CME INDIA REPOSITORY
The COVID-19 Diagnostic Dilemma: Clinician’s Dysphoria
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr N K Singh, Admin, CME INDIA. See two very interesting COVID Scenarios. Scenario 1: Case by Dr Bijay Patni, Diabetologist, Kolkata. All 8 members of a family got Positive. This is report of a 24-year female. Date 25/07/20. Gets fever,...
COVID journey to Brain can be Scarier than you think.
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr N K Singh, Admin, CME INDIA. CME INDIA Discussion: Dr Abhishek Kumar Singh, DM, Neuro, Patna: I have recently treated one COVID with GBS treated with IVIg, improved. Another one COVID with encephalitis, Waiting for RT PCR FOR COVID in CSF....
India facing a Favipiravir Storm? Mad rush for Anti-viral drugs.
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr N K Singh, Admin, CME INDIA. Experts seem to be divided on 2 issues widely - Hydroxyquinoline (HCQ) and Favipirvir. Courtesy: Dr Satish Kumar, Bokaro See this comment: Dr Awadhesh K Singh, DM endo., Kolkata says: this should have been...
Sudden loss of smell and taste in COVID-19: Greet your patient as Lucky?
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr N K Singh, Admin, CME INDIA. Could anosmia and loss of taste be a COVID pointer? What is the observational experience of anosmia? Could it be a pointer as mild disease? What is the average time to recovery? Are there some measures to treat...
30 Important Endocrinological Tips in COVID-19 Era
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr Ambrish Mithal, Chairman & Head, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Max Healthcare D.M.(Endocrinology) - AIIMS, New Delhi - 1987 (First DM in Endocrinology from AIIMS); Awardee - President of India - Padma Bhushan, 2015, Medical Council of...
Is second week vital in acute COVID-19 Management?
CME INDIA Presentation - Compiled by Dr N K Singh (Admin CME INDIA) and Dr Basab Ghosh, Internist, Agartala, Tripura. “As of now there is limited evidence of post-COVID sequalae and further research is required and is being actively pursued. A holistic approach is...
COVID +ve home isolation date dilemma – First Symptom Onset or Testing date?
CME INDIA Presentation: Asks Dr B. Ghosh, Internist, Jamshedpur: A person tested COVID +ve 5days after fever, cough and myalgia. Now home quarantine for 14 days. My question is from which date it will be counted, first symptom onset or testing date? CME INDIA...
How to manage home quarantine in COVID-19 positive cases? What to tell your patients?
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr Basab Ghosh, Internist, Agartala. First see a scenario of real life (Discussed in CME INDIA Group) Dr Sheel Goyal, DNB GEN MED., JAIPUR: As cases are increasing exponentially, if many of the same family members develop symptoms of URI...
Is there any effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Glucose Control in women with Type 1 diabetes?
CME INDIA Presentation. How you approach to the following case? One 22-year old female, diagnosed as Type-1 diabetes 5 year back (GAD65 positive). She was trying to reduce weight, so started working out twice daily. Reduced her diet and had a very well controlled...
Post-COVID persisting Pyrexia: How to manage it?
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr N K Singh. CME INDIA discussion: Dr Anu Jain, Ambala Cant: There is a male, 50 year old patient who is COVID positive, fever since 19th August, was started on ivermectin and doxy for 5 days. His fever persisted, so faviparivir for 14 days,...
Post-COVID dilemma. Recovered patient craves alcohol. What to do?
CME INDIA Presentation. What is the effect of alcohol on COVID? Asks Dr Prabhat Agarwal from Agra. CME INDIA DISCUSSION: Dr N K Singh: Is it not like - Drink and drive 👹 Dr BASAB Ghosh, Agartala: Desperate to know that at this time of COVID positivity all around, what...
Immunity is the boss in COVID-19, Others are Mrigtrishna(Mirage)
CME INDIA Presentation by - Dr N K Singh, Admin, CME INDIA. Doctors in Distress At this time, everywhere, lots of doctors and their families are in grip of COVID distress. Every day, we fear what will happen? Lots of members and their families of CME INDIA group are...
Stomach Flu or COVID Gut: What to do? Is it a Mystery at Large?
CME INDIA presentation: Dr Debashis Nath, Physician, Agartala, Tripura asks on 05/09/2020 Can anybody share experience/ guideline for the management of COVID-19 diarrhoea? I have tried doxy, ivermectin. Some do improve. But in some cases, I am in a fix. I was...
COVID positive brothers living under the same roof: How to deal with this?
Real situation from a metro city in India. Query in CME INDIA … Two brothers aged 66 and 68 years, who stay in the same house and in the same room turned out COVID Positive on 2 different dates [as per the test reports], within a span of 3 to 4 days. Can both brothers...
21 Tips to deal with Pregnancy in COVID-19
Presented by Dr Richa Manaswita, MBBS, DGO, DNB(obstetrics &gynecology), Junior consultant Coccon Hospital, Jaipur & Dr Vaibhav Agnihotri, MBBS, DCH, DNB Paediatric, IAP Fellowship Neonatology, PGPN Boston University, PCBD John Hopkins University. CME INDIA...
Real-life dilemmas in COVID-19 Management
Compiled by Dr N K Singh, Admin - CME INDIA. CME INDIA Discussion: Dr Somnath, Intensivist & Internist, Hyderabad: Asymptomatic Covid 19 positive. But IL 6 more than 125 (normal upto 7). PCT normal. Can tocilizumab be given. Scenario (1) Asymptomatic but HIV...
Chest Auscultation of COVID-19 Patients
Presented by Dr. Satish Kumar, Bokaro General Hospital. B. S. City. Learning from the history of Medicine: 2 centuries ago; René Laënnec, France, 1819: The doctor's iconic Stethoscope is one of the essential tools for the clinician while dealing with a patient...
Is DPP-4 Inhibitors or Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19 heading to a Useful Treatment Option?
Compiled by Admin on the basis of recently published articles by Dr Awadhesh Kumar Singh, DM, Endocrinology & Dr Ritu Singh, Kolkata. In a very recent paper published in Journal of Diabetology, eminent endocrinologist, Dr Awadhesh Kumar Singh (Department of...
30 Tips to prevent COVID infection in your practice
CME INDIA Presentation by Dr Santhosh Babu M R, Senior Medical Consultant, National Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Thrissur, Kerala with no conflict of interest. Contact: santhoshbabudr@gmail.com / 9846088468. 30 Very Important Advices for...
How to deal with post-Covid Lung Fibrosis?
Originally posted 21st Aug 2020; Updated: 1st Sept. 2020. Q: What is the protocol for residual lung dysfunction post Covid19 which is very common in patients who have suffered lung affection to the tune of 30 percent or more? CME INDIA Discussion: Dr Raju Sharma,...