Madras Medical College

Acute pancreatitis does not end at discharge: the forgotten risk of post-pancreatitis diabetes

Abstract Acute pancreatitis (AP) is traditionally considered an acute inflammatory illness from which patients recover once pain resolves, organ dysfunction improves, and the underlying cause is addressed. However, pancreatic recovery may not be complete at discharge. Increasing...

Semantic Segmentation of Brain Tumor MRI Images Using ResUNet, ResNet-50, and DenseNet121: A Comparative Study

Brain tumor segmentation from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important task in tumor analysis, treatment planning, and disease monitoring. However, manual delineation of tumor regions is time-consuming, subjective, and prone to inter-observer variability. This study prese...

Covalent Organic Polymers Beyond the Shadows: Synthetic Strategies, Functional Attributes, and Emerging Applications

Covalent Organic Polymers (COPs) garnered significant attention as a versatile category of porous materials due to their modular design, structural versatility, and environmental benignity. Recently, numerous reports have demonstrated that structural modifications of COPs dictate...

Characterization and Determination of the Kinetics of the Interaction During the Preparation of Fat‐Liquor From Waste Fat

ABSTRACT Fat‐liquoring chemical, an emulsified formulation of alkali and fat or sulfited oil, is added slowly to processed hides during leather making, penetrating into the empty cells of the leather matrix and acting as filler. Waste tallow‐fat is used to prepare present value‐a...

Comparison of microdrop administration using a bottle adapter of 2.5% phenylephrine and 0.8% tropicamide with standard drop for ROP examination: a randomized controlled noninferiority trial

Abstract Background Pharmacologic mydriasis is essential for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening; however, conventional ophthalmic drops substantially exceed neonatal tear film capacity, leading to systemic absorption and potential adverse effects. Microdrop administration...

Digital Twins in Oncology: From Multimodal Data Integration to Precision Clinical Practice

Oncology digital twins are patient-specific computational models that are built by combining electronic health records, multiomics genomic data, and diagnostic imaging to simulate individual tumor biology and predict multiple treatment-related outcomes. Conceptually originated fr...

Effectiveness of Nurse-Coordinated, Digital-Supported Collaborative Care Model in Reducing Hospital Stay and Mortality Among Patients With Heart Failure: TIME-HF Cluster RCT India

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction causes high mortality and recurrent hospitalizations in India. We evaluated the effectiveness of the collaborative care model in improving days alive and out of the hospital and overall survival. METHODS: We conducted a par...

Enhanced ionic conductivity in a sustainable eucalyptus gum-chitosan biopolymer electrolyte for electrochemical device applications

Polymer electrolytes, owing to their distinct characteristics, present a viable alternative to liquid electrolytes in batteries. This study presents a biodegradable polymer electrolyte membrane composed of a blend of eucalyptus gum (EG), chitosan (CS), and ammonium thiocyanate (A...

Nutritional insights in endodontics: a review of micronutrients in root canal therapy

Purpose: Micronutrients play critical and multifaceted roles in the biological processes governing endodontic healing. This review aimed to evaluate the therapeutic roles of essential micronutrients, including vitamin D, vitamin C, calcium, zinc, magnesium, and selenium, in modul...