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| Automated blood-cell analyzers. Can you count on them to count well? |
The Coulter principle The Coulter principle states that particles pulled through an orifice together with an electric current, produce a change in electrical impedance that is proportional to the size of the particle traversing the orifice. This is based on the principle that cells are relatively poor conductors of electricity… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
01/19/11 |
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01/25/11 |
| Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery |
The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in general are getting longer by… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
09/17/10 |
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10/09/10 |
| The Wrongly Famous in Medical History |
In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals who neither described nor performed them first. History… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
09/17/10 |
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| Use of Balloon and Balloon-like devices in Medicine |
I recently came across a very interesting article listing the many extended uses of the Foley’s catheter in plastic surgery [1]. This article prompted me to attempt to compile information on the various ways in which Balloon catheters and other devices based on the balloon principle have been used in… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
09/12/10 |
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| Are the ligaments of Berry the only reason why the thyroid moves up with deglutition? |
As medical students, we could not have dared to appear for the final year undergraduate examination without knowing why the thyroid gland moves up with deglutition and the central role played by the “ligaments of Berry” in this context. The thyroid gland is enclosed by the pre-tracheal fascia which condenses… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
08/24/10 |
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09/19/10 |
| The right hypochondrium… Is it really “right”? A territorial dispute |
Since the time one enters the realm of clinical medicine, the general area just inferior to the costal margins is introduced as the right and left hypochondriac regions (or, the right or the left hypochondrium). In the following discussion, I will confine myself to the example of the ‘right hypochondrium’.… |
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D. |
08/18/10 |
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09/25/10 |