Sun.Mar 03, 2024

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Doctors Who Performatively Fetishized RCTs Aren’t Out to Advance Medical Research, But Rather to Sow Doubt & Mistrust

Science Based Medicine

Actually running an RCT is a lot harder than merely calling for one. Those who recognized this obvious fact are not against RCTs. The post Doctors Who Performatively Fetishized RCTs Aren’t Out to Advance Medical Research, But Rather to Sow Doubt & Mistrust first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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214. 99 problems and tPA is one

Board Bombs

This week we ask an important question- can you use the weather to predict patient's INR levels? Newsflash, you cannot. Let's talk tPA and contraindications. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 214. 99 problems and tPA is one.

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What Are the Health Problems for Off-Spring of Mothers with Pre-eclampsia?

Pediatric Education

Patient Presentation An intern was taking care of a newborn female in the newborn nursery. The mother was 19 years old, first pregnancy who was induced at 37 weeks for preeclampsia. The baby was symmetrically small for all growth parameters (all at 10%) with a weight of 2736 grams, length of 46 cm, and head circumference of 33 cm. The baby had needed interventions for low glucoses and was having slow feeding and needed supplementation.