INFECTIOUS DISEASES… SWINE FLU H1N1 MANAGEMENT 27 Feb 2020 Patients with Flu like illnesses with mild fever, sore throat, diarrhoea and vomiting do not need any testing and should be treated symptomatically and followed as outpatients. They do not…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… Current guidelines for Rabies Immunoglobulin or Human Monoclonal Antibody use 23 Feb 202023 Feb 2020 RIG provides passive immunization and is administered only once, as soon as possible after the initiation of PEP and not beyond day 7 after the first dose of vaccine. Equine Rabies…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… Current WHO guidelines on Rabies Vaccine 20 Feb 2020 IAP Advisory Committee on Vaccines & Immunization(ACVIP) endorses the new schedule suggested by WHO in 2018 as below- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (Pre-EP) is recommended in the following two situations. • Children exposed to pets in home. …
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… Rabies – Post Exposure Prophylaxis of the Vaccinated 16 Feb 202016 Feb 2020 In a rabies endemic country like India where there is sustained dog-to-dog transmission, every warm blooded animal bite is suspected as a potentially rabid animal bite. As rabies is practically 100% fatal, even…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… Mammalian Bites and Rabies : Interesting Facts 13 Feb 202012 Feb 2020 Vaccination status of the biting animal Although unvaccinated animals are more likely to transmit rabies, vaccinated animals can also do so if the vaccination of the biting animal was ineffective…
Fever… Which thermometer should parents use for fever measurement? 29 Dec 201929 Dec 2019 A variety of thermometers are available to parents now a days.. Electronic Ear Thermometer Ear thermometer is not as accurate as rectal or oral/axillary thermometers. It reads the infrared heat…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… 2019 RNTCP IAP Guidelines for Treatment of Tuberculosis in children… Part 2 22 Dec 201918 Dec 2019 Changes in 2019 RNTCP No CAT II ATT Regimen Guidelines CAT II used to be the empiric treatment regimen for treatment failures, defaulters and TB relapse and this category has…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… 2019 RNTCP IAP Guidelines for Treatment of Tuberculosis in children… Part 1 19 Dec 201914 Dec 2019 Type of patient *** RegimenNew microbiologically confirmed Pulmonary TB 2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New Clinically diagnosed Pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New microbiologically confirmed extra-pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## New Clinically Diagnosed extra-pulmonary TB2HRZE+ 4HRE ## Drug sensitive Previously Treated TB @(Recurrence, Treatment after loss to follow up, Treatment after Failure) 2HRZE+ 4HRE ## Note *** Molecular testing shall be done in all new cases in children with suspected…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… WEIL FELIX TEST 20 Mar 201920 Mar 2020 Weil-Felix is a nonspecific agglutination test which detects anti-rickettsial antibodies in patient’s serum based on cross-reactions with antigens of OX (OX 19, OX 2, and OXK) strains of Proteus species.…
INFECTIOUS DISEASES… Oseltamivir in Swine Flu H1N1 1 Feb 201927 Feb 2020 Usual adult Dose of Oseltamivir is 75 mg twice daily for 5 days In Pediatric age group, dose is 3 mg/kg/dose or one can follow the weight based chart as…
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