Publisher: Medical Dialogues


Early Hyperglycemia Linked to Increased Risk of Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm Infants

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Jihan Esmail, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, United States, and colleagues aimed to evaluate the incidence of abnormal glucose homeostasis during the first 72 hours of life and they studied its associated with major morbidities in infants admitted to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).


Laxative use linked to lower hyperkalemia risk in patients with advanced CKD

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Laxative use was independently associated with lower risk of hyperkalemia during the last 1-year pre-ESKD period, finds a recent study. The research is published in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology. Keiichi Sumida and colleagues from the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee included a study… Read More


Researchers report a case of porphyria cutanea tarda associated with hepatitis C

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A recent case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) describes a rare case of porphyria cutaneous yards associated with Hepatitis C. The case is reported by Dr. Tejesh S. Patel and Dr. Evgeniya Teterina Mohammed from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is the… Read More


High protein diet suppresses hunger, improves insulin sensitivity and cardiac function: Study

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A recent study published in the Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, explains the association of High Protein Diet and Prediabetes Remission and its positive effects on Incretins and cardiovascular risk factors.  


Operation Of Cath Lab During Covid 19 Pandemic

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Dr Shyam Sathanandam at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Interventional Cardiologist has advised that catheterization laboratories should develop strategies for patient care by preserving and repurposing resources at this time of Covid 19 pandemic.