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When I was a medical student, the only PDA that I knew was Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Thank God, I didn’t have it. Now I know another PDA and thank God, I have it.

I am talking about Personal Digital Assistants, also called handheld computers or palmtops.

It’s a growing trend. More and more clinicians are using this gadget for accessing information at the point of care. While some well-organized hospitals have even daily patient data available ...

Updated February 28th, 2010 at 07:20 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: diabetes, eag, glucose, handheld, hbaic, palmtop, pda

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Diabetes , Medicine , Technology

Last week I saw a middle-aged man who complained of pain over the right anterior chest. He had done some heavy exertion a few days earlier (extreme Yoga). While examining the painful area of chest, I noticed a feeling of something under the skin. On more careful palpation, it was a vertical cord-like swelling, just under the skin. On making the patient raise his right arm above the head, the swelling became visible too. Check the photograph on the right. You can see a longitudinal ...

Updated February 7th, 2010 at 03:03 PM by Shashikiran

Tags: cord, mondor's, phlebitis, swelling, yoga

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