tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38163113694537238122024-03-21T16:32:37.292+05:00Medical notesWe provide all medical notes regarding all the basic science subjects, recommendations on the books that are good for a particular subject and little medical humour now and then. So all the students and people who love to read articles on medicine this is the place for you.\Also we have a store which contains all everything you name it. The link to the store is
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-84477835589225321432013-11-16T02:14:00.002+05:002013-11-16T02:14:18.858+05:00Pharmacology Abbreviations
Rx: take or treat
SUS: suspension
OTC: over the counter
qh: every hour
prn: when needed
sos: when needed
IG: intra gluteal
̅̅a:
before
PR: per rectum
D5W: dextrose 5% in water
IV: intravenous
Kg: kilograms
Meq: milliequivalent
µg: micrograms
OD: right eye
OL: left eye
Stat: at once, immediately
Syp: syrup
Sup: suspension
Tab: tablet
Tsp: teaspoon
hs: everynight
qid: 4 times a day
qod: every Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-76404252206601421202013-11-12T14:59:00.001+05:002013-11-12T14:59:11.869+05:00Middle Ear part 2
Arteries:
From ascending pharyngeal artery: branch of external carotid
artery
Carotid artery: ascending pharyngeal artery.
Maxillary artery: middle meningeal artery and artery of
pterigoid canal
Veins:
Drains into the pterigoid venus plexus.
Lymphatic drainage:
To the deep cervical lymph nodes.
Nerves: from the tympanic plexus, formed from
glossopharyngeal nerve fibers. Anteriorly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-69780321288558203642013-11-12T00:15:00.001+05:002013-11-12T00:17:58.977+05:00Middle Ear Part1
Tympanic cavity is a cavity of the middle ear, it is a
narrow air filled chanber in the petrous part of the temporal bone.. It is
connected anteriomedially to the nasopharynx by the pharyngotympanic tube,
posterosuperiorly it is connected to the mastoid cells through the mastoid
antrum.
Tympanic cavity proper: space directly internal to the
tympanic membrane
Tympanic recess: space superior Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-56493274897770333802013-11-09T21:30:00.001+05:002013-11-09T21:36:06.933+05:00Nucleus
There are two types of organelles in our body, one which are membrane bound and the other which are non-membrane bound.
The Nucleus is a membrane bound organelle present inside a cell. Its is the site of DNA replication and transcription into precursor RNA molecules. All the enzymes neccessary for the replication and transcription proccesses are present within the nucleus. The nucleus Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-51331573675226468992013-09-17T21:59:00.000+05:002013-09-17T22:02:30.358+05:00Chest Xray (how to read Chest Xray)
ok so in chest xray always follow the following sequence for descrption:
1. patient information
2. postioning PA, AP, Lateral
3. describe the position of trachea.
4. talk about the heart and its appearance.5. talk about the lungs and there appearance6. talk about the diaphragm7. then describe the appearance of the bones and the surrounding soft tissue and fats.Remember that a pathology will Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-6430999707738919182013-09-16T23:40:00.001+05:002013-09-16T23:42:53.794+05:00Case 1 Explaination
Difficult
terms:
IPSS: the international prostate symptom score is an
8 question (7 symptom questions and 1 quality of life question) written
screening tool used to screen for, rapidly diagnose, track the symptoms of and
suggest management of the symptoms of the disease benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH).
Serum
PSA: prostate
specific antigen. Also known as gamma-seminoprotein or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-38760481295871020002013-09-08T20:32:00.000+05:002013-09-08T20:34:00.992+05:00Fact#10
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream. While this may be true, don’t take it as a sign you’re mentally lacking if you can’t recall your dreams. Most of us don’t remember many of our dreams and the average length of most dreams is only 2-3 seconds–barely long enough to register.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-12445700522072400642013-09-08T11:59:00.000+05:002013-09-08T20:27:26.551+05:00Fact 9
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It’s due to the super-speedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-21839894916528509722013-08-20T22:06:00.001+05:002013-08-21T22:36:14.855+05:00Digital rectal examination. What is it?
DIgital rectal examination, now reading these three words you must be thinking it has some thing to do with digitalization or technology. Well no this is a medical blog so it has some thing to do with medical examination, To tell you the truth it a procedure in which the index finger is inserted into the rectum for examination (I m not kidding). Though it sound ecky and weird, but this is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-59745856663213558962013-08-17T15:10:00.000+05:002013-08-17T15:25:05.115+05:00Medical Surgical Instruments
There are multiple medical surgical instruments that are used in the field of medical and each is used for a different purpose.
The surgical instruments are divided into 4 types:
cutting
grasping
retracting
suturing
Lets talk about them one by one:
Cutting:
Knife (scalpel)
This is used for dissecting or making an incision.
A number of different blades are used in the scalpel andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-35617257074788623442013-08-16T20:20:00.002+05:002013-08-17T15:44:14.819+05:00CPR meaning and CPR steps
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR), this is a word that we have heard from the doctors, especially
during an emergency. Many of us wonder what is CPR
and especially when somebody
has seen a CPR being administered they often wonder what are they trying to do
by compressing the patients chest. Well here we will discuss the meaning and
steps of CPR.
Lets start with CPR meaning:
The name itself Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-84485439733647356342013-08-11T13:16:00.000+05:002013-08-11T13:16:20.200+05:00Migraine, what is it?
Migraine a kind of problem that causes severe headache to the person suffering from it, so much so that many a times that person starts vomiting and need medication to relieve it. But despite knowing this about the problem, we often ask doctors the question: what is migraine?
Well a migraine is a severe, painful headache that is often preceded or accompanied by sensory Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-10697959039869208372013-08-10T23:29:00.000+05:002013-08-10T23:30:09.851+05:00Anatomical position of pituitary gland
The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 grams. As it is a very small part of the brain the question often arises as to where is the pituitary gland? Well the answer is quite simple this small but amazing structure is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-49288587940528424172013-08-08T12:30:00.003+05:002013-09-07T00:25:17.729+05:00Fact #8
If the lining of mucus were to disappear from your stomach, your stomach would digest itself.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-90788996381592839272013-07-15T12:24:00.003+05:002013-09-07T00:24:56.292+05:00Fact # 7
Our eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-75938951117503852302013-07-15T12:22:00.000+05:002013-09-07T00:24:07.138+05:00Fact # 6
Considering all the tissues and cells in your body, 25 million new cells are being produced each second. That's a little less than the population of Canada - every second !
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-27418563051667971262013-07-15T12:21:00.002+05:002013-09-07T00:23:27.703+05:00Fact # 5
The average red blood cell lives for 120 days.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-34880431728983986442013-07-15T12:19:00.002+05:002013-07-15T12:19:39.722+05:00Jokes
I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-29705000525880233402013-07-15T12:14:00.000+05:002013-07-15T12:18:19.906+05:00Ptuitary Tumors
Abnormal growth of cells in the gland. Almost all tumors are benign glandular tumors called pituitary adenomase rarely cancerous.
Causes: no obviuos cause.
Some might be caused by stimulation from the hypothalamus.
Inherited conditions example: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1). Adisorder that causes tumors in the endocrine glands and the first part of small intestines.
Carney Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-28713865061630404382013-07-01T18:49:00.003+05:002013-07-01T18:49:47.040+05:00Infolinks 2013
“Infolinks 2013”
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-84550708893876539192013-06-30T14:30:00.001+05:002013-09-07T00:11:15.516+05:00E.coli
Escherichia Coli commonly known as E.coli is found in the
normal flora of the colon and intestines. As the normal flora it causes no
problems but if combined with a virulence factor it can cause different
diseases like:
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tract Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-29271570609227984892013-06-29T21:41:00.002+05:002013-06-30T18:16:14.609+05:00Doctors. What we think we are and what we become after 5th year
The other day i attended a session on the topic doctors, it was conducted to tell us the true meaning of a doctor what a doctor must be like and what we as students expect from our profession.
We talked about the qualities of doctors, everyone in the room said that doctors should be good listeners, life long learners, empathetic, honest, skilful, trustworthy, approachable so on and so forth. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-89722061900775962862013-06-29T20:40:00.003+05:002013-09-07T00:00:48.072+05:00Development of Heart
The heart begins its development as a simple tube called the heart tube. This heart tube is established as a ventral middle blood vessel in the chest at the 4th week of development. Direction of blood flow in this lood vessel is caudal to cranial. So if that is the direction of blood flow then
as the middle part of the tube becomes the heart thus it immediately tells us that the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-35719973061555584082013-06-28T23:30:00.002+05:002013-08-17T15:31:59.284+05:00 Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal, resulting in compression of the nerves travelling through the lumbar spine into the legs.
Causes:
Degeneration begins in the intervertebral disk where biochemical changes such as cell death and loss of proteoglycans and water content leads to progressive disk collapse. This leads to an increased stress transfer to the post Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816311369453723812.post-59995290533586495722013-06-28T21:10:00.000+05:002013-06-30T17:01:08.885+05:00Taking a patients Consent. is It Important?
The other day a session was conducted in which we watched a video on medical ethics. In this video, we saw a female patient coming in with her husband complaining of intense pain just below her right costal margin. After taking a detailed history, examination was done which revealed that the patient had an inflammed gallbladder and it was decided that she needed a laproscopic colicystectomy. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0