SEROTONIN Now, onto the individual neurotransmitters. We’ll start with serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT). Serotonin is a complex little guy because it has so many roles in your body. You probably are familiar with the idea that drugs that boost serotonin in the brain are used as antidepressants. However, serotonergic drugs have functions […]
SEROTONIN Now, onto the individual neurotransmitters. We’ll start with serotonin (also known as 5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT). Serotonin is a complex little guy because it has so many roles in your body. You probably are familiar with the idea that drugs that boost serotonin in the brain are used as antidepressants. However, serotonergic drugs have functions […]
KAPLAN & SADOCK’S Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry Ninth Edition  KAPLAN & SADOCK’S Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry NINTH EDITION Benjamin James Sadock, M.D. Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital Center; Honorary Medical Staff, Lenox Hill […]
KAPLAN & SADOCK’S Ninth Edition  KAPLAN & SADOCK’S Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in Psychiatry NINTH EDITION Benjamin James Sadock, M.D. Menas S. Gregory Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital; Attending Psychiatrist, Bellevue Hospital Center; Honorary Medical Staff, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York Virginia Alcott […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
‘A Disease protected in India” ©️ Dr. Rajas Deshpande There’s a deep valley between Doctors and many Patients, especially in India. Most patients and relatives refuse to grasp: That some diseases have no treatment, are not curable yet need a doctor’s supervision to maintain, prolong life with supportive medicines and techniques. That there cannot be […]
Case Vignettes 1 1. Alzheimer’s Dementia 2. Delirium not induced by alcohol and other psychoactive substances. 3. Mental and behavioural disorder due to use of alcohol; dependence syndrome; uncomplicated withdrawal. 4. Mental and behavioural disorder due to use of alcohol; dependence syndrome – complicated withdrawal. (Delirium tremens with convulsions) 5. Mental and behavioural disorder due […]
Blood clots continue to wreak havoc for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, and a new study explains what may spark them in up to half of patients. The culprit: An autoimmune antibody that’s circulating in the blood, attacking the cells and triggering clots in arteries, veins, and microscopic vessels. Blood clots can cause life-threatening events […]
What is Proteinuria? Increased excretion of proteins in the urine is called as proteinuria. Normal individuals excrete less than150 mg of total proteins per day. It consists of albumin less than 30 mg derived from serum, others mainly, Tamm-Horsfall/uromodulin secreted by thick ascending limb of Henle and early distal convoluted tubule, small molecular weight proteins […]
 Carey Kriz • Naiyer Imam Sarah Zaidi Editors BREAKING DOWN COVID-19 A Living Textbook Publication of First Medicine and Global Clinical Partners  Breaking Down COVID-19  Carey Kriz • Naiyer Imam • Sarah Zaidi Editors BREAKING DOWN COVID-19 A Living Textbook Publication of First Medicine and Global Clinical Partners Contents Chapter 1 Chapter […]
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Roots Written by Kadambi Srinivasan Published by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Tirupati 2019 ROOTS By Kadambi Srinivasan T.T.D. Religious Publications Series No.1181 © All Rights Reserved First Print : 2015 Re-print : 2019 Copies:1000 Published by Sri Anil Kumar Singhal, I.A.S., Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Tirupati. D.T.P. Office of the Editor-in-chief, TTD,Tirupati. Printed at Tirumala […]
 Carey Kriz • Naiyer Imam Sarah Zaidi Editors BREAKING DOWN COVID-19 A Living Textbook Publication of First Medicine and Global Clinical Partners  Breaking Down COVID-19  Carey Kriz • Naiyer Imam • Sarah Zaidi Editors BREAKING DOWN COVID-19 A Living Textbook Publication of First Medicine and Global Clinical Partners Contents Chapter 1 Chapter […]
That multiple strains of COVID-19 coronavirus exist in different parts of the world probably won’t impede vaccine development in the short term, experts told MedPage Today. In a manuscript posted to the medRxiv preprint server, researchers reported finding multiple strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. “It’s not the exact same virus everywhere in the […]
  THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia THIRD EDITION                                   THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION […]
      The British Journal of Psychiatry (2020) 216, 291–293. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.249 Editorial  Yoga for psychiatric disorders: from fad to evidence-based intervention? Shivarama Varambally, Sanju George and Bangalore Nanjundaiah Gangadhar Summary There is growing evidence for yoga’s neurobiological effects in people with psychiatric disorders. Postulated mechanisms of action include: (a) […]
 CliniCal FoCus Review Jerrold H. levy, M.D., F.a.H.a., F.C.C.M., editor Contemporary Management and Novel Approaches during COVID-19 George W. Williams, M.D., Nathaniel K. Berg, B.S., Alexander Reskallah, M.D., Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D., Holger K. Eltzschig, M.D., Ph.D. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is de ned as hypoxemia secondary to a rapid onset of noncardio- genic […]
 CliniCal FoCus Review Jerrold H. levy, M.D., F.a.H.a., F.C.C.M., editor Contemporary Management and Novel Approaches during COVID-19 George W. Williams, M.D., Nathaniel K. Berg, B.S., Alexander Reskallah, M.D., Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D., Holger K. Eltzschig, M.D., Ph.D. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is de ned as hypoxemia secondary to a rapid onset of noncardio- genic […]
   Topics               Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support Introduction Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support Neonatal Life Support Resuscitation Education Science These Highlights summarize the key issues and changes in the 2020 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary […]
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 CliniCal FoCus Review Jerrold H. levy, M.D., F.a.H.a., F.C.C.M., editor Contemporary Management and Novel Approaches during COVID-19 George W. Williams, M.D., Nathaniel K. Berg, B.S., Alexander Reskallah, M.D., Xiaoyi Yuan, Ph.D., Holger K. Eltzschig, M.D., Ph.D. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is de ned as hypoxemia secondary to a rapid onset of noncardio- genic […]
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Despite tremendous advances in medical science, uncertainty of outcome and ignorance of knowledge continue to persist. In fact, ignorance is common to every science but more so with medicine because medicine is a dynamic science, ever changing. Ignorance is not just lack of knowledge but also lack of awareness of a fact that we don’t […]
* *©️डॉ सुरेश पाण्डेय, नेत्र सर्जन, कोटा* आज 16 अक्टूबर को नीट का रिजल्ट आया है। शोएब आफताब एवं आकांक्षा सिंह ने नीट में 720 में से 720 अंक प्राप्त किए हैं। इन दोनों को एवम् नीट में सफल होने वाले सभी विद्यार्थियों को बहुत बहुत बधाई, सफल चिकित्सक बनने एवम् उज्ज्वल भविष्य की हार्दिक […]
From acute delirium to long term fatigue, covid-19 has serious neuropsychiatric effects Viral infections of the respiratory tract can have multisystemic effects, including on the central nervous system (CNS), and thus may precipitate a spectrum of psychiatric and neurological disorders.1 Some patients with covid-19 are now known to develop various CNS abnormalities with potentially serious […]
*HISTORY TODAY IN MEDICINE* *OCTOBER* 1⃣6⃣ *Dr. Hans Selye* *Jan 26, 1907 – Oct 16, 1982* 💠Hungarian-Canadian Endocrinologist 💠Father of the Field of Stress Research His contributions… 🔹Selye studied medicine at *German Medical School* in Prague and later earned a Doctorate in organic chemistry during 1929. 🔹After completion of his studies, he emigrated to United […]
When one goes through the history of the birth of anaesthesia one wonders why anaesthesia did not come to us as early as the year 1800- a good 50 years before it actually did! In 1800 the celebrated English chemist, Sir Humphrey Davy had relieved the pain of an infected tooth by inhaling Nitrous Oxide. […]
HEALTH CDC Finally Admitted How Far The Coronavirus Actually Travels in Enclosed Spaces HILARY BRUECK, BUSINESS INSIDER 5 OCTOBER 2020 Six feet of space is not always enough to protect you from catching someone else’s coronavirus. “People who are physically near (within 6 feet [or 1.8 metres]) a person with COVID-19, or have direct contact […]
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Received from my friend a frontline Corona Warrior. Politics aside, the treatment President Trump got from his medical team is the best so far. It’s very important the kind of drugs they used, the sequence of giving these drugs and the timing of each drug given. (1) They gave him Regeneron’s antibody cocktail immediately (within […]
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists and doctors have warned of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Finally, in October 2020 — seven months into the pandemic — public health agencies have acknowledged the potential of airborne spread. We’ve long known about the transmission of the coronavirus via respiratory […]
Covid management: 👉🏻Viral replication generally stops by 9th day – which means if you want any benefit of anti-viral it should be given within 9 days. 👉🏻RT PCR may be negative in late stages of infection. So, don’t forget to rely on clinical, epidemiological and radiological guidance to DIAGNOSE A CASE !! 👉🏻”Best time for […]
पार्ट १ -डॉ राज शेखर यादव M.D(Med) किसी शहर में एक बहुत बड़ा 5 सितारा होटल था,नाम था होटल शिल्टन।उसी शहर में बहुत से छोटे -छोटे ढाबे भी थे। ढाबों पर ac नही होता था,फर्नीचर भी सामान्य सा होता था ।वेटर लोग भी अडोस पड़ोस के गांवों के लड़के होते थे।न उनका कोई ड्रेस -कोड […]
©️ Dr. Rajas Deshpande The recent picture of our favourite cricketer Mr. M. S .Dhoni exhausted and fatigued on the field caused a lot of concern, and we wish him best health with many more years on the field. The passion with which he plays is inspiring, we all love and respect him just like […]
A Compilation of Articles from “Akhand Jyoti” Editors: Dr. Pranav Pandya & Shri Shambhudass                                        FirstEdition: 2005 […]
What is the suitable time to initiate Antiviral, Steroid and Anticoagulant in COVID? CME INDIA explores this question in this article. — Read on cmeindia.in/timing-is-important-to-covid-19-treatment-when-to-initiate-antiviral-steroid-and-anticoagulant/
To the American psychiatrist who diagnosed me with Bipolar Disorder: Doctor, you probably don’t remember me. But I remember you well. We met at the end of June 2014. I had already spent two days in the emergency room of your university hospital and another week at a regional hospital close to our college town. […]
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