ICU patients lose helpful gut bacteria within days of hospital admission: Study savita thakur thakur2 Sept 2016 9:31 AM ISTThe microbiome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital differs dramatically from that of healthy patients, according to a...
Weight loss following bariatric surgery sustained long-term: JAMA Surgery savita thakur thakur1 Sept 2016 3:50 PM ISTObese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) lost much more weight than those who did not and were able to sustain most of this weight...
Prevention of Catheter Associated UTI in Hospitals - Guidelines Meghna Singhania31 Aug 2016 9:44 AM ISTUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the commonest types of HCAIs. One of the common reasons of UTI have been identified to be the use of...
Haryana: 21kg tumour removed at Gurgaon Hospital savita thakur thakur28 Aug 2016 4:14 PM ISTGurgaon: A 61-year-old man was given a new lease of life after doctors at a city hospital here successfully removed a 21 kg cancerous tumour from his...
Breakthrough: Ultrasound used to wake up patient out of Coma Meghna Singhania26 Aug 2016 12:35 PM ISTLos Angeles: In a first, scientists in the US have used low-intensity ultrasound to successfully jump-start the brain of a 25-year-old man recovering...
Vertebroplasty helps reduce acute pain among patients with spinal fractures: Lancet Study savita thakur thakur21 Aug 2016 9:15 AM ISTVertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have experienced spinal fractures within a 6-week...
BP control regime may reduce premature death in CKD Patients Meghna Singhania15 Aug 2016 9:56 AM ISTNEW YORK: A stringent blood pressure control regime may reduce the potential risk of early death among individuals suffering with chronic kidney...
GOI guidelines on hand washing and Surgical Hand Scrub- Read the details Meghna Singhania14 Aug 2016 12:42 PM ISTPathogenic organisms from colonized and infected patients (and sometimes from the environment) transiently contaminate the hands of staff during...
Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in hospitals - GOI Guidelines Meghna Singhania12 Aug 2016 2:46 PM ISTPneumonia is one of the three most common HCAIs. Patients who are mechanically ventilated are at risk for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).Most...
Tamil Nadu: 3.5 kg fetus removed from infants stomach in rare fetus in fetu surgery savita thakur thakur9 Aug 2016 5:39 PM ISTCOIMBATORE: Doctors at a private hospital , here gave a one year old child, Nisha a new lease of life by removing a 3.5kg fetus inside her stomach....
NICE Guideline on Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults savita thakur thakur7 Aug 2016 3:36 PM ISTIN February 2015, NICE updates its guidelines on Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults: Diagnosis and Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Primary...
Screening of Colorectal Cancer in primary care: guidelines Meghna Singhania6 Aug 2016 4:22 PM ISTColorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in men and the third most common in women.Most colorectal cancers appear to...
