Prospective study to Evaluate the Prophylactic Effects of Inj.Methyl Prednisolone against Seroma Formation in Post Modified Radical Mastectomy Patients

BACKROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Seroma is one of the most common morbid illness prolonging the hospital stay of patients for want of utmost care in order to avoid infections.various advanced treatment modalities are being available these days to reduce the morbidity and prevent the formation of seroma. One such modality is use of inj methyl prednisolone inside the wound cavity has proven efficacy against seroma formation. This study is aimed at establishing the prophylactic effects against seroma formation in post MRM patients. METHODS: Between march 2016 and September 2016, 70 patients with primary breast cancer stage T2N1M0 who got admitted to institute of general surgery,Rajiv Gandhi Govt. General Hospital, Chennai were recruited to study by randomizing them into test and control groups.the study ended with 70 patients,35 in each group and both the groups were compared. The effects of inj. Methyl prednisolone against seroma formation were analysed. RESULTS: The study group who are given local inj methyl prednisolone 80mg into the wound cavity on day of surgery and postoperative day 1 showed a lesser seroma collection rate compared to that of control group. 24 hr seroma collection from day 1 post operative to day 7 post operative in both test and control groups were compared. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSION: i) Local injection of methyl prednisolone into the wound cavity has some prophylactic effects against seroma formation in post MRM patients. ii) Increase seroma formation rate is mostly observed in older and obese patients who undergo MRM

Millimeter wave radiometry as a means of determining cometary surface and subsurface temperature

Thermal emission spectra for a variety of cometary nucleus models were evaluated by a radiative transfer technique adapted from modeling of terrestrial ice and snow fields. It appears that millimeter wave sensing from an interplanetary spacecraft is the most effective available means for distinguishing between alternate models of the nucleus and for evaluating the thermal state of the layer which is below the instantaneous surface where modern theories of the nucleus indicate that sublimation of the cometary volatiles actually occurs

Cygnus A at 99 GHz: Observations of the three principal components and interpretation of the central source

The three principal emission components of Cygnus A were observed at 99 GHz, the highest frequency at which radio measurements of this source have been accomplished. The observations show no definite indication of a high-frequency cutoff in the spectrum of the compact central component, which perhaps may be attributed to an optically thin synchrotron source that peaks at a frequency of several hundred GHz

GREEN ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Financial crisis has discovered new philosophy of Green Economy. Green economy facilitates the implementation of sustainable development. There are several strategies to implement the greener economy. The beginning is made in several countries on green economy. It is encouraging but problems are persisting. Achieving sustainable development is the ultimate object of greener economy. Green economy faces innumerable challenges. Finance and technology remain the biggest challenges. National economic policies and global policies do not sail through successfully when there is global financial crisis

CORPORATE FINANCE THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES: REDUNDANT

Corporate finance participates in economic development of Romania. There are theories and approaches which shape investment decisions and finance decisions. During the euro crisis these theories and approaches failed to emulate reasonable use of such decisions. Romania has remained robust during the euro crisis. Therefore the investment decisions and finance decisions are independent to theories and approaches during the crisis. Theories and approaches are describing the changes in investment decisions and finance decisions.  The explanations are only offered

Long Term Investments and Sustainable Development

Long term investors in fast and fragmented financial markets find problems to make investments. The financial risks are obstacles to the financial decisions of long term investments. The long term investments are essential infrastructure development and other development purposes. The reduction of long term investment is encouraging financial stability and the financial crisis is inevitable. There are shocks which affect financial markets and thereby the long term investors are reluctant to make investment. It affects sustainable development

Possible relationships between solar activity and meteorological phenomena

A symposium was conducted in which the following questions were discussed: (1) the evidence concerning possible relationships between solar activity and meteorological phenomena; (2) plausible physical mechanisms to explain these relationships; and (3) kinds of critical measurements needed to determine the nature of solar/meteorological relationships and/or the mechanisms to explain them, and which of these measurements can be accomplished best from space

Possible Relationships between Solar Activity and Meteorological Phenomena

Conference presentations consider the combined aspects of solar physics and global meteorology in explaining possible effects on climatology

Preliminary report on IUE spectra of the Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula is marginally observable with the IUE. Observations of the optically brightest filamentary regions, made with IUE in August 1979, show the C IV lambda 1549, He II lambda 1640, and C III lambda 1909 emission lines. The intensities of these lines were compared with the visual wavelength data. It appears that carbon is not overabundant in the Crab; carbon/oxygen is approximately normal and oxygen is slightly scarcer than normal as a fraction of the total mass