Developing Risk Assessment Tool for Patients’ In-Hospital Falls Using Predictive Modeling

Inpatient falls are a serious cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among patients of all ages leading to disability and stillness. The post-fall treatment comes with rising medical costs and a stressful recovery phase. The present assessment tools align with analyzing causes of falls from historical data instead of present conditions. The key focus area of this research is to develop general-purpose fall risk assessment tools using machine learning-based predictive modeling. We used performance metrics to compare the accuracy and suggest the best suitable model for each shift. This general-purpose fall risk assessment tool can be used for all age groups in the diverse practice setting in hospitals. Considering the gap between the ideal fall risk assessment tool and conventional tools, our study includes factors such as etiology of falls, intrinsic, extrinsic, and situational risk factors. The analysis of patient falls will provide information to clinicians and guide them in developing intervention strategies for patients. A solid initiative to prevent falls and a tool that offers precise risk scores are critical pieces for improving outcomes of falls. Our research work has the potential to motivate the development of a general-purpose, highly accurate, and practical tool that can successfully determine an individual’s risk score

Awareness study of Pharmacovigilance among the health care professionals (nursing staff) at tertiary care hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Background: Early detection of adverse drug reaction is one step towards the prevention of ADRs. Foundation of Pharmacovigilance is spontaneous reporting which is minimal in India. Among the all health care professionals, nurses are caregivers at bedside. Improvement in knowledge and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among nurses will definitely increases spontaneous reporting. In this study, knowledge, attitude and practice of nursing staff about pharmacovigilance was evaluated.Methods: It was prospective, cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study among the nurses of the tertiary care hospital Solapur. A questionnaire evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice was distributed among nursing staff and filled questionnaire were collected back and analyzed by microsoft excel 2013.Results: Response rate of our study was 44.88%.  38.61% doctors were knowing meaning of pharmacovigilance while 61.38% participants knew that all drugs available in market are not safe. Taking proper medication history before prescribing drugs was considered important by 92.57% participants. 79.70% participants were aware about Pharmacovigilance program of India. 64.35% doctors answered correctly to elements which are mandatory to record. Only 24.75% participants were knowing the basis that pharmcovigilance provides for.Conclusions: Nursing staff of tertiary care hospital, Solapur had very appreciable and positive attitude towards pharmacovigilance but there is a need for improvement in knowledge and practice of ADR reporting

Apical third and its significance

Beyond the simple perception is often the intricate internal anatomy and a complex root canal system. Studies on the anatomy of the root apex are an area of interest to the endodontist. The apical limit of root canal instrumentation and obturation is one of the critical controversial tissues in root canal therapy. Appreciable knowledge of the morphology of the root apex and its variance, ability to interrupt it correctly in an radiographs, and to felt it through tactile sensation during instrumentation are essential for an effective rendering of the treatment of root canals

Efficacy of Various Stains to Study Mitotic Figures in Oral Epithelial Dysplasia - A Pilot Study

Background: Although Haematoxylin and Eosin is a widely used stain to study oral epithelial dysplasia, sometimes studying mitotic figures in sections stained with these stains might pose problems. Mitotic figures is one of the major criterias to assess dysplasia. Various methods to illustrate mitotic figures have been developed over the years including microscopy, morphometry, flow cytometry, nucleotide radiolabelling and immunohistochemistry. But these methods are not cost effective and less feasible for routine use. Selective stains such as crystal violet, giemsa, toluidine blue, feulgen have been used for staining mitotic figures in tissues. Aim: The present study aims to evaluate effectiveness of various stains for studying mitotic figures. Objectives: To study the efficacy of various specific stains to highlight mitotic figures in oral epithelial dysplasia. Material & methods: The study sample includes sections from tissues embedded in paraffin blocks diagnosed as oral epithelial dysplasia. These sections will be stained with various stains and the mitotic figures will be assessed. Results: Mitotic figures were enhanced with feulgen stain. Conclusion: The study will be further continued with greater sample size for quantification of mitotic figures with H & E and Feulgen stain

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT EXTRACTS OF MIMUSOPS ELENGI (BAKUL) AND EHRETIA LAEVIS (AJAAN) AGAINST SALIVARY MICROFLORA

 Objectives: Oral health is an important aspect of the overall health of an individual. The diseases produced by a number of micro-organisms aremanifested in the oral cavity. Ayurveda is a branch of medicine, and it is as fresh and useful to humans today as it was in the ancient times yet morerelevant and applicable in these modern times. Its use provides a holistic approach to our daily lives. The potential of higher plants as a source fornew drugs is still largely unexplored. Evaluation of antimicrobial properties of different concentration of extracts of Mimusops elengi and Eretha laevisextracts against the human salivary microflora.Method: Microbial inhibition assay was prepared using the agar well-diffusion†method. Sterile 8.0 mm diameter of the well were impregnated withthe extract of different concentrations.Results: This study compares antimicrobial activities of M. elengi and E. laevis.†The zone of inhibition are measured by excluding the diameter ofwell. These zones of inhibition are directly proportional to the concentration.Conclusion: The results confirmed the antimicrobial potential of the plants at different concentrations and were comparable with chlorhexidine andcan be used as preventive and therapeutic measure in dentistry.Keywords: Mimusops Elengi, Ehretia Laevis, Antimicrobial

Abstracts of Scientifica 2022

This book contains the abstracts of the papers presented at Scientifica 2022, Organized by the Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India, held on 12–13 March 2022. This conference helps bring researchers together across the globe on one platform to help benefit the young researchers. There were six invited talks from different fields of Physiotherapy and seven panel discussions including over thirty speakers across the globe which made the conference interesting due to the diversity of topics covered during the conference. Conference Title:  Scientifica 2022Conference Date: 12–13 March 2022Conference Location: Sancheti Institute College of PhysiotherapyConference Organizer: Sancheti Institute College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, Indi