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S P Gulati

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2003

Groundnut as the commonest foreign body of tracheobronchial tree in winter in Northern India. An analysis of fourteen cases.

In Northern India, in an institution like ours which receives quite a number of patients from surrounding rural areas, we found groundnut as the most common foreign body of tracheobronchial tree in children particularly in winter months of October to January. This article attempts to address the potential hazard of groundnut inhalation in children. In Northern India, in an institution like ours which receives quite a number of patients from surrounding rural areas, we found groundnut as the most common foreign body of tracheobronchial tree in children particularly in winter months of October to January. This article attempts to address the potential hazard of groundnut inhalation in children.

Arachis↗
PubMed2003

Giant cell reparative granuloma of the base of the skull presenting as a parapharyngeal mass.

Giant cell reparative granuloma is an infrequent non-tumoral lesion affecting the maxillary and mandibular bones and only rarely, the cranial bones. We report a case of giant cell reparative granuloma of the base of the skull in a 12-year-old female who presented with a parapharyngeal mass. Computerized Tomography (CT) showed the intracranial extension and destruction of surrounding bones.

Bone Diseases↗
PubMed1993

Nasal mucociliary clearance & mucus pH in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Nasal mucociliary clearance (NMC) time and nasal mucus pH were studied in 50 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus and in a group of 50 healthy non-smokers and non-alcoholic controls. NMC time and pH values were found to be significantly increased in diabetics (NMC = 18.02 +/- 5.08 and pH = 7.96 +/- 0.75) as compared to controls (NMC = 7.49 +/- 1.06 and pH 6.43 +/- 0.67). The increase in NMC and pH was much more in patients having insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) (NMC - 20.87 +/- 4.71 and pH -8.38 +/- 0.56) than in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) (NMC - 15.16 +/- 3.67 and pH -7.53 +/- 0.687) and also when the duration of disease was more than 10 yr (NMC - 22.36 +/- 4.36 and pH -8.47 +/- 0.607). This impairment was attributed to osmotic diuresis with loss of water and electrolytes from all parts of the body and also small vessel abnormalities encountered in diabetes.

Adolescent↗
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Effect of adeno-tonsillectomy on hearing threshold and middle ear pressure.

Out of 50 children (100 ears) undergoing adeno-tonsillectomy, 34 ears had hearing threshold 20-50 dB (20 dB is normal) and 32 ears showed negative middle ear pressure of 100 to 400 mmH2O (100 mmH2O is normal). Post-operatively only 7 ears had hearing threshold of 20-30 dB and negative middle ear pressure of 100 to 200 mmH2O. Thus adenoidectomy improves eustachian tube functions.

Acoustic Impedance Tests↗
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Clinicocytological correlation in establishing the aetiology of chronic rhinitis.

Two hundred patients clinically diagnosed as having chronic rhinitis were provisionally grouped into allergic and non-allergic types of rhinitis on the basis of history, clinical examination, X-ray of the paranasal sinuses using the occipitomental view and other relevant investigations like differential and total leucocyte count. Whereas 158 cases were categorized into allergic rhinitis, 13 were diagnosed as suffering from vasomotor rhinitis, 25 from infective rhinitis and 4 patients from atrophic rhinitis. A nasal cytogram performed in all these cases showed allergic rhinitis in 107 cases, vasomotor rhinitis in 30 cases, infective on top of allergic rhinitis in 32 cases, common cold over allergic rhinitis in 3 cases, infective rhinitis in 20 cases, a non-infective non-allergic type in 4 cases and atrophic rhinitis in 4 cases. There was a good clinicocytological correlation; however, 30 patients clinically suspected to be having allergic rhinitis had an infective episode alone or on top of allergic rhinitis. Nasal cytology was thus found useful in modifying the treatment. It is a simple, easy and reliable investigation that can be done routinely in the out-patient department.

Adolescent↗
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Crystallization test for the detection of head and neck cancer.

Twenty-five patients suffering from head and neck cancer and 25 healthy individuals were subjected to a blood crystallization test with 20% cupric chloride solution and the patterns were compared. In the healthy control group, the typical pattern was an eccentrically placed center of gravity with needles arranged in a radiating fashion, while in the malignant group, there was a transverse bar or transverse formation. The sensitivity of this test procedure was 88%. We therefore conclude that this study is an interesting reliable, economical and above all useful adjunctive for a mass screening programme in the diagnosis of malignant diseases of the head and neck region. The test is based purely on physical phenomena and hence should be performed under controlled physical conditions.

Adult↗