Editorial

Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

Group Medical Director, Kauvery Hospitals, India

Dear Readers

The KAUVERIAN, New Year Issue, and also its Birthday Celebration issue, 08 Jan 2025, begins by paying a rich tribute to Dr .Vasanthi Vidyasagaran.

Her brilliant book that we serialized concluded with the last issue of 2024

Each chapter imparts an unforgettable lesson in Anaesthesiology, drawn from her immense real- word experience on patients.

We hope no Resident in Anaesthesiology leaves Kauvery Hospitals without reading every chapter of it.

That book alone shall put them on the path to become an able and accomplished professional.

Prof. Yashwant Ambedkar continues to bat at the crease with inimitable ‘take aways’ from his book on his own equally rich career.

This issue launches many debut writers, two of then holding the flag of Clinical Audits at Trichy sky high!

Dr. Rakesh Manohar, pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Maa kauvery Trichy, presents his Clinical Audit on Liver Biopsy in Children.

Dr. Chandini Devi, enthusiastic and young assistant administrator at Trichy Cantonment Hospital, presents an impeccable Prescription Audit on Patient Safety.

Dr. Harish, seasoned and prolific Critical Care Consultant and indefatigable teacher and researcher from Bengaluru Kauvery Hospitals, presents his recommendations on Critical Care Nutrition .

KAUVERIAN presents its FIRST paper on Geriatrics!

Dr. Sushmitha, Associate Consultant at Alwarpet, debuts here, cautioning us on the perils of Polypharmacy in the Elderly.

Dr. Yashaswini, Pediatric Critical Care Consultant at Electronic City, takes up the baton and presents “Neurofibromatosis with Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: Bystander or intriguer”

Prof. Srinivas, our eminent Director of Laboratory Medicine, takes us straight back to basics , with his ABC of CBC. The Drama of Diagnosis begins there!

We present a sharp and scintillating video report on a complex and highly successful intervention by Dr. Joseph Theodore, on the coronary artery of a young woman, performed at the Heart City.

Our lone and tenacious Physician Assistant author Rengaraj is back, writing from Neurosurgery at Trichy, on Neurogenic Dysphagia in Subdural Haematoma.

Hold your breath! We present KAUVERIAN “s FIRST Anonymous Author!

A nephew sent us images of pellet like particles, removed from the abdominal cavity of his aunt during a Laparotomy at Alwarpet, which had perforated her bowel. The pellets originated from long term herbal treatment.

Dr. Femela, consultant pathologist at Radial Road, debuts on this issue, with Proceedings from the First Ever CME on Cutting Edge in Laboratory Medicine.

She bats again, posting a diagnostic image.

The New Year Issue of the KAUVERIAN winds up with TEN Diagnostic Images from my desk and a poem on Geriatrics from our poet laureate Balasubramani from Salem.

Do read, and show case your work in the KAUVERIAN, your accredited and indexed scientific journal.

Happy New Year!

Dr. Venkita S. Suresh

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