A & T Respiratory Medicine

  CLICK HERE TO JOIN It is common for physicians and nurses to face ethical dilemmas every day while providing care to patients, especially those with critical illnesses. The situations where the answer can be “right” are very rare in such cases.  This is especially more common during EOL (end-of-life) care, where the patient and caregivers might experience extreme emotions like grief, sadness, and loss. Oncologists often have to act as mediators through such difficult moments by advocating for their patients and connecting their caregivers with resources that would help them during the challenging phase. During EOL care, the ethical dilemma may arise due to situations like patient's independence being compromised, communication breakdowns, lack of effective symptom management, shared decision making, and non-beneficial care.  Physicians often have to navigate through such ethical dilemmas by suggesting the best possible treatment and advice while allowing patients and their family

  CLICK HERE TO JOIN   Medical negligence refers to the negligence or an act of recklessness by a healthcare professional that can result in foreseeable damage to the patient.  Medical negligence also includes any act of misconduct by a doctor or medical practitioner by not providing adequate care resulting in the breach of his duties and causing harm to the patients, who are considered his consumers.  A medical professional is deemed to possess the knowledge and expertise in the field of medicine to help a patient get healed. The patients expect the physician to be careful and diligent while performing these duties. Medical negligence involves improper, negligent, or unskilled treatment even by dentists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. Medical negligence may cause serious harm to the patient’s health and even result in his death. The liability in such cases lies with the physician as well as the hospital, pharmacists, nurses, laboratory technicians, and other

  CLICK HERE TO JOIN ME It is estimated that the occurrence of adverse events associated with unsafe healthcare is one of the leading causes of death and disabilities in the world. It is intriguing to know that even in high-income countries about one in ten patients is likely to develop complications while receiving hospital care.  The harm may be caused due to a range of factors with about 50 percent of them being preventable. This marks the importance of ensuring optimum patient safety and preventing medical errors in healthcare to reduce the incidences of patient harm.  Patient safety as an important healthcare discipline has emerged with the rising complexity in the healthcare systems and the resulting increase in the incidences of patient harm while in the healthcare facilities.  Patient safety is aimed at preventing and reducing the risks and medical errors during the provision of healthcare services. One of the cornerstones of this discipline is continuous improvements based on

  CLICK HERE TO JOIN ME Lung and airway infections are commonly referred to as pulmonary or respiratory infections. Chronic bronchitis, COPD, influenza, tuberculosis, and pneumonia are some of the major forms of respiratory infections.  Nasopharyngeal infections that result in nasal discharge, bronchitis that leads to cough and sputum, and pneumonia that leads to cough with sputum can also increase the respiratory rate and lead to breathing difficulties.  There are several viruses that contribute to the increased incidence of bronchitis, while bacteria are known to contribute to pneumonia.  These infections usually spread from infected patients to healthy people through contaminated droplets released into the air when the infected person sneezes and coughs. These respiratory conditions are the leading causes of mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases across the world. Nearly four million people are estimated to die due to acute respiratory infection every year. About 98% of th

  Managing Pulmonary Hypertension                 CLICK HERE TO JOIN ME Pulmonary hypertension is a major concern for patients admitted in ICUs for respiratory distress and cardiac ailments. The management of pulmonary hypertension needs proper evaluation of the symptoms together with the co-existing morbidities to support faster recovery and prevent complications. While patients with respiratory diseases like pulmonary hypertension (PH) do not appear to be at a higher risk for contracting COVID-19, they might be more likely to develop serious chest infections due to the exposure to the virus.   Healthcare practitioners, hence, need to take extra precautions to minimize the patient's risk of COVID-19. They also need to train and educate patients and their families about the precautions they should take in order to avoid complications related to pulmonary hypertension as well as COVID-19. Generally, it is advisable for patients to: ·          Stock up on all prescription

  Over the last few months, researchers have been working tirelessly to find out everything possible about SARS-CoV-2. And some of the facts they have learned are quite alarming.  Doctors no longer believe that once a person tests COVID negative after being treated for this infection, he is safe.  Research studies and clinical experience have shown that COVID-19 can create havoc in your body even after it has been treated or after you have recovered from the initial bout of illness. The infection tends to produce longer-lasting effects that may worsen or show up with variable intensity in the future.  Our ‘COVID19 PANDEMIC BY EXPERTS IN THE FIELD WEBINAR’ is focused on providing information about the latest developments in COVID-19 including the short-term and long-term complications this infection can cause. You can join this webinar to stay updated about the different ways COVID-19 can create havoc in the patient’s body.  While COVID-19 is widely known to affect the lungs, there is