This post simply summarizes drugs used in ventricular tachycardia and supra-ventricular tachycardia. Note: this post is meant to give a brief quick review for when to use amiodrone, verapamil, lidocaine and adenosine. Drugs used in Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Lidocaine: It’s drug of choice in post MI ventricular tachycardia. Amiodrone: amiodrone can be given in both … Read more
All exercises are not designed to lose weight. Some are there to tone up the body, some to gain stamina and even some to gain weight. Proper and relevant exercise with proper weight loss diet is necessary to lose weight fast. Here we will list out a few best exercises to lose weight fast. Best … Read more
March and April are the months of pollen allergy in Islamabad, Pakistan. The influx of patients to the emergency department with aggravated asthma in these months is too high. P.I.M.S (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences) has set up a seperate allergy clinic for asthma allergy patients in emergency to manage the patients as soon as … Read more
Various cell lines and their variations in complete blood picture has their significance in determining the type of infection or reaction going on in the body. Eosinophils are usually indicative of any allergic reaction going on in the body. Significance of eosinophils in allergic reactions Eosinophils are generally associated with antigen-antibody reactions taking place int … Read more
Have you ever heard “shift to left” in diagnostic criteria of some disease (e.g appendicits – mantrels scoring system). Let’s discuss what’s exactly meant by this term, shift to left. What is meant by left shift neutrophils First of all we need to have a brief background. Less mature neutrophils are called bands or stabs … Read more
Although not applicable in all cases, neutrophils count in acute infection can be indicative of a bacterial or a viral infection. Note as I mentioned it’s not applicable in all cases and all patients. So use this as supportive finding along with other findings to come up to the conclusion while diagnosing a patient with … Read more
Losing weight seems like impossible once you’re fat and don’t know how to get rid of it due to various weight loss myths floating around! However it’s literally possible to get slim with the right diet and exercise. You can even lose 1kg weight per day for at least 10 kg weight loss in 10 … Read more
Hypotension, low blood pressure, can happen anywhere under certain circumstances where no medical help is available. What to do in such situation when your blood pressure drops and you don’t have any doctor or hospital around . . . ? keep reading to know! Emergency treatment for low blood pressure (hypotension) First of all, make … Read more
Note: Please remember, this post can not replace the advice of your doctor. If your doctor has advised against any advice on this page, then you should avoid it for sure. Also, rush to hospital whenever you or loved ones have high blood pressure or any other cardiac symptoms. Do not wait to follow advices … Read more
There exists a wide variation in duty structure and schedule of doctors, not only in different hospitals but in different departments of the same hospital even. However, I’ll try to summarize the structure and schedule for duty timings in most of the hospitals in Pakistan. First of all, one should understand that there are different … Read more