Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated joy of working in healthcare. Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday. The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not about listening and understanding with compassion and empathy. Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process. Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Beta blocker with additional vasodilatory effect
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a) Atenolol
b) Metoprolol
c) Carvedilol
d) None of the above
Correct answer: c) Carvedilol
Carvedilol has additional vasodilatory effect and hence one of the best beta blockers found to be useful in heart failure. In stable heart failure, beta blockers have been shown to improve long term survival. But beta blockers should not be started in decompensated heart failure. They should be started only after initial stabilization, that too in small doses which are gradually titrated upwards. (Source: Cardiophile MD)
Source: Cardiophile MD - September 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Cardiology MCQ Online 3
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Source: Cardiophile MD - July 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Cardiology MCQ Test 3
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Source: Cardiophile MD - July 14, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Cardiology Online Test Series 2
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 22, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 21, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Electronic Health Record Safety
On December 21, 2012, ONC issued its Health IT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan for public commentI was interviewed by the Boston Globe about the plan.Although EHRs address a variety of safety concerns such as unreadable orders/prescriptions, drug/drug interaction checking, and fostering care coordination, they can create new problems that did not exist with paper. These problems are rare (less than 1% of quality issues reported), but they are important.For example, a clinician writing a paper prescription for Atenolol, a beta blocker used for cardiovascular diseases, would be unlikely to accident...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - January 7, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Precordial ST depression. What is the diagnosis?
A middle aged male with no h/o CAD presented with one week of crescendo exertional angina, and had chest pain at the time of the first ECG:Here is the patient's previous ECG:NormalHere is the patient's presenting ED ECG:What do you think?There is isolated ST depression in precordial leads, deeper in V2 - V4 than in V5 or V6. There is no ST elevation. Precordial ST depression may be subendocardial ischemia or posterior STEMI. How can we tell the difference? See the list below.If you thought it might be a posterior STEMI, then you might have ordered a posterior ECG [change leads V4...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 1, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
