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Table Of Contents Physicians Academy Mar 2018 ( Volume -12 Number -3)
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| Editorial NGOs of Kashmir need paradigm shift in helping patients The
plan by the charitable organisations dealing with healthcare should be to start
at the primary level and then move ahead. It would be a great achievement if
HPVT can build Primary Health Care Centers in every district of Jammu and
Kashmir. Here, a general practitioner can see patients. Also facilities like a
laboratory conducting basic investigations and a pharmacy providing drugs at
subsidised rates can be initiated.
Download in pdf 70Kb  Sarosh Ahmed Khan, MD; FACP
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Article 1 Microcardia in a Marasmic child with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) is a
condition characterized by short stature, moderate to severe intellectual
disability, distinctive facial features, and broad thumbs and first toes. This
condition is uncommon. This condition is considered to have an autosomal
dominant pattern of inheritance. Most cases result from new mutations in the
gene and occur in people with no history of the disorder in their family.
Download in pdf 133Kb Ghulam Nabi, MD, Omar Nabi Siraj, MBBS, Ashraf Abdul Alim Younis, MSc, MRCP
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Article 2 Attempted ‘Blue Whale Challenge’–A Case report The Blue Whale Game also known as "Blue
Whale Challenge", is a 21st-century social network phenomenon existing in
several countries. The blue whale game was launched in Russia in the year 2013.
Blue whale game is known by many different ways like “Wake up at 4:20 am”, “F
57”. We at King George Medical University (KGMU), report a case of a young boy
who indulged in this game.
Download in pdf 140Kb Salendra Mohan Tripathi, MD; Junaid Nabi, MD; Manjunadh M, MD and Anil Kumar, MD
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Picture of The Month Picture of The Month-March 2018 The patient is a 78 year old lady who is a known case of Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, and previous CABG done, and presented to our Emergency
Department with abdominal pain of one month duration. She had multiple visits
to various hospitals in the past few weeks without any relief. Abdominal
examination revealed a faint pulsatile mass in the umbilical area. An urgent CT
Scan was done which revealed the following (See Fig 1-3): What is the
diagnosis?
Download in pdf 250Kb Murtaza Rashid, MBBS; MD
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Drug Update SYMDEKO (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) SYMDEKO is a combination of
tezacaftor and ivacaftor, indicated for the treatment of patients with cystic
fibrosis (CF) aged 12 years and older who are homozygous for the F508del mutation or who have at
least one mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that is responsive
to tezacaftor/ivacaftor based on in vitro data and/or clinical evidence.
Download in pdf 469Kb
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Abstracts from Other Journals Abstracts from Other Journals-March 2018 Do
Cell Phones Cause Cancer? More Inconclusive
Findings
NTP Draft reports
Former
Google, Facebook Employees Launch Fight Against Ills of Social Media
Center for Humane Technology
Drinking
Hot Tea Linked to Esophageal Cancer in High-Risk Adults
Annals of internal Medicine
Canagliflozin
Associated with Fewer Heart Failure Admissions in Type 2 Diabetes
BMJ
2018
Pediatric Immunization Schedule Published
CDC
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