Dallas Jury awards $21M for anoxic brain injury under anesthesia at BUMC
Dallas jury awards $21M to patient who was put under anesthesia and suffered brain injury
The patient went into surgery on Oct. 11, 2017, for repair of a shin fracture, according to the lawsuit. He suffered a brain injury as a result.
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Patient wins $21M in suit against anesthesiologist, CRNA after brain injury during surgery
Carlos David Castro Rojas was awarded more than $21 million in a suit against an anesthesiologist and certified registered nurse ane...
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GandalfTheWhite Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)
I thought of making this thread for a while now. Is anyone here doing any MIS? Either for a bunion, HT, or Achilles repair? If you are, how are you doing it, and what special tools are you using? Did you learn about MIS during residency or through a fellowship? Do you think MIS is the future for HAVs/HTs/etc.? I hope to post YT videos and research articles on this in the coming week! Is there any source you recommend for the young residents and students interested in MIS? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 16, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DexterMorganSK Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
Haglund's deformity - billing
I have seen this billed different ways as a resident.
Curious everyone's take on this common billing scenario: Achilles take down, resection haglund's, resection of bursa, debridement of the Achilles, reattach Achilles. (with or without FHL tendon transfer which is obviously its own separate code).
How would you bill out this case?
Bill only 28118 (ostectomy haglunds) OR 28120 (partial excision calcaneus) - achilles repair (debridement?) is included in this code
Or
Add on 27650 for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 13, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DYK343 Tags: Podiatric Residents & Physicians Source Type: forums
Would DIY Post-bacc be good enough?
Hello everyone,
I have already read multiple posts about a formal post-bacc vs SMP programs and I believe that a DIY post-bacc would be better for me, as I have already completed all of the prereqs and I currently have an upward trend in GPA. Also, finances are a concern to me, so I was wondering if community college classes would be good enough to repair my GPA. I am currently sitting at a 3.0 cGPA and am hoping to get it up to 3.2 by the time I graduate. I am taking the MCAT in...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 13, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: heellary Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Transcript detail question for post-bacc
Hi -
I will earn my bachelor's in Psychology soon. There is quite a bit of Bio coursework in there. (I am 12 credits short of a Bio major, but am opting to save the money I would have used on the 9th semester for the double major and use it on a post-bacc instead. There's transcript repair involved here because of excessive W's from now-resolved intractable severe epilepsy and I want the reinvention to be more noticeable.)
In order to qualify for financial aid for a post-bacc, I would need...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 2, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RespectTheChemistry Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Can a undergrad GPA be too bad for good SMP performance to save you?
Yes I read goro's advice "transcript repair not gpa repair" ... But its bad guys. I see posts here calling 3.X bad - your bad is not my bad. Without grade replacement 2 and a half years of straight A's might not even bring my Cumulative to above 3.0 (The community college I got these bad grades from for 3 years doesnt have retroactive withdraws) (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 21, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: HorribleGPA Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
I need to know how best to progress from here (URM/3.05/509/3.9 post-bacc...so far)
Background: Awful Freshman year, failed a bunch of classes, etc. etc. I'm sure y'all have hear it all before lol. Graduated at a 2.77 cGPA. I resolved to repair my record and have been taking a post-bacc with 21 credits completed, and 15 to go. If I maintain my 3.9 I'll have a 3.15 cGPA and 3.0X sGPA which aren't exactly stellar. I know "if I maintain my 3.9 GPA" is a big assumption to make, but it's necessary to help me plan for my future. What I need to know is if I still need to...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: EagleRaider Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Aortic regurgitation
Would you do this case?
90yo patient for a hip ORIF. Dementia, CKD3, DM, COPD, prior mitral valve repair, echo from a year ago showing moderate-severe AR and moderate TR, there is a dilated RV and LV, LVEF35%, pHTN with PA pressures up to 50. I don’t have a prior echo to compare or understand progression, but I assume long-standing AR that got worse after mitral valve repair.
Patient has new heart failure and hypoxia. There was a small trop bump up to 0.15 with ST depressions in the...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 3, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dipriMAN Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Chronic abdominal pain and nausea?
I'm taking care of an outpatient patient: 60y/o woman with chronic abdominal pain with prior history of gastric bypass, appendectomy, incisional hernia repair. Her pain had been previously controlled with oxycodone 10mg a couple times a day, but recently less effective due to emesis. GI is following now, has her on Zofran, Reglan, Promethazine but the nausea is still pretty severe. Patient is cachectic and having trouble with PO intake. Utox is appropriate.
I'm considering a Fentanyl patch...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 22, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CarabinerSD Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
B's in prereqs in the context of transcript repair?
I am working on transcript repair because of too many withdrawals from now-resolved health issues.
I had an off-start to the semester but am doing better. That said, I think there's a good chance I am going to get B's in two of my classes. Both of them science. :/ One of them Organic Chemistry.
I've gotten all A's until now in my transcript repair. I was under the impression that I had to and a B would detract from the transcript repair.
Is just a couple of B's okay even in the context of...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 19, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RespectTheChemistry Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Interesting case
Had an interesting thing happen in the cardiac OR yesterday:
50 year old man, severe MR w/ P2 prolapse, scheduled for MV repair. Otherwise pretty healthy and well compensated, had albuterol on his med list but didn't carry a formal diagnosis of asthma and denied using his inhaler in years.
At the end of the bypass run, cross clamp comes off, start to pace, did a little recruitment then started trying to ventilate but was getting very high airway pressures. In the surgical field, the lungs...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 18, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Hork Bajir Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Vascular question: hydralazine and AAA
questions for the Vascular types:
You know how you're not supposed to use hydralazine for BP control in AAA, per the 'shearing force' of hydralazine
a) Is that really true? does hydralazine really have a 'shearing force'? How real of a threat is this?
b) What about after repair of the AAA? say patient had it repaired 5 years ago and now just has bad HTN. ok to use hydralazine?
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 25, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrMetal Tags: Surgery and Surgical Subspecialties Source Type: forums
IM Ketamine for pediatric sedation
Anybody use IM ketamine for pediatric procedural sedation?
Here's a clinical situation I encounter on occasion.
School age kid, let's say 3-13. Needs a urgent but not emergent procedure, either laceration repair or I&D.
Plan A is LET, distraction, etc. But some kids just ain't havin' it. Patient is already yelling and screaming before you even walk in the room. Maybe some of you are pediatric whisperers, but I'm not and I don't think it's getting better at this point in my career. I'm...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 23, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RoyBasch Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Next steps
Hey everyone,
I recently graduated from a T20 and was looking for advice on next steps. I'm an ORM from CA and I graduated with a 3.3 GPA and a 3.2 science GPA, with a pretty significant upward trend (near 4.0 my last three semesters). I struggled a lot earlier on in my college career, with a few Ws (3 total) and lots of dumb retakes where I didn't do as well as I should have. As Goro has mentioned in his reinvention thread, I am currently in the process of transcript repair, so I'm setting...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: disciplinethemind Tags: Postbaccalaureate Programs Source Type: forums
