Chets Wasekar, MD
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Tips
Can you use IV contrast in Dialysis patients ? – CT v/s MRI scans
Tips regarding IV contrast imaging for patients on Dialysis
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Lidocaine Patch for Back pain: 4% beats 5% !
Are 5% prescription-only Lidocaine patches worth it when 4% Lidocaine patches are available for cheaper & OTC ?
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Quiz
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Mnemonics
Mnemonic: Causes / Triggers CHF Exacerbation
Finding the culprit triggering CHF exacerbation not only helps prevent recurrence but also may uncover other medical issues...
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Tips
IV Ketorolac (Toradol): 15mg same as 30mg for pain control !?!
When it comes to dosing any pharmaceutical drugs, I like to follow a Buddhist principle : Walk the middle way…
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Quiz
Short of Breath but normal Lung sounds & Chest Xray: A Quiz
Guess some causes of dyspnea in these patients with normal lung sounds and normal Chest xray !
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Tips
Why it’s important to screen for Sleep Apnea Pre-Operatively
Undiagnosed sleep apnea can create dangerous respiratory & cardiac issues after surgery
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Tips
A second useful effect of Proton Pump Inhibitors
This effect isn't as well known & hence not always exploited clinically
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Quiz
Quiz : What’s the antidote ?
Overdoses - Intentional, accidental including accidentally in the hospital - are common
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Mnemonics
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Clinicals
Treat kidney stone pain & help removal non-surgically
A mnemonic for healthcare professionals to recall steps to treat renal colic and improve changes for natural passage of kidney…
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Tips
Which Skin Tags predict Diabetes, High BP & High Cholesterol ?
Besides being a cosmetic nuisance, they have a clinical significance....
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Iron Pills : Taking Every other day better than Daily, BID or TID dosing !
The interesting paradox of Iron pills & Iron absorption...
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Remember hangover control in early & pre alcohol-withdrawal patients
The 'CIWA' for hangover control
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Tips
Help constipated patients CRAP without pills
In modern medicine it's reflexive for a provider to prescribe meds for constipation, while natural interventions are often omitted...
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Mnemonics
Causes of Bowel Obstruction : A visceral mnemonic
Have you seen Dr. Lecter's terrible evisceration scene from the Hannibal movie ?
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Mnemonics
Fixing A-Fib (or A-Flutter) with RVR using ABCDEF
ABCDEF gives me the exact sequence I use to treat A-Fib / A-Flutter with RVR
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Tips
Access pay-to-read medical journal articles for free 😁
Psst....want to feel like a hacker ?
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Basics
Unexplained new leukocytosis can be a C.Diff pre-warning
A curious thing I noticed over my hospitalist years is leukocytosis BEFORE C.Diff symptoms
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Quiz
A nerdy quiz of useless medical terms
This post is useless, utterly so, since these terms are never or hardly used in modern English since they all…
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