Year: 2023

Clinicals

IV Insulin to treat Hyperkalemia: Smaller dose works !

Why do more when you can get by with less !

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Career Insights

Career Insights with Allison Christensen, CNP: Interventional Neurology

Allison Christensen, CNP, gives us insights into her career as a Neurointerventional Nurse Practitioner

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Tips

Easy way to remember Duration & Time of Onset of various Types of Insulin

An easy numeric trick to remember time of onset & duration of action for common types of insulin

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Clinicals

The Paradox of Mirtazapine (Remeron) dose !

The sedating effect of Mirtazapine has a paradoxical inverse relation to it's dose - at least it's supposed to !!

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Clinicals

Does it matter if a dialysis patient still makes urine ??

Having residual renal function despite being on chronic dialysis confers some benefits

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Editorials

Happy Hospitalist Day 2023 !

Celebrated on the first Thursday of every March since 2019

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Using ChatGPT to create medical sign-outs/hand-offs

Another possible use of ChatGPT in clinical practice

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Quiz

Quiz : Know your B.U.N.s ?

A blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level can uncover important clues about your patient in the right context

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Mnemonics

Mnemonic : Causes & treatment of Acute ITP

A trigger that causes molecular coating on these platelets making them look suddenly foreign to our immune system

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Career Insights

Career Insights with Zach Meyer, CNP: Cardiology NP

Kicking off our Career insights series with an interview with Zach Meyer, CNP who is a NP at a Cardiology…

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Tips

How to show Empathy to patients ? Practical Tips

Empathy should be taught to clinicians as a skill and not just an advice.

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Quiz

Quiz : Test your Third-Hand Smoke (THS) knowledge !

Third-hand smoke is literally the "Ghost of a cigarette's past" that haunts and spooks for a long time ...

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Mnemonics

Mnemonic: Causes & Triggers of A-Fib

Use mnemonic "THIS ODD PACE" to recall A-Fib risk-factors & triggers

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Tips

Seizure v/s Pseudoseizure ? Can eyes be diagnostic ?

The eyes can say what the words cannot express - they also speak to you during a seizure episode

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

I asked ChatGPT to create a Hospital Discharge Summary…

Creating automated, clinically intelligent progress notes and summaries is now possible with Artificial Intelligence & can free up more time…

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Clinicals

Which is the best absorbed Oral Magnesium supplement ?

There are two types of Mg supplements - organic & inorganic

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Clinicals

DVT Risk factors : “THROMBUS” mnemonic

The Mnemonic 'THROMBUS' can help you recall risk / triggers of Deep Vein Thrombosis / Pulmonary embolism

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Clinicals

Persistent Vegetations in Endocarditis post-treatment

In a surprising proportion of patients, 'veggies' persist after completing treatment for Endocarditis ... and is normal

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Mnemonics

Stroke pathology & risk factors : ‘HEAD CT’

The first investigation that happens in any suspected stroke is a HEAD CT - makes for a good mnemonic.

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Tips

Fever & Fentanyl patch comes with a catch!

A patient with fever and excessively drowsy might be on a fentanyl-trip from her transdermal fentanyl patch

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