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Musings of a Scepticemic Oslerphile.
Pranab Chatterjee
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- June 3, 2011
- 11:37 AM
- 1,890 views
Super-Bugs in Bugs and A Media Scare
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Discussion of an epub before print publication of a very interesting paper on bed bugs as vectors of MRSA and VRE... Read more »
Christopher F. Lowe, & Marc G. Romney. (2011) Bedbugs as Vectors for Drug-Resistant Bacteria. Emerging Infectious Diseases. info:/10.3201/eid1706101978
- August 15, 2011
- 11:26 AM
- 1,889 views
Answer: MediQuiz #2: The Rhythm of Life
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Yeah, once again, almost everyone got it right. There are few songs that tend to stick in your head as much as stayin’ alive does, and indeed, it is just the right beat to make your CPR go along with. … Continue reading →... Read more »
Matlock, D., Hafner, J., Bockewitz, E., Barker, L., & Dewar, J. (2008) 83: “Stayin' Alive”: A Pilot Study to Test the Effectiveness of a Novel Mental Metronome in Maintaining Appropriate Compression Rates in Simulated Cardiac Arrest Scenarios. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 52(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.149
- January 21, 2011
- 10:55 AM
- 1,650 views
Florbetapir: Making AD A Costlier Affair
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
The FDA has conditionally approved the novel contrast agent, Florbetapir, to help in the diagnosis of amyloid beta plaque build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s (or, for that purpose, any damn dementia) patients. Now there are several reasons why … Continue reading →... Read more »
Wong, D., Rosenberg, P., Zhou, Y., Kumar, A., Raymont, V., Ravert, H., Dannals, R., Nandi, A., Brasic, J., Ye, W.... (2010) In Vivo Imaging of Amyloid Deposition in Alzheimer Disease Using the Radioligand 18F-AV-45 (Flobetapir F 18). Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 51(6), 913-920. DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.069088
Clark, C., Schneider, J., Bedell, B., Beach, T., Bilker, W., Mintun, M., Pontecorvo, M., Hefti, F., Carpenter, A., Flitter, M.... (2011) Use of Florbetapir-PET for Imaging -Amyloid Pathology. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 305(3), 275-283. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.2008
- May 20, 2011
- 05:00 PM
- 1,644 views
Prophylactic Adrenaline for Anti Snake Venom Induced Anaphylaxis
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
A discussion of a peer reviewed publication in PLoS Medicine regarding the use of Prophylactic Adrenaline for prevention of Anti snake venom indiced anaphylaxis.... Read more »
de Silva, H., Pathmeswaran, A., Ranasinha, C., Jayamanne, S., Samarakoon, S., Hittharage, A., Kalupahana, R., Ratnatilaka, G., Uluwatthage, W., Aronson, J.... (2011) Low-Dose Adrenaline, Promethazine, and Hydrocortisone in the Prevention of Acute Adverse Reactions to Antivenom following Snakebite: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. PLoS Medicine, 8(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000435
- December 29, 2010
- 01:17 AM
- 1,543 views
The First Human RCT: Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Treatment Resistant Hypertension
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Treatment resistant hypertension has been an issue which has been bugging medical practitioners for a long time now. The first human trial on renal sympathetic denervation for treatment of this condition, the results of which have been recently published in … Continue reading →... Read more »
Symplicity HTN-2 Investigators. (2010) Renal sympathetic denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension (The Symplicity HTN-2 Trial): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 376(9756), 1903-1909. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62039-9
- March 25, 2011
- 01:33 AM
- 1,348 views
Buck-teria!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
First up, a disclaimer. I know one of the researchers who conducted this short study personally and professionally. I admire their work and what they have done to further the cause of promoting research by medical students in India. So, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Sharma A, Dhanashree B. (2011) Screening of currency in circulation for bacterial contamination. . Current Science, 100(6), 822-825. info:other/
- June 29, 2011
- 02:23 PM
- 1,333 views
Argyll Robertson: Better Be His Pupil, Than Have It!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Argyll Robertson pupils (“AR pupils”) are bilateral small pupils that constrict when the patient focuses on a near object (they “accommodate”), but do not constrict when exposed to bright light (they do not “react” to light). This condition is colloquially … Continue reading →... Read more »
Timoney PJ, & Breathnach CS. (2010) Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837-1909) and his pupil. Irish journal of medical science, 179(1), 119-21. PMID: 20069387
- June 25, 2011
- 04:30 PM
- 1,277 views
Harry Potter and Corynebacterium
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
How does Harry Potter and Corynebacterium toxins find a connecting bridge?... Read more »
A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr. (1942) Studies on Diphtheria Toxin and Its Reaction with Antitoxin. J Bacteriol., 43(3), 273-289. info:/
- April 18, 2011
- 05:05 PM
- 1,270 views
House M.D. 1.02: Denialism
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Once you have read the plot, you will understand what I am going to deal with in this post. The key to understanding how House reached a diagnosis of SSPE in the adopted kid was in a funny encounter he … Continue reading →... Read more »
McKee, M., & Diethelm, P. (2010) How the growth of denialism undermines public health. BMJ, 341(dec14 1). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6950
- July 12, 2011
- 03:35 AM
- 1,267 views
Harry Potter and the Missing Trauma Cases
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
With the last Harry Potter movie in the piping (due for a global release this weekend), it is understandable if the Potter craze gets a little irked this time around. And in true keeping with my Pottermania, in this post, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Gwilym, S. (2005) Harry Potter casts a spell on accident prone children. BMJ, 331(7531), 1505-1506. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1505
- July 1, 2011
- 01:00 AM
- 1,246 views
When Diseases Talk: Tuberculosis and Its Impression on Literature
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
A skiagram of the chest, showing miliary mottling, suggestive of Pulmonary Koch’s Disease in both lungs. there is also an opacity of the right upper lobe suggestive of active pulmonary disease. Patient was an 84 year old man, with a … Continue reading →... Read more »
DANIEL, T. (2004) The impact of tuberculosis on civilization. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 18(1), 157-165. DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(03)00096-5
- February 21, 2011
- 01:32 PM
- 1,231 views
Did Chopin Have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Frederick Chopin is not only one of the greatest composers this side of history, but also, a paleopathologist’s delight. He died at the age of 39, which, even by the standards of those days, was quite young. There were several … Continue reading →... Read more »
Vazquez Caruncho, M., & Branas Fernandez, F. (2011) The hallucinations of Frederic Chopin. Medical Humanities. DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2010.005405
- March 21, 2011
- 05:00 AM
- 1,141 views
Sex and the Senile
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Playtime! Geriatric sexuality is a very sparsely explored domain in the medical arena. With the developing world getting top heavy on the age pyramid, this has become a rather timely question to ask. This study conducted in Australia takes a … Continue reading →... Read more »
Hyde Z, Flicker L, Hankey GJ, Almeida OP, McCaul KA, Chubb SA, & Yeap BB. (2010) Prevalence of sexual activity and associated factors in men aged 75 to 95 years: a cohort study. Annals of internal medicine, 153(11), 693-702. PMID: 21135292
- April 12, 2011
- 10:26 AM
- 1,124 views
House MD 1.01: Dignity in Death
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
This is the first post in the new series on the blog where I analyze House MD episodes based on the content and scientific interpretation of the same. It is going to be a difficult ride trying to analyze a … Continue reading →... Read more »
Smith, K., Goy, E., Harvath, T., & Ganzini, L. (2011) Quality of Death and Dying in Patients who Request Physician-Assisted Death. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(4), 445-450. DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0425
- January 17, 2011
- 01:51 AM
- 1,119 views
Of Boobs, Babes and the JAMA
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
I have been an avid reader of the JAMA Online and especially been attracted to the cover art of every JAMA print issue. For those who do not know, the JAMA is the Journal of the American Medical Association and … Continue reading →... Read more »
Clark JP. (1999) Babes and boobs? analysis of JAMA cover art. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 319(7225), 1603-4. PMID: 10600956
- August 2, 2011
- 12:13 AM
- 1,052 views
Are patients really “worse off” with older docs?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
In what appears to be a largely counter intuitive result, research by the American Journal of Medicine has unearthed that patients end up faring worse when treated by older doctors or more experienced doctors. This Reuters article delves into the … Continue reading →... Read more »
Southern, W., Bellin, E., & Arnsten, J. (2011) Longer Lengths of Stay and Higher Risk of Mortality among Inpatients of Physicians with More Years in Practice. The American Journal of Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.011
- July 22, 2011
- 11:48 AM
- 964 views
Move Over Penis Captivus, Cello Scrotum and Guitar Nipple, we have TEXTER’S THUMB!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
The medical mind has pondered and pondered on the existence of maladies of the body and mind which are real, and sometimes, not so real. While the cynics say that the latter exist only in the realms of medical lore, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Walkinshaw, E. (2011) Thumbs up and down. Canadian Medical Association Journal. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3911
- March 11, 2011
- 03:40 AM
- 935 views
Tears = Turn Off
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
How many of us have been reduced to blubbering idiots by the tears of a distressed damsel? I am sure the casualties are too many to put a number. Almost all of us have come across a time when we … Continue reading →... Read more »
Gelstein, S., Yeshurun, Y., Rozenkrantz, L., Shushan, S., Frumin, I., Roth, Y., & Sobel, N. (2011) Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal. Science, 331(6014), 226-230. DOI: 10.1126/science.1198331
- November 16, 2011
- 03:55 PM
- 766 views
Penile Cancer: Another Reason to Stop Banging Animals: (Insert Zoophilia Joke)
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
First up, I cannot believe the numbers! This is awe-inspiring. I read the abstract three times in order to convince myself that I was not seeing things. More than the results of the study itself what intrigues me no ends is how the researchers got the participants to open up about screwing with Billy. Billy [...]... Read more »
Zequi SD, Guimarães GC, da Fonseca FP, Ferreira U, de Matheus WE, Reis LO, Aita GA, Glina S, Fanni VS, Perez MD.... (2011) Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study. The journal of sexual medicine. PMID: 22023719
- October 17, 2011
- 02:59 AM
- 750 views
House MD 8×02: Transplant
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
As big a fan of the House MD show I am, let me start off with the disclaimer that I consider this to be one of the worst ever episodes of House MD to come on air. EVER! And that … Continue reading →... Read more »
Steen S, Ingemansson R, Eriksson L, Pierre L, Algotsson L, Wierup P, Liao Q, Eyjolfsson A, Gustafsson R, & Sjöberg T. (2007) First human transplantation of a nonacceptable donor lung after reconditioning ex vivo. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 83(6), 2191-4. PMID: 17532422
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