Pellagra and Alcoholism.

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Dr. Gary Pack

What was previously known as delirium tremens (DTs) is now known as alcohol withdrawal delirium (AWD). It occurs in some patients on withdrawal of alcohol. The usual treatment is sedation. When sedatives don’t work, other causes of the syndrome must be considered, such as dehydration, head trauma, electrolyte problems, infection, pancreatitis or nutritional abnormalities. Vitamin […]

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Infant Nutrition.

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

The 2009 Infant Feeding Joint Working Group of Canada is the source of this report on nutrition for infants up to six month of age. It results from an intensive search of medical literature. The report emphasizes the importance of breastfeeding to a child’s health while young and into the future. At the same time, […]

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Conditions: Breastfeeding, Gastrointestinal infection, Infancy, Iron deficiency anemia, Otitis media, Sudden infant death syndrome, Upper respiratory infection

Supplements: Iron, Vitamin D

Miscellaneous: Infant Feeding Joint Working Group of Canada, Nutrition, World Health Organization (WHO)

Antimicrobial Resistance.

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Dr. Gary Pack

The most potent antibiotics that we have today are carbapenems. An enzyme called NMDI in bacteria allows these to be resistant to that class of antibiotics, and 1/10th of them are resistant to all antibiotics (pan-resistance). At this time, there is no evidence for development of new antimicrobials. Cases of NMDI resistance have been found […]

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Conditions: Escherichia coli infection, Infectious disease, Kidney toxicity, Multidrug resistance (MDR), Viral infection

Miscellaneous: Antibiotic resistance, Antibiotics, Carbapenems, Conly (Prof. John), Genes, India, NMDI, Pakistan, Panresistance, Superbugs, World Health Day, World Health Organization (WHO)

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