Thesis Topics in AIMS

Hi I would like to have the lists of topic of the thesis which have been presented at AIIMS for the MD (Chest), MD (General Medicine), DNB (Respiratory Medicine) and DM (Pulmonology) courses?

The lists of topic of the thesis which have been presented at AIIMS for the MD (Chest), MD (General Medicine), DNB (Respiratory Medicine) and DM (Pulmonology) courses are as follows

• Role of bronchoscopy in smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis
• Spirometry in athletes versus normal individuals of same height
• Compliance with asthma medications. The common cause of non-adherence and predictor of compliance with recommeded medications
• Post bronchodilator reversibility in COPD and its correlation with the stage of COPD as per GOLD guidelines and BODE score
• Role of NIV in severe type 2 respiratory failure. Predictors of success and failure with NIV use.
• The usefulness of bronchoscopic brush specimen versus biopsy in the diagnosis of carcinoma of lung
• Asthma and Obesity – Comparing the pulmonary function of obese and non- obese asthmatics
• Pulmonary hypertension in patients diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
• Incidence of laryngeal involvement in sputum positive pulmonary TB
• Post op pulmonary complications in patient undergoing liver transplant surgery
• Success rate of nicotine patch is a hospital based smoking cessation program
• The incidence of HIV in patients admitted for elective surgery.
• Diabetes in chronic liver disease
• The incidence of cavities in 5000 chest x rays taken in a medical college hospital. (Mass miniature radiography was used to detect TB earlier)
• Commonest side effects complained by the patients initiated on HAART therapy
• Analysis of CT-chest of smokers with greater than 10 pack years of smoking
• Profile of 50 consequent interstitial lung disease patient attending tertiary care center.
• Indications and Outcomes of Non invasive Ventilation in a tertiary care hospital
• Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients admitted for bariatric surgery
• Reference values for Maximum Voluntary Ventilation for the Indian adults.
• The effect of socioeconomic upbringing on the lung function
• Case series of mediastinal masses.
• The usefulness of Heliox in acute severe asthma
• Retrospective study of road traffic accidents in patients diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea
• Socioeconomic class and compliance with asthma medications
• Endobronchial ultrasound vs Positron Emission tomography in the evaluation of malignant mediastinal masses
• Narrow band Imaging guided bronchial biopsy vs white light bronchoscopy guided bronchial biopsy
• Suspicious nodules in asymptomatic smokers with greater than 30 pack years of smoking by low dose CT screening
• Presence of pulsus paradoxus in a population of severe COPD as assessed by pulse oximetry.
• Mediastinal pathologies – 50 consecutive cases in a tertiary care hospital