Search Results - "Kelkar, R"

IMD's new operational models for long-range forecast of southwest monsoon rainfall over India and their verification for 2003 by Rajeevan, M., Pai, D. S., Dikshit, S. K., Kelkar, R. R.

“…In 2003, India Meteorological Department (IMD) introduced several new models for the long-range forecast of the southwest monsoon rainfall. With this, it has…”
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Blood pressure among overweight adolescents from urban school children in Pune, India by Rao, S, Kanade, A, Kelkar, R

“…Objectives: To examine the magnitude of overweight and its association with blood pressure (BP) among adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study with all…”
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Alarming prevalence of community-acquired multidrug-resistant organisms colonization in children with cancer and implications for therapy: A prospective study by Thacker, N, Pereira, N, Banavali, S D, Narula, G, Vora, T, Chinnaswamy, G, Prasad, M, Kelkar, R, Biswas, S, Arora, B

“…Infection or colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Knowledge of MDRO colonization may help in…”
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Blood stream infections in cancer patients: a single center experience of isolates and sensitivity pattern by Prabhash, K, Medhekar, A, Ghadyalpatil, N, Noronha, V, Biswas, S, Kurkure, P, Nair, R, Kelkar, R

“…Up to 10% of patients who develop a nosocomial blood stream infection (BSI) in the hospital have an underlying malignancy. The treatment of infections in…”
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Epidemiology of blood stream infections in pediatric patients at a Tertiary Care Cancer Centre by Thacker, N, Pereira, N, Banavali, S D, Narula, G, Vora, T, Chinnaswamy, G, Prasad, M, Kelkar, R, Biswas, S, Arora, B

“…Blood stream infections (BSI) are among the most common causes of preventable deaths in children with cancer in a developing country. Knowledge of its etiology…”
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Comparison of 5% povidone-iodine solution against 1% povidone-iodine solution in preoperative cataract surgery antisepsis: a prospective randomised double blind study by Ferguson, A W, Scott, J A, McGavigan, J, Elton, R A, McLean, J, Schmidt, U, Kelkar, R, Dhillon, B

“…Background/aim: Povidone-iodine (PI, Betadine) is routinely used as a preoperative topical antiseptic in cataract surgery as it has been shown to reduce the…”
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Frequency of bacterial isolates and pattern of antimicrobial resistance in patients with hematological malignancies: A snapshot from tertiary cancer center by Sengar, M, Kelkar, R, Jain, H, Biswas, S, Pawaskar, P, Karpe, A

“…Infections are the most important cause of mortality in patients with high-risk febrile neutropenia. Emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) has…”
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Detection of bacterial growth in blood components using oxygen consumption as a surrogate marker in a tertiary oncology setup by Chavan, PD, Bhat, VG, Ojha, S, Kelkar, RS, Rajadhyaksha, SB, Marathe, AN

“…Microbiological contamination of blood and blood products is a well-recognised transfusion risk. This study was performed in the blood bank of our oncology…”
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Decontamination of laryngoscope blades: is our practice adequate? by Telang, R, Patil, V, Ranganathan, P, Kelkar, R

“…The laryngoscope has been identified as a potential source of cross-infection, because of blood and bacterial contamination. In India, there are no guidelines…”
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Pattern of infection, therapy, outcome and risk stratification of patients with febrile neutropenia in a tertiary care oncology hospital in India by Noronha, V, Joshi, A, Patil, V M, Bhosale, B, Muddu, V K, Banavali, S, Kelkar, R, Prabhash, K

“…Indian febrile neutropenia (FN) data are limited, especially in adult solid tumor patients. The aim was to study patterns of presentation, source of infection,…”
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Fas and Fas ligand protein and mRNA in normal and atretic mouse ovarian follicles by Dharma, SJ, Kelkar, RL, Nandedkar, TD

“…Apoptosis is the underlying mechanism of follicular atresia in the mammalian ovary. However, the apoptotic pathways governing this ovarian process are not…”
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Microbial colonization of Provox voice prosthesis in the Indian scenario by Chaturvedi, P, Syed, S, Pawar, P V, Kelkar, R, Biswas, S, Datta, S, Nair, D, Chaukar, D, D'cruz, A K

“…Tracheoesophageal speech using the voice prosthesis is considered to be the "gold standard" with success rates as high as 90%. Despite significant…”
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Sidewalk potential trip points: A method for characterizing walkways by Ayres, T.J., Kelkar, R.

“…Most outdoor and many indoor walking environments present abrupt elevation changes of 1.25 cm (0.5 in) or more. Such bumps can disrupt walking as well as…”
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Comparison of isolates and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in pediatric and adult cancer patients; is it different? by Prabhash, K, Bajpai, J, Gokarn, A, Arora, B, Kurkure, P A, Medhekar, A, Kelkar, R, Biswas, S, Gupta, S, Naronha, V, Shetty, N, Goyel, G, Banavali, S D

“…Infection is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in cancer patients. Organisms are becoming resistant to antibiotics; age appears to be one of the…”
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Surveillance of health care workers for multidrug-resistant organisms in faecal samples in a tertiary care cancer centre by Biswas, SK, Kelkar, R, Tandon, S

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Expression of Fas and Fas ligand protein and mRNA in mouse oocytes and embryos by Kelkar, RL, Dharma, SJ, Nandedkar, TD

“…During mammalian embryonic development, abnormal eggs and embryos are eliminated by apoptosis; however, the precise apoptotic pathways remain as yet…”
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Comparison of in vitro activities of ceftazidime, piperacillin-tazobactam, and cefoperazone-sulbactam, and the implication on empirical therapy in patients with cancer by Prabhash, K, Medhekar, A, Biswas, S, Kurkure, P, Nair, R, Kelkar, R

“…Background: Infection is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. In most of these cases empirical treatment is provided because the focus…”
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Designing Epigenome Editors: Considerations of Biochemical and Locus Specificities by Yagci, Z Begum, Kelkar, Gautami R, Johnson, Tyler J, Sen, Dilara, Keung, Albert J

“…The advent of locus-specific protein recruitment technologies has enabled a new class of studies in chromatin biology. Epigenome editors (EEs) enable…”
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The effect of age on the bacteria isolated and the antibiotic-sensitivity pattern in infections among cancer patients by Kumar, P, Medhekar, A, Ghadyalpatil, N S, Noronha, V, Biswas, S, Kurkure, P, Nair, R, Kelkar, R, Banavali, S D

“…Patients with cancer are predisposed to infections. Antimicrobial patterns and antibiotic sensitivity change with increasing age, making choice of empirical…”
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Induced angiogenesis for limb ischemia by Kelkar, Bharat R

“…Between May 1990 and April 2000, 61 patients with severe occlusive arterial disease (44 with thromboangiitis obliterans, 13 with atherosclerosis, and four with…”
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