July 2012 Blog Posts (73)

EMERGENCIES IN PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY…

Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay has been put on the disabled list due to a sprained shoulder. When an average person can’t do their job due to injury, it can be expensive for both the person and their boss. But Roy Halladay was signed for $60 million dollars, a sum unimaginable for an average citizen. This is a great example of how a chronic injury formed over years of abuse can cost thousands of dollars. While Halladay could not have avoided this injury, most likely due to the nature of his…

Whooping Cough Video

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USE OF PEAK FLOW METER…

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (PCNA)…

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia…

Haben Sie auch schon von der völlig neuen Behandlungsmethode der Andullation gehört? Hierbei werden die Schmerzen, die im Körper bei einigen Menschen sehr häufig und vermehrt auftreten durch bestimmte Schwingungen in Bewegung versetzt, damit der Heilungsprozess einsetzen und wirken kann. es treten keinerlei Nebenwirkungen auf, was die Therapie noch einmal in seiner Wichtigkeit unterstützt. Erkundigen Sie sich am besten jetzt gleich über die Andullation und vereinbaren Sie auf jeden Fall…

OSCE in Pediatrics (Bangalore Baptist Hospital, 2011)…

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People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't. Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day....

Blood is red only in the arteries after it has left the heart and is full of oxygen. Blood is a purplish, blue color in the veins as it returns to the heart, thanks to having picked up carbon dioxide and other wastes from the body's cells. In fact, your blood is red throughout only half your body. When cut, of course, the blood always appears red because it is instantly exposed to oxygen outside the body..

OSCE in Pediatrics (Wadia, Sept 2011)…

Oral cancer is often referred to as the abnormal growth of tissues in the oral cavity and/or oropharynx. It is one of the most commonly occurring malignancy. Over 640,000 new cases of oral cancer is diagnosed every year and surprisingly, this number has not shown any significant improvement in past decades. It is a complex and dynamic disease, involving a variety of changes in gene expression and structure which vividly differentiates it from other cancers. However, Cancers of all types…

OSCE Pediatrics (Pune)…

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Neuroblastoma

A young girl was brought to me by her mother. It was a case of depression as a result of some troubles created by her relative. Once she also tried to commit suicide by incising the wrist with a razor blade. On examination, I noticed the scar mark of the main incision on the right wrist, with a few hesitation cuts around. The position of the main incision mark made me to laugh silently, because, instead of cutting the radial artery, she made the incision at the centre of the wrist, partially…

CALCIUM CHANNEL

A Calcium channel is an ion channel which displays selective permeability to Ca++ ions.

There are two types: Voltage gated and Ligand gated.

Voltage-gated