Medical mad libs
Cyclist who lost sight after fast food meal targets Paris Paralympics
Inspiring story, but I’m scratching my head over the medicine.
Patients eats at ________ fast food restaurant and contracts ________ e coli. Develops multi system organ failure due to __________. Receives expensive/experimental treatment __________ and survives, but is now blind. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jabbed Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
DIC in septic shock
I have seen a couple of patients recently with profound septic shock ; one from meningococcemia and one from E. coli sepsis, develop DIC and then lose all 4 extremities. I was thinking what would be options for combating the microvascular thrombosis ? Xigris used to be available 12 years back but was taken off the market because of disappointing data in the PROWESS trial. Was it because Xigris was being used too indiscriminately ? If it had been used solely for a particular subset of pts...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CRRT Tags: Critical Care Source Type: forums
Is gastroenteritis that difficult to diagnose clinically....or does EVERYONE need a CT abd/pel?
seriously, as a rad, it's killing me. The list is evergrowing and having to read these essentially negative ct abd/pel on call kills me. Or am I just being dramatic and needs to STFU and just do my job?
or dont get me started on these CTA chest/CT abd/pel combos that gets ordered. Sweet baby jesus.
For the love of god, stop ordering so many exams.
Inshallah (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: chudat Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Foundation Year Medicine Or Not?
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Source: The Student Room - September 17, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: E.Coli.3 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
UCAT - Dead End
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Source: The Student Room - September 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: E.Coli.3 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
“Can’t come in; I am sick”
We have a doc in our group that has “called out” for things like a gastroenteritis and pneumonia. As horrible as it is I have found it annoying at times because it puts everyone under a lot of stress to cover her. It seems to be an unspoken rule in my group that you don’t just “call out” because you’re sick. “In the hospital” type of sick is different (although one of my coworkers did work through appendicitis and then admitted himself after his shift, but I digress). I am talking about cold...
“Can’t come in; I am sick” (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 5, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ERCAT Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Appropriate Use of Sick Days
Hi everyone,
Just a few days before match day (I matched in Neurology) and I get shaking chills, fatigue and muscle aches. I'm pretty sure this is the flu, despite getting my flu vaccine!
It has me thinking, what sort of symptoms or illnesses would constitute appropriate use of sick days in residency? I don't plan on using them for a runny nose, but what about severe gastroenteritis (vomiting every few hours)? Symptoms like I have now? Or should it be limited to things that require ER visit...
Appropriate Use of Sick Days (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 14, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: IonClaws Source Type: forums
b and t cells desfunction
A. Patients with decreased B cell function and early complement deficiencies are at increased risk for infection by encapsulated organisms such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Neisseria meningitidis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Group B Streptococcus.
B. Patients with decreased T cells or granulocytes are at increased risk for infection by fungi and parasites such as...
b and t cells desfunction (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 16, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: faisal 2000 Source Type: forums
[Ugh] I have gastroenteritis
Man this sucks. I'm going like 6-7 times a day.
Should I call in sick, guys? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 3, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Microshaft Source Type: forums
How thoroughly should you review answers and explanations?
How thoroughly should you review answers and explanations when doing Qbank questions (usmlerx, uworld, kaplan, and etc)?
Its taking me a long time to review questions because im trying to go over each answer choices, find them on first aid, review related topic on it, and do that for each question.
For example,
Question: foul smelling diarrhea after campying with motile pear shaped trophozoite?
Answer choice:
A. Giardia
B. E coli
C. Histoplasma
D. Gi cancer
E. Norovirus
I...
How thoroughly should you review answers and explanations? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 7, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: JustPass Source Type: forums
Some NBME 16 doubts
I've gone through my wrong qs. Still a few that I don't quite get it. I post few here
3-35) 27yo woman nulligravid with 24-hr hx of pain with urination and increased urinary frequency. Sexually active with 1 partner and takes oral contraceptive, no condoms. T 37C. Suprapubic tenderness. Cause?
(A) Candida albicans
(B) E. Coli
(C) HPV
(D)Neisseria gonorrheae
(E)Treponema pallidum
I picked Neisseria and wrong. I know that E. Coli is the most common cause of UTI, but doesn't her unprotected...
Some NBME 16 doubts (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 23, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: redcharger2904 Source Type: forums
Case discussion
I want to open a discussion about a case I feel one of the challenging ones I've seen.
81 year old patient came 2 days ago to the ER with renal colic and a hydronephrosis on the right side and urosepsis was diagnosed. Pre-existing ilnesses: chr. renal failure stage 4, chr. heart failure NYHA 2, multiple heart valve insufficiency.
Antibiotics (Cefuroxim) was started after taking blood cultures which showed presence of E.coli.
Yesterday morning noradrenaline per pump with a rate of 0.5...
Case discussion (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 27, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dr-Junior Source Type: forums
Re: Antibiotic resistance in children with E coli urinary tract infection
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: forums
