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Sepsivac to Be Tested for Covid-19
Sepsivac to be Tested for Covid-19 drishtiias.com/printpdf/sepsivac-to-be-tested-for-covid-19 Why in News The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has decided to test its new drug against Sepsis, named Sepsivac to treat critical patients of Covid-19. The drug will be tested in 50 Covid-19 patients at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi and Bhopal, and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Key Points New Drug Against Sepsis The new drug has recently been approved for marketing in India and would be available commercially as Sepsivac® from Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited. The pharmaceutical company was supported by CSIR laboratories led by Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu in development of this drug, which has also been found effective for leprosy patients. 1/3 Gram Negative Sepsis and Covid-19 Sepsis is a serious life-threatening condition caused when the body's response to any kind of infection goes out of balance, triggering changes that can lead to multi-organ failure. Gram negative bacteremia (presence of bacteria in the bloodstream) in the critically ill patient is synonymous with gram negative sepsis. Gram-negative bacteria have built-in abilities to find new ways to be resistant and can pass along genetic materials that allow other bacteria to become drug-resistant as well. According to scientists, there are some clinical similarities between patients suffering from gram-negative Sepsis and Covid-19. A Covid-19 infection leads to a cytokine storm, quite similar to the one seen in Sepsis, when there is a heightened immune response and over production of immune cells because of which the body starts attacking its own cells. -
Post-Covid Management Protocol
COVID-19 POST-COVID MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL July 21 CME INDIA CME 1 CME INDIA CME INDIA Post-COVID-19 Management Protocol First published: 16th August 2021. With the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in INDIA, CME INDIA has now compiled its own guidelines with inputs from key medical experts. The goal of this document is to help the medical community in managing the current Covid-19 situation. This document will be updated from time to time, so please check www.cmeindia.in and CME INDIA Downloads section regularly. Alternatively, you can choose to navigate to the various key sections of CME INDIA: Explore CME INDIA Repository Examine CME INDIA Case Study Read History Today in Medicine Register for Future CMEs View CME INDIA Downloads 2 CME INDIA Basic Framework By: Dr. Nishith Kumar, MD, FAPSR, Consultant Department of Pulmonary Medicine, OMC, Ranchi. Dr. Akash Kumar Singh, Internist and Diabetologist, Spandan Multi-Specialty Hospital, Vadodara. Dr. Sankararaman N, DM Pulmonary Medicine Fellow at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi. Edited By: Dr. N.K. Singh, MD, FICP, Diabetologist Physician, Dhanbad, Editor - cmeindia.in. Advisor and Reviewer: Dr. Shashank R Joshi, MD, DM, FICP, FACP(USA), FACE(USA), FRCP (Lon, Glsg & Edin) (Padma Shri Awardee 2014). Chair, International Diabetes Federation Southeast Asia, Past Dean, Indian College of Physicians. Member, Covid 19 State Task Force, Maharashtra. Invitee Reviewer Dr. Banshi Saboo, National President, RSSDI, Ahmedabad. Dr. Mangesh Tiwaskar, Consultant Physician & Diabetologist, Mumbai, Hon. General Secretary, API. Invitee Editor Dr. S. K. Gupta, MBBS MD (Med), CFM (France), Senior Consultant Physician, Max Hospital, Delhi. -
June 2020, Issue 4
All iNDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, MANGAlagiri (AP) A Pharmacology bulletin MAy-JUne 2020, Issue 4 FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK…. Welcome to the Fourth Issue of ‘ESSENCE’ from AIIMS Mangalagiri, We are in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic which has now affected more than 4 million people with approx 2.5 lakhs deaths till date. With increasing cases and fatalities there is a sense of urgency to identify drugs both old and new that may have beneficial effects on the disease morbidity and mortality. The current issue highlights the various issues involving the use of drugs that have been employed so far in the fight against COVID 19. Disasters and pandemics like COVID 19 pose unique challenges to providing health care. In the scenarios of pandemics and disasters, sessions of telemedicine can reduce the risks to both health care workers and patients, and thus prevent the transmission of infectious diseases. Institutions invested in telemedicine help to increase the available human resource and allocate them at the respective hospitals to provide physical care for patients in the time of crisis like this. With Covid-19 cases spreading across the country, India formally recognised the practice of telemedicine recently. The government’s new “telemedicine practice guidelines” legitimise the practice of remote consultations. The current issue discusses the guidelines pertaining to prescribing medications as per these new telemedicine guidelines. Further, like always, the current issue also discusses the recent drug approvals and also safety alerts of various drugs. Finally, the readers can test their pharmacology knowledge with the cross word puzzle on ‘Drugs causing Hyperkalemia ’. -
Review of Current Clinical Management Guidelines for COVID-19 with Special Reference to India
Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics. 2020; 14(4):171-176. 171 Review DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2020.03059 Review of current clinical management guidelines for COVID-19 with special reference to India Rohit Kumar1, Kutty Sharada Vinod2, Ankit Mittal1, Shreya Das Adhikari3, Nitin Gupta4,* 1 Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; 3 Departments of Oncoanaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; 4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. SUMMARY The healthcare sector has been overwhelmed by the global rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. The primary care physicians at the forefront of this pandemic are being provided with multiple guidelines (state, national, international). The aim of this review was to examine the existing guidelines for congruence and critically analyze them in light of current evidence. A discordance was noted between the national and state guidelines with respect to indication, duration and dosage of antivirals, steroids/immunomodulators, anticoagulation and convalescent plasma. The lack of concordance between various guidelines mandates the need for a unified national guideline that is regularly updated. Keywords Coronavirus disease 19, hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, dexamethasone, tocilizumab, convalescent plasma 1. Introduction The guidelines from the following states were available- Kerala (5), Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (6). These guidelines were reviewed independently pandemic has put a challenging situation in front of by three reviewers.