Treatment of Unexplained Chronic Cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report Meghna Singhania26 July 2016 3:22 PM ISTUnexplained chronic cough (UCC) causes significant impairments in quality of life. Effective assessment and treatment approaches are needed for UCC...
Vaccination against Seasonal Influenza in Adult High Risk Groups: API Recommendations supriya kashyap kashyap25 July 2016 5:30 PM ISTIn the recent issue ( July 2016) of Assocations of Pysicians of India, through their supplement issue, A Muruganathan1, Santanu Guha, YP Munjal, SS...
Fasting is not routinely required for lipid profile :Expert Consensus statement Dr. Prem Aggarwal24 July 2016 3:51 PM ISTTraditionally it is practised that a lipid profile obtained only after 12 hrs fasting and the random lipid profile may not be reflective of daily...
WHO guideline on Daily Iron Supplements in adult women and adolescent girls Meghna Singhania19 July 2016 2:16 PM ISTGlobally, one in three non-pregnant women, corresponding to almost 500 million women, were anaemic in 2011. Iron de ciency is thought to contribute to...
CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap18 July 2016 2:33 PM ISTPrevention, assessment, and treatment of chronic pain are challenges for health providers and systems. Pain might go unrecognized, and patients,...
Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population: a guideline supriya kashyap kashyap15 July 2016 3:46 PM ISTOvert hypothyroidism occurs when the TSH level is increased and the free thyroxine level (FT4) is low. This can cause severe symptoms and is...
Management of Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3b or higher-NDT Guideline Geeta Sharma Sharma2 July 2016 10:18 PM IST Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with insulin resistance and, in advanced CKD, decreased insulin degradation. The latter can lead to a...
ATS Guideline on diagnosis of ICU-acquired weakness in adults Geeta Sharma Sharma30 Jun 2016 3:13 PM ISTA substantial number of patients admitted to the ICU because of an acute illness, complicated surgery, severe trauma, or burn injury will develop a de...
Management of respiratory depression associated with neuraxial opioid administration: Practice Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap29 Jun 2016 1:41 PM ISTIn march 2016, American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Neuraxial Opioids and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine...
WHO guidelines on Chronic Hepatitis B Geeta Sharma Sharma28 Jun 2016 3:17 PM IST// Two billion individuals in the world have evidence of past or present hepatitis B, chronically infected with hepatitis B. Many of these people...
KDOQI clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis adequacy supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2016 2:34 PM ISTWith the rising burden of CKD in the country, importance of Dialysis interventions cannot be undermined. At the same time, Interventions that can...
Nice Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Myeloma 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTMyeloma is a type of cancer that develops from cells in the bone marrow called plasma cells. Bone marrow is the spongy tissue found inside the inner...
