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  1. Article ; Online: COVID-19: Risk of increase in smoking rates among England's 6 million smokers and relapse among England's 11 million ex-smokers.

    Patwardhan, Pooja

    BJGP open

    2020  Volume 4, Issue 2

    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2398-3795
    ISSN (online) 2398-3795
    DOI 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101067
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  2. Article ; Online: COVID-19

    Pooja Patwardhan

    BJGP Open, Vol 4, Iss

    Risk of increase in smoking rates among England’s 6 million smokers and relapse among England’s 11 million ex-smokers

    2020  Volume 2

    Keywords smoking relapse ; covid-19 ; smoking cessation ; coronavirus ; general practice ; primary healthcare ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920 ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Royal College of General Practitioners
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  3. Article ; Online: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following enteric fever: A rare autopsy case report.

    Fernandes, Gwendolyn / Mhashete, Pooja / Patwardhan, Pranav Pramod

    Indian journal of pathology & microbiology

    2023  

    Abstract: Abstract: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe and frequently underdiagnosed disorder of systemic immune dysregulation resulting in hypercytokinemia and histologically evident hemophagocytosis, We report a case of a 34-year-old man who ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a severe and frequently underdiagnosed disorder of systemic immune dysregulation resulting in hypercytokinemia and histologically evident hemophagocytosis, We report a case of a 34-year-old man who presented with breathlessness, generalized weakness, and fever of unknown origin with pancytopenia. Clinically the patient was admitted for febrile illness, and treated symptomatically but his general condition worsened leading to death within 21 hours of admission. A complete autopsy was performed. The deceased had a significant past history of repeated episodes of fever, weight loss, and axillary lymphadenopathy over a period of 8 months with multiple hospital admissions. He was also diagnosed with enteric fever (Widal test and Typhi IgM positive) at the start of these episodes. Hemogram during this period revealed persistent pancytopenia. Serum ferritin, serum triglycerides, and liver function tests were consistently deranged. Investigations for the etiology of fever and blood cultures were negative while the bone marrow aspirate revealed a normocellular marrow. CT abdomen-pelvis showed mild hepatomegaly with enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes. Infective endocarditis, lymphoma, and bronchopneumonia were being considered the clinical diagnoses. The significant autopsy findings were hepatosplenomegaly with retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy and multiple gastric ulcers. On microscopy, the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and lymph nodes showed characteristic hemophagocytosis. Post-mortem histopathological examination clinched the diagnosis of HLH and fulfilled six out of eight diagnostic criteria of the HLH-2004 protocol. We discuss the clinical course and diagnosis of this unique case and strive to create awareness about secondary HLH induced by common diseases, such as enteric fever.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-06
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 197621-7
    ISSN 0974-5130 ; 0377-4929
    ISSN (online) 0974-5130
    ISSN 0377-4929
    DOI 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_162_22
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  4. Article: 'Quit During COVID-19'-staying smokefree in mental health in-patient settings.

    Patwardhan, Pooja / Driscoll, Richard

    Ecancermedicalscience

    2020  Volume 14, Page(s) ed102

    Abstract: Cigarette smoking is one of the main preventable causes of cancers globally. At this time of global emergency, mental health professionals all over the world are joining hands with the public health and other healthcare communities to focus on acute ... ...

    Abstract Cigarette smoking is one of the main preventable causes of cancers globally. At this time of global emergency, mental health professionals all over the world are joining hands with the public health and other healthcare communities to focus on acute measures to save lives from COVID-19. This has been particularly challenging in mental health hospital settings where numerous additional factors need to be considered, including difficulties of implementing social distancing, potential impacts of social isolation, increased stress levels and implications of all this on smoking. In this article, we will briefly discuss the prevalence of smoking in mental health patients, especially in those in mental health hospital settings and also what is the possible impact of COVID-19 pandemic in these people. Then we will go through the main reasons as to why encouraging smoking cessation in mental health patients is so important and measures we can take for supporting mental health patients quit smoking even during COVID-19 times. The smoking cessation interventions have a direct bearing on preventing future cancers and achieving smoking cessation among cancer patients in this already disadvantaged group.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ISSN 1754-6605
    ISSN 1754-6605
    DOI 10.3332/ecancer.2020.ed102
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  5. Article ; Online: Cultural dimensions of sacred forests in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hot Spot, Southern India and its implications for biodiversity protection

    Ankur Patwardhan / Pooja Ghate / Monali Mhaskar / Amit Bansude

    International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 26

    Abstract: Abstract Sacred groves are relict forests dedicated to local deities that have been informally protected and managed by local communities over centuries. To gain greater insights into underlying sociocultural reasons for protection, and possibilities of ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Sacred groves are relict forests dedicated to local deities that have been informally protected and managed by local communities over centuries. To gain greater insights into underlying sociocultural reasons for protection, and possibilities of strengthening such efforts, a study has been undertaken in 66 sacred groves in the Maharashtra State of Western Ghats biodiversity hot-spot in India, which shows different facets of human-nature relationships. Primary data on size, ownership, deity, religious aspects and awareness amongst the local people was collected through site visits, semi-structured interviews, and by participating in village meetings. It was observed that village councils owned 48% of the groves as against temple trusts (41%) and forest department plus individually owned groves (11%). Nearly 52% of the groves have an area less than one-half hectare. Forty-seven percent of the groves have male deities, 29% female deities and 26% were dedicated to spirits. Eighty percent of the local people were aware of cultural and religious aspects associated with the groves, whereas awareness about ecological and utilitarian values declined steeply to less than 20% of the population, necessitating the explanation of scientific conservation values of these critical ecosystems to the local people. The paper also discusses the significance of such studies in connection with the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and AICHI Biodiversity targets. In addition, it also discusses links with national biodiversity targets and how legal provisions under India’s Biological Diversity Act (2002) can be used to benefit both the ecosystem and the cultural values of the people, and how such informal institutions can be strengthened under formal protection mechanisms.
    Keywords Anthropology ; GN1-890 ; Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology ; GN301-674
    Subject code 390
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher SpringerOpen
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  6. Article: ‘Quit during COVID-19’—staying smokefree in mental health in-patient settings

    Patwardhan, Pooja / Driscoll, Richard

    ecancermedicalscience

    Abstract: Cigarette smoking is one of the main preventable causes of cancers globally. At this time of global emergency, mental health professionals all over the world are joining hands with the public health and other healthcare communities to focus on acute ... ...

    Abstract Cigarette smoking is one of the main preventable causes of cancers globally. At this time of global emergency, mental health professionals all over the world are joining hands with the public health and other healthcare communities to focus on acute measures to save lives from COVID-19. This has been particularly challenging in mental health hospital settings where numerous additional factors need to be considered, including difficulties of implementing social distancing, potential impacts of social isolation, increased stress levels and implications of all this on smoking. In this article, we will briefly discuss the prevalence of smoking in mental health patients, especially in those in mental health hospital settings and also what is the possible impact of COVID-19 pandemic in these people. Then we will go through the main reasons as to why encouraging smoking cessation in mental health patients is so important and measures we can take for supporting mental health patients quit smoking even during COVID-19 times. The smoking cessation interventions have a direct bearing on preventing future cancers and achieving smoking cessation among cancer patients in this already disadvantaged group.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #615268
    Database COVID19

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  7. Article: Prognosis of metastasis based on age and serum analytes after follow-up of non-metastatic lung cancer patients.

    Balla, Murali Mohan Sagar / Patwardhan, Sejal / Melwani, Pooja Kamal / Purwar, Pallavi / Kumar, Amit / Pramesh, C S / Laskar, Siddharth / Pandey, Badri Narain

    Translational oncology

    2020  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 100933

    Abstract: At the diagnostic stage, metastasis detection is around 75% in the lung cancer patients. Major clinical challenge faced by medical oncologists is the unpredictable metastasis development in non-metastatic patients. The literature regarding the biomarkers/ ...

    Abstract At the diagnostic stage, metastasis detection is around 75% in the lung cancer patients. Major clinical challenge faced by medical oncologists is the unpredictable metastasis development in non-metastatic patients. The literature regarding the biomarkers/factors prognosticating metastasis in non-metastatic patients during follow-up is very limited. In this pilot study, the levels of serum biomarkers (IL-8, VEGF, MMP-2, MMP-9) were measured at diagnosis stage of non-metastatic lung cancer patients and these observations were evaluated for metastasis development after follow-up of median 29.2 months. After follow-up, ∼40% of these patients developed metastasis. The average age of non-metastatic patients which later developed metastasis, was found to be lower than the patients continued to be non-metastatic. These patients also showed higher levels of IL-8 and MMP-9 than the patients which did not develop metastasis. Analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, Youden's Index and positive likelihood ratio values showed better diagnostic ability for IL-8 and MMP-9, which improved when both markers used together. Moreover, patients with age ≤60 years showed higher prognostic ability of metastasis development, which was significantly enhanced when patient age was analysed with IL-8. These results suggest potential of serum analytes (IL-8, MMP-9) and/or patient age in prognosticating the metastasis development in non-metastatic patients.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2443840-6
    ISSN 1936-5233 ; 1936-5233 ; 1944-7124
    ISSN (online) 1936-5233
    ISSN 1936-5233 ; 1944-7124
    DOI 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100933
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  8. Book ; Online: Diverse and healthy cropping systems trial protocol

    Kumar, Sunil / Choudhary, Kajod Mal / Gathala, Mahesh Kumar / Mohanty, Samarendu / Kakraliya, Suresh Kumar / Rout, Bidhyadhar / Kishore, Avinash / Gupta, Manavi / Patwardhan, Sharvari / Neupane, Sumanta P. / Sinha, Pooja / Jat, Raj Kumar

    2023  

    Abstract: On-Farm Research Trials are part of TAFSSA’s Work Package 2 (WP2) activities. WP2 emphasizes farm-and landscape-level interdisciplinary research to identify strategies to increase farmers’ profits and nutritional yields, conserve resources, and maintain ... ...

    Abstract On-Farm Research Trials are part of TAFSSA’s Work Package 2 (WP2) activities. WP2 emphasizes farm-and landscape-level interdisciplinary research to identify strategies to increase farmers’ profits and nutritional yields, conserve resources, and maintain or enhance ecological services, while also mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from farms and agricultural landscapes. Going beyond typical agriculture-nutrition programs in South Asia we explore field-and landscape-scale crop and animal farm diversification options supporting multiple benefits, including potential nutritional yield, across environmental and socioeconomic gradients of rice and maize-based farming systems. Nalanda district of Bihar in eastern India has been selected as a learning site based on key information on food and nutrition security gaps, environmental stresses and climate challenges as well as the prevalence of commodities and farming systems that offer the greatest potential to achieve TAFSSA’s outcomes.
    Keywords cropping systems ; on-farm research ; farming systems ; climate change adaptation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-24T08:42:31Z
    Publisher International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
    Publishing country fr
    Document type Book ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  9. Article ; Online: Green Light Exposure Improves Pain and Quality of Life in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Preliminary One-Way Crossover Clinical Trial.

    Martin, Laurent / Porreca, Frank / Mata, Elizabeth I / Salloum, Michelle / Goel, Vasudha / Gunnala, Pooja / Killgore, Wiliam D S / Jain, Sejal / Jones-MacFarland, Felesia N / Khanna, Rajesh / Patwardhan, Amol / Ibrahim, Mohab M

    Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

    2020  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 118–130

    Abstract: Objective: Fibromyalgia is a functional pain disorder in which patients suffer from widespread pain and poor quality of life. Fibromyalgia pain and its impact on quality of life are not effectively managed with current therapeutics. Previously, in a ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Fibromyalgia is a functional pain disorder in which patients suffer from widespread pain and poor quality of life. Fibromyalgia pain and its impact on quality of life are not effectively managed with current therapeutics. Previously, in a preclinical rat study, we demonstrated that exposure to green light-emitting diodes (GLED) for 8 hours/day for 5 days resulted in antinociception and reversal of thermal and mechanical hypersensitivity associated with models of injury-related pain. Given the safety of GLED and the ease of its use, our objective is to administer GLED as a potential therapy to patients with fibromyalgia.
    Design: One-way crossover clinical trial.
    Setting: United States.
    Method: We enrolled 21 adult patients with fibromyalgia recruited from the University of Arizona chronic pain clinic who were initially exposed to white light-emitting diodes and then were crossed over to GLED for 1 to 2 hours daily for 10 weeks. Data were collected by using paper surveys.
    Results: When patients were exposed to GLED, but not white light-emitting diodes, they reported a significant reduction in average pain intensity on the 10-point numeric pain scale. Secondary outcomes were assessed by using the EQ-5D-5L survey, Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and were also significantly improved in patients exposed to GLED. GLED therapy was not associated with any measured side effects in these patients.
    Conclusion: Although the mechanism by which GLED elicits pain reduction is currently being studied, these results supporting its efficacy and safety merit a larger clinical trial.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Animals ; Fibromyalgia/therapy ; Humans ; Pain ; Pain Measurement ; Quality of Life ; Rats ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Treatment Outcome
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial ; Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2015903-1
    ISSN 1526-4637 ; 1526-2375
    ISSN (online) 1526-4637
    ISSN 1526-2375
    DOI 10.1093/pm/pnaa329
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