Saturday, March 30, 2013

Vocal cord dysfunction

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An asthma mimic .
Friday, March 29, 2013

Atrial appendage exclusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: is it ready for prime time?

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Here's the current status .
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Acute kidney injury (AKI)

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Lots of good stuff in this review . Some take home points: The cornerstone of assessment and management is volume. Assess volume and volume ...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Atrial fibrillation in young and old patients

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A review .
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Lectures in pulmonary pathophysiology

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From UCSD .
Monday, March 25, 2013

Insulin resistance syndromes

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This review is one of the best discussions I've seen on the various insulin resistance syndromes. It centers around a case report of a...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Bell's palsy

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Quick reference via Academic Life in Emergency Medicine.
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Coffitivity gets the creative juices flowing

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Atmosphere for the blogging cave! HT to Academic Life in Emergency Medicine .

Precedex for ethanol withdrawal??

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Here's a nice reference . A few observations: It is supported only by low level evidence. It is off label . It appears to be safe and is...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Medicine and basic science videos

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Browse here . 
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Lytics for submassive PE: Is the controversy any closer to being resolved?

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No, despite two recently completed trials, one recently published and one just presented in abstract form at ACC.  The former study, publ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Professor Fink's lectures

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In physiology and other topics .
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Human physiology lectures

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Slide sets .
Monday, March 18, 2013

Mastocytosis: cutaneous and systemic

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A review .  Multiple variants of the disease exist and the protean manifestations can be attributed to the vast array of mediators secreted...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Video lecture on blood gas analysis in critical care

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

FDA clarifies the mechanism of cardiovascular death associated with azithromycin

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It can prolong the QT and lead to Torsades .  The original report linking it to cardiovascular death was in NEJM last year . We can add i...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Is pacing effective in vasovagal syncope?

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It's no cure but it has a role and patient selection is important.  The pendulum has swung back and forth on this topic.  The Vasovagal...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Is it the end of the line for niacin?

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No, but a new study presented at ACC raises concerns.  Before jumping to conclusions about niacin note the following: The results do not...

Respiratory physiology lectures

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From UCSD . I love posting these educational resources.  Remember a couple of RW's rules for learning:  The better you understand phy...

Learners TV

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For lectures on just about everything.  Lots of basic science and medical stuff.