Ll BRARYI ONL OXFORD NEUROLOGY LIBRARY Alzheimer’s Disease  ONL OXFORD NEUROLOGY LIBRARY Second edition Edited by Gunhild Waldemar Professor of Clinical Neurology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Director, The Danish Dementia Research Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark and Alistair Burns Professor of Old-Age Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; […]

A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the highest at level 4 (BSL-4). In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]

*TrueNAT* TrueNat is a chip-based, portable RT-PCR machine, originally developed as a portable diagnostic tool for tuberculosis by Goa-based startup Molbio Diagnostics. TrueNat machine can detect an enzyme (called RdRp) found in the RNA of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. On 19 May, the ICMR revised its testing guidelines to allow the use of the TrueNAT system […]

Reporting on diagnostic imaging studies revolves around being able to accurately describe what we are seeing on the images. There are a number of terms that we commonly use in our reports that you should understand, and that you should be able to use when asked to describe an image. Radiographs The formation of an […]

Dear Doctors, Interleukin 6 has been an analyte which till recently was rarely used in general clinical practice. IN these days of COVID 19 it is being widely used to detect IL storm and helps in deciding whether Tocilizumab therapy ought to be given. It has come to our notice that when tested immediately after […]

Sanjiv Agarwal Founder, Good Governance India Foundation Mumbai, India sanjiv@ggif.in Hon’ble Prime Minister, Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Stanford University Stanford, California USA jay@stanford.edu   Thank you for inviting suggestions regarding Unlock 2.0 in your recent speech. In response to your invitation we are writing our suggestions in the form of this […]

< Research has shown how coronavirus is affecting the brain of those infected. Image: REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation 16 Jul 2020 Michael Zandi Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Associate Professor in Neurology, UCL • COVID-19 is known as a respiratory disease, causing damage to a patient’s lungs. • However, […]

It’s a Tuesday morning at 11.30 am. You are already 45 minutes behind. A 35 year old woman is referred to your neurology clinic with a nine month history of fatigue, dizziness, back pain, left sided weakness, and reduced mobility. Her general practitioner documents a hysterectomy at the age of 25, subsequent division of adhesions […]

Hydroxychloroquin is useful in prophylaxis of covid. It’s found that Those who are on Hydroxychloroquin either don’t get covid or even if they get the disease runs a milder course in them. Proper PPE kit is must in covid ward .Also poper Donning & Doffing is required. Good infection control protocol should be in place. […]

Human medical trials have begun on severely ill COVID-19 patients using low-doses of radiation. The first results on a very small group were published this week in a non-peer-reviewed journal that exists to get critical results out quickly to the scientific and medical community. The results were quite extraordinary. Researchers at Emory University Hospital, led […]

The Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment for New Coronavirus Pneumonia Fanjun Cheng Yu Zhang Editors  1 3                                       […]

All the doctors here, please believe that you have no less brain than a lawyer. Consider the following facts: 1. CPA 1986 did not have healthcare included in the Letter (text) of the law. The text of the law in terms of definition of services remains same in CPA 2019. 2. SC interpreted CPA 1986 […]

There will be days when you wake up in the morning and ask the universe – why did I choose this profession? Most people who’re doctors are those who start reading for the highly competitive medical entrance after their 10th boards (some start earlier but I believe one should enjoy their childhood instead of running […]

There are 219 virus species that are known to be able to infect humans. The first of these to be discovered was yellow fever virus in 1901, and three to four new species are still being found every year. Extrapolation of the discovery curve suggests that there is still a substantial pool of undiscovered human […]

 History of professional etiquette Hospitals as we know them didn’t exist until the first Muslim-built “bimaristan” was established in Baghdad in 9th AD. Till late 19th century AD, doctors occupied a fairly low status in the society. From Roman times and throughout the European middle ages, doctors were subjected to and endured any indignity […]

I am a person who has returned home after recovering from corona. After returning home, I see in the news that corona affected patient cannot be admitted to hospital and is leaving this world at last. It is a very sad and tragic event. So I would like to share my experience with hospitalization. I […]

�© Dr. Rajas Deshpande “Screw this satisfaction. Dump this happiness. Can you try to understand that I am fed up of both?” said Dr. Sahil. He was one of the busiest and most respected specialist in our town. Surprised at a superspecialist friend speaking this, still impressed by his ability to identify and speak the […]

Technical Bulletin May, 2020 Revision 4 Comparison of FFP2, KN95, and N95 and Other Filtering Facepiece Respirator Classes                          Description Filtering facepiece respirators (FFR), which are sometimes called disposable respirators, are […]

(VERSION 3.0) DISCLAIMER: This Recommendation is derived from the prevailing trials published and collation of various guidelines. These guidelines would change with the evolving evidences DEFINITIONS: • ILI is defined as one with acute respiratory infection –  with fever ≥ 380 C (100.40F) and –  cough –  with onset within last 10 days • SARI […]

From 20/07/2020 it is to be implemented by Notification in Gazette After this news I have received almost 500 messages from different parts of India. A few were congratulating for removal of medical professionals from the ambit of CPA-2020 now on. I felt that rather than replying all individually I should put forward my stand […]

By N.Naresh Kumar, HRO, NICL. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the 20th day of July, 2020 as the date on which the following provisions of the said Act shall come into force. Objective of […]

Doctor Patricio Avendaño, a cardiologist at U. De Chile who attends the German clinic, points out the tips to avoid contagion: * The virus is not a living organism, but a protein molecule (DNA) covered by a protective layer of lipids (fat) that, when absorbed by the cells of the ocular, nasal or oral mucosa, […]

1) *All covid positive patients* * *Tab HCQ* 400 twice a day for 1 day Then 200 twice a day for 4- 9 days * *Tab Oseltamivir* 1-0-1 for 5 days * *Tab Ivermectin* 12mg twice a day for 2 days * *Tab Doxy* 100 twice a day for 5 days. ( In case of […]

*Salient points *1.* Having symptoms, fever high grade, cold, sore throat, cough, malaise at this time of Pandemic should be taken as suspected covid. *2.* Day 2 to Day 5 of symptoms to get the Real Time PCR and more likely to come positive. (at present so called gold standard) No Antigen test. *3.* HRCT […]

Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, 16 July (Link to original paper and other references are embedded/hyperlinked in the text below) 1. No age group appears to be immune to the pandemic. Unlike western countries where most of the deaths are among older age groups, published mortality data from Maharashtra and UP show that over 60% of deaths […]

“Chickenpox is a virus. Lots of people have had it, and probably don’t think about it much once the initial illness has passed. But it stays in your body and lives there forever, and maybe when you’re older, you have debilitatingly painful outbreaks of shingles. You don’t just get over this virus in a few […]

 When will the Covid-19 Pandemic End ? Levitt’s Metric on Indian Data Bhaskaran Raman, Dept of CSE, IIT Bombay 13 July 2020   Opening Remarks, Disclaimers ●  What you will see is childishly simple (high school math) [and hence blindingly brilliant] ●  It is nothing new: it has been known since Mar/Apr ● […]

Vaccine 38 (2020) 5564–5568    Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Vaccine journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/vaccine  Commentary Ahmed Osama El-Gendy a, Haitham Saeed b, Ahmed M.A. Ali c,d, Hossam M. Zawbaa e, Dina Gomaa f,g, Hadeer S. Harb b, Yasmin M. Madney b, Hasnaa Osama b, Mona A. Abdelrahman b, Mohamed E.A. Abdelrahim b,⇑ […]

(CNN)It may feel like years, but the world has only been battling the deadly novel coronavirus for months. As scientists feverishly work around the clock to unravel the mysteries of this deadly invader, they have gained interesting insights into the virus and the disease it causes: Covid-19. “We know more now about how it makes […]

Docs!  Wear a mask scientifically. Nothing else will save you !!!!!  Dr Mahesh Holeyannavar MD FPCC   Wearing a STANDARD mask properly is of utmost importance in today’s situation.   Here are some key observations in scientific studies 1. N95 MASK ( STANDARD ONE) SEEMS TO DO THE JOB EFFECTIVELY. AGAINST […]

Amit N. Patel MD, MS1,2; Sapan S. Desai MD PhD Usefulness of Ivermectin in COVID-19 Illness Amit N. Patel MD, MS1,2; Sapan S. Desai MD PhD MBA3; David W. Grainger PhD1; Mandeep R. Mehra,MD, MSc4 1Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; 2HCA Research Institute, Florida; 3Surgisphere Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; 4Brigham and […]

I recently read an article about how the physicians’ lounge, which was once present in every hospital and an important congregating area for doctors during the day, is now mostly a thing of the past. Although the article was not a new one, it peaked my interest because I’ve witnessed the demise of the physicians’ lounge at […]

 HHS Public Access Author manuscript Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 March 01.   Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 October ; 26(10): 1050–1060. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2018.05.008. Davangere P. Devanand, M.D., Gregory H. Pelton, M.D., Kristina D’Antonio, M.S.W., Adam Ciarleglio, Ph.D., Jennifer Scodes, M.S., Howard Andrews, […]

Chapter Dall L, Stanford JF. In health, body temperature is regulated around a set point of 37 ± 1°C, and a circadian temperature rhythm exists in which the highest temperature of each day occurs around 6 p.m. The variance between the highest and lowest core temperature in a given day is usually no more than […]

Compiled by Dr. Narendra Malhotra, Dr. Neharika Malhotra, Dr. Jaideep Malhotra, Dr. Keshav Malhotra Special Inputs CORONA INDIA IN JULY by Prof. K. K. Aggarwal SARS-COV-2 pandemic is still on the way of spreading. The curve has not flattened and the disease has not shown any signs of regression in numbers. The pandemic is predicted […]

Gender and Mental Health Meenu Anand Editor 1 3 Editor Meenu Anand Department of Social Work University of Delhi New Delhi, Delhi, India ISBN 978-981-15-5392-9 ISBN 978-981-15-5393-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5393-6 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of […]

Journal Pre-proof Tracking changes in SARS-CoV-2 Spike: evidence that D614G increases infectivity of the COVID-19 virus B. Korber, W.M. Fischer, S. Gnanakaran, H. Yoon, J. Theiler, W. Abfalterer, N. Hengartner, E.E. Giorgi, T. Bhattacharya, B. Foley, K.M. Hastie, M.D. Parker, D.G. Partridge, C.M. Evans, T.M. Freeman, T.I. de Silva, C. McDanal, L.G. Perez, H. Tang, […]

Precautions & Treatment Pbn. Dr.(Prof.) Manju Kaushal ABVIMS, Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi    COVID – 19   • Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered virus. • Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment. […]

HOW TO INTERPRET HRCT REPORT WHAT IS CO-RADS ? WHAT IS CT SEVERITY SCORE ?  HRCT REPORT TEMPLATE LOW DOSE H.R.C.T. CHEST SCREENING (L.D.C.T.S.): IMPRESSION: Findings are suggestive of atypical viral pneumonia, possibility of COVID-19 infection. (CO-RADS V). CT severity score 9 / 25 (Moderate)       What is CO-RADS??? […]

Research shows that using feedback is how organisms — and organizations — stay alive. Here’s how leaders can make the most of the anxiety-producing process. by David Rock, Beth Jones, and Chris Weller August 27, 2018 A version of this article appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of strategy+business. Not too long ago, 62 employees […]

    MILD   MODERATE   SEVERE Clinical Criteria  SPO2  > 94 % in Room Air  90 – 94 % in Room Air < 90 % in Room Air RR < 24 / min 24 – 30 > 30  No Pneumonia  Pneumonia +  Pneumonia ++ […]

HOW TO INTERPRET HRCT REPORT WHAT IS CO-RADS ? WHAT IS CT SEVERITY SCORE ?  HRCT REPORT TEMPLATE LOW DOSE H.R.C.T. CHEST SCREENING (L.D.C.T.S.): IMPRESSION: Findings are suggestive of atypical viral pneumonia, possibility of COVID-19 infection. (CO-RADS V). CT severity score 9 / 25 (Moderate)       What is CO-RADS??? […]

Last updated on July 4th, 2020 by Syed Balkhi 828 SHARES Share Tweet Share Pin Today is July 4th which means WPBeginner is officially 11 years old. We’ve come a long way Like every year, I want to take a few minutes and do a quick recap of all the major things happening in business […]

If positive , Cycle Threshold (Ct) values have to be compulsorily given in report according to *new ICMR rules* *Ct value* is the number of cycles required to detect the viral antigen. Lower the value (more viral load) higher the risk. Ct Values : Value between 17 to 24 – High Viral Load. Value between […]

💥💥 —————————– अपने एक वीडियो में सद्गुरु ने जितने प्रभावशाली तरीके से प्राइवेट हॉस्पिटल्स पर लूट के आरोपों का जवाब दिया है उतना अच्छा जवाब शायद कोई प्राइवेट हॉस्पिटल का मालिक भी न दे पाए।वो प्रश्न पूछने वाली वकील साहिबा से कहते हैं ,”आपके समाज ने स्वयं इस खूबसूरत सेवाभावी प्रोफेशन को व्यवसाय यानि बिज़नेस […]

As time passes in a pandemic there’s a greater chance of survival for those getting infected 3 months later like June 2020 than those who got infected 3 months earlier say February 2020. The reason for this is that Doctors and scientists know more about Covid-19 now than 3 months ago and hence are able […]

Anurag Kumar Jun 21 · 6 min read I am a psychiatry resident diagnosed with severe depressive episode. While I can’t say that I have recovered completely (as of June 2020), I am far away from the clutches of extreme suicidality. It all started in the cold days of December 2019 when I was relatively […]

Edited by Mary C. Vance, M.D., Katherine G. Kennedy, M.D., Ilse R. Wiechers, M.D., M.P.P., M.H.S., and Saul Levin, M.D, M.P.A. • 2020 458 Pages Editorial Reviews • ISBN 978-1-61537-233-1 • Item #37233 • Paperback • eBook Tabs to Accordion Description Overcoming fear, ambivalence, and inertia to act on behalf of self or others can […]

M3 India Newsdesk Oct 10, 2019 A A A Read on to find the right answer from Dr. MC Gupta, who also defines the scope of work for MBBS doctors, general surgeons, and DNB trained professionals. Which is more important legally—Academic Degrees or professional experience? ANSWER 1—The answer to this question is straightforward. In general, […]