Virology: A Practical Approach

A Practical Guide to Clinical Virology

complement to a standard echocardiographic text, such as the one as written by Dr. Paperbound. Recent advances in molecular biology that allow one to diagnose and study the pathogenesis of viruses along with current strides in rational drug design have provided the clinician with an abundance of facts relevant to the practice of clinical medicine. With so much information scattered throughout t...

The metagenomic approach and causality in virology

Nowadays, the metagenomic approach has been a very important tool in the discovery of new viruses in environmental and biological samples. Here we discuss how these discoveries may help to elucidate the etiology of diseases and the criteria necessary to establish a causal association between a virus and a disease.

A Practical Approach

Background: Diplopia is a common complaint in both inpatient and outpatient neurologic practice. Its causes are many, and special historical and examination features are important to localization and accurate diagnosis. Review Summary: This review is divided into 2 sections: the first related to diagnosis and the second to treatment of binocular diplopia. In the diagnostic section, emphasis is ...

A practical approach

Hyponatremia: A practical approach

Hyponatremia is an important and common clinical problem. The etiology is multifactorial. Hyponatremia may be euvolemic, hypovolemic or hypervolemic. Proper interpretation of the various laboratory tests helps to differentiate the various types of hyponatremia. Treatment varies with the nature of onset -acute or chronic, severity and symptoms. Normal saline forms the mainstay of treatment for h...