Dialysis Crisis Grips Gaza ’s kidney patients
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 10, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
WAMC 3.8 cGPA 3.90 sGPA 518 MCAT
Here is my WAMC:
cGPA = 3.80 and sGPA = 3.90
MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 518 (131/127/129/131)
State of residence: Georgia
Ethnicity and/or race: Non-Hispanic & Asian
Undergraduate institution or category: State Public School In Georgia
Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 1.5 years as an ER scribe (~1400 hours), 4.5 years clinical volunteer at an outpatient dialysis clinic (~600 hours)
Research experience and productivity: 2 years research undergrad...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 26, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ScienzRules Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Double stick right IJ?
All of the patients come to the CTICU with a double stuck right IJ 1. Cordis with a Swan and 2. A quad lumen
Is this common practice and would you double stick a right ij for other things like a dialysis catheter and other stuff or just do a differnt site ? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 31, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ToKingdomCome Tags: Critical Care Source Type: forums
disclose a chronic kidney disease in personal statement?
the diagnosis is part of why i want to be a doctor. i'm perfectly okay right now but later on down the line i will most likely need dialysis etc. and it has been a learning experience. would this be an automatic no if i were to talk about this in my personal statement? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: theriddler3 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Dialysis catheters
How many of the nephrologists here are placing their own dialysis catheters? Anesthesiologist here in a private practice that currently places all of the dialysis catheters for our hospital. Reimbursement for this is mostly terrible now and it’s becoming a bit of a pain with how busy our OR’s and OB service has become. This is the only hospital I’ve worked at where we are asked to do this. Any insight? Our group is likely only going to continue this service if we get a stipend either from...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Volatile Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
WAMC- 3.3 GPA 3.1 sGPA 510 MCAT, Lots of Research, KY Resident
cGPA 3.3 and sGPA 3.1 Final semester 3.8 all upper level science
510 (C/P 127) (CARS 125) (B/B 129) (PSY 129_
KY Citizen
Assyrian ( Middle Eastern)
CSU Stanislaus
(1400 Hours Dialysis Patient Care)
~1000 Hours in Microbiology Lab in undergraduate/ ~2000 Hours in clinical lab employment
(600 Hours Shadowing Physician)
~500 hours President of Assyrian Club ( worked with homeless and animal shelters)
Helped establish and work at 18+ COVID testing drive thru...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 23, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Eshamoon Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Ten Things Nephrologists Wished Hospitalists Knew?
I found a really great article on generic principles on ID. As a former resident, these are really good knowledge bites that if I had known in intern year I would have been better off for. I was wondering if someone would be willing to do something similar for Nephrology.
The Top 10 Things ID Specialists Wish Every Hospitalist Knew
In my experience, hospitalists usually have a greater knowledge of antibiotics and treatment of infections than other non-infectious disease (ID) practitioners who manage hospital patients. But that doesn’t stop ID physicians from wanting to m...
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 17, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Redpancreas Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
What would happen if...
Endoscopy and colonoscopy reimbursements were suddenly struck down like what happened with dialysis? Does GI have anything else or will compensation plummet? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 25, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: inthezone2 Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: forums
Contrast Agents in Renal Insufficiency
I know IV CT contrast (iodinated agents) are bad for the kidneys but other things seem to be a gray line. Can someone weigh in on the following. Assume the patient is CKD3B plus. I know w/ ESRD with dialysis you can just dialyze it out if the imaging isn't urgent.
1.) Oral CT contrast?
2.) Gadolinium (MRI) contrast? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 9, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BacktotheBasics Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Procedure legends?
Hit an IJ dialysis line in the ICU after 3 NPs had attempted every other site and deemed the line “un-gettable”. Walked off to jay-Zs 99 problems in my head
Mismanaged a bunch of chronic GERD and other nonsense, but hey. Gotta take the wins as they come.
Anyone else have any good procure stories? I’m not gonna have a job in 2.5 years so hey, gotta live it up. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 7, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: The Knife & Gun Club Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Mid-lines
We're discussing having residents place mid-lines rather than US-PIVs and possibly CVLs in certain selected ED patients.
Pros:
Longer life than PIVs
Reduced CLABSI
Double lumen access
Cons:
More time intensive, although could probably be done <10 minutes with practice
Fewer CVL opportunities for learners
Potentially ruins dialysis access
Would like to hear thoughts from people who have or are doing this routinely. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 13, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jabbed Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Nephrology is Dead - stay away
I did my fellowship with great interest in Nephrology - Acid base/electrolyte/Acute dialysis stuff. Joined a private practice - get around 170 K. my day starts at 6 and ends at 5. run around 4 hospitals and 3 dialysis units.
Real life of nephrology
- Oversupply - tremendous oversupply - so employers dont really have any need to offer a fair deal
universities need bodies to do the scutwork - there is no need for these bodies outside an academic setting
many nephrologists end up as...
Nephrology is Dead - stay away (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 28, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Nephroexp Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Re: To include or not include: renal dialysis policy in the era of universal health coverage
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
How do you deal with those pain sesking patients?
I have this 20 year old male on dialysis secondary to uncontrolled diabetes who came in with intractable abdominal pain nausea and vomiting.Dont get me wrong hes not on any chronic opiod regimen so dont want to jump to conclusions but his pain is 20/10 getting fentanyl 25 q3 hrs. Ct abdomen completely normal. Egd normal. BP normal, Labs nml Tried reglan for concern for gastroparesis yet nothing. Tried to wean this guy off fentanyl and his mom throws a tantrum that he is in so much pain. No...
How do you deal with those pain sesking patients? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 7, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Cadet133 Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Why do doctors have multiple jobs/positions?
I see this all the time. One of the doctors I shadowed was in clinic only two days a week, then he was an associate professor at the nearby med school, and he was also running a dialysis clinic on the side. One of the doctors I work with is an assistant clinical professor and also works in our clinic 4 days a week. My dad’s friend is a hospitalist that also provides outpatient services.
Why do so many doctors service multiple roles and even have multiple jobs? Surely it’s not about...
Why do doctors have multiple jobs/positions? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - May 22, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ClamShell Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
