Arjun Karki
Kathmandu
21 Papers
39 Citations
Arjun Karki is an academic researcher from Kathmandu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Community health. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Arjun Karki include Patan Academy of Health Sciences.
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Papers
Evaluation of fully automated cephalometric measurements obtained from web-based artificial intelligence driven platform
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compare the linear and angular cephalometric measurements obtained from web-based fully automated Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven platform "WebCeph"™ with that from manual tracing and evaluate the validity and reliability of automated cepalometric measurement obtained from "webceph"µ.
Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of the community-based management of hypertension in Nepal study (COBIN): a retrospective analysis.
Anirudh Krishnan,Eric A. Finkelstein,Per Kallestrup,Arjun Karki,Michael H. Olsen,Dinesh Neupane +5 more
TL;DR: The COBIN programme is projected to be highly cost-effective in both scenarios compared with the WHO thresholds for cost-effectiveness for Nepal, and for policy makers intending to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing premature mortality from non-communicible diseases, this intervention should be considered.
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Community-based intervention for blood pressure reduction in Nepal (COBIN trial): study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
TL;DR: The objective of the present study is to determine the effect of family-based home health education and blood pressure monitoring by trained female community health volunteers by conducting a community-based intervention to control blood pressure in countries with limited resources.
Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and its Associated Factors in Nepal: Findings from a Community-based Household Survey
Tara Ballav Adhikari,Pawan Acharya,Marieann Högman,Dinesh Neupane,Arjun Karki,Arne Drews,Brendan G Cooper,Torben Sigsgaard,Per Kallestrup +8 more
TL;DR: COPD is highly prevalent at community level and often underdiagnosed, so strategies aiming at early diagnosis and treatment of COPD, especially for the elderly, illiterate, and reducing exposure to smoking and biomass fuel smoke and childhood lung infection could be effective.
Validation of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire in Nepal.
Chundak T Sherpa,Steven L LeClerq,Shakuntala Singh,Neha Naithani,Raju Pangeni,Arjun Karki,Ramesh Chokhani,MeiLan K. Han,Margaret R. Gyetko,James M. Tielsch,William Checkley +10 more
TL;DR: A Nepali-validated version of SGRQ was developed, which correlated well with both disease status and severity, and was used as a screening tool to identify individuals at risk for COPD.
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