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This article reviews 10 myths about the UA and UTIs. A common theme that permeates the article is that an abnormal UA is not diagnostic of a UTI: symptoms must be present as well since a significant portion of patients will have chronic colonization. A good lesson to keep in mind the next time you work clinically. Recommended by: Anand Swaminathan Emergency Medicine, Neurology Friedman BW et al. The association between headache and elevated blood pressure among patients presenting to an ED. The American journal of emergency medicine. 32(9):976-81. 2014. PMID: 24993684 More data that BP & HA aren’t related. To be fair, the patients with headaches had higher BPs, but lowering BPs didn’t make a difference. One more reason to explain to the patient, the referring doc, the floor staff, etc, that no, their head is not about to explode. Recommended by: Seth Trueger Education, Psychiatry and Mental Health Konopasek L, Slavin S. Addressing Resident and Fellow Mental Health and Well-Being: What Can You Do in Your Department? J Pediatr. 2015 Dec;167(6):1183-1184.e1. PMID: 26611453 Although some of our medical elders laugh about how easy residents have it as compared to the ‘good old days’, residency is still incredibly stressful and residents are at high risk for burnout and depression. We need to look after our own. Some suggestions from this article: try to decrease the stigma around mental health in medicine, role model healthy behaviours, make ...
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