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Intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E1 therapy in extremity ischemia
No full textProstaglandins are potent vasoactive agents with wide variety of other actions - vasodilatation, fibrinolysis and inhibition of platelet aggregation. PGE1 was the agent used since 1973 for cardiovascular diseases, mainly in patients with advanced PVD. PGE1 intra venous infusion has shown to be beneficial in limb threatening ischemia, especially when reconstructive procedures are not feasible and also as an adjunct when there is residual ischemia after revascularization. The review of literature and the use of PGE1 in CLI is presented here along with our experience in NIMS
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Swami Vivekananda's legacy of service: a study of the Ramakrishna math and mission
No full textWas the concept of ‘social service’ rooted in Hindu traditions or did it originate from India’s encounter with the West? Did the Ramakrishna Math and Mission’s commitment to seva, later known as sadhana of service, owe more to Vivekananda than to Ramakrishna himself? This book offers a distinctive analysis of the Ramakrishna movement’s legacy of service by focusing on the continuities and discontinuities in the movement. It argues that the movement’s commitment to seva was shaped by complex and varied influences. The author examines the impact of individuals such as Vivekananda and other followers of Ramakrishna, and the interaction between Indian and western ideals. He also investigates the dramatic changes taking place in the delivery of organized philanthropy in societies disrupted by industrialization and colonization during the nineteenth century. Gwilym Beckerlegge emphasizes the ways in which social, economic, and political factors beyond the movement’s direct control, conspired to make ever-increasing demands on the Ramakrishna Math and Mission
Ramakrishna: a clinical investigation of mystical experience
No full textEste estudo busca questionar algumas das bases epistemológicas da psicologia clínica em relação à espiritualidade e à mística. Partindo da discussão entre Freud e o escritor Francês Romain Rolland a respeito do sentimento oceânico (baseado na correspondência entre eles no período de 1927 a 1931), abordaremos a compreensão da natureza ontológica da experiência de união com o universo (como descrito por Rolland) em um duplo vértice: tanto como um subproduto de dinâmicas psicológicas (inerentemente patológicas ou não) ou como uma experiência ontológica de alteridade, mais bem compreendida através de uma abordagem não psicológica que possa investigar seu significado em consonância ao registro da condição humana em si. Nessa última perspectiva, estaremos acompanhados da obra de Gilberto Safra, que em seus escritos evidencia uma preocupação com a busca de uma concepção antropológica que aborde o ser humano em toda sua complexidade, evitando o possível reducionismo psicológico de temas e áreas que possam se relacionar a outras categorias de experiência, como a religiosidade e a espiritualidade. Como eixo central dessa discussão, utilizaremos a vida do místico Indiano Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886) para ilustrar esses diferentes modos de se abordar a experiência espiritual. Ramakrishna foi uma das principais fontes das construções de Rolland acerca da religiosidade, levando o autor francês a escrever uma de suas principais biografias (A vida de Ramakrishna, 1929), que teve um importante impacto na recepção ocidental de concepções espirituais orientais. Contemplando exemplos da vida de Ramakrishna, através de uma leitura fenomenológica-hermenêutica da obra de Rolland (que abarcam desde sua infância até seu período como um famoso mestre espiritual na Índia), será apresentado, em cada um desses períodos, diferentes perspectivas de autores que consideram Ramakrishna tanto em uma chave psicológica-psicopatológica quanto em uma abordagem que inclua um registro espiritual não redutível a dinâmicas psíquicas em sua vida. Dentro desse estudo, nós percebemos que há uma limitação inerente às leituras exclusivamente psicológicas das experiências místicas, assim como uma há uma limitação das leituras exclusivamente espiritualistas. Assim, ao apresentar tal discussão nós pretendemos repensar a posição que a espiritualidade e a mística ocupam na prática clínica, tanto para reformular sua compreensão em psicoterapia quanto para expandir as concepções éticas e antropológicas subjacentes ao entendimento clínico da condição humanaThis study aims at questioning some of the epistemological basis of clinical psychology concerning mystical experience and spirituality. Focusing on the discussion between Freud and French author Romain Rolland regarding the oceanic feeling (based on their letters exchange from 1927 to 1931), we will question the comprehension of the ontological nature of the feeling of union with the universe (as described by Rolland) through a twofold bias: either as a by-product of psychological dynamics (inherently pathological or not) or as an ontological experience of alterity, better comprehended through a non-psychological approach that investigates its inner meaning regarding the human condition as such. In the latter perspective, we will be accompanied by the work of Brazilian author Gilberto Safra, whose clinical writings are concerned with an anthropological conception that approaches the human being in its own complexity, avoiding possible psychological reductionism of themes and issues that relate to other areas of experience, such as religiosity and spirituality. As the main axis of this discussion, we will utilize the life of Indian mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886) to illustrate these two different ways of approaching spiritual experience. Ramakrishna has been himself one of the main sources of Rollands constructions on religiosity, leading the French author to write one of his main biographies (The life of Ramakrishna, 1929), which had an important impact on Western reception of Eastern spiritual conceptions. Contemplating examples from Ramakrishnas life through a phenomenological-hermeneutical reading of Rollands work (that range from his childhood to his period as a famous spiritual master in India), we will present, in each situation, different perspectives from authors that either consider Ramakrishna exclusively on a psychological-psychopathological note or through a perception of a spiritual dimension non-reducible to psychical dynamics inherent to his life and teachings. Within this framework, we have come to realize that there are inherent limitations on a solely psychological reading of mystical experience, as well as a limitation on an exclusively spiritual approach. Therefore, by presenting such discussion we intend to rethink the position mysticism and spirituality occupy in clinical practice, both to reformulate their understanding in psychotherapy and as a way of enlarging the anthropological conceptions inherent to clinical understanding of the human conditio
Venous thromboembolism risk and prophylaxis in the acute hospital care setting (ENDORSE), a multinational cross-sectional study: results from the Indian subset data
No full textBACKGROUND and OBJECTIVES: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major health problem with substantial morbidity and mortality. It is often underdiagnosed due to lack of information on VTE risk and prophylaxis. The ENDORSE (Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting) study aimed to assess the prevalence of VTE risk in acute hospital care setting and proportion of at-risk patients receiving effective prophylaxis. We present here the risk factor profile and prophylaxis pattern of hospitalized patients who participated in ENDORSE study in India. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study in India, all patients (surgical >18 yr, medical >40 yr) from 10 hospitals were retrospectively studied. Demographics, VTE risk factors and prophylaxis patterns were assessed according to the 2004 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) evidence-based consensus guidelines. RESULTS: We recruited 2058 patients (1110 surgical, 948 medical) from 10 randomly selected hospitals in India between August 2006 and January 2007. According to the ACCP criteria, 1104 (53.6%) patients [surgical 680 (61.3%), medical 424 (44.7%)] were at-risk for VTE. Chronic pulmonary disease/heart failure and complete immobilization were the most common risk factors before and during hospitalization, respectively. In India, 16.3 per cent surgical and 19.1 per cent medical at-risk patients received ACCP-recommended thromboprophylaxis. INTERPRETATION and CONCLUSIONS: Despite a similar proportion of at-risk hospitalized patients in India and other participating countries, there was major underutilization of prophylaxis in India. It necessitates increasing awareness about VTE risk and ensuring appropriate thromboprophylaxis
Building National Health Education Services
No full text This is the Eighth Annual Dorothy B. Nyswander Lecture and the first of these to be delivered by a former student of Dr. Nyswander. It was given in Berkeley on April 24, 1964 at the University of California School of Public Health. The lectureship was established in honor of Dr. Nyswander upon her retirement as Professor of Health Education at the University of California. Her “retirement” has been characterized by tremendous activity as a consultant in various parts of the world. At the time this lecture was delivered she had been in India for 3 years as a Ford Foundation adviser and had been working closely with the author in his capacity as director of the Central Health Education Bureau in India's Ministry of Health. Dr. Ramakrishna obtained his M.P.H. degree at Berkeley in 1955 under a World Health Organization fellowship. The following year he initiated the bureau which he still heads. </jats:p
Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Trends in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (SRMVCAS)
No full textThe present study examines the Bibliometric Analysis of Publication Trends in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (SRMVCAS) during 2001-2020 using the Scopus database. Its goal is to look at how SRMVCAS’s research activity has grown and developed as evidenced by its publication output. A total of 740 records have been obtained and studied in accordance with the goals. During the study period, more articles published in 2017 and 2020 with 83 (11.22%) articles and the highest number of papers published in Optik journal (59) and ranked first. Researchers are interested in joint authorship rather than solo authorship pattern. Chandrasekaran, J. is the most prolific author with 168 records (h-Index=21) and the United States is the top collaborative country with 25 (3.38%) records and Bharathiar University is the top collaborative organisation with 67 records and ranked first and 704 records are published in the form of article type
Ramakrishna - rajayogin and messiah : the image of the Bengali mystic in Polish esoteric literature of the interwar period
No full textIntrygujący jest proces przemiany prostego, niepiśmiennego bengalskiego mistyka, postrzeganego początkowo jako wstecznika, reprezentanta tendencji regresywnych zakorzenionych w kulturze ludowej, w jednego z największych świętych, rozpoznawalnego oraz uznawanego i to nie tylko w Indiach, ale i na Zachodzie -
wedantina, apostoła uniwersalnej religii uznającej wszystkie ścieżki duchowe za drogi wiodące do jednego i tego samego celu, proroka nowoczesnego hinduizmu, doskonałego karmajogina przedkładającego duchowe potrzeby drugiego człowieka nad własne wyzwolenie, duchowego herosa, który odrzucając tradycję i polegając na własnym doświadczeniu poznał boga i jako doskonały bhakta zjednoczył się z nim i wreszcie archetypowego jogina, który osiągnął wyzwalający stan samadhi - szczyt radźajogi. Niniejszy artykuł ukazuje proces, który doprowadził do pojawienia się obrazu Ramakrishny jako doskonałego radźajogina i mesjasza, powszechnego w szczególności w zachodniej (a więc i polskiej) literaturze ezoterycznej okresu międzywojennego oraz ukazania jego specyfiki.Intriguing is the process of transforming this illiterate Bengali mystic into one of the greatest saints, recognized not only in India but also in the West as the Vedantin, apostle of the universal religion, prophet of modern Hinduism, perfect karmayogin, ideal devotee and finally archetypal yogi who attained the liberating state of samadhi - the very end of the path of rajayoga. This article focuses on investigating the process that has led to the appearance of the image of Ramakrishna as the perfect rajayogin, so popular particularly in the Western esoteric literature of the interwar period as well as presenting its most characteristic features. However, since the analysis of such an extensive body of texts is not possible at this point, the author of the paper will limit herself only to showing Ramakrishna’s image as it appears in Polish esoteric literature or inspired by these themes. Although the information on Ramakrishna was not widespread in Poland, and the literary accounts are rather limited, still they reflect well the esoteric perspective on the Bengali saint
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