Dose: 80 mg/kg/day in 4 divided doses for 7 days; maximum 800 mg 4 times a day Time to start prophylaxis: 7-10 days after exposure…
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Survival without Morbidity Must be the Outcome
When ever we talk about outcomes, we tend to only regard survival as the outcome. “The patient survived, our ICU mortality has come down. We…
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The risks of malpractice litigation are proving to be harmful to the US health system; the number of practitioners practicing defensive medicine is increasing. “Defensive medicine”…
Explore more Doctor-Patient mistrust may be expensive to patientsUnited Nation’s Peacekeeping Mission – A Doctor’s Story
In a very short notice to be prepared, we left home for the residential pre-deployment training on January, 2018. In the freezing cold of the…
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Scenario A concerned mother brings her 3 year child to the Outpatient Clinic; the child has had fever for 1 day, running nose and cough…
Explore more Pediatric OPD is a Challenge : Treating the Child and Meeting Parents expectationsStudying Pediatrics – Is it easy?
Pediatrics is a domain of medicine that deals with child health, illness and well-being . The word “children” may itself be difficult for many doctors,…
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As nations are getting the larger governments across the world are trying to do something to combat the problem. Obesity is becoming one of the…
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This was done as a final presentation for the webinar course – “Social media and United Nations”. I have tried to create this infographic using…
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