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Exploring maternal healthcare services and child feeding practices in Nepal: A scoping review Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Bhawana Shrestha, Sita Karki, Geeta Kamal Shrestha, Kunta Devi Pun , et al. · 2025

Background: Maternal healthcare services (MHS) include antenatal care (ANC), natal and postnatal care (PNC). Women engage with healthcare providers for self-care throughout the antenatal, natal and postnatal periods and receive guidance on…

Budget and Schedule-Related Critical Success Factors for Design-Build Water and Wastewater Projects: Principal Component Analysis Open

Pramen P. Shrestha, Sudeep Shrestha, Pooja Basnet · 2025

The United States confronts significant challenges within the water and wastewater sectors. According to the American Water Works Association (AWWA), a capital investment of $1.3 trillion is necessary for the repair and replacement of wate…

A rare case of symmetric quadriplegia in a patient with Japanese encephalitis: a case report Open

Prava Basnet, Pragya Singh, Kshitiz Raj Pudasaini, Sudeep Shrestha, Abit KC · 2025

Introduction and importance: Acute flaccid paralysis is a rare neurological complication of Japanese encephalitis (JE) infection, which may involve one or multiple limbs. Symmetric involvement of upper and lower limbs such as in this case …

Prospective Association of Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety with Pornography Viewing Frequency Among Young Adults Open

Chithra Singareddy, Sudeep Shrestha, Amy Zheng, Bernard L. Harlow, Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis , et al. · 2024

Author Correction: Melatonin-mediated mitophagy protects against early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage through inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation Open

Shenglong Cao, Sudeep Shrestha, Jianru Li, Xiaobo Yu, Jingyin Chen , et al. · 2024

Navigating a Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Sources of Information, and COVID-19-Related Precautions Taken by HBCU Students Open

Jeannette Wade, Poit S.T., Lee A, Sally Ryman, Dextiny McCain , et al. · 2023

Empirical Anthelmintic Therapy for Patients with Eosinophilia in Nepal: A Prospective Cohort Study Open

Karawan Badarni, P Poudyal, Sudeep Shrestha, Surendra Kumar Madhup, Mohje Azzam , et al. · 2023

Eosinophilia is common in low-resource countries and usually implies helminthiasis. Since helminthiasis is a common cause of eosinophilia and its diagnosis is cumbersome, we hypothesized that broad-spectrum anthelmintic therapy may decreas…

Retinal Haemorrhage in Newborns in Tertiary Care Hospital Open

Ruchi Shrestha, Sudeep Shrestha, Subodh Sharma, Anish Joshi, Prem Kumar Shrestha , et al. · 2022

Background Retinal haemorrhage in new-born is a clinically common neonatal fundus condition. Although, it usually does not affect the development of visual function, entities like macular haemorrhages may lead to amblyopia causing deterior…

Study on Patient’s Perception on Medication Counseling at Community Pharmacy in Sub-urban Area of Nepal Open

Ujjwal Shrestha, Reeju Shrestha, A. K. Biswokarma, Pramesh Koju, Sudeep Shrestha , et al. · 2022

Background Community pharmacists are the primary contact point in a healthcare system who provide medication information to the patients and enable them to make appropriate decision regarding their therapy. Hence, this study explored patie…

Drug Utilization Study in Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in Tertiary Care Hospital Open

Upama Shrestha, Sudeep Shrestha, Ashish Shrestha, Usha Kiran Poudel, Jyoti Shrestha · 2022

Background The advancement in drug development and availability of newer drugs has improved overall health services including decrease in mortality and hospital stay. Along, it has brought negative impacts such as polypharmacy and associat…

An audit of patients admitted to hospital in Nepal for COPD exacerbation Open

Marte Styrvold, Ane Jonette Heggset Sterten, Sudeep Shrestha, Subodh Sagar Dhakal, Ingunn Harstad · 2022

Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a large and increasing problem in low- and middle-income countries; Nepal is no exception. We aimed to obtain information on patient characteristics and the level of care provided to pat…

Predictors of Mortality in COVID-19-Positive Patients On and Off CPAP: A Review From a Tertiary Care Setting in the NHS Open

Furqan Rabbani, Mir Azam Khan, Syed Kashif Kalam, Sudeep Shrestha, Khalid Rashid , et al. · 2021

Incidence of healthcare-associated infections with invasive devices and surgical procedures in Nepal Open

Pramesh Koju, X. Liu, Rony Zachariah, M. Bhattachan, Babita Maharjan , et al. · 2021

SETTING: Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. OBJECTIVES: 1) To report the incidence of health-care-associated infections (HAIs), 2) to compare demographic, clinical characteristics and hospital outcomes in …

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis administration practices Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Katrina Hann, Khine Wut Yee Kyaw, Pramesh Koju, Mohammed Khogali · 2021

SETTING: A referral hospital in Kavre, Nepal. OBJECTIVES: To assess 1) compliance with National Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines (NATG), specifically, whether the administration of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) (initial dosing and r…

TARGET JNL: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment Clinically Significant Changes in the 17- and 6-Item Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression: A STAR*D Report Open

Rush AJ, C. South, Shailesh Jain, Rawan Al Agha, Minming Zhang , et al. · 2021

Augustus John Rush, 1– 3 Charles South, 4 Shailesh Jain, 1 Raafae Agha, 1 Mingxu Zhang, 1 Shristi Shrestha, 1 Zershana Khan, 1 Mudasar Hassan, 1 Madhukar H Trivedi 5 1Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, M…

Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Diacerein in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Study Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Suman Raj Tamrakar, Rajeev Shrestha, Riyaz Shrestha, Ashkal Basi , et al. · 2021

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease. The prevalence of OA is skyrocketing with time. Providing a proper treatment regimen for OA is also growing as a major public health challenge. Conventional pharm…

Oral Cysticercosis Presenting as an Innocuous Lesion. Open

Vinay Marla, R Makaju, S Bhandari, Sudeep Shrestha, Krishna Sundar Shrestha , et al. · 2020

Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection with potential of causing significant morbidity especially in developing countries. The larval form of the parasite Taenia Solium, 'Cysticercus Cellulosae' primarily colonizes in the small intestine a…

Virological and Immunological Status of the People Living with HIV Undertaking Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. Open

Rajendra Tamrakar, Dipesh Tamrakar, Sudeep Shrestha, Abha Shrestha · 2020

Background The major goal of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is immunological recovery and virological suppression. Immunological and virological response in People Living with HIV (PLHIV) undertaking ART has to be monitored to assess the tre…

Adherence to Iron, Folic Acid and Calcium Supplement and Factors Affecting it among the Antenatal Care Attending Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Rojeena Adhikari, Suman Raj Tamrakar, Rashmi Shrestha, Abha Shrestha · 2020

Background Pregnancy or gestation is the time during which a single or more children grows and develops inside a woman. Antenatal care improves the pregnancy outcomes under which a group of medication i.e. iron, folic acid and calcium are …

Hormonal Contraceptives Use and Their Adverse Effects: A Cross-sectional Study among the Women Visiting Tertiary Care Center Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Rashmi Shrestha, Sudeep Shrestha, Pramesh Koju, Abha Shrestha · 2020

Background Hormonal contraceptives are one of the most commonly used means of contraception. Lack of contraception may lead to large family size, increased preexisting illness on pregnancy, social and economic instability, risk of unsafe a…

Analysis of Antimicrobial Drugs Usage Pattern and it’s Cost Analysis in the Pediatric Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital Open

Rajeev Shrestha, Pramesh Koju, Sudip Silwal, Biraj Karmacharya, Sudeep Shrestha · 2020

Background Antimicrobials agents are the most widely and often imprudently used therapeutic drugs globally. The pediatric population comprises 20-25% of the total world population, and various acute and chronic diseases are prone to this g…

Evaluation of inhalation technique in patients using a dry powder device (DPI) at chest clinic in Dhulikhel Hospital – Kathmandu University Hospital, and the effect of patient education on it Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Sandhya Shrestha, Maun R Baral, Sambhawana Bhandari, Swati Chand , et al. · 2019

The mainstay of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), asthma and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) treatment is by inhalational medication(s). Delivery of drugs directly into the airways, achieving higher local concentrations wi…

Evaluation of inhalation technique in patients using a dry powder device (DPI) at chest clinic in Dhulikhel Hospital – Kathmandu University Hospital, and the effect of patient education on it Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Sandhya Shrestha, Maun R Baral, Sambhawana Bhandari, Swati Chand , et al. · 2019

The mainstay of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), asthma and asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) treatment is by inhalational medication(s). Delivery of drugs directly into the airways, achieving higher local concentrations wi…

Open label comparative trial of mono versus dual antibiotic therapy for Typhoid Fever in adults Open

Niv Zmora, Sudeep Shrestha, Ami Neuberger, Yael Paran, Rajendra Tamrakar , et al. · 2018

Trial registration number: NCT02224040.

Typhoid Fever: Combined vs. Single Antibiotic Therapy v1 Open

Niv Zmora, Sudeep Shrestha, Ami Neuberger, Yael Paran, Rajendra Tamrakar , et al. · 2017

Typhoid Fever: Combined vs. Single Antibiotic Therapy

Melatonin-mediated mitophagy protects against early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage through inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation Open

Shenglong Cao, Sudeep Shrestha, Jianru Li, Xiaobo Yu, Jingyin Chen , et al. · 2017

Study on Corticosteroids use Pattern in Dermatological Practice and Investigating Adverse Effect of Corticosteroids Including its Associated Factors Open

Sudeep Shrestha, Mukta Singh Bhandari, Rashmi Shrestha, Sangharsha Thapa, Abhishek Karki , et al. · 2017

Background Corticosteroids are highly effective drugs with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. Due to this, they have become a mainstay of pharmacotherapy in dermatology. However, improper and long term uses are associated …

Study of Pre-disposing Factors of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Antibiotic Prescribing Pattern with Reference to Antibiotic Sensitivity Test Open

Ruchi Shrestha, Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, Sudeep Shrestha, Anil Dev Pant, Bijaya Krishna Prajapati , et al. · 2017

Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects about 329 million people worldwide, which is nearly 5% of the entire global population. In the context of Nepal, COPD accounts for 43% of the non-communicable disease burden a…

A predicted model for postoperative seizure outcomes after the surgical resection of supratentorial cavernous malformations Open

Chun Wang, Xiaobo Yu, Sudeep Shrestha, Cong Qian, Lin Wang , et al. · 2016

To explore a predicted model for postoperative seizure outcomes after the surgical resection of supratentorial cavernous malformations.This study was a retrospective review of consecutive patients with cerebral supratentorial cavernous mal…

Photo-onycholysis Following Two Weeks of Doxycycline. Open

S KC, D Karn, Sudeep Shrestha · 2016

Photo-onycholysis is a form of phototoxic reaction characterized by spontaneous separation of the nail plate from the nail bed. It usually follows drug intake and tetracycline is a well-known culprit. We present a case of 19 years gentlema…

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