Question from EM - how do you differentiate liver disease vs hemolysis labs?
Hello IM friends, I am in EM and have a question that I think better fits your expertise. I've had several chronic alcoholic patients come in with a lab pattern of anemia, low platelets, and elevated bilirubin. I know this can be expected for some cirrhotics, but it is also the pattern that might prompt consideration of hemolysis/MAHA. What do you do in these situations to differentiate between the two?
I'm sure that sending a full hemolysis panel and smear would help guide us, but we...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: EMgordo Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Lymphadenectomy in high-risk prostate cancer
Hey! I am asking for a friend here. He is planning a trial and would like to have some feedback on worldwide practice.
In your experience, do urologists perform lymphadenectomy in high-risk cN0 prostate cancer (provided the high-risk cancer was known before surgery - based on GS, PSA, cT3) when performing radical prostatectomy as primary treatment.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 16, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Palex80 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
ABIM Board Eligibility with foreign residency + US fellowship
I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes a reality in the future. I think nephrology would feel the biggest impact as it has the most number of IMG fellows that haven’t completed US residency training.
Source: Sign the Petition
More and more International medical graduates are joining fellowships in the US after completing their home country residency and getting their credentials verified. About half of the current fellows in nephrology and geriatrics underwent residency abroad...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CCM-MD Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
ERAS 2023 applicant data
ERAS Statistics
This page contains current and historical data related to ERAS applicants and applications.
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Radiology had one of the highest increases in applicants from the year prior at 11%, EM was at the bottom with a 12% decrease. Decrease in several surgical fields (ENT, urology, ortho). Thoughts? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 9, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: odyssey2 Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Surgery clerkship: Which subspecialty rotations are most useful for shelf studying?
At my school, in the surgery clerkship, we get to pick any TWO of the following to rotate in (will spend 4 weeks in each):
General surgery
hepatobiliary
surgical oncology
vascular
thoracic
urology
trauma
critical care surgery
Which of these are most useful for shelf studying?
Also, I haven't done internal medicine yet, in case that is relevant. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: lone_cypress Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums
Re: Prevention of covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections with cod liver oil supplementation, a low dose vitamin D supplement: quadruple blinded, randomised placebo controlled trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - September 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine 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
Perineal versing Transrectal prostate biopsy
For urologists. If you were to have prostate biopsy. (12 samples) Which procedure would you do?
Perineal or transrectal and why? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 23, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mjl1717 Tags: Urology Source Type: forums
WAMC 4.0/512/ORM Alabama resident
Some more background: White, Auburn student
Clinical experience (volunteer):
220 hours as a hospice volunteer
200 hours as a volunteer MA in a free clinic
Research: 165 hours in a wet lab, no pubs/posters
Shadowing: 77 hours across IM, infectious disease, and urology
Nonclinical volunteering:
200 hours as a tutor for underserved Hispanic children
120 hours in Big brothers/big sisters program
100 hours volunteering at a soup kitchen
Hobbies:
Tennis (300 hours)
Jiu Jitsu (160)...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Anonymous-Premed Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Hepatitis B infection advice - any forums?
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Source: The Student Room - August 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: skyhigh2 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Nephrology Fellowship 2022 - 2023
Hey guys,
Didn't see a fellowship thread for this year. I understand there may not be many of us applying to nephrology, figured I'd start a thread regardless for the few that are passionate about the field and have applied to nephrology despite allll the very many threads about how "nephrology is dead," "nephrology will take anyone with a heartbeat," "you're better off becoming a hospitalist" threads
Has anyone heard from UCSF, UCLA, Stanford, or UC Davis? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 30, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Jesse white Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Re: Diagnosing prostate cancer at a curable stage means providing PSA tests to asymptomatic patients. Being a urologist is one of conflict of interest in discussing PSA screening
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Source: BMJ Comments - July 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Will Radiation Oncology go the nephrology way?
Given the current trends in private practices being bought out either by academic hospitals or oncology groups like Genesis care, is Radiation oncology the next nephrology in waiting? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: AIIMS DOC Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Salvage RT Prostate with Intestine In the Way
Had a young patient (56 yo) who had prostatectomy last year for Gleason 3+4 with low PSA in early ‘21. He had positive margin at the right base on path and had SVI bilaterally. PSA was negative after surgery for 5 measurements then rose to detectable but still low at .05 then .06 a couple months later. He had a PSMA which was negative and was referred to talk about early salvage. Fairly anxious patient who very much wanted RT. Urology sent him to a med onc too, bc of such low PSA they opted...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Haybrant Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
How do literature reviews look for MD/PhD applicants?
Hello All,
Breif introduction:
An undergraduate entering second-year; major is chemistry concentrated in biochemistry; GPA: 3.99; sGPA: 4.0; no MCAT yet; biomedical research intern for Aspirnaut at VUMC in Nephrology & Hypertension department (summer 2022); attends Berea College.
I am genuinely interested in synthesizing a literature review to contribute to an area of biomedical science, and to gain further insight into the desired field of interest. I understand that synthesis research...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 9, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: O.F. Hanson Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
