EFFECT OF HOME-BASED PULMONARY REHABILITATION ON HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, LUNG FUNCTION, EXERCISE TOLERANCE, AND DYSPNEA IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDER PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTH INDIA

Context: Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can increase compliance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD).There is paucity of data on this in India.Aims: To study the effectiveness of home-based PR on lung function, health-related quality of life, exercise tolerance and dyspnea among patients with COPD.Setting: The Department of Pu

Objective: Vitiligo is a rare side effect of carbamazepine whose exact mechanism is unknown.The aim of this report is to describe a single Desk Lamp case of vitiligo induced by carbamazepine.Methods: The case was a patient with Bipolar I disorder whose medications were changed from valproate to carbamazepine and who developed vitiligo after a short

Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium of the family Rickettsiaceae called Orientia tsutsugamushi.We are reporting three cases: Case 1:- A 42 year old male, farmer who presented with fever, rash and pandigital gangrene.Case 2:- A 52 year old female Oven Wall Fixing Bushing positive for scrub t