Dive into the archives.
- Of Zombies and Vampires
a.k.a Antifaust Halloween Edition
I was looking for a Halloween-related topic to write about when I saw “How Zombies Work” among the popular links in del.icio.us. Reading the article led me to think about supernatural creatures and the medical theories surrounding them. (Initially, I sought out to write about zombies, vampires and poltergeists, but in the […]Popularity: 23% [?]
- Medlinks for 2005-10-27
New Technique for Obtaining Large-bore IV
It’s very simply actually. I’m surprised no one thought of it before.
(tags: reference)Grand Rounds Vol 2, Number 5
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- Medlinks for 2005-10-22
The Future of General Internal Medicine
(tags: IM issues)Free Books for Doctors
I’ll take some time out to review some of the books here. I’m sure not all of the references listed are top notch.
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- Of Universal Antidotes
Those of you who’ve studied alchemy — or those of you who’ve read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — are familiar with term bezoar. These stones — extracted from the gut of wild goats, cows and apes — are actually stomach or intestinal calculi formed by calcium phosphate deposition around foreign bodies. The Persians […]
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- Toxicology
I’m currently in my Toxicology rotation, so expect the next couple of posts to involve poisons or harmful chemicals. Or the non-medical books I’ve read while on call as the Toxicology resident. (You’d think I’d spend the free time studying, but I hated reading about pharmacokinetics in med school. And I don’t use the word […]
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- Medlinks for 2005-10-19
Grand Rounds Vol 2, Number 4
This week’s best of medicine related posts
(tags: blogs medblogs)Doctors Will Be Doctors
Doc Emer writes about the problem with Filipino doctor-nurses
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- Blogger Refugee Once Again
Forced to post in the contingency blog again. My domain expired around two days ago and my host — that is, my host’s “billing, support and account system” — failed to notify me in advance. Anyway, the customer service people have been very helpful. I hope they’ll be able to re-register it in time.
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- Zebras and Formulas
I planned on posting about how formulaic House, MD episodes are, but Paulo beat me to it. Paulo states his observations succinctly, but I need to add just a few more comments. There’s a reason why the protagonists always jump on the “obvious diagnosis.” One fundamental principle in diagnosing illnesses is brilliantly summarized in the […]
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- Call Rooms
I was trying to find new medblogs to read when I came across a post entitled “Lost and Found in the Call Room.” The author is Jewish medical student and in this essay he talks about his surgical rotation and the loss of his wedding ring.
What fascinated me was his description of what their residents’ […]Popularity: 8% [?]
- Identifying a Pill
A 65 year old male is admitted to the medical wards complaining of abdominal pain and melena. The emergency room resident noted that the patient has been taking unidentified medications for some time now, but he ascribed the abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding to a bleeding peptic ulcer. True enough, the patient has been diagnosed […]
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