Editorial |
Dr KK Aggarwal President CMAAO, HCFI
13th February 2021
Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
Yes
1. Even if one country has a persistent infection, the mutations will occur continuously.
2. The available evidence suggests that vaccines are very safe. The public health data suggests that COVID-19 is a considerable health risk, and hence people should be vaccinated to protect themselves.
3. It is a novel virus and hence will infect 100% population if the person gets exposed.
4. It is the individual choice to choose between corona or vaccine!...Read more »
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
13th February 2021
Multispeciality
Novel Covid 19 viral vaccines
Cases: 1M: April 2, 2 M April 15, 3 M: April 27, 4 M May 8; 5 M 20 May, 6 M 30th May, 7 M 7th June, 8M by 15 June, 9 M 22nd June, 10 M 29th June. 11 M 4th July, 16 M , 17 M 29 July, 18 M 1st August, 21 .8 M 16 August, 25 M 30th August, 28 M 10 September,
Ground Zero: Wuhan in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity.
Coronavirus Cases: 108,280,408; Deaths: 2,377,224; Recovered: 80,315,089;
Active Cases: 25,438,794
Currently Infected Patients: 25,487,731 (99.6%) in Mild Condition; 100,364 (0.4%) Serious or Critical.
Closed Cases: 82,841,614...Read more » |
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13th February 2021
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Multispeciality
There is emerging evidences suggesting the increased rates of pregnancy in women with cirrhosis. Thus, specific obstetric and hepatology care is warranted to reduce the risk of hepatic decompensation during pregnancy. Nevertheless, prognostic markers evaluating pregnancy outcomes are still insufficient...
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13th February 2021
Allergy & Immunology
Multispeciality
The objective of the meta-analysis was to identify the antitussive effect of treatment with dextromethorphan hydrobromide, 30 mg, versus placebo over a 3-hour treatment period in patients who are having cough because of simple upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). Also, to demonstrate that the computerized system...
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News From All Specialities |
13th February 2021
Business and Medicine
Pathology & Lab Medicine
A study published in PLOS Pathogens has stated that a large number of people have the potential to produce neutralizing antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in severe cases of COVID-19.
The study also supports the use of combination antibody therapy for the prevention...
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13th February 2021
Business and Medicine
Pathology & Lab Medicine
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stated that 46,390,270 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 have been administered in the country as of Thursday morning. Overall, 68,285,575 vaccine doses have been delivered across the country.
The number of vaccine doses includes both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines...
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13th February 2021
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Country representative of World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Roderico Ofrin, has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making the fight against COVID-19 a ‘Jan Andolan’.
He stated that the Government of India should be proud of the resilience that was exhibited during the pandemic. He added that the nationwide vaccination drive is a successful one...
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13th February 2021
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pharmacists
A new study suggests that starting heparin prophylaxis within 24 hours of hospital admission for COVID-19 was tied to considerably better outcomes.
Investigators noted that starting anticoagulation early was linked with 27% lower relative risk of 30-day mortality compared to no anticoagulation...
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13th February 2021
Pharmacists
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Aerosolized high-molecular-weight hyaluronan (HMW-HA) appears to improve acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggests a new study.
In comparison with placebo, HMW-HA was found to be linked with a significantly shorter duration of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV),...
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Medicolegal Corner |
13th February 2021
The Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002:
7.11: A physician should not contribute to the lay press articles and give interviews regarding diseases and treatments which may have the effect of advertising himself or soliciting practices; but is open to write to the lay press under his own name...
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eMedi Humor |
13th February 2021
A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer: "No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point...
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eMedi Quiz |
13th February 2021
A. Encouraging the client to take adequate deep breaths by mouth
B. Encouraging the client to cough and deep breathe
C. Changing the dressing at least BID...
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Lifestyle Updates |
13th February 2021
• Consume a diet low in sodium. One should not consume more than 6 gm of sodium chloride in a day.
• Consumption of trans fats, which is found in hydrogenated oils or vanaspati ghee, should be minimal as they are bad for the heart and reduce the HDL cholesterol and increase the LDL cholesterol...
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13th February 2021
It is a well-known Vedic fact that if you hurt the ego of a person, he will never forgive you, especially, if you have insulted or implicated him in character assassination, or have cast implications about financial embezzlement or you call a woman as old or a man as impotent in public. For example, if I hurt the ego of a chowkidaar,...
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13th February 2021
There was a king in Africa who had a close friend he grew up with. The friend used to look at every situation, whether positive or negative, as good.
One day, they went on a hunting expedition. The friend was loading and preparing the guns for the king. He might have done something wrong in preparing one of the guns. As the king fired it, he blew off his thumb...
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Medical Voice |
13th February 2021
Washington: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently conducted experiments to improve the fit of masks amid Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting that combining cloth mask and medical procedure mask could reduce a wearer's exposure to virus by over 90 per cent....Read more » |
Survey |
Question 1 : Which of these courses would you pay for - You can select multiple options
How to modernize clinic
Growing your digitize you clinic and practice...
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Question 1 : How confident are you that you could recognize and respond to a potential coronavirus case?
Very confident
Moderately confident...
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Medbytes |
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From Other Newsletter |
Recovery Digest |
The goal of a study published in Kyobu Geka was to evaluate safety and efficacy of preoperative oral rehydration therapy compared to infusion therapy in thoracic surgery. In this study, 84 patients scheduled for thoracic surgery were assigned to either an oral rehydration group or an infusion group...
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Nephrology |
In the present study, published in Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, cilnidipine was given to 14 hospitalized patients with essential hypertension, and 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring was performed. Once-daily administration of cilnidipine...
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Pediatrics |
Skin care is important especially in infancy as skin barrier matures during the first year of life.
The goal of a study published in Journal of the German Society of Dermatology was to examine the effects of baby swimming and baby lotion...
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Surgery |
Biofilm has often been cited as a key pathological factor in non-healing wounds. It therefore seems crucial to manage the biofilm in order to expedite wound healing and achieve the desired outcome.
A study by Scully and colleagues compared the clinical and in vitro performance of a next-generation antibiofilm silver dressing (NGAD) enriched with an antimicrobial dressing technology...
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