by Giri Venkatraman | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hope this is a timely posting-there are some subtle differences between the cold, influenza and COVID-19. Hope this helps everyone It used to be that you’d start to get the sniffles or wake up with a fever and body aches and you had a pretty good idea whether it was...
by Giri Venkatraman | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This blog post serves two purposes…it is my daily COVID update and inform you about clinical trials, what they involve (since it is in the news Phase 0 Phase 0 trials are the first clinical trials done among people. They aim to learn how a drug is processed in...
by Giri Venkatraman | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Steroid use in ENT- -COVID-19 challenges We use steroids quite a bit in ENT- both local and systemic. But COVID-19 poses a unique challenge because most systemic steroids suppress the immune system. But there are instances when their use is clearly indicated-so a...
by Giri Venkatraman | Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, before the pandemic, drug use had already burned a path across the country-as we all know. In 2018, the number of people with an SUD related to illegal drugs or alcohol topped 20 million. Of those, 2 millionwere addicted to opioids. Factors that usually...
by Giri Venkatraman | Aug 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Surgical Safety-the importance of leadership, communication and teamwork (I was one of the quality officers-focused on surgery; a blog follows on how developing leadership skills are important and necessary to build surgical safety) As residents and fellows, we focus...
by Giri Venkatraman | Aug 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, with COVID-19, a lot of people lose their health insurance with their loss of a job. The USA is one of the only countries where employers provide health insurance’ and a lot of us rely on employer-provided insurance. Why did this happen? There is a...
