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Please allow me to explain. The pt you are taking care of suffers from orthostatic hypOtension, ie a severe drop in blood pressure upon standing, which is no doubt what caused the syncope/fall which caused the pt to be admitted in the first place. No...

That's the only (legitimate) reason I can think of to ask that question, as this is taught in medical school. Are you foreign/ethnic in any way? If not, than he was either joking or is a complete weirdo.

Patients do have a choice. They make it when they choose to go to a teaching hospital. Of course, if a patient asked me to leave, I gladly would oblige, but this is definitely not common practice.

I definitely agree that medical students should be introduced as students, or introduce themselves as students. I think this is happening more and more, but then again, I was introduced as Dr. XXXX a few months ago while observing a procedure. It m...

Who develops most new groundbreaking treatments, procedures, technology, drugs, etc, etc. Canada, Italy? I don't think so. If you take the competition out of medicine, then its quality will decline. The reason that we have the best specialists is...

How long has he had the symptoms? Any nausea/vomiting/diarrhea? You said his dad has terminal liver cancer. Does he also have hepatitis? Does your husband help take care of him in any way? What kind of work does he do? Any exposure to chemicals...

Age? AlcohoL? jaundice? Tylenol? Could be lots of things. First thing I think of is acute hepatitis

I would probably advise against it, for a couple of reasons. 1. It is completely unnecessary. The patient contact would come in handy, but you will learn all new ways of doing things and thinking about things in medical school. In fact, medical sc...

I was reading the other thread about midwives, and didn't want to hijack the thread with my questions. I was wondering what the liability situation is for midwives and home birthing. I know that many of the precautionary (defensive medicine) measu...

Very interesting stuff. My wife had expressed some interest in home-birth (when we get to that point:chuckle) after watching numerous shows about it on Discovery Health. From what you guys have posted, it seems like a safe option for uncomplicated ...

Thanks for the resources!:)

I just wanted to point out a minor discrepancy in your post. Addiction most definitely does have a genetic component. Studies done on the offspring of alcoholics showed that they had increased chances of becoming alcoholics themselves, even if they...

Also, if this "mystery" nurse or someone else who was there doesn't publicly come forward, there is absolutely no way to prove that the sutured artery ever happened at all. Something just doesn't seem right about that story.

Funny you should mention that because we watched that film in class last year (in medical school). Very good film. Made me all misty-eyed.

I disagree with the idea that those with high grades in coursework will do poorly in clinical work. From my very limited experience, this is just a way for those who have bad grades in the preclinical years to stay motivated to complete the program. ...

I'm not a big Dr. Phil fan, but I think maybe some of you are misinterpreting his statement as a blanket decsription of the nursing profession. It seems like he is merely describing what he has seen. Notice that he says "lots of times", not all the t...

Come on, Larry, you're grasping at straws Breast Cancer is a Worldwide Epidemic September, 1997 Canada: About 20,000 Canadian women will get breast cancer in 1997, and 5,000 will die of it--a rate nearly identical to that of the neighboring USA, wh...

The only reason I can think of that B isn't the best choice is the use of the word "adamantly." Refusing the patient's donation might make him frustrated or angry. With choice C, you don't personally accept the donation, but offer a way for the pat...

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carotid bypass blockage of the carotid arteries in the neck can reduce the blood flow to the brain and can therefore cause stroke. the preferred treatment for carotid stenosis (blockage) is a procedure to clean out the artery (endarterectomy). in a...

BTW, do you ever eat tuna or ANY other salt water fish? You probably get more mercury in that than you do from the flu vaccine.

Gee,that looked like a really unbiased site. The levels of mercury are so minute that it is almost impossible to have adverse effects from them. The bottom line is that clinical research (which, like it or not, is what medicine is based on) has show...

Don't you know how the immune system works? Have you ever taken immuno? Primary exposure to antigen (ie the flu vaccine) "primes" the immune system and creates proliferation of a memory lymphocytes that cause a stronger and faster attack when you ...

Albumin increases the capillary oncotic pressure, which sucks fluid from the tissues into the blood. The fluid is filtered through the kidney and peed out.

It doesn't sound like any of you know the rules. When a person is incapable of making decisions for themselves (ie, in Alzheimer's), their power of attorney's wishes are taken just like they were the patient's, as long as they are fully aware of the...