Are residents getting enough training in managing crashing patients in the hospital?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 18, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: critical care hospital medicine medical education Source Type: blogs

Atul Gawande on the electronic medical record
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 10, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: ethics evidence based medicine health information technology Source Type: blogs

The EMR mess and its horrible consequences
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 9, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: health information technology Source Type: blogs

Extended infusion protocols for piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ): do they mitigate nephrotoxicity?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease pharmacology toxicology Source Type: blogs

A little background on thalidomide
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: pharmacology toxicology Source Type: blogs

Syncope guidelines
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular neurology Source Type: blogs

Visceral fat: an inflammatory engine driving worse outcomes in sepsis?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs

Strength training improved cognition in older patients
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: neurology Source Type: blogs

What explains strokes in young people (ages 18-55)?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - April 1, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular neurology Source Type: blogs

Do you really need a TSH receptor antibody test to distinguish Grave ’s disease from other forms of hyperthyroidism?
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 30, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology Source Type: blogs

Low vitamin D levels associated with increased mortality
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 29, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: miscellaneous Source Type: blogs

Testosterone replacement associated with better cardiovascular outcomes
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 29, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: endocrinology Source Type: blogs

Troponin elevation in stroke may point to a cardioembolic etiology
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 29, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular neurology Source Type: blogs

Appropriateness of troponin ordering in the hospital
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 28, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Triple antibiotic therapy against carbapenemase producing bacteria
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - March 28, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: infectious disease pharmacology Source Type: blogs