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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
8th August 2020Multispeciality
With inputs from Dr Monica Vasudev
1043: Minutes of Virtual Meeting of CMAAO NMAs on “Asian Countries Update – Part 1”, 1st August, 2020, 9.30am-10.30am. Participants: Member NMAs : Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, Dr Yeh Woei Chong, Singapore Chair CMAAO, Dr Marthanda Pillai, Member World Medical Council. Dr Alvin Yee-Shing Chan, Hong Kong, Dr Subramaniam Muniandy, Malaysia, Dr Marie Uzawa Urabe, Japan, Dr Ashraf Nizami, Pakistan, Dr Prakash Budhathoky, Nepal
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
8th 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, 19M August 6
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: 19,238,021,... Read more » |
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8th August 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease together constitute the majority of the burden of liver disease and cirrhosis globally. There has been increasing interest in the differentiation between these two entities over the past few years. However, it has been recognized that there exists a significant overlap between the two.... Read more » |
Hypertension Update |
8th 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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8th August 2020Allergy & Immunology Multispeciality
New and original therapeutic options against coronavirus disease are urgently anticipated in the ongoing current COVID-19 pandemic. Because of its rapid spread and vast number of individuals affected worldwide, cost-effective, universally available, and safe options with least side effects and simple use are extremely necessary... Read more » |
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News From All Specialities |
8th August 2020 Business and MedicinePathology & Lab Medicine
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged countries to unite in the fight against COVID-19.
While addressing the Aspen Security Forum, he stated that the security of all humans living on this planet is interdependent... Read more » |
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8th August 2020Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
HOUSTON: RLF-100, also known as aviptadil, has been found to result in rapid recovery from respiratory failure in critically ill COVID-19 patients by doctors at a hospital in Houston.
The drug has received approval from the FDA for emergency use in patients who are too ill to enter... Read more » |
8th August 2020 Psychiatry Diabetes and Endocrinology
Physicians in Canada issued new guidelines that urge doctors in the country to take a new approach in the way patients with obesity are treated.
The guidelines, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, recommend that obesity should be classified as a chronic illness that needs customized treatment and long-term care...Read more » |
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8th August 2020 Emergency Medicine Pharmacists
Viral loads have been found to be similar among asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 patients and continued to be that way for weeks following diagnosis, revealed South Korean researchers.
A study of around 300 patients with positive PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 has revealed... Read more » |
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8th August 2020 Neurology Pharmacists
According to a randomized trial published in Neurology, daily supplementation with vitamin D and calcium carbonate could significantly decrease the recurrence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), more so in patients with low serum vitamin D levels.
Investigators stated that vitamin D...Read more » |
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Medicolegal Corner |
8th August 2020
No. The two procedures are different and require a separate consent for each.
In the Samira Kohli vs. Dr. Prabha Manchanda and Ors. I (2008) CPJ 56 (SC), the Hon’ble Supreme Court summarized the principles relating to consent as follows:...Read more » |
eMedi Humor |
8th August 2020
The phone bill was exceptionally high. Man called a family meeting to discuss.
Dad: This is unacceptable. I don't use home phone, I use my work phone.
Mum: Me too. I hardly use home phone. I use my company phone...Read more » |
eMedi Quiz |
8th August 2020
1. Pain sensation on the ipsilateral side.
2. Proprioception on the contralateral side.
3. Pain sensation on the contralateral side...Read more » |
Lifestyle Updates |
8th August 2020
Women are not diagnosed or treated as aggressively as men. Even though more women die of heart disease each year compared to men, they receive only 33% of all angioplasties, stents and bypass surgeries; 28% of implantable defibrillators and 36% of open-heart surgeries,... Read more » |
8th August 2020
Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati, the trio Sangam in Allahabad, is believed to be the holiest place in the country where taking a dip can wash away all past sins. After death, ashes are also submerged in Ganga water with an assumption that the past sins will be removed...Read more » |
8th August 2020
During her second month of nursing school, Suzzane’s professor gave them a pop quiz one day. Being a conscientious student, Suzzane had excelled through the questions, until she read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"...Read more » |
Medical Voice |
8th August 2020
Ninety per cent of a sample group of coronavirus-recovered patients from a prominent hospital in China’s Wuhan city where the pandemic broke out have reported lung damage and five per cent of them are again in quarantine after testing positive for the virus, according to a media report...Read more » |
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Survey |
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Growing your digitize you clinic and practice...Read more » |
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Medbytes |
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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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