Editorial

Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals, India

Dear Colleagues

The KAUVERIAN appears on 08 August, proud to publish KAUVERY DATA each time!

We open with Dr. Chockalingam’s audit from Trichy, carrying a cautionary tale, on the perils of not assuring that ‘diagnoses’ are highlighted and correctly documented’ on our database under the direct guidance and supervision of Consultants.

This is not delegatable to non-medical staff!

Dr. Chockalingam returns with a fine audit on Ortho Rehab at Trichy.

Dr. Fazil Ilahi and Rengaraj from Trichy scrupulously documented the details of a patient with ischemic stroke who benefited immensely from endovascular thrombectomy but also required a decompressive craniotomy.

This is the first Kauvery publication on the subject and we compliment Dr. Fazal and especially Rengaraj, a Physician Asst to who this is his third publication in the KAUVERIAN

Dr. Harish, intrepid intensivist from Marathahalli, reports the successful outcome of a battle he and colleagues fought to save a young woman with severe Dengue complicated with HLH.

Dr. Ramanathan, indefatigable intensivist from Trichy, describes his outstanding work on Prone Ventilation .

We have a debut author! Shadia Sultana, PG Resident, DNB Internal Medicine, Trichy, reports on a case series on Dermatological Emergencies.

Dr. Karuppiah, captain of the ER warriors of Tennur Trichy, crisply outlines the management of a spectre that arrives often in the ICU, the DKA.

For the FIRST time in KAUVERIAN history we present the Pod Cast of his presentation.

Kishore Kumar Rajasekaran and colleagues from Salem publish two short, incisive, procedures on critically ill patients. This is a good model for instant, efficient, immediate and impactful publication.

Dr. Priya Chockalingam video presentation from Chennai, continuing her quest into genetic factors in cardiac diseases, presenting a succinct account on Sudden Cardiac Death.

Dr. Vinod Gunasekaran from Trichy presents an overview on Desatinib in CML

One shoe size does not fit all!

One Statin does cure all the hyperlipidemic ills of the entire world and mitigate the risks of disease and death from CAD, CVD and PVD!

Dr. Jayaprasad reviews the recommendations of the Cardiological Society of India on Lipid management.

Vinitha, Group level Clinical Pharamacist from Trichy, writes on a procedure we rarely do- ” Pharmacological Stress ECG and ECHO”.

From my desk comes a” Journal Scan” on Medical Ethics – summary of articles from a special edition of MEDICINE UK, from Elsevier.

Our renowned and revered teachers- Drs Vasanthi Vidyasagaran and Yeshwanth Ambedkar- graciously share their valuable insights through chapters from their books.

Vasanth David Bennaya brings the issue to a poetic conclusion with “Unakkaka Nee”

Kindly read the Kauverians and write about your “original work” for the KAUVERIAN

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Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

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