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Spinal Anesthesia: Anatomy, Physiology, Technique, Contraindication and...
Spinal anesthesia, also known as Subarachnoid blockade or Spinal block is a type of regional anesthesia in which the lower half of the body is anesthetized by injecting an anesthetic agent in the...
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Sleep Apnea Treatments – What Are Your Options
First of all, let’s take a moment and define sleep apnea. Have you ever repeatedly stopped breathing during the night? Well, that’s basically the best definition for sleep apnea – a disorder...
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Malignant Hyperthermia (MH): Clinical features, Diagnosis, Management
Definition: A hypermetabolic state that occurs in genetically susceptible patients on exposure to a triggering agent.Triggering agents:Suxamethonium or Succinylcholine (Depolarizing skeletal muscle...
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10 Golden Rules of Anesthesia
The 10 golden rules of anesthesia is universally accepted as basic safety requirements needed for starting anesthesia.Assess the patient and Prepare the patient wellStarve him – even for Local...
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Glycogen Metabolism and Glycogen storage Diseases
GLYCOGEN:Glycogen is the major storage carbohydrate in animals, corresponding to starch in plants; it is a branched polymer of α-D-glucose. It is stored mainly in liver and muscle. Due to more muscle...
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Pulmonary Function Tests in Children
PFT- The term encompasses a wide variety of objective methods to assess lung function.Ventilatory Lung Function TestsSpirometryPeak Expiratory Flow RateHelium Dilution techniqueBody...
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Understanding Hypothyroidism
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Choosing a Thesis topic for your Post Graduate course : Beginners
Thesis is one of the most uttered out word heard from PG residents. It’s a part of PG course and is essential for completion and achievement of the Degree. It is also one of the most happening event...
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Adolf Hitler had Parkinson’s Disease?
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Digital Clubbing: Tests, Pathogenesis, Grades, Causes and Differential Diagnosis
Left: Normal lovibond's angle (~160 degrees) Right: Clubbing (> or = 180 degrees)Clubbing is defined as the bulbous enlargement of the terminal phalanges due to proliferation of connective tissue...
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The Management of Healthcare Accounts With New Medical Coding Training
The task of medical billing and coding is concerned with the process of submitting and following up on insurance claims. Reimbursement by the healthcare provider is an important segment as well. The...
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Skin Care : Beauty Tips
Skin has 3 layers : epidermis, dermis and hypodermis. Epidermis the top most layer contains melanocytes which gives brown tint to the skin. Below it is dermis which has fibrous tissue , collagen and...
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Upgrading to Electronic Health Records
In the early 2000’s Windows XP and Internet Explorer were a dominant force in the market. Firefox was the new guy on the scene and companies didn’t know the name or trust it enough to adopt the...
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Causes of Earache or Otalgia
Earache a.k.a Otalgia medically is the pain in ear that can occur due to problems within or outside the ear and may be temporary or constant. An earache can affect one or both ears and can vary from a...
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Chronic or Recurrent Respiratory Symptoms in Children – An Approach
Common Recurrent or Persistent Respiratory Symptoms -Cough Wheeze Stridor Persistent Lung Infiltrates #Evaluation of chronic respiratory symptoms can be difficult because –Symptoms – close...
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The Management of Healthcare Accounts With New Medical Coding Training
The task of medical billing and coding is concerned with the process of submitting and following up on insurance claims. Reimbursement by the healthcare provider is an important segment as well. The...
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How Current Technologies Are Improving Patient Knowledge
In today’s world, many people attempt to diagnose their own problems based on the symptoms they are having while referring to Google. In many cases, the diagnosis has been as accurate as what many...
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Compounding Medicine & The Bigger Picture
Compounded medicine used to be a quaint stock in hospitals and pharmacies 2 decades ago, but the increase in prices of drugs and external treatment cost along with excess demand have brought back...
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Lesions of Upper Motor Neurons and Lower Motor Neurons
Upper Motor Neurones (UMN), Lower Motor Neurone (LMN) and their Lesions All the neurons contributing to the pyramidal and extrapyramidal systems should be called upper motor neurons (UMN). The anterior...
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How to Study Pharmacology : Study plan MBBS
A complete new and difficult topic and relatively unheard of terminologies and words are met in the subject called Pharmacology. This is what makes it one of the most difficult subject to learn and...
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