hello everybody, I have this proposal and would like your views. Can we use this group to discusse one journal article a month? Something like a online journal...
Thanks Bro, I will see you on Monday. JT ... Ok! JT, I couldn't open your attached file, but will ask you for details in Madang and donate a few Kina. I hope...
Good idea! Poyap. Just return from PNG to Sapporo. A little tired & dehydrated. The journal discussion should be very educational. However, to improve the...
Thanks everyone, We are all back at our respective localies and discussion should continue. PNG Medical Symposium at Madang was enjoyable... Good idea Poyap. ...
The paper is from 'Int J Clin Oncol (2005) 10:218-222'. Small defects after cancer ablation are easier to close by direct skin closure or local flap (nearby...
Hi guys, and thanks for the kick start on the J-dicussion, by the way it was Rodney's idea not mine..anyway. Sounds good Willie, especially the fact that one...
Hi all, Has there been any publication on the cause of Anaemia in PNG, if so would like to know and read. PNG Medical Journal, is there an online database? And...
Poyap, looks good to me. I have no problem with that. what do others think. ri ps. regardless of our field of interest and depth of understanding, it will be...
poyap, a good research topic. But I do not think you will find good studies on anaemia in PNG published in the PNG Med J. This is because I am doing malaria...
Willie, I read the review article attached. I think reconstructive surgery has a place in PNG`s curative health services, whether public or private service....
You kind off answered yourself ther Rodney - That iron is needed by the slow growing TB bacilli and without this important element in the macrophages TB cannot...
Thanks all for the positive comments. Good question Rodney. CT scan, MRI etc. comes in at the diagnostic stage, in our hospital here, ENT team does this part...
Probably, I didn't answer Dr Itaki's question directly. The assessment of the extent of the mdifacial defect after ablative surgery is VISUAL. The ENT team...
Good discussion! I'm forgetting my pathogenesis of anemia but what I can remember is that there is a balance between- 1. Iron intake (malnutrition, deficient...
Thanks colleagues Poyap's idea is brilliant. Please list some HOT TOPICS in Sexual Health and I will shade some light on it then! IT is Hot... Happy learning...
Topic: Vascular Anomalies Nomenclature Reference: American Journal of Roentgenology: 597-608, 174 march 2000 (check this reference & read further if you're...
Thanks willie, I understand very well now. So for PNG, the ENT assess the patient and plan for surgery and that the first surgey must be extensive! since we do...
yeah poyap I think i did. Basically, gut parasites (eg hookworm etc) cause anaemia by chronic blood loss because they attach the gut wall to obtain nutrients....
That's very true Rodney, that's exactly what I mean when I said we can all work as a team. Each of us has to identify our work in the team just as you did. ...
Guys! can you explain to me. How does TB cause anemia in macrophages and how is it related to systemic anemia? I thought it was the RBC that was important, all...
Frozen sections is currently available and is being utalised mostly by the ENT surgeons (AS Rodney has just mentioned) - Specimens are sent during operation to...
Since you asked I'll stray(briefly) from the flavour of the month ie "Plastic Surgery" I started reading journals and the first thing that I started reading...
Poyap, I think am begining to understand what you are saying. That widespread anaemia is actually a `protective` response to the high TB prevelance? A blessing...
Thanks Poyap, for the suggestion & update. That's something new to me atleast. Didn't know about the role of iron in inflammation & immunity. I will read up. ...
Hello again, Following poyap's suggestion, I have created a table list of topics and schedules with names and dates. The table can be viewed on our group...
There has been reports that iron treatment has actually excerbate infection especially malaria nad I think with TB too. Care must be taken when giving iron...