Vivek Chauhan

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Malaria antigen testing kit BAN by Indian Government. Is it a wise decision?

I work in a non endemic region of India. I have diagnosed many patients of malaria presenting with fever after travel to endemic regions using these kits. Malaria antigen test kits had become a...

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Violence against Healthcare Workers: How do we define it? What can be done to prevent it?

Recently, in India, we have witnessed numerous cases of violence against healthcare workers. This was happening for long but with the availability of universal smartphone based communication tools...

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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...

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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...

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