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Mallick AK, Kumar R, Samanta S, Upreti Y, Deo K, Bhandari D, Kannan U, Shivakumar V, Kumar Verma S, De S, Sharma A. Experimental study of voiding effects with thorium based MOX fuel cluster in Critical Facility. Nuclear Engineering and Design 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Reddy PV, Anandan S, Rakesh G, Shivakumar V, Joseph B, Vasu SK, Agarwal SM, Muralidharan K, Venkatasubramanian G, Narayanaswamy JC. Emotion Processing Deficit in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder: A Potential Endophenotype. Indian J Psychol Med 2022; 44:145-151. [PMID: 35655991 PMCID: PMC9120978 DOI: 10.1177/02537176211026795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Emotion processing deficits have been described in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and are considered one of the core cognitive abnormalities in BD with endophenotype potential. However, the literature on specific impairments in emotion processing cognitive strategies (directive/cortical/higher versus intuitive/limbic/lower) in euthymic adult BD patients and healthy first-degree relatives/high-risk (HR) subjects in comparison with healthy controls (HCs) is sparse. METHODS We examined facial emotion recognition deficits (FERD) in BD (N = 30), HR (N = 21), and HC (N = 30) matched for age (years), years of education, and sex using computer-administered face emotions-Matching And Labeling Task (eMALT). RESULTS The three groups were significantly different based on labeling accuracy scores for fear and anger (FA) (P < 0.001) and sad and disgust (SD) (P < 0.001). On post-hoc analysis, HR subjects exhibited a significant deficit in the labeling accuracy of FA facial emotions (P < 0.001) compared to HC. The BD group was found to have significant differences in all FA (P = 0.004) and SD (P = 0.003) emotion matching as well as FA (P = 0.001) and SD (P < 0.001) emotion labeling accuracy scores. CONCLUSIONS BD in remission exhibits FERD in general, whereas specific labeling deficits of fear and anger emotions, indicating impaired directive higher order aspect of emotion processing, were demonstrated in HR subjects. This appears to be a potential endophenotype. These deficits could underlie the pathogenesis in BD, with possible frontolimbic circuitry impairment. They may have potential implications in functional recovery and prognosis of BD.
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- Preethi V Reddy
- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Dept. of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Cognitive Neurobiology Division, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Adiga P, Pudakalkatti SR, Shivakumar V, Jain M, Sreenidhi RN, Manohar CS, Jayaram S, Nagabhushan M, Keshavamurthy R. Is percutaneous nephrolithotomy safe in chronic kidney disease patients!!! Urol Ann 2022; 14:317-321. [PMID: 36506001 PMCID: PMC9731184 DOI: 10.4103/ua.ua_100_21] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Management of renal calculus in a patient of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is always challenging. Treatment options include extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, retrograde intrarenal surgery, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). With PCNL being gold standard for renal calculus ≥1.5 cm in normal kidneys, we aimed to analyze the safety and efficacy of PCNL in CKD patients with calculus ≥1.5 cm. Materials and Methods Sixty patients of CKD with renal calculus were included in the study: Group A with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≤30 ml/min/m2 and Group B with GFR >30 <60 ml/min/m2. The estimated GFR (eGFR) pre-PCNL, peak eGFR on follow-up, and eGFR at last follow-up, stone free rates, and complications were recorded. The CKD stage before and after PCNL were also compared at the last follow-up. Results The mean age of patients was 52 years. A mean of 1.14sittings per renal unit was required for PCNL. Complete clearance was 94% after all auxiliary procedures. The mean prePCNL eGFR was 26.5 ± 4.01 and 43.6 ± 9l. 14 ml/min/1.73 m2 in Groups A and B, respectively. The mean post-PCNL eGFR was 32 ± 9.94 and 51 ± 8.85 ml/minute/1.73 m2, respectively, in Groups A and B. At a mean follow-up of 180 days, deterioration with the migration of CKD stage was seen in 13 patients (21.6%) out of which 10 patients were of Groups A and 3 in Group B. Six patients (10%) required maintenance hemodialysis. Postoperative bleeding complication requiring blood transfusions was seen in 12 (20%) and 3 (5%) required intensive care unit care postoperatively. No mortality was observed in our study. Conclusion PCNL is an effective management strategy for renal calculus in patients with CKD with an acceptable stone clearance rates and manageable complications. Peak eGFR <30 ml/min/m2 and postprocedure complications predict deterioration and need for RRT.
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- Pramod Adiga
- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,Address for correspondence: Dr. Sanjay Ramachandra Pudakalkatti, Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. E-mail:
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Shruthi HN, Kumarguru BN, Ramaswamy AS, Shivakumar V. Role of Tzanck Smear Cytology in Dermatology: A Clinicopathological Study. J Clin Diagn Res 2022. [DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2022/51006.15891] [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: 11/24/2022]
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Shivakumar V, Agarwal S, Sreeraj V, Narayanaswamy J, Bose A, Kalmady S, Shenoy S, Venkatasubramanian G. tDCS for schizophrenia: Clinical studies from India. Brain Stimul 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.642] [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: 10/27/2022] Open
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Bhalerao G, Selvaraj S, Parlikar R, Sreeraj V, Shivakumar V, Damodharan D, Chhabra H, Bose A, Narayanaswamy J, Rao N, Venkatasubramanian G. White Matter Correlates of Electric Field Activity in HD-tDCS for Schizophrenia: A Computational Neuromodeling Study. Brain Stimul 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Agarwal S, Shivakumar V, Narayanaswamy J, Sreeraj V, Bose A, Nawani H, Kalmady S, Nitsche M, Venkatasubramanian G. TDCS in schizophrenia: mechanistic basis for investigative and interventional applications. Brain Stimul 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.624] [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: 10/27/2022] Open
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Parlikar R, Bhalerao G, Selvaraj S, Dinakaran D, Chhabra H, Sreeraj V, Shivakumar V, Bose A, Narayanaswamy J, Rao N, Venkatasubramanian G. Effect of High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: Correlates with Gray Matter Volume. Brain Stimul 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2018.12.654] [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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Bose A, Shivakumar V, Chhabra H, Parlikar R, Sreeraj VS, Dinakaran D, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G. Feasibility and Clinical Utility of High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Persistent Hallucinations in Schizophrenia. East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2017; 27:162-164. [PMID: 29259147] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Persistent auditory verbal hallucination is a clinically significant problem in schizophrenia. Recent studies suggest a promising role for add-on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in treatment. An optimised version of tDCS, namely high-definition tDCS (HD-tDCS), uses smaller electrodes arranged in a 4x1 ring configuration and may offer more focal and predictable neuromodulation than conventional tDCS. This case report illustrates the feasibility and clinical utility of add-on HD-tDCS over the left temporoparietal junction in a 4x1 ring configuration to treat persistent auditory verbal hallucination in schizophrenia.
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- A Bose
- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- WISER Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Bose A, Nawani H, Agarwal S, Shivakumar V, Narayanaswamy J, Kumar D, Venkatasubramanian G. Effect of fronto-temporal transcranial direct current stimulation on corollary discharge in schizophrenia: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study. Brain Stimul 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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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Chhabra H, Shivakumar V, Subbanna M, Bose A, Agrawal M, Sreeraj V, Kalmady S, Narayanaswamy J, Debnath M, Venkatasubramanian G. Influence of COMT and NRG-1 gene polymorphisms on the effect of tDCS on Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Schizophrenia. Brain Stimul 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.215] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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Sreeraj V, Bose A, Chabbra H, Shivakumar V, Agarwal S, Janardhanan C, Rao N, Muralidharan K, Varambally S, Venkatasubramanian G. Effect of single-session tDCS on cognition in Schizophrenia: A randomized double-blind cross-over study. Brain Stimul 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.01.276] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Anitha V, Rajesh P, Shanmugam M, Priya BM, Prabhu S, Shivakumar V. Comparative evaluation of natural curcumin and synthetic chlorhexidine in the management of chronic periodontitis as a local drug delivery: a clinical and microbiological study. Indian J Dent Res 2017; 26:53-6. [PMID: 25961616 DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.156806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [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] Open
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of natural curcumin in the management of chronic periodontitis as local drug delivery in comparison to synthetic chlorhexidine, which is the gold standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty chronic periodontitis patients with an age range of 20-50 years with probing pocket depth (PPD) of 4-6 mm were included. Curcumin and chlorhexidine gel was applied in the contralateral disease sites at baseline and day 15. The clinical parameters like PPD, clinical attachment level (CAL), gingival index (Loe and Silness) and plaque index (Turesky Gillmore modification of Quigley Hein) were recorded and colony forming units (CFU) were assessed microbiologically at baseline, 15 and 30 days. RESULTS There was a significant reduction of the clinical parameters (PPD, CAL) and microbiological parameters CFU at 15 and 30 days for both the groups. Curcumin group showed a greater reduction in the clinical parameters when compared with chlorhexidine group. Both groups had a significant reduction in parameters when compared with baseline. CONCLUSION Although curcumin has equivalent benefit to chlorhexidine, curcumin being an ayurvedic herb is an excellent alternative to chlorhexidine due to minimal side-effects.
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- V Anitha
- Department of Periodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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Anitha V, Nair S, Shivakumar V, Shanmugam M, Priya BM, Rajesh P. Estimation of high sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with periodontal disease and without coronary artery disease. Indian J Dent Res 2016; 26:500-3. [PMID: 26672420 DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.172048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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] Open
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BACKGROUND HsCRP (Highly sensitive C reactive protein) is a global indicator for future vascular events in adults detected in blood stream 48 hours before the cardiovascular event. Periodontal disease may increase blood levels of inflammatory markers like IL-6, CRP and HsCRP. Hence the aim of the present study is to evaluate the presence of elevated HsCRP levels in chronic periodontitis patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS 100 patients who reported for cardiac master health check up were enrolled in the study. The periodontal status was assessed using periodontal probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level. The decayed, missing and filled tooth was recorded using DMFT index. The venous samples of these patients were obtained for recording HsCRP levels. RESULTS Pearson correlation was used to analyze the relationship between HsCRP level and probing pocket depth, clinical attachment loss and DMFT. The correlation value was 0.051, 0.025 and 0.101 respectively, the correlation is statistically significant for probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level (P>0.05). Chi-square test was performed to study the association between gender and HsCRP, Diabetes Mellitus and HsCRP and Hypertension and HsCRP; the results showed that there is no significant association between any of the above mentioned factors and HsCRP level in blood. CONCLUSIONS We found an increased level of HsCRP in patients with chronic periodontitis which revealed the susceptibility of these patients to cardiac diseases like myocardial infarction and stroke. Hence present day focus in the line of management of cardiac patient has changed from the periodontal perspective.
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- V Anitha
- Department of Periodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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Rajasekaran A, Shivakumar V, Kalmady SV, Narayanaswamy JC, Venugopal D, Amaresha AC, Venkatasubramanian G, Debnath M. Soluble human leukocyte antigen (sHLA)-G levels may predict early onset of schizophrenia in male patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 86:36-7. [DOI: 10.1111/tan.12589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Rajasekaran
- Department of Human Genetics; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Department of Psychiatry; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Department of Psychiatry; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Department of Psychiatry; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Department of Human Genetics; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory; Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
- Department of Psychiatry; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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- Department of Human Genetics; National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences; Bangalore India
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Shivakumar V, Kandhare AD, Rajmane AR, Adil M, Ghosh P, Badgujar LB, Saraf MN, Bodhankar SL. Estimation of the Long-term Cardiovascular Events Using UKPDS Risk Engine in Metabolic Syndrome Patients. Indian J Pharm Sci 2014; 76:174-8. [PMID: 24843193 PMCID: PMC4023289] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Long-term cardiovascular complications in metabolic syndrome are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in India and forecasted estimates in this domain of research are scarcely reported in the literature. The aim of present investigation is to estimate the cardiovascular events associated with a representative Indian population of patients suffering from metabolic syndrome using United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study risk engine. Patient level data was collated from 567 patients suffering from metabolic syndrome through structured interviews and physician records regarding the input variables, which were entered into the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study risk engine. The patients of metabolic syndrome were selected according to guidelines of National Cholesterol Education Program - Adult Treatment Panel III, modified National Cholesterol Education Program - Adult Treatment Panel III and International Diabetes Federation criteria. A projection for 10 simulated years was run on the engine and output was determined. The data for each patient was processed using the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study risk engine to calculate an estimate of the forecasted value for the cardiovascular complications after a period of 10 years. The absolute risk (95% confidence interval) for coronary heart disease, fatal coronary heart disease, stroke and fatal stroke for 10 years was 3.79 (1.5-3.2), 9.6 (6.8-10.7), 7.91 (6.5-9.9) and 3.57 (2.3-4.5), respectively. The relative risk (95% confidence interval) for coronary heart disease, fatal coronary heart disease, stroke and fatal stroke was 17.8 (12.98-19.99), 7 (6.7-7.2), 5.9 (4.0-6.6) and 4.7 (3.2-5.7), respectively. Simulated projections of metabolic syndrome patients predict serious life-threatening cardiovascular consequences in the representative cohort of patients in western India.
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- V. Shivakumar
- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Kalina, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Kalina, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune-411 029, India,Address for correspondence E-mail:
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Hariprasad VR, Varambally S, Shivakumar V, Kalmady SV, Venkatasubramanian G, Gangadhar BN. Yoga increases the volume of the hippocampus in elderly subjects. Indian J Psychiatry 2013; 55:S394-6. [PMID: 24049206 PMCID: PMC3768219 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.116309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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CONTEXT The neurobiological effect of yoga on the cortical structures in the elderly is as yet unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seven healthy elderly subjects received yoga intervention as an add-on life-style practice. Magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained before and 6 months later. Voxel-based-morphometric analyses compared the brains before and after the yoga. RESULTS Yoga group was found to have increases in hippocampal, but not in occipital gray matter. CONCLUSION Yoga has potential to reduce neuro-senescence. Small sample size and absence of the control group prevent generalization of the findings limiting its translational value.
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- V R Hariprasad
- Department of Psychiatry, Advanced Centre for Yoga in Mental Health and Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Manigandan T, Shivakumar V, Karthika B, Selvamuthukumar SC, Aswath N. A Solitary Palatal Mass. JIAOMR 2012. [DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10011-1282] [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: 11/23/2022] Open
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Shivakumar V, Okade R, Rajkumar V, Sajitha K, Prasad SR. Intermittent pulse-dosed terbinafine in the treatment of tinea corporis and/or tinea cruris. Indian J Dermatol 2011; 56:121-2. [PMID: 21572814 PMCID: PMC3088924 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.77579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- V Shivakumar
- Department of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, India
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Ranjan N, Shivakumar V, Kannan L. Oral Health related study among dental Paramedical Students in Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai -116. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent 2010. [DOI: 10.4103/2319-5932.197493] [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: 02/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In the treatment of multiple warts, there is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different modalities of treatment need to be combined. AIM To evaluate the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts. METHODS A total of 60 patients of multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts were enrolled. Homologous autoimplantation was done after harvesting full-depth wart tissue. Patients were followed upto a period of 6 months. Resolution of warts within a period of 3 months after procedure was considered successful. RESULTS All the 60 patients were available for follow-up. A total of 28 patients of verruca vulgaris (70%) and 16 patients of palmo-plantar warts (80%) showed resolution of warts within 3 months, accounting for a total clearance rate of 73.3%. Majority of the responders (91%) showed resolution of warts within 2 months. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that homologous autoimplantation could be an effective, simple modality of treatment for multiple warts.
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- V Shivakumar
- Department of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, India.
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A HIV infected patient with recurrent herpes zoster has been presented. Recurrence of herpes zoster contralaterally on the same dermatome and concomitant occurrence of three viral infections, viz. HIV, HPV and VZV in the same patient were the unusual and interesting observations in the present case report.
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- T S Rajashekar
- Department of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar - 563 101, Karnataka, India.
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Reddy RR, Singh G, Sacchidanand S, Okade R, Shivakumar V, Uday A, Haneef NS. A comparative evaluation of skin and nerve histopathology in single skin lesion leprosy. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2006; 71:401-5. [PMID: 16394481 DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.18944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND In spite of leprosy being a disease of nerves, ROM therapy for single skin lesion leprosy was based on clinical trials without much evidence-based studies of nerve pathology. The present study was undertaken to compare the histology of skin and nerve in single skin lesion leprosy, and to assess the scientific rationale and justification of single dose ROM therapy. METHODS Twenty-seven untreated patients with single skin lesion without significantly thickened peripheral nerves were selected. Skin and nearby pure cutaneous nerve biopsies were studied under both H&E and Fite's stain. RESULTS All the skin biopsies were negative for AFB and clinico-pathological correlation was positive in 51.85% of skin biopsy specimens. Histopathological diagnosis of leprosy was evident in 55.5% of clinically normal looking nerves, with AFB positivity in 29.6% of nerve biopsy specimens. Correlation between clinical diagnosis and nerve histopathology was poor (26%). CONCLUSIONS Single skin lesion without thickened peripheral nerves as criteria for single dose ROM therapy is not logical, since the histological diagnosis of leprosy in normal looking nerves with presence of AFB is revealed in this study. Pure cutaneous nerve biopsy is a simple outpatient procedure, without complications. This study emphasizes the need to consider nerve pathology as an important tool for further therapeutic recommendations, than just clinical trials and skin pathology alone. Though single dose ROM therapy has been withdrawn recently, the principle holds good for any future therapeutic recommendations.
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- Raghunatha R Reddy
- Department of Dermatology and STD, SriDevaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
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Shivakumar V, Madhavamurthy P. Skin in pregnancy. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1999; 65:23-25. [PMID: 20885031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Screening for skin and sexually transmitted diseases was undertaken in 170 pregnant women in all the trimesters of pregnancy. Pruritus was the commonest presenting symptom (58.82%). Candidiasis (21.78%) was the commonest cause of white discharge per vagina, Condylomata acwninata (4.70%) was the commonest sexually transmitted disease. Three patients (1.76%) were seropositive for HIV infection. The commonest dermatological disorder observed was scabies (17.64%) while 48 other diseases accounted for less than 10% each.
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- V Shivakumar
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, JJM Medical College, Davangere-577004, India
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Unni KE, Shivakumar V, Dutta TK, Chandrasekaran R. Fever of unknown cause presenting as Catatonia. J Assoc Physicians India 1995; 43:134-5. [PMID: 9282682] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- K E Unni
- Jawaharlal Inst. of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry
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