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Location: CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, India

I am a Senior Consultant Physician & Ex Professor of Medicine at a private medical university in Chennai .

Saturday, March 31, 2007

METABOLIC SYNDROME - FEATURES

GHOST
G - Glucose high
H - HDL low
O - Obesity
S - Systemic hypertension
T - TGL high

DAPSONE - side effects

D - Dermatitis
A - Anemias,Agranulocytosis
P - Psychosis
S -
O
N - Neuritis
E - Enteritis

PLUMMER VINSON SYNDROME

AGE
A - Anemia
G - Glossitis
E - Esophageal webs

COPD - treatment

stage ABCD
1 - Advice quit smoking
Avoid pollutants
Annual influenza immunization
Antibiotics
2 - Anticholinergics inhaler
3 - Beta agonists inhaler
4 - Corticosteriods inhaler
5 - Domicilary oxygen

COPD - clinical features

C O - CO ugh
P - Productive cough
D - Dyspnea

COPD - Causes

COPD
C - Cigarette smoking
O - Outdoor pollution
P - Pneumoconiosis
D - deficiency - alpha 1 antitrypsin

Saturday, March 24, 2007

DRUGS - In units

SHIP
S - Somatostatin ,Streptokinase
H - Heparin
I - Insulin
P - Pencillin

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

OBESITY - treatment

FAT
F - Food
A - Activity - Exercise
T - Tablets - Sibutramine ,orlistat
S - Surgery

Monday, March 19, 2007

BRONCHIAL ASTHMA - treatment

SALT
S- Salbutamol , Steroids
A- Aminophylline
L - Leukotriene receptor antagonist
T - Theophylline