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Medicine Update

2010

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Medicine Update Contents 2010

Foreword : Dr. BK Sahay
Preface : Dr. Siddharth N Shah
From the Desk of the Editor : Murlidhar S. Rao

1. GENERAL & BASICS
- Research in Clinical Medicine in India : What Api Can Do?
  V Parameshwara ......1
- Aging Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis. Can We Retard It?
  GS Sainani, VG Maru ......4
- Professionalism in Clinical Practice
  M Maiya ......9
- Is India Really Getting Fatter- Urban Rural Divide? How to Manage Obesity?
  Vitull K Gupta, Sonia Gupta......13
- Preventive Health Care
  Anil Chaturvedi......25
2. DIABETOLOGY
- Prediabetic State: Changing Times, Evolving Paradigm, a Ringside View Over Five Decades
  JS Bajaj...... 27
- Redefining Diabetes as Chronic Cardiovascular Risk Syndrome
  (PRESIDENTIAL ORATION)
  Murlidhar S Rao...... 35
- Rapid Acting Insulin Analogues
  Jitendra Singh...... 42
- Diabetic Nephropathy: Novel Mechanisms and Therapies in 2010
  Pritam Gupta, Ankur Gupta...... 46
- Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients
  Vijay Achari, Prit Pal Singh, Upendra Baitha ......50
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Current : Guidelines for Diagnosis & Management
  V Seshiah...... 57
- Management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
  Sunil Gupta...... 65
- Drug-Induced Diabetes
  KK Lohani...... 70
- Basal Insulin Analogues-Uses and Controversies
  V Balaji ......74
- Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes
  Shridhar Dwivedi, Sunil K Mishra, Harneesh Randhawa ......79
- Role of Glucotoxicity in the Pathogenesis of Complications in Diabetes Mellitus
  Sidharth Das...... 84
- Beta Cell Preservation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  Arvind Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, KK Sharma ......89
- How to Detect the Millions of People in India with Undiagnosed Diabetes Cost Effectively
  V Mohan, R Pradeepa, M Deepa, RM Anjana, Ranjit Unnikrishnan I, Manjula Datta...... 93
- “Prediabetes” - Early Detection and Interventions
  Mallikarjun V Jali ......97
- Incretin-Based Therapy for type 2 Diabetes: Overcoming Unmet Needs
  Klaus Henning Jensen ......105
- Basal Insulin Analogues : From controversies to concepts (API NOVO NORDISK ORATION)
  Chantal Mathieu ......113
- Is HbA1c Really Essential for Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
  SV Madhu ......117
- Diabetomics : Prospects for Non-invasive Diabetes Testing and Diagnosis
  PV Rao, Srinivasa R. Nagalla, Charles T Roberts......120
- Insulin Guidelines: Taking it Forward
  Ajay Kumar...... 127
- Pre-diabetes or Diabetes: When to Start?
  D Maji ......131
- Update on Intervention Trials to Prevent or Reverse Type 1 Diabetes
  Ramachandra G Naik ......135
- Post-Prandial Hyperglycaemia –Implications and Management
  Pradeep G Talwalkar ......139
- Life-style Modification and Yoga in Prevention of Diabetes in India – How Far Have We Come?
  BK Sahay, Rakesh Sahay...... 142
- Hyperglycemic Emergencies: Evaluation and Management Guidelines
  Anant Nigam ......147
- Diabetic Dyslipidemia-Priorities and Targets in India
  Jotideb Mukhopadhyay, Saubhik Kanjilal, Monodeep Biswas ......155
- Untold Story of High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol
  NK Singh ......160
- Lessons Learnt from Lipid Lowering Trials: Our Future Approach
  (PJ Mehta Oration)
  SN Narasingan......166
- Adiponectin-The Molecule of This Decade
  VA Kothiwale, Madhav Prabhu...... 172
3 CARDIOLOGY
- Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Therapeutic Use
  Nishit Choksi......178
- Infective Endocarditis: Current Scenario
  S Arulrhaj, Aarathy Kannan, B Kannan, M Selvaganesh......180
- Current Management Strategies for Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  Lekha Adik Pathak, Salil Shirodkar, Sushant Patil......187
- Coronary Heart Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: Epidemiology and Mechanisms
  Rajeev Gupta......197
- Cardiomyopathies– Clinical and Echocardiographic Evaluation
  SR Mittal......203
- Pitfalls and Limitations of the Stress Test
  SB Gupta......208
- "Cardiovascular CT Angiography"
  Ravi Bathina......210
- Optimal Utilisation of Stress Testing Vis-À-Vis Other Imaging Modalities
  Rajeev Gupta......213
- Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Diabetes : Fact or Fiction ?
  SS Iyengar......216
- Post Fibrinolytic Strategies in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  Dev Pahlajani......219
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Current Concepts
  Sanjay Tyagi, Sumod Kurien, Anuj Goel ......221
- Stable Angina: Lessons Learnt from Recent Trials
  PC Manoria, Pankaj Manoria, Piyush Manoria, SK Parashar, RK Shrivastava......227
- Aortic Valve Disorders
  PS Reddy......231
- Pathophysiology of Heart failure
  PS Reddy......233
- Atrial Fibrillation- Advances in Treatment
  Yash Lokhanwala, Jignesh Shah, Gopi Krishna Panicker......236
- Prehospital Thrombolysis
  Sunil Sathe, Archana Sathe......242
- Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease
  Nagaraj Desai, Prabhakar C Koregol......244
- Post Myocardial Infarction Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Failure
  Amal Kumar Banerjee, Dipankar Ghosh Dastidar......251
- Recent Advances in PCI
  Anand Parikh, Anand M Rao......258
- Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction “The First 12 Hours"
  AB Mehta, Abhijit Aklujkar......266
- CRT and Combo Devices – Who Needs Them and When?
  Aparna Jaswal, Sameena Khalil......270
- Stress Testing in Asymptomatic Persons
  Manmohan Singh, Vikas Sharma, Amitoj Singh......275
- Lipid Lowering and CRP Lowering in Community Practice
  Uday M Jadhav......279
- Awake Cardiac Surgery: Where Does it Stand Today?
  Vivek Jawali......283
- Role of Echo-Doppler in Heart Failure
  SK Parashar ......287
- Diabetes & Coronary Artery Disease: PCI or CABG: Pros & Cons
  Gurpreet Singh Wander, Shibba Takkar Chhabra ......295
- Cardiogenic Shock- Management
  M Panja, Madhumati Panja, Saroj Mandal, Dilip Kumar ......301
- Stress Echocardiography
  Rakesh Gupta ......309
- Anticoagulation Management in Medical Practice
  Gyannendra K Sharma ......316
- Thrombolytic Agents- Old and New
  Hemanth Thacker ......322
- Venous Thromboembolism- Indian Perspective
  Gandharba Ray, Manoranjan Behera ......329
- Heart Rate as a Risk Factor in Cardiac Disease
  Ashish K Thakur ......335
- Present Status of Renin Inhibitors
  Suman Bhandari, S Mittal, N Gupta ......340
- Newer Antithrombins and Anticoagulants
  Pankaj Manoria, PC Manoria ......346
- Ranolazine and Ivabradine- their Current Use
  Harbir Kaur Rao, Gupta RS, Singh SR ......351
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathy – A Non Coronary Complication of Diabetes Mellitus
  HM Mardikar, Parag Admane, Manjusha Mardikar, NV Deshpande, Jhumki Mardikar ......358
- Management of Aortic Aneurysms
  Kirit Patel ......362
- Mitral Valve Disease : Advances in Catheter Interventions
  CN Manjunath, Prabhavathi ......368
- Pharmaco-Invasive Therapy in Acute MI
  Brian Pinto ......375
- Diastolic Heart Failure – Emerging Trends
  SN Arya ......380
- Endovascular Treatments for Critical Limb Ischemia
  Nishit Choksi ......386
4. HYPERTENSION
- Hypertension in Stroke
  ME Yeolekar ......391
- Central Aortic Blood Pressure: Emerging Clinical Value
  C Venkat S Ram ......396
- Prehypertension (PHTN)
  VG Nadagouda ......400
- Baroreceptor Activation Therapy for Treating Resistant Hypertension: A Status Report
  C Venkat S Ram ......404
- Management of Hypertension in Diabetes
  BB Thakur ......407
5. CRITICAL CARE & EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Using ABG in Respiratory Acid Base disorder, Oxygenation and Mechanical Ventilation Care
  CK Jani ......391
- Organophosphorus Poisoning: Current Management Guidelines
  NK Sundaray, Ratheesh Kumar J ......396
- Guidelines for Anti-Snake Venom Therapy
  Biranchni Narayan Mohapatra, CBK Mohanty ......400
6 ENDOCRINOLOGY
- Central Hypothyrodism: A Diagnosis Overlooked?
  KJ Shetty, Punit Bedi ......431
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) : Changing Scenario
  Vageesh Ayyar S ......436
- Hyperthyroidism: Relevant Investigations and Guidelines for Management
  KM Suryanarayana ......440
- Vitamin D: It’s Not Just for Bones Anymore
  D Sudhaker Rao ......446
- Thyroid Nodule – Revisit
  Rakesh Sahay, V Sri Nagesh ......449
- Hirsutism
  Shashank R Joshi, Mukta Kapdi ......455
7. GE & HEPATOLOGY
- Non-Cirrhotic Portal Fibrosis
  AK Gupta, Jacob George, Prithvi Giri, R Gupta ......462
- Diabetes and Liver Disease (NETAJI ORATION)
  Deepak Amarapurkar ......466
- Management of Jaundice in Pregnancy
  Rajendra Kumar Jain ......470
- Clinical Approach To Dilated Bile Duct
  Rajesh Upadhyay ......477
- Complicated Acute Pancreatitis
  CS Pitchumoni ......481
- Increasing Prevalence of Gallstones; Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options
  CS Pitchumoni ......486
- Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: What is New?
  D Nageshwar Reddy, Rupa Banerjee ......491
- Ulcerative Colitis: Current Management Strategy
  Sanjay Bandyopadhyay ......497
- NASH: Advances in Evaluation and Management
  Rakesh K Tandon ......510
- Advances in Liver-Directed Cell Therapy for Hepatic and Extra-Hepatic Diseases
  Sanjeev Gupta ......516
- Chronic Pancreatitis: Newer Concepts
  Pramod Kumar Garg ......521
- Portal Hypertension Dynamics- Pressure, Portal Flow, Progress & Prognosis
  (DR. GS SAINANI ORATION)
  Prabha Sawant ......527
- Oral Drug Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B
  PN Rao ......531
- Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure
  Premashish Kar, Rajiv Singla ......538
- Acute Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management Other Than Nutrition
  Deepak Kumar Bhasin, Surinder Singh Rana ......542
- Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
  Ambika Mohanty,VSM ......547
8. GERIATRICS
- Geriatric Lung
  Agam Vora ......554
- Principles of Geriatric Pharmacology
  Y Sathyanarayana Raju ......560
- Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly
  Suresh V Sagarad ......562
- Prevention of Infection in Elderly
  S Chugh, DN Jha ......566
- Anaemia in Elderly
  PC Bhattacharyya, Manabendra Nayak ......571
9. HEMATOLOGY & MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
- A Clinical Approach to Polycythemia
  Mathew Thomas, K Pavithran ......577
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
  K Pavithran, Mathew Thomas ......583
- When and How to Treat Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia
  Shekar Patil ......588
- Monoclonal Antibodies in Oncology
  K Govind Babu ......592
- Investigations for Thrombophilia: When, Why, How & Who Should be Investigated”
  Rajat Kumar ......595
- How to Interpret BT, PT and APTT
  Rajat Kumar ......602
- Thrombocytosis
  Nandini Mukherjee ......604
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Overview and Recent Advances (SEARLE ORATION)
  Vineet Talwar, Rajat Saha ......609
10. HIV MEDICINE
- Emergencies in HIV Medicine
  Alok Vashishtha, BB Rewari ......613
- Current Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy
  BB Rewari ......621
- HIV & TB - The “Deadly Duo”
  Murgesh G Pastapur ......628
- HIV Drug Resistance and Second Line of ART
  R Sajithkumar ......632
- HIV in the Intensive Care Unit
  M Dinaker ......638
- Full Work Up of HIV Positive Patients: How Much, How Far?
  Alaka Despande ......642
11. IMAGING & PET
- Utility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Medicine
  GH Tilve, Shwetal Pawar, Sudeshna Maitra ......645
- Imaging Infection & Inflammation
  RD Lele ......650
12. INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- Dengue Fever in India: An Overview
  SK Sharma, Gautam Ahluwalia......657
- Newer Diagnostic Methods & Drugs in The Treatment of Enteric Fever
  Ketan K Mehta ......660
- Swine Flu: Current Perspective in 2010
  Jyotirmoy Pal, Ankit Shrivastav ......662
- Leptospirosis : An Emerging Infection
  Milind Y Nadkar, Smrati Bajpai ......671
- Typhoid Fevers - An Appraisal (RANBAXY ORATION)
  SN Khosla ......674
13. NEPHROLOGY
- What is New in Renal Transplant in India
  Georgi Abraham, Anita A Kumar ......680
- Cardio-Renal Syndrome
  Khan SA, Gupta V, Haque SF ......685
- Metabolic Acid Base Disorders
  Sanjay Pandya ......690
- Genetic Basis of Diabetic Nephropathy
  OP Kalara, SK Datta, S Kumar ......695
- Reversible Factor in Acute Renal Failure
  Shahzad F Haque, AS Khan, AM Chughtai, V Gupta ......702
- Retarding Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (Ckd)
  Jai Prakash ......708
- Changing Scenario of Acute Renal Failure from 20th to 21st Century
  Kamlakar Tripathi ......713
14. NEUROLOGY
- Acute Cerebrovascular Stroke: Advances in Evaluation & Management
  HV Srinivas ......717
- Memory Disturbances
  Manjari Tripathi ......722
- Headache – Symptom Analysis
  Y Bhasker ......728
- Management of Parkinson’s Disease: What is New?
  D Nagaraja, Pramod Kumar Pal, N Karthik ......734
- Usefulness and Limitation of Neuroimaging in Epilepsy
  Mrinal Kanti Roy, Ridhi Das Gupta ......740
- Vertigo–A Clinical Approach
  Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Rohit Kumar ......744
- Peripheral Neuropathy - Some Newer Concepts and Diagnostic Ways.
  V Nagarajan ......753
- Neurological Manifestations Associated with HIV Infection: Indian Perspective
  P Satishchandra ......760
15. PREGNANCY MEDICINE
- Pregnancy and Renal Disease
  Manisha Sahay ......766
- Pregnancy and Heart Disease
  BR Bansode ......773
16. PULMONOLOGY
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  MS Barthwal ......777
- Management of Acute Severe Asthma
  VP Gopinathan ......784
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism
  Debajyoti Bhattacharyya, Ashok Kumar Rajput, Kundan Mishra ......786
- An Overview of Asthma Management
  Steven Weinberger ......791
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis : What is New ?
  PS Shankar ......795
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea- Clinical Spectrum and Management
  S Ramanathan Iyer, Revati R Iyer ......802
17. RHEUMATOLOGY
- Spondyloarthritides- Novel Treatments
  LS Bichile, Vaibhav Chewoolkar ......806
- Targets of Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Arup Kumar Kundu ......811
- Approach to Systemic Vasculitis
  Renu Saigal, Amit Kansal ......816
- Gout in 2010- Looking beyond Allopurinol
  Rohini Handa ......822
- Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy : Diagnostic Challenge & Therapeutic Options
  RN Sarkar ......826
- Lupus Nephritis
  Tamal Kumar Biswas, Arindam Biswas ......832
- Chirally Pure Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
  Joy Philip ......837
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disorders (MCTD)
  G Narsimulu, Varaprasad ......841
- Advances in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Sukumar Mukherjee ......846
- Newer Tools in Rheumatology Practice
  Ved Chaturvedi ......852
18. TROPICAL MEDICINE
- Visceral Leishmaniasis-Current Scenario
  Shyam Sundar, Anup Singh, Arun Shah ......856
- Falciparum Malaria in ICU
  Ashit Bhagawati ......861
19. NUTRITION
- Traditional Vs Non-Traditional Diets – Did Our Grandmother Know the Best?
  Shilpa S Joshi ......867
20. MISCELLANEOUS
- Roots of Modern Drugs in Reverse Pharmacology
  Ashok B Vaidya, Rama A Vaidya ......871
- Smart Way to Select Antibiotics
  R Vijai Kumar ......875

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