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Video Self Modelling - An Intervention to Study Bell’s Palsy through Kinect Azure: A Research Protocol Madhura R. Darware1 , Divya Jethwani2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13685

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Background: Bell’s palsy is the common acute mono-neuropathy, and is commonly associated with facialparalysis or weakness of facial nerve. It is unilateral facial nerve paresis or paralysis. The cause of Bell’spalsy is suspected to be herpes simplex virus infection of nerve.The nerve get swollen because of thisviral infection and is compressed in its canal as it passes through the temporal bone. Grading systems forthe assessment of movements and asymmetry of face in Facial palsy are divided into computer-based andtraditional grading systems. The program that uses Kinect Azure provides assessment method for evaluationof asymmetry of face at rest and the rating of facial palsy during voluntary activity of various areas overface. This study aims to investigate the intervention of facial palsy by video self modelling with the use ofKinect Azure.Methods: 20 participants will be selected. Each group will include 10 subjects. Group A will receiveconventional treatment, electrical muscle stimulator(EMS) ,and visual feedback.Group B(Experimental group) will receive conventional treatment ,electrical muscle stimulator and videoself modelling. Each participant would be presented with their own videotape of video self-modeling, whichincluded the best attempts at their evenest acts (smiles).Following 2 weeks of tape viewing the actions willbe assessed. The outcome of the treatment will be assessed by Kinect Azure.Discussion: Traditional methods for documentation of treatment effect have been through scales andquestionnaires which at times are little complex and also difficult for patients to interpret. Hence thisexperimental and comparative study aims at focusing on the effective use of Kinect to document outcomefor bell’s palsy
The Association between Teeth Loss and Oral Health Problems Aesa Alzaroug Jaber1 , Alshame M.J.Alshame2 , Khaled Owidat Abdalla3 , Prabhu Manickam Natarajan4
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13686

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Background: The teeth play various functional roles, from the most basic functions to more subtle functions.One of the most tragic events that can happen to the teeth are loss it, as a result trauma or dental diseases.Tooth loss has esthetic, functional, positional and psychological impacts on the life of individuals.Objectives: To investigate the association between tooth loss and oral health problems among partiallyand completely edentulous patients. Method: (Questionnaire and Clinical Examination). Self-administeredquestionnaire was distributed to the patients to collect information relating to demography and cause oftooth loss, in addition to mastication and speech state after tooth loss. Four clinical conditions includingsupra-eruption, drifting teeth, temporomandibular disorders and bone resorption were used to recognize theeffects of missing teeth. Patients seeking dental treatment at General Hospital, Morzuk, Libya were recruitedfor the study. Criteria included age of 16 years and above with one or more missing teeth except for thirdmolars. Results: altogether 58 participants, 31 (53.4 %) were males while 27 (46.6%) were females. Theparticipants were aged 16–>45 years, among them, 44 patients (75.9%) are partially edentulous, and 14patients (24.1%) were completely edentulous. The patients with complete teeth loss and the patients withmissing both the anterior and posterior teeth are most groups suffer problems among patients who involvedin the study. patients who loss posterior teeth are the lowest group had, suffer of health problems due to lossof teeth among all of them.The general relationship between tooth loss and the oral health problems was positive and strong. Conclusions:there are statistically significant relationship between tooth loss and oral health problems, where the strongvalue of this relationship (0.614) and significance within less than (0.05).
Relationship between inflammatory Response and Pathology of Listeria monocytogenes Ali Anok Njum1, Jabbar Afate ALwan2, Yasir Faisal Abbas3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Listeria monocytogenes is a feebly pathogenic, Gram-positive bacterium and ready to develop additionallyat the temperature of 4 C. A man frequently gets influenced by expending tainted water and food. 150 abortedplacentas were achieved from women and cultured directly, while other were fixed in formalin buffer tostudy the effect of CD 45 and CD74 in pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes associated with placentitisin aborted women. Results showed six placental samples from out 50 were positive for listeria culture, wereexhibited high expression of CD 45 and CD74 aborted placenta infected with Listeria monocytogenes as acompared to uninfected placenta. This study concluded that a relationship between inflammatory responseand pathology of L. monocytogenes in placental tissue that were collected from aborted women in AlMuthana City
Epidemiological Study of Burn Deaths at a Tertiary Care Centre in Mumbai Babaso Kalel1 , Pawan Sabale2 , Shailesh Mohite3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Death due to burns is an important cause of unnatural death commonly encountered in Medico-legal Practice.This prospective study was conducted on 100 cases of burn deaths caused by flames, hot liquids and flashof electricity. This study was conducted to know the demographic profiles, common risk factors, causes andmanners of death in fatal cases of burns. Most of the cases were in the age group of 21 to 50 years with apeak incidence in 21-30 years age group, with female predominance. In the study, maximum cases were dueto kerosene stove blast leading to accidental burns, followed by pouring of kerosene as a source of burn..
Assessment of Occupational Stress in Medical Doctors Working in Tertiary Care Hospital Dipika Baria1 , Tejas J. Shah2, Shruti Brahmbhatt3 , Mahavir Rajput4
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Background: Nowadays, stress has commonly been assessed especially in medical doctors. The reason forthe same is that medical doctors have to play high competitive roles and in turn have so many responsibilitieskeeping in mind the holistic care to patients.Aim/objective: To assess occupational stress in medical doctors working in tertiary care hospital ofBhavnagar, Gujarat.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during September 2017 to December2017 after prior approval of institutional ethics committee. Total 75, both male and female medical doctorswere enrolled as study participants after written informed consent and based on inclusion criteria. Along withcase record performa, self-administered pre-tested questionnaires having stress scale namely ProfessionalStress Scale (PSS) and Perceived Stress Scale 10 items (PSS-10) were given to all participants as a studytool. The data of scores received on scales was and entered in Microsoft excel and the same was analyzedby using GraphPad Prism 5 software for various proportions, associations and frequencies. The associationswere considered significant if the p value is less than 0.05.Results: Out of 75, total 50 participants filled and submitted the questionnaires. The mean age of participantswas 31.96 years. As per the stress scales used, moderate stress was observed among medical doctorsirrespective of sex. The commonest symptom observed among stressed doctors was sleep disturbances(insomnia).Conclusion: Moderate to mild stress was found among medical doctors. Stress in medical doctors is neverunderestimated irrespective of sex. Insomnia is the commonest symptom observed among stressed doctors.
Pre-Analytical Errors in Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory: A Crucial Step to Look for Accuracy and Reliability Tejas J. Shah1 , Roshni Sadaria2 , Smita Vasava3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (CDL) plays a very important role in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.Total testing process (TTP) of laboratory includes pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases. Tohave an accurate and reliable results, detection and prevention of errors is must from all these phases.Chances of errors are more in pre-analytical phase as compared other two phases. Though standards havebeen made to control error occurrence in pre-analytical phase, errors still noticed in this phase. The reasonis all the steps involved in this phase are dependent on humans and thus it is out of control of laboratory.Therefore it is necessary to generate proper guidelines or manual to minimize errors in pre-analytical phase.This is also an important step to achieve Total Quality Control (TQC). We have tried in this review tosummarize important pre-analytical errors, their occurrence at various stages, prevalence and preventiveaspects.
Primary Prevention of COVID 19 Preksha Luthra
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Coronavirus disease - 19 is caused by a newly discovered virus called coronavirus. Coronavirus is a spherical ,enveloped particle with a single stranded RNA which causes acute mild respiratory illness. The transmissionis via airborne droplets. It multiplies in the nasal mucosa causing cell damage and inflammation. COVID19 has been increasing exponentially as it spreads very fast and in a country like India with a population of135 crore it is difficult to curtail the spread of the virus. The steps taken to control this spread such as socialdistancing, nation-wide lockdown were important to restrict the geographical spread of coronavirus. Thevirus is transmitted by droplets which can travel in air when an infected person or carrier coughs or sneezes.Therefore, primary preventive measures like practicing hygiene with soap and water for at least 60 secondsor using alcohol-based hand rub, social distancing and lockdown were implemented. This article covers themethod of hand washing, steps of hand washing and gives information about the do’s and don’ts of alcoholbased hand rubs. It also covers the importance of social distancing and lockdown with the social distancingmethods adopted in India.
A Critical Appraisal of Inclusions of “Bioethics in Laboratory Medicine” into the Existing Postgraduate Curriculum of Pathology, Microbiology and Biochemistry Anjankar Ashish P1 , Ninave Sudhir2 , Mishra Gaurav V3
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Introduction: Laboratory physicians confront with ethical issues in routine practice, but still ethics does notdraw the importance it deserves. A critical appraisal of the existing postgraduate curriculum of Pathology,Microbiology and Biochemistry with reference to its Bioethical inclusions to their conformity with referenceto Bioethical principles applicable to profession as included in UNESCO Declaration is needed.Aim: To critically analyse the inclusions of “Bioethics in Laboratory Medicine” into the ExistingPostgraduate Curriculum of Pathology, Microbiology and Biochemistry with reference to Bioethicalprinciples incorporated in UNESCO DeclarationMaterial and Methods: It was a descriptive study for rapid review of literature for the purposes ofidentification and critical appraisal of bioethical considerations in Laboratory Medicine in existingGuidelines for Competency Based Postgraduate Training Programme for MD in Pathology, Microbiology,Biochemistry with reference to Bioethical principles included in UNESCO declaration specially thoseapplicable to profession and not propagation or advocacy.Observations and Results: Upon critical analysis and mapping of the competencies in the Guidelines forCompetency Based Postgraduate Training Programme for MD in Pathology, Microbiology, Biochemistrywith the principles in the UNESCO universal declaration, 16 competencies were identified as professionalethical inclusions. 19 Competencies suggested in regards to “Bioethics in Laboratory Medicine” forGuidelines for Competency Based Postgraduate Training Programme for MD In these subjects to makethem commensurate with UNESCO universal declarationConclusion: This has brought out subsequent omissions which need to be managed in order to makecompetencies in Existing PG curriculum of Pathology, Microbiology and Biochemistry comparable with theUNESCO universal declaration and therefore, make it better and standardised on global and internationallevel.
Personal Hygiene Practices and Morbidity Pattern among A Tribal Primary School Children Of Maharashtra Ashish Wasudeo Khobragade1 , Ninad Nagrale2, Mohd. Junaid1
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Background: Scholastic performance of the child depends upon the overall health of the child. Methods:A cross sectional study was conducted among 162 tribal school children. Results: Prevalence of anaemiawas 54.9%. Second most common morbidity was dental caries (31.48%) followed by underweight (27.77%)Head louse infestation was common among girl students. Conclusions: Most common morbidities presentamong primary school children of a tribal school were anaemia, dental caries, underweight and refractiveerrors. Girl students had better hygiene than boys.
Diabetes in COVID-19: Management Shruti Brahmbhatt1 *, Vihang Brahmbhatt2, Maulin Mehta3 , Tejas Shah4
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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The COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) has become the most critical health problem worldwide. It wasfirst started from Wuhan, China and now it has affected more than 230 countries and millions of people.The diabetic patients with uncontrolled glycemic state for long term can result in many microvascular andmacrovascular complications. Hence they are most commonly affected individuals during COVID-19. Inthis review we have briefed about the impact of COVID-19 in diabetes, the different pathophysioloy andmanagement of diabetes in this phase.