PART 9 - PRACTICAL TIPS FOR PRACTISING PHYSICIANS
Part 9 - Practical tips for the practicing Physicians
- Amit Chakrabarty
- October 29, 2020
- 3:30 am
Dear Colleagues,
Thanks again for your encouraging messages and your support for my blog for Practical Tips.
As per your suggestions, I will continue this monthly blog and inform you about important information that you need during pandemic, in an easy to read format, that you might find helpful to navigate through these difficult times.
Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer-Care of Major Institutions
According to Dr. Grothey (Director, GI Cancer Centre, Germantown, TN) we alway delay elective procedures, Procedures like hip replacement or dental cleaning, you can wait, but for cancer you cannot, if you have an aggressive malignancy that a patient has and we need to treat this malignancy, then that’s more important than the hypothetical risk of infection.
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Covid-19 May Have a Hidden Impact on the Heart
Last month, several college conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac 12 among them, postponed their sports seasons, including football, citing the risks posed to athletes by the coronavirus. A major factor in those decisions, according to some physicians, was the uncertain implications of a July paper in JAMA Cardiology.
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Attitudes Toward A Potential SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine: A Survey Of U.S. Adults
This national survey (N=1000), conducted during the coronavirus pandemic, revealed that approximately 3 in 10 adults were not sure they would accept vaccination and 1 in 10 did not intend to be vaccinated against COVID 19.
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Can Face Masks Really Help You Gain Immunity To Covid-19 Coronavirus?
How? Are you supposed to inject the mask into your arm? No, and please don’t do that. The thought is that a mask could help you gain immunity through “variolation.”
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Daily Wear of Eyeglasses and Susceptibility to COVID-19
Brief report on a cohort of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in a Chinese hospital shows that a smaller percentage of patients used eyeglasses compared with the general population, suggesting that the use of eyeglasses may be protective against COVID-19.
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Risk of COVID-19 During Air Travel
The risk of contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during air travel is lower than from an office building, classroom, supermarket, or commuter train.
- How Is COVID-19 Transmitted?
- How Clean Is the Air in Passenger Aircraft?
- Risk Reduction Steps by Airports and Airlines
We asked 2,000 U.S. adults — half who identified as having a chronic illness — about their attitudes and preferences towards telemedicine starting in July 2020. We found that the pandemic has resulted in a sharp shift of attitudes towards telemedicine, with many patients reporting they will likely continue to adopt it even after the pandemic is behind us.
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DOJ charges 86 defendants with $4.5 billion in telehealth fraud
In total, hundreds were charged in $6 billion fraud takedown related to telehealth and substance abuse treatment facilities. The Department of Justice on Wednesday charged 345 people, including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, across 51 federal districts in what the agency is calling the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history.
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Increase in frequency overall, for adults aged 30 to 59 years, for women, and for non-Hispanic Whites. There has been an increase in the frequency of alcohol consumption from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network Open.
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“It is amazing how quickly these two years have passed by. With the help of Dr. Annu Terkonda I helped revive the Indian Medical Council of St Louis (IMCStL), that had been dormant for more than 8 years to become one of the most vibrant chapters of the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin (AAPI), culminating in hosting the National AAPI governing body meeting during our upcoming Diwali Gala,” said Dr. Amit Chakrabarty.
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How can we see into the future? The simple answer is that we can’t. We are left only with guesses as to what may be. Some of these are educated and informed; others are wild speculation. It is the former that I will focus on today; informed predictions of what may happen with the global pandemic of COVID-19 in the coming weeks and months.
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Stay safe and stay healthy.
Amit Chakrabarty, M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S., F.I.C.S.
Amit Chakrabarty
Vice Chair AAPI Board of Trustees
President, Indian Medical Council of St. Louis 2018-2020
AAPI Board of Trustees 2017-2020
AAPI Patron Member since 2001
AAPI Governing body member for 10 years
AAPI Regional Director (2 years) 2004 to 2006