Posted by: admin on: June 6, 2011
Category Cardio vascular system/ Family Practice/ Clinical guidelines We all know that as high 40% victims of 1st STEMI succumb within 1st hour. How the patient is managed is of paramount importance. More important for primary care practice is prevention of such a terminal event and following new guidelines definitely help! Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: June 5, 2011
90-95% yield in Vit D assay; Another field where primary care practitioner has to look for vague symptoms eg minor aches and pains all over; some bone pains, discomfort in virtually any posture and ask for an assay. Deficiency will be on the rise largely due to lesser consumption of milk/ milk products, less exposure […]
Posted by: admin on: June 4, 2011
Standard treatment of postpartum depression is still psychotherapy and antidepressant medications, but other modalities may also be beneficial. Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: June 3, 2011
The scale of the obesity epidemic may be much worse than currently believed, because the usual measure, body mass index (BMI), is a very insensitive measure of excess body fat Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: June 3, 2011
Obesity is an increasing problem. It is essential that staff involved in treating obese patients are fully trained and that there are departmental protocols and guidelines in place to advise on the management of these patients Team@CMHF