Daily Archives: 11/11/2020
LABORATORY CONFIRMED COVID 19 PATIENT
LABORATORY CONFIRMED COVID 19 PATIENT  MILD DISEASE Uncomplicated URTI (&/or Fever) WITHOUT breathlessness/ Hypoxia SEVERE DISEASE Respiratory rate ≥ 30/min AND/ OR SpO2< 90% on Room Air MODERATE DISEASE Respiratory rate ≥24/min AND/ OR SpO2< 94% on Room Air    ADMIT in COVID WARD ANTIVIRALS HCQ 400 mg BD for 1-day […]
MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 PATIENTS IN HOME ISOLATION
MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 PATIENTS IN HOME ISOLATION Prof. (Dr). Bibhuti Saha Prof. (Dr). Jyotirmoy Pal Prof. (Dr). Soumitra Ghosh   Clinical Presentation • Malaise • Fever • Dry cough • Rhinorrhoea • Headache • Anosmia • Dysgeusia • Ageusia • Irritability • Diarrhoea • Weakness • Confusion  Whom To Test • Patient with […]
Duration of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infectivity: When Is It Safe to Discontinue Isolation?
Clinical Infectious Diseases REVIEW ARTICLE Duration of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infectivity: When Is It Safe to Discontinue Isolation? Chanu Rhee,1,2,3 Sanjat Kanjilal,1,2 Meghan Baker,1,2,3 and Michael Klompas1,2,3 1Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, […]
Neurobiology of sleep*
Link to session recording and Summary of Live CME Chitchat 7 dated 08.11.2020 on *Neurobiology of sleep* (Please follow the page for future updates) Summary of Chitchat 7: Neurobiology (in general) broadly encompasses six aspects (i) Neuroanatomical structure, (ii) Neurophysiological function, (iii) Evolutionary biology, (iv) Molecular correlates, (v) Body correlates and (vi) Neurochemistry. Sleep has […]