GI fellowship Swap!!
Posting this on Behalf of 2 separate friends!
2 current PGY4 GI fellows both based in Midwest area are interested in a swap for family reasons and logistic difficulties in maintaining relationships because of covid-19 crisis-
Program description : Both are Tertiary care academic medical center / main hospitals of a medical schools, are liver transplant centers . The fellows are happy with the program. Good US news rankings (top 30 for one /top 20-40 for other). GI program tier : mid to...
GI fellowship Swap!! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 26, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: cabergoline2 Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: forums
21 year old female with borderline polycythemia & elevated iron - next step?
21 y/o Female, caucasian, otherwise healthy. Not on any meds. No supplements.
Abnormal labs
Iron - 162
TIBC - 455
Hg - 15.8, RBC 5.5, Hct 49 (basically all a bit above normal range - but meets threshold in a female of this age)
Transferrin 318, Iron sat 36%, Ferritin 59. TSAT is like 35%.
This was only checked because she's been told in the past that she has elevated iron (no records available) twice apparently.
Liver panel was normal, albumin at 5.2. BMP normal (Cr 1.1). She is...
21 year old female with borderline polycythemia & elevated iron - next step? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 1, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medic_90x Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
MCAT AAMC BB Section Bank #27
Which statement regarding STRA6-mediated retinol uptake is best supported by the passage?
Retinol uptake activity by STRA6 is limited without the presence of intracellular binding proteins.
The expression of STRA6 is likely to be higher in the liver than in target organs.
Retinol uptake activity by STRA6 is accelerated when retinol is stored as intracellular retinol rather than as retinyl esters.
Binding of holo-RBP to STRA6 is likely to have a Hill coefficient greater...
MCAT AAMC BB Section Bank #27 (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 8, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Wow-Zero Tags: MCAT Study Question Q&A Source Type: forums
Advice for journals to submit manuscripts
I have a few IBD manuscripts ready for submission and better to be accepted/published before fellowship application deadline. Have a few candidates and trying to evaluate based on acceptance chance and value added to my application.
Digestive Diseases and Science
Digestive and liver disease
JGH open (seems to be easiest, but is it really accredited as a journal publication?)
Also is it better to submit all papers to one place or different places?
Really appreciate your advice! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 15, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lzzhang07 Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: forums
liver SBRT for single large lesion
Dear colleagues,
your opinion is highly appreciated:
55 years old female, diagnosed of a pancreatic adenocarcinoma in 2017. She underwent a Whipple surgery followed by adjuvant chemoradiation to the tumor bed using a 3 fields 3D-conformal plan.
In 2019, she developed a single liver lesion of 2.5 cm , segment VIII treated with RFA.
3 months after, the lesion progressed in size reaching 7 cm , CA19-9 5000, with no other secondary lesion elsewhere.
Her liver function is maintained, only...
liver SBRT for single large lesion (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 4, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Kroll2013 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis amongst patients with chronic liver disease – a word of caution
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Does high liver volume make up for lack of trauma?
Hi all,
Hoping this message reaches mostly practicing attending anesthesiologists (or even CRNAs). I am on the interview trail and a number of very good programs cite their lack of trauma experience as a potential weakness. They tend to cite their strengths in liver transplantation and surgery as a reasonable alternative to the resuscitation needed in trauma. Do you feel like this is an accurate statement, and if so would you be willing or able to work in a level one trauma center despite...
Does high liver volume make up for lack of trauma? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 25, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: OrgoCoop Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Re: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident acute myocardial infarction and stroke: findings from matched cohort study of 18 million European adults
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.: Smoking a cause?
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is not a disease! The emperor ’s new clothes
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident acute myocardial infarction and stroke: findings from matched cohort study of 18 million European adults
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
