enteritidis on shelled eggs, although further studies investigating the effect of TCNE wash treatments on organoleptic properties of eggs are necessary.
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- J Allen
- University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Poultry Production and Product Safety Research, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Extension, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- University of Rhode Island, Department of Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Science, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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Upadhyay A, Kaushik A. DORA challenges. Br Dent J 2022; 233:439-440. [PMID: 36151147 DOI: 10.1038/s41415-022-5047-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Upadhyay A. Nasal High-Flow Therapy vs Standard Care During Neonatal Endotracheal Intubation: Neonatologist's Viewpoint. Indian Pediatr 2022; 59:646-647. [PMID: 35962658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sahu AK, Upadhyay A, Bhakuni H, Attanayake AMHS, Sharma P. Effect of Ayurveda interventions in non-alcoholic grade II fatty liver associated with obesity - A case report. J Ayurveda Integr Med 2022; 13:100605. [PMID: 35868134 PMCID: PMC9307675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2022.100605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Fatty Liver, one of the most common liver diseases worldwide, usually emerges due to lipid accumulation, mostly triglycerides in hepatocytes. Fat exists in the liver naturally, but if it surpasses 5-10% of the liver's total weight, it can result in fatty liver. In this case, report effect of Ayurveda intervention in grade II fatty liver is reported. Thirty-five-year-old obese male with grade II fatty liver presented with fatigue, abdominal pain, heaviness, and incomplete bowel evacuation to the National Institute of Ayurveda hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. On examination, there was no significant clinical abnormality except a high body mass index (BMI = 30.2). Hematological examinations revealed altered Alanine transaminase, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and triglycerides. The patient was diagnosed sonologically with a grade II fatty liver. The patient was given Ayurveda treatment for two months with three treatment regimens. The patient was assessed for improvement in signs and symptoms, hematological parameters, and quality of life using a chronic liver disease questionnaire (CLDQ). After two months, significant improvement was observed in signs and symptoms, BMI (24.7), and CLDQ. No fatty tissue was reported sonologically, and all altered biochemical parameters were within normal limits. Present case highlights the potential of Ayurveda interventions in managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity.
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- A K Sahu
- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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- PG Department of Kayachikitsa, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Upadhyaya I, Arsi K, Fanatico A, Wagle B, Shrestha S, Upadhyay A, Coon C, Owens C, Mallmann B, Caldas-Cueva J, Riaz M, Farnell M, Donoghue D, Donoghue A. Impact of feeding bigheaded carp fish meal on meat quality and sensory attributes in organic broiler chickens. J APPL POULTRY RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.japr.2021.100224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Soni A, Raj S, Kashyap L, Upadhyay A, Agrahari V, Sharma A. Comparative effect of 1.2% atorvastatin gel and 1.2% rosuvastatin as a local drug delivery in treatment of intra-bony defects in chronic periodontitis. Indian J Dent Res 2022; 33:180-183. [DOI: 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_25_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Upadhyay A, Chawla D, Joshi P, Davis PG. Short-duration versus standard-duration antibiotic regimens for the treatment of neonatal bacterial infection. Hippokratia 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd012063.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Amit Upadhyay
- Department of Pediatrics; LLRM Medical College; Meerut India
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- Department of Neonatology; Government Medical College and Hospital; Chandigarh India
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- Department Of Pediatrics; Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial, Medical College; Meerut India
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- Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services; The Royal Women’s Hospital; Melbourne Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Melbourne Australia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Australia
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Judd JA, Canestrari J, Clark R, Joseph A, Lapierre P, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Mir M, Palumbo M, Smith C, Stone M, Upadhyay A, Wirth SE, Dedrick RM, Meier CG, Russell DA, Dills A, Dove E, Kester J, Wolf ID, Zhu J, Rubin ER, Fortune S, Hatfull GF, Gray TA, Wade JT, Derbyshire KM. A Mycobacterial Systems Resource for the Research Community. mBio 2021; 12:e02401-20. [PMID: 33653882 PMCID: PMC8092266 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02401-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Functional characterization of bacterial proteins lags far behind the identification of new protein families. This is especially true for bacterial species that are more difficult to grow and genetically manipulate than model systems such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis To facilitate functional characterization of mycobacterial proteins, we have established a Mycobacterial Systems Resource (MSR) using the model organism Mycobacterium smegmatis This resource focuses specifically on 1,153 highly conserved core genes that are common to many mycobacterial species, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in order to provide the most relevant information and resources for the mycobacterial research community. The MSR includes both biological and bioinformatic resources. The biological resource includes (i) an expression plasmid library of 1,116 genes fused to a fluorescent protein for determining protein localization; (ii) a library of 569 precise deletions of nonessential genes; and (iii) a set of 843 CRISPR-interference (CRISPRi) plasmids specifically targeted to silence expression of essential core genes and genes for which a precise deletion was not obtained. The bioinformatic resource includes information about individual genes and a detailed assessment of protein localization. We anticipate that integration of these initial functional analyses and the availability of the biological resource will facilitate studies of these core proteins in many Mycobacterium species, including the less experimentally tractable pathogens M. abscessus, M. avium, M. kansasii, M. leprae, M. marinum, M. tuberculosis, and M. ulceransIMPORTANCE Diseases caused by mycobacterial species result in millions of deaths per year globally, and present a substantial health and economic burden, especially in immunocompromised patients. Difficulties inherent in working with mycobacterial pathogens have hampered the development and application of high-throughput genetics that can inform genome annotations and subsequent functional assays. To facilitate mycobacterial research, we have created a biological and bioinformatic resource (https://msrdb.org/) using Mycobacterium smegmatis as a model organism. The resource focuses specifically on 1,153 proteins that are highly conserved across the mycobacterial genus and, therefore, likely perform conserved mycobacterial core functions. Thus, functional insights from the MSR will apply to all mycobacterial species. We believe that the availability of this mycobacterial systems resource will accelerate research throughout the mycobacterial research community.
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- J A Judd
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA
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Nevrekar V, Choudhary P, Tiwari A, Suryaprakash V, Upadhyay A. 908P Impact of serum galactomannan assay on diagnosis and outcome of invasive fungal infections in high risk febrile neutropenia: A prospective cohort study. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Wagle BR, Donoghue AM, Shrestha S, Upadhyaya I, Arsi K, Gupta A, Liyanage R, Rath NC, Donoghue DJ, Upadhyay A. Carvacrol attenuates Campylobacter jejuni colonization factors and proteome critical for persistence in the chicken gut. Poult Sci 2020; 99:4566-4577. [PMID: 32868001 PMCID: PMC7598144 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni is a major foodborne pathogen that causes gastroenteritis in humans. Chickens act as the reservoir host for C. jejuni, wherein the pathogen asymptomatically colonizes the ceca leading to contamination of carcasses during slaughter. The major colonization factors in C. jejuni include motility, intestinal epithelial attachment, acid/bile tolerance, and quorum sensing. Reducing the expression of the aforementioned factors could potentially reduce C. jejuni colonization in chickens. This study investigated the efficacy of subinhibitory concentration (SIC; compound concentration not inhibiting bacterial growth) of carvacrol in reducing the expression of C. jejuni colonization factors in vitro. Moreover, the effect of carvacrol on the expression of C. jejuni proteome was investigated using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The motility assay was conducted at 42°C, and the motility zone was measured after 24 h of incubation. For the adhesion assay, monolayers of primary chicken enterocytes (∼105 cells/well) were inoculated with C. jejuni (6 log cfu/well) either in the presence or absence of carvacrol, and the adhered C. jejuni were enumerated after 90 min of incubation at 42°C. The effect of carvacrol on C. jejuni quorum sensing and susceptibility to acid/bile stress was investigated using a bioluminescence assay and an acid–bile survival assay, respectively. The SIC (0.002%) of carvacrol reduced the motility of C. jejuni strains S-8 and NCTC 81-176 by ∼50 and 35%, respectively (P < 0.05). Carvacrol inhibited C. jejuni S-8 and NCTC 81-176 adhesion to chicken enterocytes by ∼0.8 and 1.5 log cfu/mL, respectively (P < 0.05). Moreover, carvacrol reduced autoinducer-2 activity and increased the susceptibility of C. jejuni to acid and bile in both the strains (P < 0.05). Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry revealed that the SIC of carvacrol reduced the expression of selected C. jejuni colonization proteins critical for motility (methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein), adhesion (GroL), growth and metabolism (AspA, AcnB, Icd, Fba, Ppa, AnsA, Ldh, Eno, PurB-1), and anaerobic respiration (NapB, HydB, SdhA, NrfA) (P < 0.05). Results suggest the mechanisms by which carvacrol could reduce C. jejuni colonization in chickens.
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- B R Wagle
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, United State Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Station, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Extension, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, United State Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Station, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Shrestha S, Shrestha R, Abidi A, Upadhyay A, Khanal T, Adhikari B, Ghimire BR. Workshop on Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting, Pharmacovigilance and Its Implementation in Cancer Hospital in Nepal: An Event Report. Adv Med Educ Pract 2020; 11:9-14. [PMID: 32021537 PMCID: PMC6955607 DOI: 10.2147/amep.s225208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Adverse drug reactions are crucial events related to drug usage that ought to be reported and the effects of which can be minimized by careful and vigilant use of drugs. Pharmacovigilance refers to the systematic practice of reporting, assessing and preventing such events. Although such practice is vital in any healthcare system, its actual implementation has been found to be very limited in a country like Nepal. With the aim of disseminating information about such events and the role of healthcare professionals in pharmacovigilance, a one-day workshop was organized with international and national speakers on this subject at Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal, which also has a regional pharmacovigilance center . The workshop included lectures and hands-on training and had an audience from diverse fields of healthcare such as pharmacy, medical, surgical and radiation oncology, pathology and nursing staff. The feedback from the participants revealed that practical demonstration and hands-on training with extensive topic coverage were the best feature of the workshop, while less interaction during the lectures was a source of dissatisfaction with a recommendation to conduct more events focused on similar topics in the future.
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- Sunil Shrestha
- Department of Pharmacy, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Department of Pharmacology, Era’s Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, UP, India
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- Hematology and Hemato Oncology, PSRI Hospital, New Delhi110017, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lalitpur, Nepal
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Sarangi MK, Rao MEB, Parcha V, Upadhyay A. Development and Characterization of Colon-targeting 5-Fluorouracil Multiparticulate Beads. Indian J Pharm Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.36468/pharmaceutical-sciences.666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Upadhyaya I, Arsi K, Fanatico A, Wagle B, Shrestha S, Upadhyay A, Coon C, Schlumbohm M, Trushenski J, Owens-Hanning C, Riaz M, Farnell M, Donoghue D, Donoghue A. Bigheaded Carp-Based Meal as a Sustainable and Natural Source of Methionine in Feed for Ecological and Organic Poultry Production. J APPL POULTRY RES 2019. [DOI: 10.3382/japr/pfz077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vora A, Hazarika N, Upadhyay A, Chatterjee S, Bhattacharya G. IS AGE AFTER ALL A NUMBER? CHEMOTHERAPY TOLERABILITY IN GERIATRIC POPULATION COMING TO TERTIARY CANCER DAY CARE CENTER: INDIAN EXPERIENCE. J Geriatr Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s1879-4068(19)31205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Shrestha S, Wagle B, Upadhyay A, Arsi K, Donoghue D, Donoghue A. Carvacrol antimicrobial wash treatments reduce Campylobacter jejuni and aerobic bacteria on broiler chicken skin. Poult Sci 2019; 98:4073-4083. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pez198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Wagle BR, Upadhyay A, Shrestha S, Arsi K, Upadhyaya I, Donoghue AM, Donoghue DJ. Pectin or chitosan coating fortified with eugenol reduces Campylobacter jejuni on chicken wingettes and modulates expression of critical survival genes. Poult Sci 2019; 98:1461-1471. [PMID: 30407605 PMCID: PMC6377438 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni infection in humans is strongly associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry products. With increasing consumer demand for minimally processed and natural product, there is a need for novel intervention strategies for controlling C. jejuni. Antimicrobial coatings are increasingly being used for preventing food contamination due to their efficacy and continuous protection of product. This study investigated the efficacy of pectin and chitosan coating fortified with eugenol to reduce C. jejuni on chicken wingettes. Pectin, chitosan, and eugenol are generally recognized as safe status compounds derived from berries, crustaceans, and cloves respectively. Each wingette was inoculated with a mixture of 4 wild-type strains of C. jejuni (approximately 107 CFU/sample) and randomly assigned to controls, pectin (3%), chitosan (2%), eugenol (0.5, 1, or 2%), or their combinations. Following 1 min of coating, wingettes were air-dried, vacuum sealed, and sampled on 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7 d of refrigerated storage for C. jejuni and aerobic counts (n = 5 wingettes/treatment/d). In addition, the effect of treatments on wingette color and expression of C. jejuni survival/virulence genes was evaluated. All 3 doses of eugenol or chitosan significantly reduced C. jejuni and aerobic bacteria from 0 d through 7 d. Incorporation of 2% eugenol in chitosan improved coating efficiency and reduced C. jejuni counts by approximately 3 Log CFU/sample at the end of 7 d of storage (P < 0.05). Similarly, the antimicrobial efficacy of pectin was improved by 2% eugenol and the coating reduced C. jejuni by approximately 2 Log CFU/sample at 7 d of storage. Chitosan coating with 2% eugenol also showed greater reductions of total aerobic counts as compared to individual treatments of eugenol and chitosan. No significant difference in the color of chicken wingettes was observed between treatments. Exposure of C. jejuni to eugenol, chitosan, or combination significantly modulated select genes encoding for motility, quorum sensing, and stress response. Results demonstrate the potential of pectin or chitosan coating fortified with eugenol as a postharvest intervention against C. jejuni contamination on poultry products.
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- B R Wagle
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, ARS, USDA, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
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Das MK, Arora NK, Poluru R, Seth A, Aggarwal A, Dubey AP, Goyal PC, Gathwala G, Malik A, Goel AK, Chakravarty A, Arya S, Upadhyay A, Gupta M, Mathew T, Pillai RK, Mathai J, Manivasagan S, Ramesh S, Aggarwal MK, Maure CG, Zuber PL. Pediatric Appropriate Evaluation Protocol for India (PAEP-India): Tool for Assessing Appropriateness of Pediatric Hospitalization. Indian Pediatr 2018; 55:1041-1045. [PMID: 30745474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop and assess Pediatric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol for India (PAEP-India) for inter-rater reliability and appropriateness of hospitalization. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING The available PAEP tools were reviewed and adapted for Indian context by ten experienced pediatricians following semi-Delphi process. Two PAEP-India tools; newborn (≤28 days) and children (>28 days-18 years) were developed. These PAEP-India tools were applied to cases to assess appropriateness of admission and inter-rater reliability between assessors. PARTICIPANTS Two sets of case records were used: (i) 274 cases from five medical colleges in Delhi-NCR [≤28 days (n=51); >28 days to 18 years (n=223)]; (ii) 622 infants who were hospitalized in 146 health facilities and were part of a cohort (n= 30688) from two southern Indian states. INTERVENTIONS Each case-record was evaluated by two pediatricians in a blinded manner using the appropriate PAEP-India tools, and 'admission criteria' were categorized as appropriate, inappropriate or indeterminate. OUTCOME MEASURES The proportion of appropriate hospitalizations and inter-rater reliability between assessors (using kappa statistic) were estimated for the cases. RESULTS 97.8% hospitalized cases from medical colleges were labelled as appropriate by both reviewers with inter-rater agreement of 98.9% (k=0.66). In the southerm Indian set of infants, both reviewers labelled 80.5% admissions as appropriate with inter-rater agreement of 96.1% (k= 0.89). CONCLUSIONS PAEP-India (newborn and child) tools are simple, objective and applicable in diverse settings and highly reliable. These tools can potentially be used for deciding admission appropriateness and hospital stay and may be evaluated later for usefulness for cost reimbursements for insurance proposes.
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- Manoja Kumar Das
- The INCLEN Trust International, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I, New Delhi, India
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- The INCLEN Trust International, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Narendra Kumar Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, F1/5, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase 1, New Delhi 110 020, India.
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- The INCLEN Trust International, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, North DMC Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pt BD Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, WHO Country office India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Vora A, Chatterjee S, Upadhyay A, Hazarika N, Bhattacharya G. Personalised nutritional care during chemotherapy using survey on taste changes during chemotherapy: First experience from tertiary chemotherapy day care center in Northern India. Ann Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdy300.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Islamuddin M, Khan WH, Gupta S, Tiku VR, Khan N, Akdag AI, Chaudhary S, Upadhyay A, Kumar P, Ghatwala G, Ray P. Surveillance and genetic characterization of rotavirus strains circulating in four states of North Indian children. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2018; 62:253-261. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Woo-Ming A, Arsi K, Moyle J, Gaunsalis V, Owens C, Clark F, Fanatico A, Upadhyay A, Donoghue D, Donoghue A. Meat quality characteristics of fast-growing broilers reared under different types of pasture management: Implications for organic and alternative production systems (Part II). J APPL POULTRY RES 2018. [DOI: 10.3382/japr/pfx060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dash P, Goel V, Talwar V, Doval DC, Raina S, Goyal P, Upadhyay A, Patnaik N. Study of efficacy and safety of modified adjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen in carcinoma ovary. Indian J Cancer 2018; 53:607-611. [PMID: 28485363 DOI: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_13_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE It has been demonstrated in few trials that intraperitoneal and intravenous (IP/IV) chemotherapy improves survival in advanced stage ovarian cancer (OC). However, in view of high treatment-related toxicities, various modifications in treatment schedules have been tried. In this study, response and tolerability of IP paclitaxel on day 8 with IV paclitaxel on day 1 and IV cisplatin day 2 in carcinoma ovary were evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this prospective observational study, from March 2013 to December 2015, the efficacy and tolerability of adjuvant IP/IV chemotherapy in optimally cytoreduced Stage III epithelial OC (EOC) patients were assessed. RESULTS Totally, sixty patients were enrolled. The median age of patients was 53 years (32-67 years). Out of a total of 360 IP cycles, 316 cycles (88%) were completed. Forty-five patients (76%) received all the 6 cycles by IP route. Eight out of those 45 patients had one or more adjustment including delay or dose reduction. After median follow-up of 22 months, eight patients (14%) had local or systemic recurrence. Median progression-free survival not reached yet. Catheter block was seen in five cases. Two cases had needle displacement and extravasations of drug around the port chamber. Six patients had Grade 3 abdominal pain and cramp. Grade 3/4 leukopenia was experienced by thirty patients (50%), but febrile neutropenia occurred in only 6 (10%) patients. Renal complication present in 4 (7%) patients. CONCLUSIONS In Indian patients, adjuvant chemotherapy with day 8 I/P paclitaxel in optimally cytoreduced EOC is associated with comparable survival outcomes, less side effects and high treatment completion rate relative to literature published from Western countries.
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- P Dash
- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pathology, Action Cancer Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Upadhyay A, Tomar P. Simultaneous Two Site Blood Culture in Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis: Few Concerns: Authors Reply. Indian Pediatr 2017; 54:783-784. [PMID: 28984265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Amit Upadhyay
- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, UP, India.
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Wagle BR, Arsi K, Upadhyay A, Shrestha S, Venkitanarayanan K, Donoghue AM, Donoghue DJ. β-Resorcylic Acid, a Phytophenolic Compound, Reduces Campylobacter jejuni in Postharvest Poultry. J Food Prot 2017; 80:1243-1251. [PMID: 28686495 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Human Campylobacter infections, a leading foodborne illness globally, has been linked with the high prevalence of this bacterium on raw retail chicken products. Reduction of Campylobacter counts on poultry products would greatly reduce the risk of subsequent infections in humans. To this end, this study investigated the potential of the phytophenolic compound β-resorcylic acid (BR) to reduce Campylobacter counts on postharvest poultry (chicken skin or meat). Four trials in total, two each on thigh skin or breast meat, were conducted in which chicken skin or meat samples (2 ± 0.1 g; 10 samples per treatment) were inoculated with 50 μL (∼106 CFU per sample) of a cocktail of four wild strains of C. jejuni. After 30 min of attachment, inoculated samples were dipped in a 0, 0.5, 1, or 2% BR solution for 30 s immediately followed by vigorously vortexing the samples in Butterfield's phosphate diluent and plating the supernatant for Campylobacter enumeration. In addition, the effect of BR on the color of skin and meat samples was studied. Moreover, the change in the expression of survival and virulence genes of C. jejuni exposed to BR was evaluated. Data were analyzed by the PROC MIXED procedure of SAS (P < 0.05; SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). All BR treatments significantly reduced Campylobacter populations on both chicken or meat samples by 1 to 3 log CFU/g compared with non-BR-treated washed controls. No significant difference in the lightness, redness, and yellowness of skin and meat samples was observed on exposure to BR wash (P > 0.05). Real-time PCR results revealed that BR treatment down-regulated expression of select genes coding for motility (motA, motB) and attachment (cadF, ciaB) in the majority of C. jejuni strains. Stress response genes (sodB, katA) were upregulated in C. jejuni S-8 (P < 0.05). Overall, our results suggest that BR could be effectively used as antimicrobial dip treatment during poultry processing for reducing Campylobacter on chicken carcasses.
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- B R Wagle
- 1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
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- 1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
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- 1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
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- 1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
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- 2 Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269; and
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- 3 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Poultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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- 1 Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
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Liu C, Afezolli D, Janet S, Upadhyay A, Fielding R. FEAR OF FALLING IN OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- C. Liu
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
- Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center in Aging, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
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- Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center in Aging, Boston, Massachusetts
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Singh P, Upadhyay A, Sreenivas V, Jaiswal V, Saxena P. Screening for hypoglycemia in exclusively breastfed high-risk neonates. Indian Pediatr 2017; 54:477-480. [DOI: 10.1007/s13312-017-1051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Batra U, Goyal P, Jain P, Upadhyay A, Sachdeva N, Agarwal M, Bhurani D, Talwar V, Gupta SK, Doval DC. Epidemiology and resistance pattern of bacterial isolates among cancer patients in a Tertiary Care Oncology Centre in North India. Indian J Cancer 2017; 53:448-451. [PMID: 28244481 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.200647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the epidemiology of microbiologically documented bacterial infection and the resistance pattern, among cancer patients undergoing treatment at RGCIRC, Delhi. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective observational study in which culture reports obtained over 1 year in 2013, were analyzed. RESULTS 13329 cultures were obtained over 1 year in 2013 and were analyzed. 23.6 % samples showed positive culture with majority being gram negative isolates (67.9 %). E. coli was the commonest gram negative isolate (49.4%) followed by klebsella (29.7%) and Staph. aureus was the commonest gram positive isolate. There was high incidence of ESBL in blood and urine (87.2% & 88.5%) and BLBLI were also high (78% & 83.9%). Carbapenem resistance was comparatively low (10%) and colistin sensitivity was quiet high (> 95%). CONCLUSIONS Prevalence of MRSA and VRE in our institute is very less, whereas prevalence of ESBLs and BLBLI isolates amongst gram negative infections is around 80%. Gram negative isolates had poor sensitivity to cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones.
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- U Batra
- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Lab Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Rohini, New Delhi, India
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Das R, Upadhyay A, Garg R. An Unmanned Tracked Vehicle for Snow Research Applications. DEFENCE SCI J 2016. [DOI: 10.14429/dsj.1.8952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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<p>Lightweight robotic vehicles can be designed for over-snow mobility to carry out a variety of snow and glacier related studies like carrying out GPR survey of cracks & crevasses over ice crusts that cannot support foot travel, for collecting snow samples and carrying out sub-surface experiments with penetrometers on terrain that are dangerous for human, GPS mapping of avalanche debris etc. Sinkage, resistance to snow compaction, loss of traction and ingestion of snow into the driving system are some of the challenges that an unmanned lightweight tracked vehicle faces in snowbound terrain. In present work, a lightweight and unmanned remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is conceptualized and developed as a technological solution. In this paper design and features of this vehicle, named <em>HimBot</em>, are presented along with the results obtained from tests carried over snow at Solang Nullah field observatory of SASE in February 2013. The outcome of this work will help in developing an optimized design of an ROV for over snow mobility for a variety of applications.</p>
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Saxena P, Singh A, Upadhyay A, Gupta P, Sharma S, Vishnubatla S. Effect of Withholding Phenobarbitone Maintenance in Neonatal Seizures: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Indian Pediatr 2016; 53:1069-1073. [PMID: 27889710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of withholding maintenance phenobarbitone on breakthrough seizures. DESIGN A double blind randomized controlled trial. SETTING Level II neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a teaching hospital in Northern India. PARTICIPANTS 152 term and near term neonates (34 weeks of gestation age) with admission weight ≥2 kg with clinically apparent seizures who received intravenous (IV) loading dose of 20 mg/kg of phenobarbitone. INTERVENTIONS After 12 hours of seizure free period of the initial loading dose of phenobarbitone, one group received IV maintenance therapy and other 'no maintenance' (saline as placebo). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Breakthrough seizures from randomization till discharge. RESULTS Baseline variables were comparable in the two groups. Breakthrough seizures occurred in 30 (40%) subjects in placebo group and 24 (31.2%) in phenobarbitone group with RR (95% CI) of 1.28 (0.83-1.97) (P=0.19). Seizure recurrence, re-hospitali-sation, mortality and abnormal neurological assessment until 3 months were comparable in the two groups (P>0.05). Babies in either group with breakthrough seizures were more likely to be neurologically abnormal at 1 month than babies who did not have breakthrough seizures, but this difference decreased by 3 months. CONCLUSION In term and near-term neonates, those who respond to loading dose of phenobarbitone after a single seizure episode, withholding of phenobarbitone maintenance may not significantly increase the risk of breakthrough seizures.
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- Pranjali Saxena
- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, *Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi; and #All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; India. Correspondence to: Dr Amit Upadhyay, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Agarwal S, Jaiswal V, Singh D, Jaiswal P, Garg A, Upadhyay A. Randomised control trial showed that delayed cord clamping and milking resulted in no significant differences in iron stores and physical growth parameters at one year of age. Acta Paediatr 2016; 105:e526-e530. [PMID: 27564579 DOI: 10.1111/apa.13559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIM Placental redistribution has been shown to improve haematological outcomes in the immediate neonatal period and early infancy. This study compared the effects of delayed cord clamping (DCC) and umbilical cord milking (UCM) on haematological and growth parameters at 12 months of age. METHODS This was a follow-up study of a randomised control trial, conducted in a tertiary care paediatric centre from August 2013 to August 2014. We studied 200 apparently healthy Indian infants randomised at birth to receive DCC for 60-90 seconds or UCM. The outcome measures were iron status and physical growth parameters at 12 months. RESULTS Of the 200 babies, 161 completed the follow-up and baseline characteristics were comparable in both groups. The mean haemoglobin in the DCC group (102.2 (17.2) g/L and serum ferritin 16.44 (2.77) μg/L) showed no significant differences to the UCM group (98.6 (17.1) g/L and 18.2 (2.8) μg/L) at one year. In addition, there were no significant differences in weight, height and mid-upper arm circumference in the two groups. CONCLUSION Term-born Indian infants who had DCC at 60-90 seconds or UCM showed no significant differences in ferritin and haemoglobin levels and growth parameters at 12 months of age.
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- Department of Pediatrics; LLRM Medical College; Meerut UP India
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- Department of Pediatrics; LLRM Medical College; Meerut UP India
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- Department of Pediatrics; PGIMER Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital; New Delhi India
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- Department of Microbiology; LLRM Medical College; Meerut UP India
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- Department of Pediatrics; LLRM Medical College; Meerut UP India
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The dynamics of anion-quadrupole (or anion-π) interactions formed between negatively charged (Asp/Glu) and aromatic (Phe) side chains are for the first time computationally characterized in RmlC (Protein Data Bank entry 1EP0 ), a homodimeric epimerase. Empirical force field-based molecular dynamics simulations predict anion-quadrupole pairs and triplets (anion-anion-π and anion-π-π) are formed by the protein during the simulated trajectory, which suggests that the anion-quadrupole interactions may provide a significant contribution to the overall stability of the protein, with an average of -1.6 kcal/mol per pair. Some anion-π interactions are predicted to form during the trajectory, extending the number of anion-quadrupole interactions beyond those predicted from crystal structure analysis. At the same time, some anion-π pairs observed in the crystal structure exhibit marginal stability. Overall, most anion-π interactions alternate between an "on" state, with significantly stabilizing energies, and an "off" state, with marginal or null stabilizing energies. The way proteins possibly compensate for transient loss of anion-quadrupole interactions is characterized in the RmlC aspartate 84-phenylalanine 112 anion-quadrupole pair observed in the crystal structure. A double-mutant cycle analysis of the thermal stability suggests a possible loss of anion-π interactions compensated by variations of hydration of the residues and formation of compensating electrostatic interactions. These results suggest that near-planar anion-quadrupole pairs can exist, sometimes transiently, which may play a role in maintaining the structural stability and function of the protein, in an otherwise very dynamic interplay of a nonbonded interaction network as well as solvent effects.
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- Karan Kapoor
- UT/ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee , F337 Walters Life Science, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics , Building 2040, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , M407 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- UT/ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee , F337 Walters Life Science, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , M407 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , M407 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , M407 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.,UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics , Building 2040, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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Singh R, Jain S, Chabbra R, Naithani R, Upadhyay A, Walia M. Characterization and anti-microbial susceptibility of bacterial isolates: Experience from a tertiary care cancer center in Delhi. Indian J Cancer 2016; 51:477-80. [PMID: 26842169 DOI: 10.4103/0019-509x.175305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hospitalization for fever in cancer patients is associated with considerable morbidity, mortality, and cost. AIM The aim of this study was to study the bacterial spectrum and susceptibility patterns of pathogens in culture positive patients from the oncology unit of our hospital. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients admitted in our cancer center (medical, radiation, and surgical oncology) from January to December 2013. Blood and respiratory secretions from the indoor patients were evaluated. RESULTS Of the total 693 samples, 76.4% were Gram-negative and 23.6% were Gram-positive. The most common bacterial isolates among Gram-negative organisms in blood were Escherichia coli, Salmonella and among the Gram-positive organism were Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus. Among the blood isolates extended spectrum of beta-lactamase, multidrug-resistant (carbapenem-resistant) and pan resistant bugs were seen in 47%, 15%, and 5% of the blood isolates. Among the Gram-positive organisms, 25% respiratory isolates were vancomycin-resistant Enterococci. CONCLUSION We observed a high incidence of Gram-negative isolates with clinically significant resistance to first-line antibiotics such as cephalosporin's, piperacillin tazobactum, and fluoroquinolones.
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- Department of Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Patparganj, New Delhi, India
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Panmei A, Gupta AK, Shivahre PR, Bhakat M, Upadhyay A. Conventional and fluorescent based semen quality assessment in Karan Fries bulls. Vet World 2016; 8:1243-6. [PMID: 27047025 PMCID: PMC4774663 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2015.1243-1246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Aim: The present study was carried out on semen ejaculates of 15 Karan Fries (KF) bulls maintained at Artificial Breeding Research Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India with an objective to evaluate the relationship between the conventional and fluorescent based semen quality analysis of the bulls. Materials and Methods: A total of 96 ejaculates were collected from 15 KF (Holstein Friesian [HF] crossbred) bulls. Semen were evaluated for color, volume, mass activity (MA) and percentage of individual motility (IM), sperm concentration, percent live spermatozoa, hypo-osmotic swelling test and acrosome integrity, chromatin integrity, sperm viability, and membrane integrity. Data were analyzed using SPSS software package for descriptive analysis. The correlation between rankings of sires based on conventional and fluorescent semen parameters were calculated by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Results: The average ejaculates volume (ml), sperm concentration (106/ml), MA, IM (%), live (%), morphological abnormalities (%), host (%), acrosome integrity (%), chromomycin A3 (CMA3) (%), SYBR-PI (%), and fluorescent isothiocyanate-peanut agglutinin (FITC-PNA) (%) were 4.57±0.36, 1162.98±97.93, 2.95±0.09, 60.8±1.22, 71.41±2.10, 9.31±1.15, 65.5±1.81, 86.6±1.59, 3.53±0.43, 65.39±2.23 and 74.47±2.53, respectively. Rank correlations were found to be significant for SYBR-PI and FITC-PNA with most of the parameters evaluated by conventional methods. Overall, among conventional criteria, IM revealed ranking of bulls almost similar to that of fluorescent criteria. Conclusion: Overview of our results indicated that, among conventional criteria, MA and IM revealed ranking of bulls almost similar to that of fluorescent criteria.
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- Division of Dairy Cattle Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Division of Dairy Cattle Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Division of Dairy Cattle Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Division of Dairy Cattle Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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- Division of Dairy Cattle Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
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Kumar M, Upadhyay A, Singh J, Chhabra M, Singh A, Gupta NK, Bhat A, Yadav CP. Effect of change in sequence of administration of DTwP and Hepatitis B vaccines on perception of pain in infants: A randomized control trial. Vaccine 2016; 34:1816-22. [PMID: 26902546 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed with objective to study pain response of infants to change in sequence of administration of Hepatitis B and DTwP vaccines. METHODS This was a randomized parallel control trial. The study was carried out in the immunization clinic of the Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut. One hundred and thirty healthy term infants up to 4 months of age were injected either DTwP vaccine first or Hepatitis B vaccine first, followed one minute later by the other vaccine. RESULT Baseline characteristics did not differ between the groups. The mean (SD) of AUC of MFCS and NIPS was significantly more in DF group as compared to HF group (for MFCS 25.5 ± 5.4 versus 22.5 ± 5.5, p<0.01; for NIPS 31.77 ± 5.5 versus 27.64 ± 6.9, p < 0.01). Similarly mean (SD) of AUC of Heart rate and saturation of oxygen showed significant variation in DF group as compared to HF group (for heart rate 591.6 ± 55 versus 559.6 ± 49, p< 0.01; for SpO2 326.4 ± 12 versus 335 ± 8, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION These results showed that infant experienced lesser pain when Hepatitis B was administered first than when DTwP vaccine was given first.
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India.
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut UP 250004, India
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Science New Delhi, India
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Upadhyay A, Goel V, Batra U, Goyal P, Dutta K, Aggarwal M, Doval DC. Two cases of ovarian carcinoma with endobronchial metastases: Rare presentation. South Asian J Cancer 2016; 4:149. [PMID: 26942149 PMCID: PMC4756493 DOI: 10.4103/2278-330x.173170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India
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Chen CH, Yin HB, Upadhyay A, Fancher S, Belskie K, Mancini R, Venkitanarayanan K. Efficacy of beta-resorcylic acid spray in reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 on flat cut beef steaks. Meat Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2015.08.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bhat A, Upadhyay A, Jaiswal V, Chawla D, Singh D, Kumar M, Yadav CP. Validity of non-invasive point-of-care hemoglobin estimation in healthy and sick children-a method comparison study. Eur J Pediatr 2016; 175:171-9. [PMID: 26286814 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-015-2602-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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UNLABELLED This study was conducted at a tertiary care center in northern India to evaluate the validity of non-invasive transcutaneous hemoglobin estimation in healthy and sick children in comparison to hemoglobin estimation by traditional lab method. A method comparison study was conducted including 150 subjects. Enrolled patients included 80 neonates with average age of 3.9 ± 2.1 days, and 70 children with average age of 5.8 ± 2 years. Each population (newborn and children) comprised of almost equal numbers of healthy and critically ill patients with shock. Hemoglobin (Hb) was estimated on enrolment by transcutaneous spectrophotometry (SpHb) and traditional automated lab analyzer (Hb-Lab). Difference between Hb levels by the two methods (called bias) was measured and analyzed using Bland-Altman method. Out of 148 data pairs analyzed, bias between SpHb and Hb-Lab was -1.52 ± 1.91 g/dl (mean ± SD). SpHb showed excellent positive correlation with Hb-Lab (r = 0.94 (p < 0.001)) and good visual agreement on Bland-Altman plots. Bias was higher in sick subjects with shock as compared to healthy ones in both neonatal and pediatric population (-2.31 ± 2.21 g/dl versus -0.77 ± 1.2 g/dl, respectively). CONCLUSIONS SpHb showed good accuracy and correlated well with lab estimated Hb levels in healthy children. However, in children with impaired peripheral perfusion, its diagnostic accuracy was inadequate to justify routine use for quantification of severity of anemia and making transfusion decisions solely on non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin. WHAT IS KNOWN Non-invasive hemoglobin estimation is a relatively new and novel method which has given mixed results regarding its potential efficacy in adults. There is limited data regarding usefulness and accuracy of non-invasive Hb estimation by SpHb in sick neonates and children. WHAT IS NEW Non-invasive Hb estimation by SpHb monitor is reasonably accurate in healthy neonates and children. It can be used in critically ill children and neonates, but in conjunction with lab confirmation of Hb values.
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- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar, Pradesh, 250002, India.
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- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar, Pradesh, 250002, India.
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- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar, Pradesh, 250002, India.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India.
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- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar, Pradesh, 250002, India.
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- Department of Paediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar, Pradesh, 250002, India.
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- Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Upadhyay A, Chawla D, Joshi P, Davis PG. Short-duration versus standard-duration antibiotic regimens for the treatment of neonatal bacterial infection. Hippokratia 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd012063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Amit Upadhyay
- LLRM Medical College; Department of Pediatrics; Meerut Uttar Pradesh India 250004
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- Government Medical College and Hospital; Department of Pediatrics; Chandigarh India 160030
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- Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial, Medical College; Department Of Pediatrics; Meerut Uttar Pradesh India
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Perveen S, Singh A, Upadhyay A, Singh N, Chauhan R. A randomized controlled trial on comparison of phenobarbitone and levetiracetam for the treatment of neonatal seizures: pilot study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20161763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bagchi S, Tayyab M, Ramakrishna B, Upadhyay A, Mandal T, Chakera JA, Naik PA, Gupta PD. Micrometer-sized negative-ion accelerator based on ultrashort laser pulse interaction with transparent solids. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 92:051103. [PMID: 26651640 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.051103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report here energetic (>100 keV) negative hydrogen ions (H(-)) generated in the interaction of moderately intense (10(18) W cm(-2)) ultrashort laser pulses (45 fs) with transparent hydrogen containing solid targets. An unambiguous and consistent detection of negative hydrogen ions, with a flux of 8×10(11)H(-) ions/sr, has been observed in every single laser shot, using a Thomson parabola ion spectrograph. Simple estimates based on charge transfer cross sections match well with experimental observations. Our method offers the implementation of an intense, ultrashort laser based negative-ion source at a higher repetition rate, which can be important for various applications.
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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Jaiswal P, Upadhyay A, Gothwal S, Chaudhary H, Tandon A. Comparison of Umbilical Cord Milking and Delayed Cord Clamping on Cerebral Blood Flow in Term Neonates. Indian J Pediatr 2015; 82:890-5. [PMID: 26008758 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1734-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of umbilical cord milking (UCM) and delayed cord clamping (DCC) on cerebral blood flow in term neonates. METHODS This randomized controlled trial was conducted at a teaching hospital in India during 2012 to 2013. Two hundred newborns (>36wk) were randomized to UCM and DCC groups. UCM was done on 25cm of cord length. In DCC group, clamping was delayed by 60 to 90s. Resistive Index (RI), Pulsatility Index (PI) and cerebral blood flow velocities of middle cerebral artery (MCA) were measured at 24 to 48h of life. RESULTS Baseline characteristics and hemodynamic parameters were comparable. Mean PI [1.18 (0.26)] and RI [0.65 (0.08)] in UCM group was comparable to mean PI [1.18 (0.25)] and RI [0.65 (0.08)] in DCC group. The peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity (cm/s) of blood flow in MCA for UCM group were 34.94 (11.82) and 11.71 (4.75) respectively, while in DCC group they were 37.24 (12.63) and 13.07 (4.78) (p 0.23 and 0.07) respectively. Indices among growth retarded babies were not different. CONCLUSIONS DCC and UCM had similar effect on cerebral blood flow velocities and Doppler indices in MCA, in term neonates.
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250004, India
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250004, India.
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- Department of Pediatrics, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250004, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Radiodiagnosis, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Upadhyay A, Sadana DK, Gupta AK, Chakravarty AK, Dash S, Das MK, Anushree M, Shivahre PR. Age and lactation specific disposal pattern in Sahiwal cattle and influence of various genetic and non-genetic factors. Vet World 2014. [DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2014.842-847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bhatt R, Bhaumik I, Ganesamoorthy S, Karnal A, Gupta P, Swami M, Patel H, Sinha A, Upadhyay A. Study of structural defects and crystalline perfection of near stoichiometric LiNbO3 crystals grown from flux and prepared by VTE technique. J Mol Struct 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tayyab M, Bagchi S, Ramakrishna B, Mandal T, Upadhyay A, Ramis R, Chakera JA, Naik PA, Gupta PD. Role of target material in proton acceleration from thin foils irradiated by ultrashort laser pulses. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2014; 90:023103. [PMID: 25215835 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.90.023103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
We report on the proton acceleration studies from thin metallic foils of varying atomic number (Z) and thicknesses, investigated using a 45 fs, 10 TW Ti:sapphire laser system. An optimum foil thickness was observed for efficient proton acceleration for our laser conditions, dictated by the laser ASE prepulse and hot electron propagation behavior inside the material. The hydrodynamic simulations for ASE prepulse support the experimental observation. The observed maximum proton energy at different thicknesses for a given element is in good agreement with the reported scaling laws. The results with foils of different atomic number Z suggest that a judicious choice of the foil material can enhance the proton acceleration efficiency, resulting into higher proton energy.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Tayyab
- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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- Laser Plasma Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore 452 013, India
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Das B, Chattopadhyay P, Upadhyay A, Gupta K, Mandal M, Karak N. Biophysico-chemical interfacial attributes of Fe3O4decorated MWCNT nanohybrid/bio-based hyperbranched polyurethane nanocomposite: an antibacterial wound healing material with controlled drug release potential. NEW J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj00732h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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