Paediatric Critical Care Health Feed

Almost every woman wants to lead a healthy life with their loved ones and experience the joy of motherhood when the right time comes. However, as much as you detest it, the last decade or two has seen a steady rise in gynecological problems. While some of the gynecological conditions are minor and can be easily treated and taken care of, others may give you a hard time. From PCOS to Endometriosis, left untreated, some of these problems may trigger infertility, complicating things further.
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The word 'surgery' is often dreaded by most patients. Be it an invasive oral surgery or a keyhole gallbladder surgery, it does not evoke a ready "yes" in most patients. There are too many patients who are ready to be on long-term medications if they could avoid the surgery and its complications. While there could be swelling, bruising, tingling, and many other symptoms, the one feared by most is the postoperative pain. What happens after the effect of the anesthetic wears off can leave many pati...more

Myelopathy refers to any neurological deficit in the spinal cord. The three most common types of myelopathy are cervical myelopathy, lumbar myelopathy and thoracic myelopathy. Here are the causes and symptoms of myelopathy.

Myelopathy usually is a very slowly progressive disorder. Often patients present to a doctor late owing to this fact and also because they attribute most of their symptoms to age. For example, a patient who has difficulty in controlling his urge to pass urine and occ...more

An Introduction to Prenatal, Intranatal and Postnatal care There are three stages to caring for expectant mothers: Prenatal, intranatal, postnatal care. This is essential to ensure smooth pregnancy and labour and to keep the mother healthy after giving birth. This care is a combined effort between the doctor and the expectant couple. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you?re expecting an addition to your family.
Prenatal care
From the moment you realize that you are pregnant a wom...more

Psychological assessment-
Psychologist deal with the assessments and testing of children to know the root cause of the problem. The testing protocol doesn t involve any invasive procedure. They are just the paper-pen tests or questionnaires to be filled by the parents or the caregivers. Assessments will be carried out in a playful manner.
The psychologist also deals with psychotherapy and counseling for children as well as the family.

Early intervention-
Early detection of d...more

Post surgical pain is common after any surgery. It usually abates as one recovers and healing occurs. Pain persisting beyond the period of healing is termed as persisting postsurgical pain or Chronic Postsurgical Pain (CPSP). Generally a period of 3 months is considered adequate for healing and is used when defining CPSP.

Some use up to 6 months period post surgery, prior to labelling the pain as CPSP. To diagnose pain as CPSP:

It should not have been present before surgery or ...more

There are three stages of caring for an expecting mother: prenatal, intranatal, postnatal care. This is essential to ensure smooth pregnancy and labor and to keep the mother healthy after giving birth. This care is a combined effort between the doctor and the expectant couple. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you are expecting an addition to your family.

Prenatal care from the moment you realize that you are pregnant, a woman must start taking extra care of her body. This reduce...more