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What ails the “Noble” profession ?… Is it the “erring” medical Intellect !

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on January 31, 2016| 1 Comment »

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I am confused sir , what is the hierarchy of medical advisories ?

Posted in Cardiology -guidelines, Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs), tagged , , , , on February 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

In this era of synthesized evidence base,  one of my  intellectually aberrant  student asked  How can we indulge in  a popular coronary procedure   with  class 1 indication backed by level C evidence  ?   (As defined by  the seemingly invincible  guideline committee  of various  International cardiology organizations .)

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I told him ,

  • Institutional protocols are to be followed
  • Guidelines are to be respected
  • Recommendations are to be considered
  • Please be reminded  all of the  above can be rejected  outright !

Finally , realise  Individual  decisions based on sound scientific understanding with zero non academic intrusions  will be revered forever !

*Caution : If you  think  you haven’t  yet reached that the level of  individuality , come what may ,  you are  expected follow these  advisories  which are primarily aimed at  providing quality care and  you will be pardoned of any adversaries as well  !

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A new “Null Hypothesis” in medical research !

Posted in bio ethics, medical quotes, Two line sermons in cardiology, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

 

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After nearly three decades of , treating patients , teaching students and little involvement in research , I have consciously created a new  null hypothesis in medical research  !

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Learning Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi !

Posted in bio ethics, medical quotes, Two line sermons in cardiology, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi ,  father of my country , India , made these observations in year 1925  about the  fundamental constituents of  violence in society . These words of monumental wisdom came when he was  addressing young Indians in a country- side rally .

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Note, his finger points to , what  exactly is relevant to our profession ! He emphasized this  nearly  100 years ago, when medical science was at its infancy .One can only guess what would be Mahatma’s comment about our profession in it’s  current form !

Should we include moral, behavioral and ethical classes  right from the first year of medical  school along with Anatomy , physiology and bio chemistry.Medical council of India obviously need to burn more mid night oil , I wish it happens in my life time. !

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Best solution to all your complex medical problems !

Posted in bio ethics, Cardiology -Mechnisms of disease, Cardiology -Therapeutic dilemma, cardiology -Therapeutics, Cardiology -unresolved questions, medical quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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While our brain perceives  whatever option  we  choose is the best for the patient  , in reality it is rarely true !

The only comment I wish to make,  there is nothing called standard guidelines for complex and unusual problems .We need not be obsessed with protocols  !

Please remember , If you apply standard guidelines  in  non-standard situations  9/10 times we  are going to err !

So my  choice  would be, to  go with your gut feeling , of course  your gut should  be alive ,  up to date and periodically maintained !

If you don’t have the guts  . . . don’t worry  you have plenty of other options !

 

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You are a foolish cardiologist . . . don’t corrput young minds !

Posted in bio ethics, cardiology-ethics, Land mark articles in cardiology, medical quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »

In one of my  meetings , I told a small gathering  , that regular exercise can shrink atherosclerotic plaques and regress CAD. I also quoted , a recent  large  study which  has proven this fact convincingly !

I concluded, simple  exercise  and other life style changes,risk factor correction  may convert a 90% lesion to 70 or even 50 % . I stressed the importance of this study and asked my colleagues to avoid misuse of  Angioplasties .

When many  seemed to agree with me , one  angry  Interventional cardiologist questioned me, and  asked  the name of the  study, and in which journal  it came , What was quality of the paper ?

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I told him , It is an Imaginary study done  in my back yard . It never got published in print. You may call it as E-journal* , not exactly though.It is not available in any websites , but located in the  biological servers, and  neuronal circuits as digital imprints in learned brains !

*Journal of experience

You may call it , a scientific  forgery , to quote a non-existent study,

“But this study  benefits whole lot of my  patients”.

He was amused , and became agitated !

He told over the mike , “You are making  foolish statement. . . don’t corrupt young minds” !

May be , he is true !

I asked him to be calm and  requested  to listen to another study which I was about  to quote  . . .

He couldn’t sit any more  and rushed  out of the hall !

Final message

We  are ready to believe all those  rubbish stories about a fourth  generation   self disappearing BVS that is  able to scaffold a coronary artery and maintain a MLD by 2.5mm  and TVR by 20 % and prevent near MAZE  at 30 days  by 9 % and improve long term survival  by 6 months at  the cost of 100, 000 Rs  per month  .Only to realise, it may be a farce  . . .  5 years down the lane !

How to cleanse the darkened face of science ?

When falsehoods come with evidence and harm people , Good deeds can  be preached without evidence to save our fellow human beings !

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Modern medical quotes: Why evidence based medicine is sufferring ?

Posted in bio ethics, cardiology journals, Cardiology quotes, cardiology-ethics, tagged , , , , , , on June 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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