Editorial
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI
29th January 2021Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
Previous findings of CMAAO suggesting that colchicine is anti-inflammatory have been reconfirmed.
Some salient drugs beneficial in patients with rapidly rising CRP include:
1. The oral, anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can prevent complications and hospitalizations in patients newly diagnosed with COVID-19, according to ColCORONA trial investigators.
2. After a month of therapy, there was a 21% risk reduction in the primary composite endpoint of death or hospitalizations that missed statistical significance, compared with placebo among 4488 outpatients enrolled in the global, phase 3 trial...Read more »
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
29th January 2021Multispeciality
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: 101, 483, 379, Deaths: 2, 185, 397, Recovered: 73, 381, 512, ACTIVE CASES 25, 913, 502, Currently Infected Patients 25, 806, 170 (99.6%) in Mild Condition, 110, 300 (0.4%) Serious or Critical, CLOSED CASES 75, 569, 877... Read more » |
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29th January 2021Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
Liver cirrhosis can influence the outcomes of several traditional techniques currently used to determine nutritional status. The objective of the current study was to contrast the traditional two-compartment model (subjective global assessment and anthropometry and blood tests) of nutritional assessment... Read more »
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Hypertension Update
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29th January 2021 Hypertension
Hypertension, a prominent cause of premature mortality, affects 1.13 billion people worldwide, though blood pressure (BP)... Read more »
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29th January 2021 Allergy & Immunology Multispeciality
The over-the-counter cough medicines that are currently available are criticized for deficiency of scientific data that supports their efficacy. Even though the first-generation antihistamine i.e., diphenhydramine is classified as an antitussive by the United States Food and Drug Administration,... Read more »
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News From All Specialities
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29th January 2021 Pathology & Lab Medicine Business and Medicine
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Programme has revised the definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Pre-XDR-TB has also been defined for the first time. The move emphasizes the significance of these forms of TB.
New definitions for these forms of TB will assist with the precise characterization of different groups of patients... Read more »
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29th January 2021 Business and Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine seems to lose just a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus that carried three crucial mutations from the new coronavirus variant that has been detected in South Africa, suggests a laboratory study.
The study has been conducted by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)... Read more »
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29th January 2021 Pathology & Lab MedicinePulmonary Medicine
India has 1,76,498 active COVID-19 cases, which constitutes only 1.65% of the total coronavirus infections in the country, stated the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
The daily COVID-19 recoveries in India have been exceeding daily fresh cases for the past 20 days. The cumulative recoveries stand at 1,03,59,305... Read more »
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29th January 2021 Pathology & Lab MedicinePulmonary Medicine
Individuals with schizophrenia appear to have a higher risk for severe COVID-19, suggests a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Katlyn Nemani, MD, of New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, and associates noted that in comparison with COVID-19 patients without a psychiatric disorder,... Read more »
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29th January 2021Pathology & Lab MedicineEmergency Medicine
A systematic review, published online in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests that at least one third of SARS-CoV-2 infections remain asymptomatic. The review provides robust evidence for the prevalence of asymptomatic infections.
Investigators stated that the finding that about one in three people infected with COVID-19... Read more »
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Medicolegal Corner
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29th January 2021
According to Section 10 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, an agreement is a contract when it is made for some consideration, between parties who are competent, with their free consent and for a lawful object. Thus, for the purpose of entering into a contract, free consent is one of the essentials.
According to Section 14 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872,...Read more » |
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eMedi Humor
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29th January 2021
A woman sadly tells her husband: We will not be together in heaven as we may die at different times my dear.
After a pause her husband replied; my dear that is why the place is known as 'Heaven'...Read more » |
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eMedi Quiz
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29th January 2021
a. Keep the client’s knee on the affected side bent for 6 hours.
b. Apply pressure to the puncture site for 30 minutes...Read more »
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Lifestyle Updates
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29th January 2021
1. Read food labels. Sodium content is always listed on food labels. Sodium content differs from brand to brand. Hence, compare and choose the lowest sodium product. Certain foods may not taste salty but are actually high in sodium, for instance cottage cheese. So, it is important to check labels... Read more »
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29th January 2021
Hindu scriptures detail three types of debts or Hrin, which are Dev Hrin, Pitra Hrin and Rishi Hrin.
God gave us the consciousness, parents gave us our body and teachers gave us knowledge or intellect.
In Vedic language, our body is a mix of mind, body and soul which can be equated to three Hrins of mind,...Read more »
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29th January 2021
A sage presented a prince with three small dolls. The prince said that he was not a girl and asked the sage why was he giving him dolls. The sage replied that this was a gift for a future king. He asked the prince to look carefully; there was a hole in the ear of each doll.
The sage then gave him a piece of string and asked him to pass it through each doll...Read more » |
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Medbytes
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From Other Newsletter
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Orthopedic |
People with sarcopenic obesity (SO) have both low muscle mass, i.e., sarcopenia, and high body fat, i.e., obesity. These individuals are at a greater risk of metabolic diseases and physical disability when compared with people with sarcopenia... Read more » |
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... Read more » |
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... Read more »
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Surgery |
A new study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery aimed to assess the efficiency of multimodal analgesia (MMA) in reducing reliance on opioid medications. This was retrospective review of 560 patients undergoing outpatient... Read more »
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