Chets Wasekar, MD
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Career Insights
Career Insights: From Bedside to Travel nursing: David Assid, RN
It all started with answering NYC's call for help during COVID crisis - shining a light on the adventurous life…
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Clinicals
Common Causes of Seizures : A Mnemonic
Use the word "SEIZURE" to quickly recall common causes of seizures
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Mnemonics
General & Common Medical causes of Fatigue : A Mnemonic
Use the "SO FATIGUED" Mnemonic to recall the common causes of fatigue in your patients
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Mnemonics
Causes of Sinus Tachycardia: A Mnemonic
Why Sinus Tachycardia may need attention : Easy Mnemonic to remember the causes
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Clinicals
Infection suspected but unfindable: Mnemonic for Fever or Sepsis of Unknown Origin
How to recall list of infections that often present as FUO or SUO : Fever or Sepsis of Unknown Origin
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Career Insights
Career insights with Rebecca McDugle, CNP: General Surgery
An experienced nurse practitioner with a general surgery group shares her insights & perspectives
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Tips
Use a Graphical pain scale for patients using narcotics excessively
Using a graphical pain scale collaboratively with patient's own rating could reduce excessive narcotic use
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Clinicals
Mnemonic : Side Effects of Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs
A simple way to help patients and students remember common side-effects of NSAIDs
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Clinicals
Scheduled Acetaminophen & Methocarbamol are magical together for acute musculoskeletal pain
Why taking Tylenol & Robaxin together for acute fractures, joint-related surgeries or other musculoskeletal pain works great!
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Clinicals
How to treat Chronic Low Back Pain without surgery? A Mnemonic
A simple way to rememeber tips to naturally reduce or eliminate chornic low back pain
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Predict Medical Emergencies using ChatGPT & Progress (SOAP) notes
AI programs like ChatGPT can be used to pre-think of emergency scenarios applicable to your patients
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Clinicals
When Family & Futility collide :How to address POA reluctance ?
How I remember the drivers of POA reluctance when a patient faces inevitable death and medical futility
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Cases
“Ozempic” or “GLP-1 Syncope”: Passing-out risk from weight-loss drugs
The risk of passing-out in people on BP meds who start taking Ozempic , Monjuro, etc.
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Editorials
The ‘NPO’ fasting order is ‘Not Patient-Oriented’ !
New guidelines recommend shorter fasting times before surgeries & procedures, but they aren't followed universally.
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Clinicals
Mnemonic: Complications or Pain after ‘Lap Chole’
Use 'LAP-C' to remember complications of Lap Chole !
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
ChatGPT creates quick discharge summaries from SOAP notes
Free AI programs can create a logically derived discharge summary from a SOAP note.
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Cases
Clinical Case: A Heart-check that punched the Gut !
Acute pancreatitis after coronary angiogram is being recognized as a real complication
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Clinicals
Can IV Iron infusion give you black stools ?
Oral Iron causing black stools is logical and common knowledge, but how about IV Iron ?
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Clinicals
Mnemonic : Causes of Muscle Cramps / ‘Charley Horse’
Muscle cramps are often physiologic, but frequent cramping should make you think about pathologic causes..
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Clinicals
Mnemonic to remember Anaphylaxis treatment
A Mnemonic to recall quickly lifesaving treatments for Anaphylaxis and help your patients BE SAFE.
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