Case discussion: why acidosis?
i did a robot nephrectomy and i kept my patient intubated at the end due to respiratory acidosis. she is elderly with the usual hypertension, DM on insulin, but also with bad pulmonary disease, a component of COPD and severe reduced dlco. on home o2 2L. room air saturation 79-84%
surgery uneventful. 400 ebl. 6 hour case in lateral position. 2.5L fluid.
On emergence, following instructions, having minute ventilation of ~5L, (RR 16, TV ~350-400), with no vent support, thru a 7.0 tube...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: waterbottle10 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Thinking About Dentistry Instead of Respiratory Therapy:
I am a 26-year-old Community College student who is thinking about becoming a Respiratory Therapist. However, recently I have been considering Dentistry after taking this career aptitude assessment called You Science through my college's career services office. The assessment showed that I have a strong aptitude for Orthodontics and Prosthodontics. I know this would take 4 years of undergrad along with 4 years of dental school and then another graduate program for either Orthodontics or...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 27, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TS2354 Tags: Pre-Dental Source Type: forums
Benzodiazepines in palliative care
70 year old pancreatic cancer patient, unclear what stage, but receiving chemo/surgery for it. Also on fentanyl patch and oxycodone IR TID 5mg. Whats your overall policy with benzos in palliative care with a patient already on opioids? Are you more lenient, if patients respiratory function is being monitored? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 19, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: annoyedpsychiatrist Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Which path should I choose?
Hi all,
I (30M single, no kids) am currently a Respiratory Therapist seeking to further my medical education. I have a rough academic past where I have 21 units of F grades that I failed to know to withdraw 12 years ago before RT school. I finished my BSRT degree and have a 3.5 GPA. My premed prerequisites are a 3.8 GPA. However, when my 21 units of F are factored in, my cGPA and sGPA are merely 3.1 and 3.2, respectively.
My options are pretty limited - I am aware. I have not taken the...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 21, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: phobic Tags: Nontraditional Students Source Type: forums
Rising cases of respiratory disease and pneumonia spark WHO concern:: we should or should not not think that there is no new variant
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
What am I missing or lacking in before I apply?
Hey guys,
I'm prepping to apply for 2025 matriculation, hoping to get a sense of what I need to do before then to be a well filled out applicant. Sort of a "pre" WAMC?
I'm a 27 M ORM Massachusetts resident
Bachelors in Molecular Bio '18 2.89 GPA
AAS '22 in Respiratory Therapy 4.0 (70 credits)
Post Bacc (in progress, '24) 3.9 3.9 (24 credits)
Estimated Cumulative GPA would be 3.3 overall
MCAT 511 in September 2023
400 hours clinical scribe in ED
~3000 hours as Respiratory...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: antipeptide Tags: Nontraditional Students Source Type: forums
Perverse incentives in the underfunded NHS Re: “Silent scandal” of missing lung diagnostics in England’s most deprived areas—where respiratory disease is most prevalent
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: “Silent scandal” of missing lung diagnostics in England’s most deprived areas—where respiratory disease is most prevalent
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Source: BMJ Comments - September 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation
We have an EP doc that does a fair amount of Afib ablations - pulmonary vein isolation ablation procedures. For these cases he likes the patient to be placed on a high frequency oscillatory ventilator to reduce respiratory motion. He states this increases the precision of his ablation and increases success rates. I have done EP at a few other places and have never encountered this technique before. Other facilities have just asked us to decrease the TV and increase RR to accomplish something...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Airlife91 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
WAMC 3.2 cum 3.1 sgpa 3.41 AAComas
1. CGPA: 3.2 //SGPA: 3.1// AACOMAS gpa: 3.41
2.mcat score: 497 (125/125/122/125
3. Current state of residence FL. Family is from Georgia
4.African American Male URM
5.FAMU- undergrad institution
6.clinical hours : 300 pharmacy tech, 500 respiratory therapist , 100 medical scribe , 100 covid swabber. Total : 1000
7.research : 0
8.shadowing: 100 IM
9. Non clinical volunteer: tutoring:36
300: feed the homeless with my church
Ahec scholars : 8 experimental hours
Ahec is a...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 26, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: LonelykingT Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
What ECs are expected for non-traditional students? If my ECs are mainly prior to my postbacc, does that harm my application?
Hello! I feel like there’s such a large range of what people are recommending as EC advice across various websites.
For background:
I have a degree in a medical related field (biomedical engineering), and a relatively low GPA (3.2, which counts as graduating with honors for my school as it is an engineering school.) I am in the middle of taking a 2yr science classes only postbacc with a 4.0 so far.
Prior to my postbacc I worked full time for the CDC in a respiratory clinic in a small US...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 28, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mcvb3 Tags: Nontraditional Students Source Type: forums
Re: Delayed antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections: individual patient data meta-analysis
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Source: BMJ Comments - June 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Got terminated from my job as a respiratory therapist. How should I go about applying to medical school after this?
Context: I worked in the NICU as an RT. As a black male in a unit mostly comprised of Caucasian females, I know to always be on my best behavior. After 2 years of being professional, compassionate, and respectful to every person I interacted with, I eventually gave them a reason to fire me. HR launched an investigation due to a nurse filing a complaint about me. It was related to a conversation that we had almost a month ago to this date. It was during a time when I was in a rough patch w my...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 19, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Yogafire69 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
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Source: The Student Room - May 15, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: student_2410 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
