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The Study of the Week Is a Beautiful Example of Science Done Well

Sensible Medicine

Academic medicine sometimes gets it right. Neurologist Hooman Kamel from the Weil Cornell Medical Center in NY had an idea about atrial fibrillation and stroke. Stroke came when these clots moved northward to the brain. Kamel’s new idea about AF and stroke was that the main problem was primary atrial disease.

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Friday Reflection 41: Sometimes I Just Need to Complain

Sensible Medicine

She is admitted with suspected stroke. If I had it all to do again, there is no doubt that I would choose medicine in general and academic general internal medicine in particular, but occasionally we all have a bad week. Case 1: Excess An elderly woman is admitted to a community hospital with a minor stroke. I love my job.

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To Treat or Not to Treat

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For many doctors in academic medicine, publishing in peer reviewed journal is an important part of their careers. People can rise through the academic ranks as gifted clinicians, creative and effective educators, and talented administrators. [i] Being perfectly honest, not all the articles have aged well. to 0.88; P=0.007).

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The Latest in Critical Care, 9/28/23 (Issue #15)

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In most of these studies, diagnostic imaging was only performed on patients at higher pretest probability for PE according to Wells criteria or other risk stratification. In the new era of thrombectomy for ischemic strokes with large vessel occlusion, however, some early data suggested lower blood pressure targets might be advisable.

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Sniffing out Sepsis - Vibes vs Scoring Systems?

Taming the SRU

Ann Emerg Med 2024 Background Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well as the rest of the world. They then tested the LASSO model using the remaining 20% of data to see how well it could detect sepsis at the same time points.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Retrobulbar Spot Sign

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It requires immediate consultation with ophthalmology as well as neurology as it is considered a stroke equivalent. Stroke workup for CRAO is necessary, and don’t forget about secondary prevention/risk stratification which must be part of the management. RBSS may predict poor response to systemic thrombolysis. PMID: 23023446.

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When Trials Are Stopped Early for Benefit.

Sensible Medicine

The rate of the composite primary outcome of CV death, MI, unstable angina, stroke or transient attack was 4.29% with asa vs 4.48% with placebo. Well more than a million views per month far exceeds are expectations. In this study, more than 12,500 patients without heart disease were randomized to asa 100 mg per day or placebo.

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