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Original Article
Modification of Heart Rate Variability: Meditation versus Controlled Breathing Alone
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Prabhjot Singh Nijjar, MD, Venkata Krishna Puppala, MD, Oana Dickinson, MD, Sue Duval, PhD, Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD, Mary J Kreitzer, RN, PhD, David G Benditt, MD, Minneapolis, USA
Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an established method to evaluate sympatho-vagal balance. Reduced HRV is a prognostic marker for fatal arrhythmias...Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Review Article
Biomarker Use for Cardiovascular Disorders in the Emergency Department
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Punam Chowdhury, MD, Alan Maisel, MD, San Diego, USA
Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Emergency department physicians make time-sensitive decisions of urgent...Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Review Article
Prevention and Impact of Childhood Obesity in India
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Anoop Misra, MD, Swati Bhardwaj, PhD, New Delhi, India
Background: Childhood obesity has become a prominent health issue in developed countries and has now gained access in the developing world as well....Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Basic Research for Clinicians
Choosing an Appropriate Test of Significance
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Padam Singh, PhD, Gurgaon, India
Inferences are drawn about the population parameters based on random samples drawn from the population. While applying statistical test of significance,...Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Student's Page
Approach to a Patient with Hyponatremia in ICU
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Mukesh Kumar Gupta, MD, FNB, Jeetendra Sharma, MD, IFCC
Hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/L, is the most common disorder of body fluid and electrolyte balance encountered...Abstract | Full Text | PDF
Books and Trials
Recent Trials in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
Volume 3, Jan 2014
Gagandeep Singh Wander, MD, Rahul Mehrotra, MD, DNB, Manish Bansal, MD, DNB, Gurgaon, India
Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a serious disorder where chronically elevated pulmonary vascular resistance may lead to right heart failure...Abstract | Full Text | PDF
