Heartening World Kidney Day 2024 celebration at Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College with the beneficiaries of Kidney Care. We are happy to release 'Hemodialysis Practise Guidelines' - our institutional protocol on the practice of hemodialysis, on this occasion.
#wkd2024 #kidneyhealthforall

A good (BTech from NIT) science communicator schools a bad (Gastroenterologist from California) science communicator.

This one from Pranav Radhakrishnan is a #MustWatch , especially for nimble Indian minds who easily sway towards 'charming' pseudoscience peddlers 'who speak English.'…

Please read this.

This is the last note from a young woman who died of one of the most difficult to treat cancers known to humankind.

The cancer of the bile ducts, called cholangiocarcinoma. Primary liver-cell cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is nothing compared to this one.…

Indian medical education will soon become a cringe fest, so much that none of the other countries of the world will accept its [true] value.

In this standard ENT textbook taught to students in MBBS, the author, Professor P.L. Dhingra claims that at 20 weeks of gestation, when…

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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

#MedTwitter #MedEd #MedX

How common it is that Patients come to emergency for non urgent complaints at night just to skip the OPD queue.
Have seen it quite frequently.
Any place else with similar experience?

🧵Some combinations of antibiotics and non-antibiotics that should be avoided💊🚫

Here is my short summary of healthcare in 2023

1⃣Magnesium glycinate does not help in sleep or reduce depression. This was the same finding or lack thereof in the years 2022, 2021 and 2020. It will most probably the same in the coming years.

2⃣Detox was still a thing even in…

Is this STEMI or BER? #Cardiology #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter #ecg

I am unable to get over this incident

A young man joined post graduate training at one of the best institutes in India

He started developing clinical depression due to workplace and senior toxicity

He actually made a public plea about this.
A real call for help

Instead, a…

Things to change for Indian 🇮🇳 medical residency.

6 units for hard clinical branches per GMCs

18 fresh resident intake per year/dept.

More in🧵

Tag your favorite politician/doctors union.

Also put in your hostel/doctor room photos and suggestions.

🇮🇳 #MedTwitter #Residency

📑 Can you rely on an abdominal US or CT when assessing liver cirrhosis❓🤔

🔴The sensitivity for diagnosing compensated #cirrhosis was 0.62 for US and 0.60 for CT.  
🔴🔴 Even lower for #MASH subgroup

journals.lww.com/hepcomm/fullte…

🧠 CSF HSV PCR is diagnostic of HSV encephalitis but may be negative if done during the first 72h of onset of illness.

A🧵 on

Why is it important to distinguish herpes simplex encephalitis from other viral encephalitis & how to do that❓️

#MedTwitter #MedEd #MedX

This is Mt Rd - pride of Chennai, an hour or so back. The skies are unrelenting. The latest weather report speaks of the climax of the cyclone happening a few hours from now. Chennai needs a lot of prayers. To think of the aftermath is terrifying. #ChennaiRains #CycloneMichuang

Hi, ER Doc here.

RT if you’ve ever done CPR on someone and they survived.

Trying to prove something.

🚨Never use BACLOFEN in CKD patients 🚨

Even a single dose of BACLOFEN 10mg can cause encephalopathy in chronic kidney disease patients

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P….

Interpretation? @PMcardioBot ECGs The ECG Educator 🩺 🫀 Pedram ECG.Hacks Jason