In high-income countries, 5% of adults suffer from diagnostic error each year in the outpatient setting. Of these, over half of these errors have “the potential for severe harm.” This is thought to be an underestimate in high-income countries, and the rate of diagnostic errors in low income countries may be much higher.[1] In the […]
By Madhava Sai Sivapuram “Any substance which is taken too much or too little is poisonous to our body whether it is a drug or a diet”. These were the exact words told by my pharmacology professor when I was studying pharmacology. I thought yes, if there is excessive use of drugs, it is going to […]
BMJ Elective: A new experience leading a newer perspective….The Patient-centered learning. By Vivek Podder Currently, undergraduate medical education is largely limited to the lectures or textbooks based teaching-learning approach rather than a patient-centered learning in various parts of the world. Lack of formal training for students in medical school as well as lack of future […]
Imagine being a young man appearing for an examination to enter the Police force and getting debarred due to birth certificate entry that mentions you are a female. This is what happened to the young man in this meticulously excellent presentation. Read on… Rakesh Biswas Deputy Editor 46 XY gonadal dysgenesis in adulthood ‘pitfalls of […]
Social Networks like Facebook and the recently unveiled G+ besides the obvious connotations of helping to connect with friends, family and co-workers, have wider and rather far reaching implications in the domain of Healthcare which is traditionally dictated by strict one to one communication between the attending doctor and the patient. However with the Internet […]
Imagine having to watch a common cold turning into a violent pneumonia in your 3 year old child and having to see him/her go under the ventilator for nearly a month. Imagine the relief having him/her back intact after the ordeal! This case report depicts one such incident that is best described as one of […]
Every case report should put the patient first ( brevity is always appreciated here as well) and also very importantly have a title that attracts the audience without giving away the suspense (in fact the audience is more often attracted by the suspense in the title). In this case the suspense in the title is […]
Spontaneous resolution of any malignancy is a cause for documentation and celebration every time it happens particularly for its rarity of occurrence. Gladwish, Clarke and Bezjak have done it commendably as well as raised the intriguing question as to why this happens ( or doesn’t more often).They have looked at multiple mechanisms that may have […]
This is an interesting story of a 40 year old man who developed severe hip pain after tripping on the pavement. From the opening description one would suspect a pathological fracture and the authors proceed to meticulously describe the pathology behind the fracture. Interestingly in this case the pathology was not just confined to the […]
The authors of this case report, “Ineffective chronic illness behaviour,” illustrate how difficulties in treatment interactions need analysis beyond the patient’s presumed diagnosis or disorder – especially when patients’ behaviour during treatment is unusual or unexpected related to the primary symptoms. The authors describe their patient’s behaviour as “a form of ineffective chronic illness behaviour […]