Science Based Medicine
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Doctors who prioritized politics over being a "neutral judge" failed to provide the best information. The post The People Can Decide the Best Policy, Only If They Have the Best Information first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
PulmCCM
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Induced sighs in mechanically ventilated patients (SiVent trial) In the 1960s, anesthesiologists noticed that if they gave a large breath (a “sigh”) to anesthetized patients every so often, their oxygenation improved. More seemed better, and soon all ventilated patients were getting lung-straining tidal volumes of 10-15 ml/kg. Those with persistent hypoxemia could be further topped off with recruitment maneuvers: delivering sustained PEEP of >50 cm H2O (60-70 cm H2O in obese pati
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SheMD
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Today's post by Dr. Cristina Carballo-Perelman (@ccperelman) shares her musings towards the ends of her career about the misogynies and misperceptions that she has faced in the last decades of medical practice. It is a great reminder as we start this new year that we have come a LONG WAY and yet we still have a LONG WAY to go to achieve true equality.
EMergucate
DECEMBER 3, 2023
The portable chest x-ray shows evidence of pneumoperitoneum. The patient had a perforated sigmoid diverticulitis which resulted in profound pneumoperitoneum.
Board Bombs
DECEMBER 3, 2023
What if we told you the biggest killer of dialysis patients wasn't hyperkalemia? What that blow your mind? Wait until we talk about Santa. 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; Husain, Iltifat. 203. Dialysis Emergencies: No, not hyperK.
EMergucate
DECEMBER 3, 2023
The chest x-ray shows multiple cavities in both lung fields.
Greater Sydney Area HEMS
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Join for the second part of Dr Brian Burns’ episode, as we continue to discuss mimics of shock in our trauma population. See some show notes below for more resources. Thanks for listening!
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University of Maryland CC Project
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Tamar Schiff, MD is an internal medicine trained physician who is completing a postdoctoral fellowship in medical ethics at NYU. In her lecture, she presents key ethical and logistical considerations in implementation of combined eCPR (ECMO-assisted CPR) and NRP (normothermic regional perfusion) protocols in the United States. Also leading the. Tamar Schiff, MD is an internal medicine trained physician who is completing a postdoctoral fellowship in medical ethics at NYU.
Pediatric Education
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Patient Presentation An 8-day-old female came to clinic for her health maintenance examination. The past medical history showed she was born by in vitro fertilization to a 34 year old G3 now P1 female at 36 2/7 weeks after preterm labor and mild maternal hypertension. The infant did not have any breathing problems but was quite slow to feed. She had had a murmur that was consistent with a patent ductus arteriosus that closed on repeated echocardiogram.
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