Editorial

Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals, India

*Correspondence: [email protected]

dr venkita suresh

Dear colleagues

The first three reports on The KAUVERIAN, 01 Feb issue shall be three original studies

We lead with Dr. Chockalingam and Dr. Ramkumar’s paper, from Trichy on ‘Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a multi-speciality hospital orthopaedic outpatient clinic’. Vit D has become the most high profile in recent times among all vitamins.

‘A study of Esomeprazole induced Hypoglycemia in twelve patients’ Dr Abirami and Ms Bini Susan Isaac, from Salem, follows. This strikes a warning bell on Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR).

‘Dynamic external fixator for unstable intra articular fractures of Proximal Interphalangeal Joint (PIP): “Suzuki ” frame’ by Drs J. Mohan Kumar and Vijay Kulkarni from Bengaluru is an elegant paper that comes third.

I requested Dr. Sham Santhanam, Chennai, our colleague devoted to popularizing good scientific writing in Medicine to review the excellent book ‘How to Practice Academic Medicine and Publish from Developing Countries, a Practical Guide’ by Samiran Nundy, Atul Kakar, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, three outstanding writers who together launched long back the ‘ National Medical Journal’, India’s finest medical journal.

Dr. Sham’s review, as expected, is excellent. On the day of publication of the KAUVERIAN, we shall also post the soft copy of the book as a bonus fotr our esteemed readers

A delightful report is filed next by Dr. Abirami, our redoubtable nephrologist cum Dy. Medical Administrator, Salem, on the first conference of Women in Nephrology at the rarefied heights of Yercaud.

A hefty review article on an ever-present menace appears next, from an enthusiastic team-“Pulmonary Thrombo Embolism: A state of the art review”, by Drs K. Lakshmanan, S. Inbarasu, Vinodh Selvin, A.P.S. Kannan, Yogesh, S.M. Suresh Babu, Department of Anesthesiology, Kauvery Hospital, Tirunelveli.

The KAUVERIAN’s first article on Artificial Intelligence is here! ‘Role of Artificial Intelligence in improving EHR/EMR and Medical Coding and billing; is from N. Manikanta, Medical Records Officer, Kauvery Hospital, Electronic city, Bangalore

Monoclonal Antibodies are defining the future of medical therapeutics, and our clinical pharmacists have been tracing its history and evolution for you and have already covered the first two to emerge. The third and the fourth appear now – Edrecolomab and Abciximab, by Kowsalya, CST Pharmacist, Kauvery Hospital, Trichy.

Dr. Subbaiah’s Atlas of Hematology and Hemooncology continues to unfold, with a medley of images that excites your diagnostic mind

Dr Vasanthi Vidyasagaran presents two anaesthetic challenges – An Acute Coronary Syndrome and pulmonary oedema complicating a TURP procedure and challenges in ventilation that moderate tracheal stenosis can pose.

We are commencing serializing a new author- Dr. Yashwanth K Ambedkar and his book ‘What doctors must learn-Doctor, look beyond science!’. Chapter 1 is “Is medicine a science or art?’

Journal Scan and Recommended Reading takes you travelling across international journals

Whatever you skip in Journal Scan, kindly do not pass over Guideline-directed medical therapies for acute heart failure (STRONG-HF). Heart failure carries higher mortality than cancer or HIV/AIDS

Kaanthal Manikantan, our prodigal and prolific poet is back, after her exhausting academic schedules, with her new poem” I Whisper Secrets In My Ear”

Best regards

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