Editorial |
Dr KK Aggarwal President CMAAO, HCFI
16th February 2021
Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
1378: Round Table - Expert Group on Environment Zoom Meeting on “Issues and Challenges in implementation of Biomedical Waste Management Rules – Part 2"7th February, 2020, 1-2 pm.
Participants: Dr KK Aggarwal, Dr Anil Kumar, Dr Dipankar Saha, Dr M Dwarkanath, Mr Pankaj Kapil, Mr Pradeep Khandelwal, Mr Neeraj Tyagi, Dr Shyam Gupta, Dr Suresh Mittal, Dr Meenakshi Soni, Ms Ira Gupta, Dr S Sharma.
The meeting was chaired by Dr M Dwarkanath and co-chaired by Mr Pradeep Khandelwal...Read more »
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
16th February 2021
Multispeciality
Variants - B 1.1.7 UK, B.1.351 South Africa, P.1 Brazil
Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27, 25M August 30, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4,...Read more » |
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16th February 2021
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Multispeciality
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is correlated with adverse perinatal outcomes, however, its relationship with the concentration of specific biochemical markers is indistinct. The authors of the present study aimed to determine the adverse perinatal effects of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in women...
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16th February 2021
Allergy & Immunology
Multispeciality
Plethora of studies have establishes ambroxol as a potent therapeutic agent in the management of acute and chronic respiratory diseases. The researchers of the study re-evaluated the benefit-risk of ambroxol. The study included all new significant published scientific data involving the treatment of bronchopulmonary diseases in the last decade....
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News From All Specialities |
16th February 2021
Business and Medicine
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Guinea has announced a fresh Ebola outbreak as tests came out positive for the virus following the death of three individuals and after four people fell ill. This is the first resurgence of the viral disease in Guinea since the worst outbreak reported in 2013-2016.
The patients developed diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding after they attended a burial in Goueke...
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16th February 2021
Business and Medicine
Pathology & Lab Medicine
India has recorded a steady fall in daily new deaths related to COVID-19 since October 1, 2020, stated the Union Health Ministry, adding that the country’s recovery rate is one of the highest in the world.
The Case Fatality Rate now stands at 1.43%. The recoveries from COVID-19 in the country stand at ...
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16th February 2021
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
World Health Organization (WHO) team probing the origins of coronavirus in China found much wider signs of the outbreak of the viral disease in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously anticipated.
The investigators from WHO have sought access to thousands of blood samples from Wuhan which China has not let them have access to thus far...
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16th February 2021
Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pharmacists
A study, published in the Biophysical Journal, led by researchers at the NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), has noted that face masks considerably increase the humidity in the air that a person wearing the mask breathes in.
According to the investigators, this higher level of humidity in the inhaled air could possibly explain...
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16th February 2021
Emergency Medicine
Pathology & Lab Medicine
The Union health ministry has released a set of fresh 'SOPs to contain the spread of COVID-19 in offices'.
The SOPs suggest that if one or two cases of COVID-19 are reported at a workplace, the disinfection can be limited to the areas occupied and visited by the patient over the previous 48 hours...
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Medicolegal Corner |
16th February 2021
“Advertising to solicit patients directly or indirectly, by a physician, by a group of physicians or
by institutions or organizations” is considered an unethical act as per regulation 6.1.1 of the MCI
Code of Ethics Regulations, 2002...
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eMedi Humor |
16th February 2021
A police car pulled alongside a speeding car on the motorway. Glancing at the car he was astonished to see that the woman behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the cop rolled down his window and shouted "Pullover!" The blonde rolled down her window and yelled back "No, it's a scarf!"...
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eMedi Quiz |
16th February 2021
1. RLS also occurs at rest
2. RLS occurs predominantly in the evening or at night
3. RLS is sometimes painful...
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Lifestyle Updates |
16th February 2021
Stenting may not always be the answer to treating heart disease with stable angina. A German study has shown that patients with stable CAD who underwent an exercise regimen had significantly higher rates of event-free survival compared to those who were subjected to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)...
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16th February 2021
• More experiences of telepathy.
• More experiences of reverse telepathy.
• More spontaneous fulfilment of desires...
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16th February 2021
Once there was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his family. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, in a hope to improve himself and one day, find a better paying job. He seldom ate a meal together with his family, except on Sundays. He worked and studied hard to provide his family with the best that money could buy...
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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 |
A recent study published in Pediatr Infect, stated that daily dengue severity score of =12 is a precise assessment tool for severe exhibitions. The study intended to develop dengue severity score to evaluate severe manifestations amongst hospitalized patients with dengue infection...
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Nephrology |
Novel coronavirus disease is a condition newly discovered in the end of 2019 and started in the Wuhan city of China. It is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus and its main clinical manifestations include acute respiratory illness with pneumonia...
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Pediatrics |
Newborn skin is dry and undergoes significant changes in sebum. These changes are known to cause problems such as diaper dermatitis, seborrheic eczema and prickly heat in more than 50% of newborns. Routine bathing and moisturizer use are some of the preventive measures for such conditions in newborns...
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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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