Severe trauma patients with Blood group O have high Mortality Medha Baranwal Baranwal5 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTSevere trauma patients with blood type O have a high mortality due to inefficient blood clotting and exsanguination (severe blood loss), reveals a...
Updated ESA guidelines for preoperative evaluation- Neuromuscular disease, Anemia Medha Baranwal Baranwal10 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTThe present guidelines are an update of 2011 European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) recommendations on the preoperative evaluation of the adult...
Antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid found beneficial for some stroke patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTThe administration of tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used for the treatment of blood loss from postpartum bleeding and major trauma, improved...
FDA approves Doptelet for thrombocytopenia patients with chronic liver disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval to Dova Pharmaceuticals's Doptelet (avatrombopag), a thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor...
New drug may avert thousands of deaths from PPH : WHO Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Jun 2018 8:10 PM ISTFindings of a new study co-led by World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrate that carbetocin -- a new heat-stable drug formulation for prevention of...
Daily aspirin no good for Primary prevention: European Heart Journal Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Jan 2019 8:28 PM ISTUSA: Daily use of aspirin does not reduce mortality in adults with cardiovascular disease, instead, causes additional major bleeding, according to a...
Prophylactic oxytocin during third stage labour may reduce risk of blood loss Deepanjana Sarkar29 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTOxytocin ergometrine may reduce blood loss compared to ergot alkaloids during third stage labor, revealed a review published in the Cochrane...
Accidental spinal administration of tranexamic acid during anaesthesia catastrophic but avoidable Medha Baranwal Baranwal13 Jun 2019 7:25 PM ISTThe incidence and significance of drug errors during anaesthesia are often underappreciated. Administration of the wrong drug during neuraxial ...
Fortis doctors remove 24 kgs gigantic tumour from abdomen of a 32 years old Deepanjana Sarkar22 Jun 2019 6:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: A team of doctors at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh have removed a gigantic tumor weighing 24 kgs and 6 by 40 cm in size, from the abdomen...
Hemoglobin of 12 is not normal, should be 15 in women, diseased and elderly- Dr Yash Paul Sharma, HOD Cardiology, PGI Chandigarh Deepanjana Sarkar19 July 2019 8:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: "Hemoglobin of 12 is not normal, it should be 15 in diseased and elderly" said country's one of the leading cardiologist Dr Yash Paul...
Arginine vasopressin reduces need for blood transfusion in trauma patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Aug 2019 8:20 PM ISTAdministering low dose hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) in trauma with severe blood loss may reduce the blood products required to stabilize them...
Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis Hina Zahid4 Nov 2019 7:00 PM ISTRenal Association has released new Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis that has been published in BMC Nephrology.These guidelines are an...
