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Sulfonylureas

Sulfonylureas lower blood glucose in normal persons and type 2 diabetics. Not effective in type 1 diabetics. Act on SUR1 receptors on pancreatic β cells.

Paediatrics

Child Friendly School Initiative

Child Friendly School Initiative is an initiative of Indian Academy of Pediatrics. It is a set of 10 simple criteria that schools should meet in order to promote

Microbiology

Swine influenza: WHO pandemic alert phase 5

WHO has revised the pandemic alert for swine influenza to phase 5 on 29th April, 2009. US government site for authentic and updated information on flu pandemics is

Medicine

Swine Influenza A pandemic: H1N1 Virus

Swine Influenza A outbreak has started in March, 2009 in Mexico. The number of suspected cases has increased to about 2000 while the death toll is increasing. Confirmed

Pulmonology

Vesicular Breath Sounds : Mechanism of formation

Vesicular breath sounds refers to the breath sounds heard over the various lung areas. The term ‘vesicular breath sounds’ was coined by Lennac. It was named so due

General

Nosology

Branch of medicine dealing with the classification of diseases.

$Healed fracture rib$

Orthopaedics

Healed fracture rib

Healed fracture rib, seen as increased density and deformity of the ninth rib on the right side near the margin of the thorax, the commonest site of rib

General

Rotated chest x-ray

Rotated film with prominent aorta. The apparent tracheal shift to the right is also due to the rotation. The medial end of right clavicle is seen farther away

Orthopaedics

Bilateral cervical rib

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