Renal arteriovenous malformation presenting with massive hematuria

AbstractRenal arteriovenous malformations are abnormal communications between the intrarenal arterial and venous systems. They are a rare cause of hematuria. Color Doppler ultrasonography, multislice CT angiography, and DSA are important tools for making the diagnosis. We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with renal arteriovenous malformation who presented with gross hematuria

Seasonal fluctuations in birth weight and neonatal limb length; Does prenatal vitamin D influence neonatal size and shape?

Background: Birth weight is known to fluctuate with season of birth, however, there is little information about seasonal variation in neonatal anthropometric measures

Pharmacognostic study of Lepidium sativum Linn (Chandrashura)

Pharmacognosy is the study of naturally occurring biological substances, principally those derived from plants that find use in medicine. The word “Pharmacognosy” is derived from the Greek “Pharmacon,” “a drug” and “gignosco,” to acquire knowledge of. It is closely related to both botany and plant chemistry and both originated from the earlier scientific studies on medicinal plant. The plant kingdom still holds many species of plants containing substances of medicinal value which have yet to be discovered large number of plants constantly being screened for their possible pharmacological value. The plant Chandrashura is being used for the treatment of Amavata, Sandhivata, and Katishula successfully. Here, an attempt is made to study the plant pharmacognostically; the part taken for study is the seed. Diagnostic features of seed and seed powder were also worked out and the details were presented

Study on removal of <i>m</i>-phenylenediamine from aqueous solution by adsorption over granular activated carbon

42-47m-Phenylenediamine (MPD) is used for manufacture of thin film composite reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in polyamide thin film formation by interfacial polymerization. The used m- phenylenediamine solution has to be discarded as effluent. Granular activated carbon is found to be an efficient adsorbent for removal of m-phenylenediamine from aqueous solution. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of the granular activated carbon is 446 m2/g and micropore volume 0.15 cc/g. A systematic study of adsorption of m-phenylenediamine over granular activated carbon with different loading of adsorbent in given m-phenylenediamine solution concentration and different concentration of m-phenylenediamine solution in given adsorbent quantity has been carried out. Adsorption isotherms have been developed in each case. It is found that at 28% w/v concentration of adsorbent, the total MPD present in the 2% aqueous solution is adsorbed. It is found that adsorption of MPD over granular activated carbon follows Freundlich isotherm x/m = k c1/n , where k =0.4576 and n = 4. Moreover, the study involves kinetics of adsorption of m-phenylene diamine over granular activated carbon at different temperatures and it is found that the kinetics of MPD adsorption over granular activated carbon follows Elovich Model. The kinetic study indicates that the optimum temperature of adsorption is 40<span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-char-type:symbol;="" mso-symbol-font-family:symbol"="" lang="EN-GB">°C as the MPD adsorption efficiency improves from 30 to 40<span style="font-family:Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:symbol"="" lang="EN-GB">°C and subsequently drops drastically for 45<span style="font-family: Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:symbol"="" lang="EN-GB">°C. The optimum temperature for adsorption has been found. It is found that granular activated carbon is an efficient adsorbent for removal of m-phenylenediamine from aqueous solution. </span

Significance of Peripheral Blood Smear in Diagnosis of Blood Parasitic Infection

Bancroftian filariasis is a tropical and subtropical disease caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and transmitted by the Culex mosquitoes. It is conventionally diagnosed made by demonstrating microfilariae in the peripheral blood smear. Microfilariae and adult filarial worm have been incidentally detected in the blood. We here report an unusual case of Bancroftian microfilariasis in a 28-year-old male coming from endemic area with history of fever since 1 month. Patient had history of yellowish discoloration of skin and sclera

Renal arteriovenous malformation presenting with massive hematuria

Renal arteriovenous malformations are abnormal communications between the intrarenal arterial and venous systems. They are a rare cause of hematuria. Color Doppler ultrasonography, multislice CT angiography, and DSA are important tools for making the diagnosis. We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with renal arteriovenous malformation who presented with gross hematuria

A comparative study on different market samples and standard samples of Shalaparni through physicochemical methods and near infrared spectroscopy

Dashmoolais one of the most important groups explained in Mishrakagana. One of which, Shalaparni is a potent drug used single as well as in various formulations mentioned in classics. Adulteration in Dashmoolaplants is a very big issue now days and this is because of the lack of availability of the original drugs. In this study market samples of Shalaparni (Desmodium gangeticum DC.) collected from the different part of India; compared with the standard Shalaparni authenticated sample which was collected from the natural source; by using physicochemical parameter and near infrared spectroscopy. Results were statistically processed by PCA. The results show that there is no similarity found outbetween the standard drug and market samples of Shalaparni which were collected from different regions of India. The market samples were observed for different adulterated material having poor quality