Thesis Topics
- Rapid molecular typing and Th1-Th2 cytokine profiling in patients suffering from tubercular lymphadenopathy.
- A clinical study to compare the efficacy, safety and plasma levels of two doses of theophylline in patients of bronchial asthma.
- Role of epithelium in the airway responses to hyperosmotic solutions in normal and sensitised guinea pigs
- To determine the occurrence and effect of nasal polyps in patients with bronchial asthma and / or allergic rhinitis.
- Effect of ipratropium and salbutamol on heart rate variability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on systemic inflammation, muscle mass and functional status in post tuberculosis sequelae.
- Study of sinonasal involvement in patients of interstitial lung diseases.
- Sensitisation with selected fungi in patients of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its correlation with skin prick testing and clinical presentation.
- Role of some inflammatory markers in obstructive sleep apnoea: effects of grape seed extract.
- A clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of theophylline and its modulation by ascorbic acid in patients of bronchial asthma.
- Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp.
- Adenosine metabolism in bronchial asthma: a study on adenosine deaminase and 5'-nucleotidase activity and adenosine level in serum, lymphocytes and erythrocytes.
- Antimicrobial drug prescribing pattern in hospitalised patients of community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study.
- Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of clinical isolates of Candida species with special reference to Candida dubliniensis.
- Role of TLR expression in innate activity during virus infection in acute asthma.
- Detection, identification and profiling of mycobacterial isolates from patients of pulmonary and lymph node tuberculosis in Delhi.
- A study to correlate the activity of ADAM33 gene protein with oxidative stress in asthma.
- Correlation of fractional exhaled nitric oxide, nasal nitric oxide with atopic status in bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis.
- Evaluation of vitamin D in asthma: its effect on inflammatory markers and impact on management.
- International guidelines for pneumococcal vaccination and the Indian scenario. Pneumococcal vaccination status of COPD patients presenting to a medical college hospital. Possible strategies to improve the vaccination coverage.
- Use of inhaled steroids and Inhaler technique among asthmatics admitted with acute exacerbation.
- Role of Omalizumab in the management of asthma. Outcomes in 20 patients who were administered omalizumab
- Incidence of TB among rheumatoid arthritis patients on TNF-alpha antagonists
- Endobronchial tuberculosis – presentation, diagnosis, management and complications in 30 consecutive patients
- Adverse symptoms reported by patients with HIV/TB co-infection and taking both ATT and HAART
- Percentage of HIV seropositivity in smear positive tuberculosis patients in a medical college hospital in western india
- Factors associated with primary drug resistance in tuberculosis
- Lung abscess – presentation, predisposing factors, organisms isolated and management in 50 consecutive patients
- Lung volumes in healthy non smoking adults belonging to ethnic Punjabi population by CT volumetry
- Empyema thoracis – Outcomes in a medical college hospital
- Reversibility of FEV1 and FEV in COPD post bronchodilation and its correlation with COPD stages.
- Respiratory complications in 50 HIV seropositive patients followed over a period of one year
- Profile of hospital acquired pneumonia over a one year period in a tertiary care hospital. The predisposing factors, organisms isolated, antibiotics used and outcomes.
- Role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (C-PET) in pre op evaluation
- Alveolar haemorrhage due to pulmonary renal syndrome. A case series of 30 patients
- Foreign bodies in airways – Profile of 30 consecutive patients, interventions and outcomes
- Pre-op spirometry and post op pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective upper abdominal surgeries.
- Diaphragmatic palsies – profile of 25 consecutive patients
- Mediastinal pathologies – 50 consecutive cases in a tertiary care hospital
- Presence of pulsus paradoxus in a population of severe COPD as assessed by pulse oximetry.