April 2011
46 posts
“The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible.”
– Herophilus, c. 290 B.C. (via white-coat)
The World's Most Stylish Surgery Clinic... →
Jasmine Rice/.: gra·phol·o·gy of medical notes. →
jasmine-rice:
: the study of handwriting especially for the purpose of character analysis.
Should it be concerning that the majority of medical notes I attempt to read on clinical prac are verging on or completely illegible? Is it a problem that I have to refer to the route of administration and dosage to…
“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the...”
– Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Nitric Oxide
nursling:
We use Nitric Oxide for patients with ARDS to vasodilate pulmonary blood vessels. This helps to increase blood flow to areas of the lung where oxygen is being provided and thus helps to improve oxygen levels in the body.
This treatment costs a staggering $3,000 a day, which seems an incredible price to a therapy that hasn’t been proven to actually improve mortality.
And...
Fancy Medical Words: Atelectasis
white-coat:
The partial or full collapse of a lung.
Do You Have What It Takes To Pass the 1869 Harvard... →
medicalstate:
Think the MCAT was rough? Do you think you could pass the university entrance exam of your great great grandfather?
A New York Times blogger recently uploaded the Harvard entrance exam from 1869. It just goes to show how much education has changed since then. I can still remember the days in high school when I agonized over university applications. It is a fiercely competitive...
White Coat: Medical Imaging Basics: X-Ray →
white-coat:
as requested
So this will be a very, very brief overview about the differences between various medical imaging methods and what they can tell us. The main imaging tools are: x-ray, CT, MRI, PET scan, etc. It’s the week before finals so forgive me for being quick and dirty about it, I’m doing…
Dr. Frank Netter
laceandorchids:
Growing up as an artist and applying his skills to the medical field, Dr. Netter easily became a staple of medical imagery and education.
His works can be seen is many anatomy atlases and textbooks. This “medical Michelangelo” is definitely someone to look into.
Medical State of Mind: Clinical Skills: ENT Exam →
medicalstate:
There was no lectures today, only practical skills training, namely the ear, nose and throat exam. Our tutor was quite nice and lamented the fact that ENT exams are not very commonly used throughout our education and potentially afterward in our practice even though it is able to tell you a lot of…
Absolute Relativity: Locked-in Syndrome →
jinavie:
Imagine that one day, you wake up, but then no matter how hard you try, you cannot move a single part of your body. Trying to roll out of bed, ifting your arm, or even moving your fingers is impossible. You think it is merely sleep paralysis, but you soon realise that it is not as simple as…
True.
nursling:
Doctors save lives. Nurses save doctors and lives.
:)
“Medical profession does not encourage physicians to admit health vulnerabilities...”
– Levine & Bryant on the health isolationist culture of medicine. (via medicalstate)
White Coat: Fancy Medical Words: Phosphene →
white-coat:
It’s when you “see stars.”
There’s a few different mechanisms that can achieve this, the easy one is when you close your eyes and rub them. You see flashes and patterns of light (the ancient greeks thought this was because you had a light source in your eyes, random medical history fact for you….
The Doctor's Daughter: Nurses vs. Doctors →
nursling:
Wow - it is nice to see someone recognize this while still pre-med! Usually it takes until intern year ;)
Nurses do work hard, but I know our doctors work incredibly hard too - sometimes just in different ways. I always do my best to include the interns or residents who are new to our service - I think being open helps everyone do their possible best. Of course, some nurses like to...
White Coat: Nail Clubbing →
white-coat:
As requested!
WTH is nail clubbing? You see it referenced occasionally on medical dramas, someone looks at a patient’s fingers and says “your fingers are displaying clubbing, herp derp de derp derp…” But what is it?
Look at those sausages! Some people call them Voldemort fingers. Clubbing is…
White Coat: Examaggedon! April 2011 Edition →
white-coat:
“What? Didn’t you just have exams a month ago?” Why yes, I did! But I have them every 4 weeks, except for final exams, those start in 2 weeks.
Monday’s lineup isn’t as menacing as last time: neurology, immunology and behavioral science. BUT, what we’re lacking in quantity we’re certainly making…
Salvanathone Finch.: RAA →
nathinafin:
Renin-angiotensin-aldosteron adalah suatu sistem regulasi hormon yang berfungsi mengatur kerja ginjal kita. dimulai dari apparatus juxtaglomerular pada nephron(tubulus convulatus distal dan arteriole afferen) apabila tekanan darah arteriole afferen, ataupun absorpsi Na Cl turun, macula densa pada…
Medical State of Mind: Into the Ward →
medicalstate:
With all of the practice we get with volunteer patients in physical exams, we have never really had the opportunity to practice on real life patients…until now.
Today, we started off at the hospital with a seminar on peripheral vascular disease and immediately followed that with a volunteer…
