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Papers by Rinal Parikh

Indian journal of forensic and community medicine, Jan 15, 2021

International journal of scientific research, 2021

INTRODUCTION: Takayasu's arteritis is a type of vasculitis disorder-a group of rare disorders-tha... more INTRODUCTION: Takayasu's arteritis is a type of vasculitis disorder-a group of rare disorders-that causes inammation of large blood vessels, which in turn causes restriction of blood ow and ultimately damage to the vital organs and tissues. The disease commonly affects aorta and its main 1 branches. It can be divided into 6 types, based on angiographic 2 involvement.~20% patients usually have a monophasic, self-limited disease, while in most other patients, the disease is either progressive 3,4,5 or relapsing/remitting and needs immunosuppressive treatment. The disease is usually divided into 2 phases: Systemic phase: in this phase, signs and symptoms of active inammatory illness are seen. This includes constitutional symptomsfever, fatigue, weight loss, nonspecic aches and pains, etc. ESR is usually increased in this phase. Occlusive phase: This phase follows the systemic phase. During this time patients experience symptoms caused by narrowing of the affected arteries-may include claudication, dizziness on standing up, visual disturbances, headaches. Peripheral pulses may not be palpable at this time, and auscultation of great vessels may lead to detection of bruits.

Cureus, 2021

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a large-vessel chronic inflammatory vasculitis that leads to thrombo... more Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a large-vessel chronic inflammatory vasculitis that leads to thrombotic vascular occlusion. This can lead to varied presentations including limb claudication, ischemic stroke, hypertension, and heart failure. Although contrast computed tomography angiography is the main modality for imaging of the aorta and its branches, transthoracic echocardiography can be an easy-to-access, point-of-care, initial screening tool for evaluating the aorta and other cardiac structures. We present echocardiographic images from two cases that demonstrate the important cardiac structural and vascular afflictions of TA.

Introduction: Swine flu influenza A (H1N1) has been one of the major public health problems in In... more Introduction: Swine flu influenza A (H1N1) has been one of the major public health problems in India. So this study was conducted to study the epidemiological profile of Influenza -A (H1N1) patients screened in SSG hospital Vadodara. Materials and Method: A secondary data analysis was conducted for patients screened for H1N1 during 01/08/2009 to 04/10/2010 in tertiary care government hospital, Shree Sayaji General Hospital Vadodara, Gujarat. All the relevant patients’ details were entered in Microsoft excel worksheet. Data was analysed using Epi Info software. Results: Total number of patients screened was 2440. Of which H1N1 positive patients were 245(10.0%).It was more commonly seen among age group 20 to 30 yrs and more among males (54%) as compared to females (46%). Among H1N1 positive females, 6 were pregnant and out of them 3 pregnant females died. Maximum patients were screened and found to be positive during winters (January and February). CFR (Case Fatality Rate) was found t...

IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences