Should pseudopolycythaemia be treated?

Whether all patients with Central precocious puberty should be treated?

Extended Abstract   Precocious puberty is the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before 8 years old in girls and 9 years old in boys. Precocious puberty is divided into 3 groups of central, peripheral and normal variants. Central precocious puberty is accompanied by activation of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis which causes increase in secretion of GnRH, and in turn increase i...

How ARDS should be treated.

The Berlin definition criteria applied at positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 5 cm H2O reasonably predict lung edema and recruitabilty. To maintain viable gas exchange, the mechanical ventilation becomes progressively more risky going from mild to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Tidal volume, driving pressure, flow, and respiratory rate have been identified as causes of v...

Blunt renal artery trauma: how should it be treated, or rather, should it be treated?

I-17: Should All Women with PCOS-Related Infertility Be Treated with Insulin Sensitizing Drugs?

Interest in the role of insulin sensitizing drugs (ISDs) as a means of reducing compensatory hyperinsulinemia in the hope of improving metabolic and reproductive functions in women with PCOS has grown measurably over the past decade. Metformin is believed to lower fasting serum insulin levels in insulin-resistance. For the management of ovulatory infertility in the nonobese PCOS population (BMI...

Acute viral hepatitis C should be treated.

68 Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2005 Vol 24 March April A infection due to HCV results in a chronic course in 55% to 85% of cases.1 Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease, affecting about 170 million people worldwide.2 It is also a major cause of liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma and is the leading indication for liver tran...