Background. There is limited information on field epidemiology of bronchial asthma in Indian
adults. Objectives. To estimate prevalence of bronchial asthma in different regions of India …

Methods Field surveys were conducted in both the urban and the rural populations at
Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi and Kanpur with the help of a structured and validated …

Background. Population prevalence of tobacco smoking especially with reference to detailed
habits such as the amount smoked, the smoking forms, quit-rates and relationship with …

Objective For patients with acromegaly who are suboptimally controlled on long‐acting
octreotide (LAR), treatment options are to switch to pegvisomant monotherapy (PM) or add …

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in India is unknown.
OBJECTIVES: The primary objective was to assess the occurrence of RLS in residents of …

Intravenous magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) has successfully been used in the treatment of
acute asthma. The present study investigated the efficacy of nebulized MgSO4 as a …

… Gwyn A D'Souza , Gwyn A D'Souza … P Touraine, R Abs, A Pico, E Torres-Vela and B
Ekman have nothing to declare; GA D'Souza, I Kourides, P Barclay and R Xie are employees of …

Background: The prevalence of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during preoperative
evaluation and the best method to screen OSA and its association with postoperative …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in India is
unknown. Up to 25% of Caucasian RLS patients also have iron deficiency. The main objective …

Pulse contour cardiac output monitoring systems allow real-time and continuous estimation
of hemodynamic variables such as cardiac output (CO) and stroke volume variation (SVV) by …