ACD 12/11/14: New chest pain in a complex hospitalized patient

Acd – 12.11 chest pain from Nick Gowen Here's an NEJM review article on the diagnosis in this case.  Just click here. Here's a...

Aging Gracefully – Part 1 The Normal Aging Process

It is possible to slow the aging process.   No there is no Fountain of Youth and no, there is no pill that’s been discovered.   It’s all abo...

Pop-Up Library

We will be holding three pop-up library sessions over the next two weeks. They will be held on B-Floor Concourse (outside the lecture theatr...

ACD 12/8/14: LFTs and their patterns

Acd 12-8-14: approach to LFTs from Nick Gowen I think roughly 100% of our inpatients have abnormal LFTs (or at least it seems that way...

Journal Club: CLL

Journal Club from Nick Gowen This journal club by Dr. Guru Murthy was a great review and update on CLL.  

Med-Path, Cardiology and Dr. Lindemann

Important pearls learnt from Dr. Lindemann. Here is the list: 1. After you get an ECG on a patient with chest pain and if the ECG shows STEM...

General IM Faculty Journal Club: Efficacy of High-Dose v. Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults

Journal Club Article Summary Date: Nov 12, 2014 Presenter: Hopkins Article: Efficacy of High-Dose v. Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine in Olde...

Fellowship Match 2014

Deepak Chandra—University of Nebraska, Pulmonary/Critical Care Sowmya Chandra-Reddy—University of Alabama at Birmingham, Endocrinol...

MR 12/3/14: A young man with orthopnea

MR 12/3/14: Young man with orthopnea from Nick Gowen How would you have managed the case in these slides?  Would you have gotten it ri...

OMG!

I need to buy lotto tickets, because I'm living life right: A managed medicaid approved my prior auth in the first phone call. Booyah!

Elephant on the chest: MI or just watching a lot of TV?

Dr. Bradsher brought this development to our attention today, that we need to slightly alter our thinking about the old "there's an...

Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: worsened neurologic outcomes?

Study Suggests Epinephrine for Cardiac Arrest May Be Harmful  Journal Watch article about the  original publication in the Journal of the Am...

Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium

If you spend any time at all on our wards (probably any ward anywhere), this is a topic with which you are quite familiar.  You've proba...

Global Data - new database trial

We currently have trial access to the database Global Data - Power and Medical modules. You can use Global Data to view information on the h...

My favorite day

Thanksgiving. The name alone says it all. I am thankful for my family. My husband is a saint for putting up with me. My kids are growing up ...

ACD 11/24/14: Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma

Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma from Nick Gowen

Morning Report 11/19/14: A case of focal weakness in an immunocompromised woman

Acd focal weakness: something in the brain from Nick Gowen Dr. Mohammad Al-Shoha, one of our excellent interns, gave us this very thor...

MBChB Phase 1 SSC Critical Analysis Library Practical

Firstly, we hope that you enjoyed the library practical sessions last Tuesday and Wednesday.  Here's a reminder of what we went through ...

The Cost of Healthcare and the Cost of Dying

   Non-medical people frequently ask me questions about the cost of healthcare, implications of the Affordable Care Act, and the general dir...

Clinical Decisions: Testosterone-Replacement Therapy

Clinical Decisions: Testosterone-Replacement Therapy Not long ago we  had a journal club on testosterone replacement .  It was also recently...