Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2024

In a world where doctors are increasingly treated like cogs in a machine, the question arises: Would you recommend your son or daughter pursue the field? Recently, I saw this poll: I said ‘unsure’, but that is just a fragment of what I think. Here is my answer (leave yours in the comments). My answer is: it depends on who is asking. I would strongly encourage you to pursue medicine if… Your primary goal in a career is using your talents to improve the well being of others.

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EM Literature of Note

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Pharmaceutical development is all about the blockbuster drug. Many of our brightest minds are research scientists and bioinformaticians working at translating in vitro discoveries to improving the lives of human kind. Many of our brightest minds are also working to ensure, even if their drug candidates are – say – a little flawed, there’s a clinical trial design, trial implementation, and post-approval marketing plan to maximize return to shareholders.

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Board Bombs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Back by popular demand! 5 MORE high yield pearls to help you ACE the upcoming boards! If you are a premium member you get access to 10. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind at here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 237. Board Pearl Blitz Redux. October 21th, 2024.

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 20, 2024

This chest x-ray is from a 23-year-old with right shoulder tip pain. What can be seen?

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Greater Sydney Area HEMS

OCTOBER 20, 2024

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today's case is a male in his 70s with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus. His wife contacted the ambulance service after the patient experienced an episode of loss of consciousness. The syncope lasted about 2-3 minutes according to his wife. He woke up alert and with chest pain which he also had experienced intermittently over the previous few days.

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Pediatric Education

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Patient Presentation A 17-year-old female came to clinic with a history of genital itching for several weeks. She actually had noticed that were some genital “bumps” that had also been present which had initially been small but had increased in size. These were now becoming pruritic and sometimes painful. She denied any systemic problems and also denied any rashes, vaginal discharge, and abdominal or pelvic pain.

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