Why I Shouldn’t Read Non-Systematic Review Articles: Special Pleadings and Undercover Authors
I usually resist looking at non-systematic review articles in medical journals, but because the title interested me, and things seem to be getting slow this holiday season, prompted by an update email from the American Journal of Medicine, I looked at Ram CVS. Beta-blockers in hypertension. Am J Cardiol 2010: 106: 1819-1825. (Link here.) The [...]
How much heat you can take? 232 years ago, three British gentlemen found out
Have you ever wondered how much heat you can take? 232 years ago, three British gentlemen decided to find out: 260 degrees Fahrenheit (126.6 degrees Celsius). From NPR: Be sure to check the cartoon slideshow too. Posted at Clinical Cases and Images. Stay updated and subscribe, follow us on Twitter and connect on Facebook.
Reduced workload and increased participation of attendings associated with higher satisfaction of doctors in training
An experimental inpatient-medicine service was designed with reduced resident workload comprising two teams, with each team consisting of two attending physicians, two residents, and three interns. Attending physicians, selected for their “teaching prowess”, supervised the teams throughout the workday and during bedside team-teaching rounds. This experimental model was compared with a control model comprising two [...]
STEMI, NSTEMI or STEMI equivalent?
It doesn’t matter much what you call this pattern so long as you know it indicates acute LAD occlusion. The author of the post calls it a STEMI. But it’s a STEMI only in a sense—-in the sense that it represents acute LAD occlusion and should therefore be treated like a STEMI. But I would [...]
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Julie Rosen at the Schwartz Center hosts Grand Rounds this week. Check it out here.
