Guidelines on management of Diabetic foot 2016 Meghna Singhania3 Aug 2016 3:50 PM ISTDiabetes mellitus continues to grow in global prevalence and to consume an increasing amount of health care resources. One of the key areas of...
Unprotected left main- CAD-CABG or PCI? Pramod Kumar2 Aug 2016 6:09 PM ISTCoronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard of care for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease, but percutaneous...
WHO MDR TB guideline update Meghna Singhania1 Aug 2016 6:30 PM ISTMulti-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, MDR TB is slowly becoming a threat in our country, to the general public as well as a reason of the failure of the...
IDSA releases guidelines for treatment of invasive aspergillosis Meghna Singhania31 July 2016 9:36 AM ISTARLINGTON, Va. – New therapies are improving care, but early diagnosis remains critical in the effective treatment of invasive aspergillosis, a...
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...
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...
Blood Pressure Goals in Diabetic Patients- SPRINT Trial savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 11:45 AM ISTSince JNC8, there has been questions at the more intensive control of the blood pressure in diabetic patients and its benefit in reducing the...
Hypoglycaemia Revisited- Classification and Treatment savita thakur thakur20 July 2016 7:53 PM ISTHypoglycemia is a deadly disease caused by, lowering of the blood sugar, below the physiological limits and can endanger life if not treated promptly....
Modern Radiologists do not face elevated risk of radiation-related mortality: Study Meghna Singhania20 July 2016 9:51 AM ISTRadiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from radiation-related causes like cancer, according...
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...
Lucknow: Oral Mucosa Skin used for vaginal reconstruction in a rare surgery at KGMU Geeta Sharma Sharma16 July 2016 2:01 PM ISTLucknow: An 11 year old girl underwent a miracle surgery by a team of experts at the King George's Medical University’s Paediatric Surgery Department,...
Diabetes Drug Alert: Canagliflozin (Invokana) Dr. Prem Aggarwal9 July 2016 9:13 AM ISTPearls of PractiseBy Dr Vinod GujralFor the prescription of Canagliflozin, it is important that Health care professionals should follow the...
