Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (24)

Exercise/physical activity and health outcomes: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews (2020)
Journal Article
Pieper, D., Bajpai, R., Posadzki, P., Makaruk, H., Könsgen, N., Neuhaus, A. L., & Semwal, M. (2020). Exercise/physical activity and health outcomes: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article ARTN 1724. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09855-3

BACKGROUND: Sedentary lifestyle is a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes. It has been estimated that approximately 3.2 million deaths each year are attributable to insufficient levels of... Read More about Exercise/physical activity and health outcomes: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.

Protocol for a systematic review on the methodological and reporting quality of prediction model studies using machine learning techniques (2020)
Journal Article
Andaur Navarro, C. L., Damen, J. A. A. G., Takada, T., Nijman, S. W. J., Dhiman, P., Ma, J., …Hooft, L. (2020). Protocol for a systematic review on the methodological and reporting quality of prediction model studies using machine learning techniques. BMJ Open, 10(11), Article e038832. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038832

INTRODUCTION: Studies addressing the development and/or validation of diagnostic and prognostic prediction models are abundant in most clinical domains. Systematic reviews have shown that the methodological and reporting quality of prediction model s... Read More about Protocol for a systematic review on the methodological and reporting quality of prediction model studies using machine learning techniques.

Plan quality assessment of modern radiotherapy delivery techniques in left-sided breast cancer: an analysis stratified by target delineation guidelines (2020)
Journal Article
Bhatt, C., Chowdhary, R., Pahuja, A., Gairola, M., Miller, A., Bajpai, R., …Chufal, K. (2020). Plan quality assessment of modern radiotherapy delivery techniques in left-sided breast cancer: an analysis stratified by target delineation guidelines. BJR|Open, 20200007 - 20200007. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjro.20200007

Objective: This study compares planning techniques stratified by consensus delineation guidelines in patients undergoing whole-breast radiotherapy based on an objective plan quality assessment scale. Methods: 10 patients with left-sided breast cancer... Read More about Plan quality assessment of modern radiotherapy delivery techniques in left-sided breast cancer: an analysis stratified by target delineation guidelines.

Pathological Response Prediction To Neo-Adjuvant Chemoradiation In Esophageal Carcinoma Using Artificial Intelligence And Radiomics: An Exploratory Analysis (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Chufal, K. S., Ahmad, I., Bajpai, R., Miller, A., Chowdhary, R. L., & Gairola, M. (2020, October). Pathological Response Prediction To Neo-Adjuvant Chemoradiation In Esophageal Carcinoma Using Artificial Intelligence And Radiomics: An Exploratory Analysis. Poster presented at Global Oncology: The ASTRO Annual Meeting

Purpose/Objective(s) To utilize Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to predict pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACRT), based on Radiomics data extracted from pre-NACRT Computed Tomography (CT) datasets. Materials/Methods Bet... Read More about Pathological Response Prediction To Neo-Adjuvant Chemoradiation In Esophageal Carcinoma Using Artificial Intelligence And Radiomics: An Exploratory Analysis.

Plan Quality of Modern Radiotherapy Delivery Techniques in Left-Sided Breast Cancer: An Analysis Stratified by Consensus Target Delineation Guidelines (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, I., Chufal, K. S., Bhatt, C. P., Bajpai, R., Miller, A., Chowdhary, R. L., …Gairola, M. (2020, October). Plan Quality of Modern Radiotherapy Delivery Techniques in Left-Sided Breast Cancer: An Analysis Stratified by Consensus Target Delineation Guidelines. Poster presented at Global Oncology: The ASTRO Annual Meeting

Purpose/Objective(s) This study investigates the performance of treatment planning methods stratified by established target delineation guidelines in patients undergoing whole-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery, based on an object... Read More about Plan Quality of Modern Radiotherapy Delivery Techniques in Left-Sided Breast Cancer: An Analysis Stratified by Consensus Target Delineation Guidelines.

Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent (2020)
Journal Article
Tay, E., & Bajpai, R. (2021). Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 259(4), 1053–1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04954-8

Purpose To assess visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent. Methods Two hundred fourteen eyes of 107 patients were enrolled. Following surgery, patients were examined pre-oper... Read More about Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent.

3D Printed Silicone Meniscus Implants: Influence of the 3D Printing Process on Properties of Silicone Implants (2020)
Journal Article
Luis, E., Pan, H., Pan, H. M., Bajpai, R., Bastola, A. K., Bastola, A., …Yeong, W. Y. (2020). 3D Printed Silicone Meniscus Implants: Influence of the 3D Printing Process on Properties of Silicone Implants. Polymers, 12(9), Article 2136. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12092136

Osteoarthritis of the knee with meniscal pathologies is a severe meniscal pathology suffered by the aging population worldwide. However, conventional meniscal substitutes are not 3D-printable and lack the customizability of 3D printed implants and ar... Read More about 3D Printed Silicone Meniscus Implants: Influence of the 3D Printing Process on Properties of Silicone Implants.

Malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas: a comparative effectiveness survival analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Ahmad, I., Chufal, K. S., Bajpai, R., Miller, A. A., Chowdhary, R. L., Pahuja, A. K., …Gairola, M. (2020). Malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas: a comparative effectiveness survival analysis. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, bmjspcare-2020-002370. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002370

Objectives To analyse the survival of patients with malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas (ERF) and perform a comparative effectiveness analysis of ERF-directed interventions. Methods Fifty-five patients met our inclusion criteria, and data on ER... Read More about Malignant esophagorespiratory fistulas: a comparative effectiveness survival analysis.

Association of diabetes and hypertension with disease severity in covid-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Parveen, R., Sehar, N., Bajpai, R., & Agarwal, N. B. (2020). Association of diabetes and hypertension with disease severity in covid-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 166, Article 108295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108295

Aim The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), now a worldwide public health concern is associated with varied fatality. Patients with chronic underlying conditions like diabetes and hypertension have shown worst outcomes. The understanding of the a... Read More about Association of diabetes and hypertension with disease severity in covid-19 patients: A systematic literature review and exploratory meta-analysis.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (2020)
Journal Article
Clarson, L. E., Bajpai, R., Whittle, R., Belcher, J., Abdul Sultan, A., Kwok, C. S., …Mallen, C. D. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, 106(12), 916-922. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Alliance between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Kumar, M., Bajpai, R., Shaik, A. R., Vohora, D., & Srivastava, S. (2020). Alliance between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76(10), 1373–1392. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-020-02893-1

Purpose In the past few years, several fracture-related events have been reported with chronic use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) throughout the globe. Hence, an updated systematic review and meta-analysis was necessary to ascerta... Read More about Alliance between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and fracture risk: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

How varying CD4 criteria for treatment initiation was associated with mortality of HIV-patients? A retrospective analysis of electronic health records from Andhra Pradesh, India (2020)
Journal Article
Bajpai, R., Chaturvedi, H. K., & Car, J. (2020). How varying CD4 criteria for treatment initiation was associated with mortality of HIV-patients? A retrospective analysis of electronic health records from Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Global Health, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.10.010408

Background HIV treatment and care services were scaled up in 2007 in India with objective to increase HIV-care coverage. CD4 count based criteria was mainly used for treatment initiation with increasing threshold in later years. Therefore, this paper... Read More about How varying CD4 criteria for treatment initiation was associated with mortality of HIV-patients? A retrospective analysis of electronic health records from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction (2020)
Journal Article
Elise Clarson, L., Bajpai, R., Whittle, R., Belcher, J., Abdul Sultan, A., Shing Kwok, C., …Mallen, C. D. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

Objectives Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen, C., Belcher, J., Mamas, M., Clarson, L., Welsh, V., & Bajpai, R. (2020). Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction. Heart, 916-922. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315511

OBJECTIVES: Despite many shared risk factors and pathophysiological pathways, the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains poorly understood. This lack of data could be preventing... Read More about Interstitial lung disease is a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction..

3D Direct Printing of Silicone Meniscus Implant Using a Novel Heat-Cured Extrusion-Based Printer (2020)
Journal Article
Luis, E., Pan, H. M., Sing, S. L., Bajpai, R., Song, J., & Yeong, W. Y. (2020). 3D Direct Printing of Silicone Meniscus Implant Using a Novel Heat-Cured Extrusion-Based Printer. Polymers, 12(5), Article ARTN 1031. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12051031

The first successful direct 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), of heat-cured silicone meniscal implants, using biocompatible and bio-implantable silicone resins is reported. Silicone implants have conventionally been manufactured by indirec... Read More about 3D Direct Printing of Silicone Meniscus Implant Using a Novel Heat-Cured Extrusion-Based Printer.

The cost of childhood atopic dermatitis in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a cost-of-illness study (2020)
Journal Article
Thng, S., Car, J., Järbrink, K., Bajpai, R., Olsson, M., Wee, L. W. Y., …Koh, M. J. A. (2020). The cost of childhood atopic dermatitis in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a cost-of-illness study. British Journal of Dermatology, 182(5), 1245-1252. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18442

BACKGROUND: Childhood atopic dermatitis can often have a negative impact on quality of life for affected children and their caregivers. The condition contributes to increased healthcare costs and can pose heavy economic burdens on healthcare systems... Read More about The cost of childhood atopic dermatitis in a multi-ethnic Asian population: a cost-of-illness study.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (2020)
Journal Article
Helliwell, T., Mallen, C. D., Scott, I. C., Bajpai, R., Muller, S., & Hider, S. L. (2020). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA. Rheumatology, 59, 18-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/RHEUMATOLOGY/KEAA110.037

Background Obesity predisposes to a pro-inflammatory state. Studies have reported worse clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory arthritis who are obese. The relationship between obesity and outcomes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (P... Read More about THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA.

Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Bajpai, R. C., Tiwari, P., & Chaturvedi, H. K. (2020). Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 572. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08660-2

Background Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria symptoms reduces the risk of severe complication and malaria transmission. However, delay in malaria diagnosis and treatment is a major public health problem in India. The primary aim of the study... Read More about Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis.