I pull back the curtain a bit today, revealing a deep, dark secret about myself—a secret so dank, surely I’ll lose the last three readers I have. I’ve been reading far too many Japanese light novels lately. It started as a form of research, but now I actually like the darn things. I can’t get…
Bone broth is a super-food for so many reasons. To name a few, it’s been shown to reduce inflammation, improve digestion, and improve the quality of your skin. Bone broth provides our bodies with bio-available (very easy to consume, digest and absorb) forms of calcium, magnesium, phosphorous and other trace minerals that are so lacking…
Budget 2022-23 is just a few days away. Union Minister of Finance Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman will present Union Budget 2022-23 in Lok Sabha on February 01. There are expectations listed here by the health and the medical fraternity. The minister must listen to them. Raktim Chattopadhyay, Founder & CEO, Esperer Nutrition: “On the eve of…
I was diagnosed with Fatty Liver Grade 2. Before visiting doctor, I had the symptoms of nausea, vomited after a severe acidity post meal. The doctor asked me for the ultrasound of my stomach. My ultrasound report said I had Fatty Liver Grade 2. I was at a dangerous level as transitioning into Grade…
Millions are returning to the physical workplace after extended periods of time working from home. While the world is still dealing with the virus and its knock on effects,many people are now focused on what it will be like to get back to the workplace. There are many issues to be considered, that encompass work,…
From my journal, 9/2/2021 I don’t know when a switch flipped in my brain that suddenly made everything seem so pointless. It scares me to think my kids could somehow experience this someday. I keep wondering what my future looks like after Brave and just a month ago I was excited about it, but lately…
While smartphones have made our lives easier, they come with their own set of drawbacks. A new study has found that mothers devote only 25 per cent of their attention to their toddlers while using smartphones, a practice which may impair child development. The research believes the findings are applicable to fathers as well. The…
The Ventilator Screen- those numbers! – Critical Care Practitioner 1. Total number of breaths (RR)– These could be mandatory breaths that the ventilator will always take, or could include some spontaneous breaths that the patient has also initiated. As the patient is weaned off the ventilator they could all be breaths initiated by the…
Believe it or not we don’t intubate people to put them on a ventilator. Rather we put them on the ventilator because we have had to intubate them. So why do we need to intubate them? Let’s work our way through using an ABCDE approach. Airway The patients airway may be compromised. This could be initially supported…