Medical Practice

Clinical stories and reflections on evidence-based medicine, research, and patient care.

iPad at the point of care

Smartphones and iPads are the future of medicine.  In 2004 we introduced hospital information system in our teaching hospital. We realized that one day, we shall move from the desktops to the laptops, and subsequently to iPads and smartphones. Digital technology, to be effective, needs to be at the point of care. It cannot distance … Read more

On being a patient

Worldwide, an estimated three million coronary angiograms and angioplasties are performed each year. These interventions are used to look for blockages in coronary arteries and to open them with balloons and stents. Global Industry Analysts (2011) predict that by the year 2017, the global market of coronary angioplasty products is likely to be close to US$ 1.84 … Read more

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

She lay on the hospital bed, grateful to the doctors for successfully fixing her broken bone. Just wheeled from the operating room to the ward, she looked forward to going home the next day. Her post-op orders were simple: nil by mouth for two hours and two liters of intravenous fluids. The surgeon also instructed … Read more