Vivek Chauhan

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Has anybody worked on fetal microchimerism?

Fetal microchimerism is established during pregnancy and abortion. This has been linked with development of autoimmunity in females. Various hypothesis have been proposed for how microchimerism is...

18 May 2017 4,845 1 View

What is the relation of Metabolic syndrome and Homa IR with newly diagnosed hypothyroidism?

The profile of hypothyroidism in India has changed completely over few decades. Iodine deficiency goitre has almost disappeared in most areas, thanks to the iodine supplementation of salt....

18 December 2016 6,374 7 View

For Chest Pain suggestive of ACS, which is the best tool to TRIAGE patients into Low-risk category?

Patients present with chest pain to the Emergency Department and this is a quite common complaint. TRIAGE is a double edged sword where on one side you may discharge a patient who was having ACS...

26 September 2016 3,327 15 View

Do you agree that we have a north south divide for snake bites in Indian Sub-continent?

Researchers have been talking about 'the big four' in India. This may not be true for whole of India. I found that envenomations from South India are predominantly (90%) hemo-nephrotoxic....

14 August 2016 5,778 7 View

What test do you recommend for screening of undiagnosed diabetes in a rural setting?

I was reading the ADA guidelines, which say that HbA1c diagnoses fewer cases of undiagnosed diabetes than fasting plasma glucose (FPG), which in turn diagnoses less cases than oral glucose...

30 August 2015 7,154 35 View

Why do snakes bite people sleeping in their homes in rural areas?

Do you have any experience of nocturnal snake bites? Why do snakes enter houses of people during the night? Most neurotoxic bites in our state occur during night while people are sleeping. Bites...

24 August 2015 525 23 View

I want to know your opinion about using tools like Whatsapp for Tele-ECG consultations?

Doctors who cannot interpret ECG of patients with Chest pain are sending ECG on Whats app to me for consultation. I reply immediately and the patients get benefited. Is this okay?

02 March 2015 1,333 3 View