News reports about a possible connection between COVID-19 and a rare but serious health condition in children called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are the latest fear factor.
Scientists from around the world, including pediatric specialists, are working together to understand MIS-C and how best to diagnose and treat it.
What is known about MIS-C :
Children with MIS-C are very ill and have a fever and inflammation in their body that gets confirmed from lab tests. While different, MIS-C has some of the same symptoms as other rare childhood conditions such as Kawasaki Disease and toxic shock syndrome. Children with MIS-C may also have thrombosis (blood clots), poor heart function and problems with many organs, such as the intestines, heart, brain, lungs, skin, and kidneys.
These children need help from paediatricians and other paediatric specialists like Paediatric Cardiologist, Paediatric Nephrologist etc.
Acces the links below to read more about MIS-C.
News Story about MIS-C :
Research paper about MIS -C
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sqPsP5AfDxgEc1moDpf-n-SEVtrx4_1W/view?usp=sharing
Managing any disaster – man-made or natural, needs resources and accessibility to those resources. Healthcare delivery is steeped in inequities; especially in India. The urban and rural gap is accessibility and availability of healthcare resources is unbridged as yet.
In such a scenario it is a ginormous task to face the current healthcare disaster, let alone battle it.
Read on to know what the public health experts have to say about this.
Is that possible? Just get a chip inserted in your brain and you do not need to pay thousands of green notes to buy motivation to stay fit? What if the chip could tell the kids to study and clean their rooms – would there be no need for mommy??
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has come up with a chip which prompts the chimp to play a video game without a joystick – just by thinking of his next moves.
The horizon is open to a flood of possibilities – we can can think and make war or peace just happen!
Read on to know more about this exciting new discovery –https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-neuralink-monkey-idUSKBN2BW2H2
Accused of data manipulation by the US, AstraZeneca has faced unprecedented scrutiny over the past six months. What is the reality behind the trials and the data related to these trials? Is it just ‘proxy’ defamation due to political leanings or a truly mismanaged trial?
Read on to find out how a ‘communication’ disaster has created a web of misconceptions.
Continuous learning is essential for doctors all throughout their clinical practice.
Here we share with you an interesting study which proves:
In low resource settings, tele-mentoring (tele-consultation between doctors) was able to significantly change the diagnosis especially in non-communicable diseases (NCD). In a clinical setting: this can improve health care outcomes, reduce cost of health-care (by avoiding wasteful investigations and therapy) besides protecting the primary doctor from unnecessary litigious assaults.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWCG2URnmh0RsuRpeK_ZLZnOqa4huT0L/view?usp=sharing
“Living Well with Kidney Diseases
On the 2nd Thursday in the month of March we celebrate World Kidney Day to create awareness in our colleagues and society about kidney diseases.
This year the theme was ” Living Well with Kidney diseases”.
We are well aware of Pediatric kidney diseases being different from Adult kidney diseases like structural congenital anomalies, nephrotic syndrome, UTI, hemolytic uremic syndrome etc.
Timely diagnosis, treatment, prevention and follow up is all that we need to have healthy kidneys in kids.
Let us strive together to motivate children to live well with kidney diseases.”
-Dr. Amish Udani Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai
Read More at : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eSXukynI-BM1AjYvrcDvsVRDPx-uJ61O/view?usp=sharing
Why do eligible recipients fail to get vaccinated even when a community wide vaccine drive is organized? What are the drivers and variables that impact the coverage of a vaccination drive? Are the differences in coverage in a community avoidable?
Read an interesting article by Joseph L. Mathew, MD, PhD, and Santosh K. Mittal, MD which explores the vaccine inequity in the Indian scenario.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m1JFBA3i6pdiif3Ld9wB76nhjBu_Iu81/view?usp=sharing
Interesting case of medical negligence: The West Bengal Consumer Redressal Forum has passed an order stating that failure to consult a relevant specialist by the treating doctor, when required by the clinical status of the patient, amounts to medical negligence.
The case relates to a 55-year-old road traffic accident victim. The patient was being treated from 24-11-16 who succumbed on 18-12-16. The court has observed that a gastroenterologist, nephrologist, pulmonologist and an ENT specialist who should have been consulted, were not consulted amounting to negligence and a compensation of 10 lakhs was awarded as negligence.
Read the complete court order at this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c0sEwTMJn6Buja_WKVywQNPK6p_Sd7e1/view?usp=sharing
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