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Murmurs - A Second Coming

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamJuly 11, 2023murmurs, heart, cardiology, aeolian tones, physics, wavelength, frequency, cavitation, velocity, turbulent flow, turbulence, laminar, flowComment

OHA Series - Sulphonylureas

Pharmacology, Medicine, EndocrinologyNarendran SairamApril 6, 2023endocrine, diabetes mellitus, sulpha, sulfa, accidental drug, first generation, atpase, calcium channels, potassium channelsComment

OHA series - Metformin

Endocrinology, MedicineNarendran SairamApril 3, 2023medicine, diabetes, oral hypoglycemic drugs, oral agents, type two diabetes, endocrinology, sugars, glucose lowering, insulinComment

Fissure-in-ano - A painful embarrassment

SurgeryAnirudh MuraliFebruary 17, 2023surgery, fissure in ano, anoderm, puborectalis, acute fissure, chronic fissure, vascular anal hypertonia hypothesisComment

The Complete Anorectal Examination - An Art Forgotten

Surgery, Anatomy, Clinical SkillsAnirudh MuraliFebruary 14, 2023jack knie position, surgery, anorectal exam, per rectal exam, fissure in ano, clinical skills, sims position, finger, anusComment

Pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Medicine, Neurology, Pathology, PathophysiologyNarendran SairamFebruary 11, 2023als, Stephen hawking, stephen, hawking, neurological, upper motor neurone, lower motor neurone, excitotoxicity, pathophysiology, pathogenesis, biopsy, motor neurone disease, MND, amyotrophy, lateral, sclerosisComment

Pathophysiology of Meningitis

Medicine, Neurology, PathologyNarendran SairamFebruary 6, 2023meningitis, pathophysiology, pathology, monro, kellie, doctrine, csf, intracranial pressure, cerebral edema, inflammation, cns, brain, meninges, arachnoid, pia, dura, leptomeningesComment

HACEK Organisms - A Mnemonic Nightmare

Microbiology, Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamFebruary 1, 2023HACEK, microbiology, microbes, cardiology, infective, endocarditis, ie, haemophillus, parainfluenzae, aggregatibacterComment

Pterygium - A Winged Menace

Ophthalmology, SurgeryMadhuvanthi MohanAugust 21, 2022pterygium, classification, treatment, surgery, ophthalmology, ophthal, tan et al, johnston, conjunctival graft, limbal graft, parts of pterygium, pathologyComment

Basic Classification of Seizures

Medicine, NeurologyNarendran SairamNovember 10, 2021cns, seizures, epilepsy, partial seizures, complex seizures, absence seizures, typical absence seizures, atypical absence seizures, generalzied seizures, generalised seizures, brain, neurons, EEG, electroencephalogram, auras, automatismsComment

Hypertensive Retinopathy - The Stealthy Blindness

Ophthalmology, MedicineMadhuvanthi MohanNovember 8, 2021hypertension, blindness, retinopathy, ophthalmology, ophthal, residency, shortnote, keithwagner, keith, wagne, salu's, bonnet's, gun's, gradingComment

Sinus Tachycardia - Defining the Normal

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamNovember 20, 2019sinus, tachycardia, sinus tachycardia, leads, II, III, aVF, aVR, biphasic waves, idiopathi sinus tachycardia, POTS, postural orthostatic tachycardiaComment

Supraventricular Tachycardias - The Narrow Waves of Chaos

Medicine, CardiologyNarendran SairamNovember 14, 2019cardiology, medicine, arrhythmia, tachycardia, narrow complex, supraventricular, reentry, reentry pathways, focal tachycardias, sinu rhythm, multifocal atrial tachycardia, MAT, AVNRT, AVRT, WPW, wolff parkinson whiteComment

Heart Block - An Electrical Travel Delay

Cardiology, MedicineNarendran SairamNovember 6, 2019sick sinus syndrome, nodal, infranodal, complete heart block, mobitz, wenkebachComment

Disorders of the Sinoatrial Node - When a Hero Falls

Cardiology, MedicineNarendran SairamOctober 30, 2019heart, cardiology, sinoatrial node, arrhythmia, exit block, impulse initiation, impulse conduction, holter, SNRT, SACT, automaticity, sulcus terminalis, tachycardia, bradycardia, sinus pause, sinus arrest, tachycardia cradycardia syndromeComment

Introduction to Arrhythmias - An Electrical Enigma

Cardiology, Medicine, PhysiologyNarendran SairamOctober 24, 2019cardiology, arrhythmias, conduction, heart, parallel, seriesComment

The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure - A biological civil war

Cardiology, Medicine, PhysiologyNarendran SairamAugust 26, 2019heart, failure, pathophysiology, neuroendocride, neuroendocrine, vasoconstriction, ejectionfraction, ejection fraction, cardiology, medicineComment

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - The Story of Bubble Boy

Genetics, Immunology, MedicineSw. Kopiga SreeDecember 20, 2018severs, severe, combined, immunodeficiency, scid, David vetter, bubble boy, bybble, nasa suit, genetic, x linked, bone marrow transplant, interleukins, b cell, t cell, progenitors, differentiation, mutations

Immune Checkpoint Therapy - Rearming Our Body Against Cancer

Recent Advances, ImmunologyMeenakshi KhemkaNovember 22, 2018Nobel prize, allison, honjo, immune, checkpoint, therapy, cancer, CD 28, CTLA 4, breaks on immune system, 2018, rearming, our, body, against, anticancerComment

Coomb's Test - Finding Bad Blood

Immunology, Medicine, Transplant MedicineNarendran SairamNovember 12, 2018coombs, test, immunology, rh, direct coombs, indirect coombs, reagent, antigen, antibody, hemolysis, haemolytic disease of new born, cross matching, blood transfusion, autoimmune haemolytic anemiaComment