The Lancet reports, "WhatsAppitis”
Lancet reports a case of 34-year-old emergency medicine physician who was on duty on Christmas Eve, and the following day, she responded to messages that had been sent to her on her smartphone via WhatsApp instant messaging service. She held her mobile phone, that weighed 130 g, for at least 6 h. The diagnosis was WhatsAppitis. The treatment consisted of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and complete abstinence from using the phone to send messages.
Reference:
The Lancet, Volume 383, Issue 9922, Page 1040, 22 March 2014, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60519-5
The Lancet reports, "WhatsAppitis”
![]()
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
on
Friday, March 28, 2014
Rating:
Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
No comments:
Post a Comment