Editorial |
 
Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
5th August 2020Multispeciality
With inputs from Dr Monica Vasudev.
1040: Round Table Expert Zoom Meeting on “Role of e-mediation - online dispute redressal”, 25th July, 2020, 11am-12pm. Participants: Dr KK Aggarwal, Dr AK Agarwal, Prof Mahesh Verma, Dr Ashok Gupta, Dr Suneela Garg, Dr JA Jayalal, Dr Jayakrishnan Alapet, Dr Anil Kumar, Mrs Upasana Arora, Dr S Sharma, Dr KK Kalra, Advocate Ira Gupta. Key points from the discussion... Read more » |
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
5th August 2020Multispeciality
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
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: 18,447,759, Deaths: 697,245... Read more » |
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5th August 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
There are a multitude of limitations to the current standard of care for severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) as only up to one-third of the patients can be given steroid therapy. Steroid therapy also has certain limitations. Some patients do not respond to treatment, while the long-term benefit is dubious among those who do respond... Read more » |
Hypertension Update |
5th August 2020 Hypertension
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is displayed by decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Globally, CKD is a public health disorder and a higher incidence can be seen in the older population. Evidence shows that... Read more » |
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News From All Specialities |
5th August 2020 Business and MedicinePathology & Lab Medicine
A World Health Organization (WHO) top official has expressed concern that the COVID-19 outbreak is moving into India’s rural areas, where the inadequate healthcare systems can be easily overpowered and result in higher mortality rates... Read more » |
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5th August 2020Emergency Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
US biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc has stated that the COVID-19 antibody drug combination it is working on prevented and treated the disease in rhesus macaques and hamsters.
According to the company, in the animal study, not yet been peer reviewed, the cocktail of two... Read more » |
5th August 2020 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
As per a new forecast released by the CDC on Friday, deaths due to COVID-19 could increase to 11,000 weekly by late August.
The estimate involves predictions from 32 groups about U.S. deaths in the forthcoming weeks. It is estimated that during the week of August 16-22,...Read more » |
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5th August 2020 Internal Medicine Pharmacists
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval for the supplemental new drug application for esketamine nasal spray for the treatment of depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) and acute suicidal ideation or behavior.
Esketamine nasal spray was approved for treatment-resistant depression in March 2019... Read more » |
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5th August 2020 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pharmacists
A small study from Turkey noted that SARS-CoV-2 could be detected on a minority of environmental samples from an exam room where asymptomatic patients were subjected to a routine ophthalmology examination...Read more » |
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Medicolegal Corner |
5th August 2020
No, it is not mandatory for the registered medical practitioner to specify in which specialty he has done his post-graduation qualification (MD/MS) on the prescription made by him to his patient.
As per the provisions of Clause 1.4.2 of Indian Medical Council...Read more » |
eMedi Humor |
5th August 2020
A wife was making breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. ‘Careful,’ he said, ‘CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my Gosh! You’re cooking too many at once...Read more » |
eMedi Quiz |
5th August 2020
A. At age 10.
B. At age 20.
C. At age 35...Read more » |
Lifestyle Updates |
5th August 2020
Different exercises produce different impacts on the knee joints. The best and safest exercises causing minimum impact on the knee for patients post knee replacement or knee arthritis are walking, biking, hiking, riding an exercise bike, riding an elliptical trainer and walking on the treadmill. In sports,... Read more » |
5th August 2020
As per Garud Puran and Hindu mythology, one of the reasons for suffering is the debts of your past birth. Your purpose of life is to face sufferings to pay these debts. The second reason is your present deeds till today starting from birth. If your sum total of bad deeds is more than good deeds,...Read more » |
5th August 2020
Once there was a newspaper vendor who had a very rude customer. Every morning, the Customer would walk by, not returning the greeting, take the paper off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor.
The vendor would pick up the money, smile and thank the customer...Read more » |
Medical Voice |
5th August 2020
New Delhi: With 57,117 new COVID-19 cases, India's coronavirus count reached 16,95,988, said the Union Health Ministry. ,At present, there are 5,65,103 active cases while 764 deaths due to COVID-19 have taken the death toll to 36,511. ,However, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) stood at 2.15 per cent,...Read more » |
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From Other Newsletter |
Nephrology |
A randomized-controlled trial compared the practical efficacy of olmesartan with azilsartan in 84 patients treated with conventional ARBs for more than 3 months. These patients were randomly allocated to receive either 20mg of olmesartan (olmesartan medoxomil, OL group) or 20mg of azilsartan (azilsartan, AZ group)... Read more » |
Orthopedics |
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 or obesity alone... Read more » |
Pediatrics |
An article published in the World Allergy Organization Journal elaborated on how the skin barrier structure and function are essential to human health. The authors stated that unrecognized functions of epidermal keratinocytes show... Read more »
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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... Read more »
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